Patent GB-308045-A (GB)
Abstract: 308,045. Hultman, E. A., and Ringstrom, F. F. Feb. 14, 1928. Coins and the like, separating and sorting; money-delivering apparatus.- A change-giving device comprises a coin-sorting device into which the coins are inserted to pass to vertical coin tubes arranged in rows above or behind each other. The coins are discharged from the tubes by key operated ejector slides. In the embodiment, the coins are placed on a recessed lid 2 of the casing 1. Below the lid 2 is a hinged auxiliary container 2<a> for notes and gold. Two rows of coin tubes 4 are enclosed in the casing 1, and below each tube is provided a slide 5 and ejector 6 connected with an actuating key 7, which forces forward the ejector to deliver a coin to a tray 3. The sorting means for each pair of coin tubes, positioned one behind the other, comprises a channel 8 for the larger coins, and a recessed portion 9 for the smaller coins. The coins pass from the channel 8 through an aperture 10, Fig. 3, the coins passing along an incline 11 to the rear tube 4. The smaller coins pass from the portion 9 through a hole 12, smaller than the large coins, in the incline 11, to the front tube 4. Fig. 4 shows the method of actuation of the frontrow slides 5 from the keys 7. The key 7 is attached to a bell-crank 15 pivoted to a lever 18 which engages an aperture in a slide 6. A return spring 19 returns the parts to the normal position after actuation. The rear slides are actuated as shown in Fig. 5. A pin 21 on a lever 20 fixed to the key 7, enters a slot in a pivoted lever 23 which engages an aperture in the slide 6. A helical return spring 24 is fitted between the end of the lever 23 and a hook member 25 which locks the slide 5 of the corresponding rearrow tube. Locking-hooks 27, formed on the levers 18, 20, normally have free movements in apertures in a slidable bar 28. A push-button 29 is adapted to slide the bar 28, so that the hooks 27 straddle the bar 28 and lock the keys through the lever mechanism. In this position, the bar 28 is automatically locked by a spring-actuated bolt 30 which enters an aperture in the bar, and is releasable by a button placed inside the casing 1. The slides 5 of the front row are locked by levers 31, having holes 26<a> in alignment with holes 26 in the hooks 25. A pin 32 is connected to a button 33 inside the casing 1 to enter the holes 26, 26<a>. When the button 33 is actuated, the hook 25 moves downwardly and the lever 31 is rocked simultaneously so that both slides 5 are released. On release of the button 33, the locking mechanism is returned by spring action to its original position. The casing 1 may be detachably affixed to a stand or frame, by hooks, a spring-actuated bolt inside the casing locking the hooks in position. The lid 2 may also be locked. The tray 3 is slidably mounted beneath the tubes 4, and may be pulled out to the position shown in Fig. 3 or may be pushed in, and locked by hooks controlled from a push button inside the casing 1. In a modified construction, the banks of coin tubes 4 are placed above each other, and the ejector locking device comprises an exterior transverse bar actuating simultaneously a locking bar for each row of tubes. An auxiliary container for excess coins is provided, the coins automatically passing to this container when the tubes are full. Modified constructions of the emptying-slide locking-means comprise a vertical spring-actuated locking bar having hooks to engage the slides, the bar being pivoted to an actuating-key lever placed inside the casing; or, the slides in the upper bank may be locked by a set screw. The auxiliary container may be provided with an emptying slide, spring held in the closed position. Some of the coin tubes may extend the whole height of the two banks.