Patent GB-977620-A (GB)
Abstract: 977,620. Magazine discharge. NATIONAL REJECTORS Inc. June 13, 1961 [June 13, 1960], No. 21256/61. Heading B8S. [Also in Division G4] A money dispensing device is provided with detachable storage tubes which are charged with money in the form of coins or currency notes and have closures to retain the money in the tubes against the action of a spring until such time as they are loaded into the device. The coin storage tube 94 shown in Fig. 5 has a slot throughout its length and an ear 108 of a platform within the tube extends through this slot. A flange 110 on the ear enables the platform to be depressed as far as a sleeve 100 and locked in a notch at the side of the slot so that the tube can be readily filled with coins. The platform is urged upwardly by springs 117, 128 and, to allow rotation of the ends of the springs, collars 113 attached to the springs have a conical pivot 111 engaging in an indentation in the platform and the bottom of the tube. A similar pivot means is provided between the two springs but for some containers a single spring may suffice. A casting 66 at the top of the tube contains a sliding closure 78 and after the tube has been filled the closure is pushed into retain the coins; a ball detent holds the closure in its two positions. The coin-ejecting device to which the tube is fitted in the moneydispensing machine has an ejector slide 60, Fig. 3, which rests on ridges and roller guides on a plate 44 and has ears 64 engaged by actuators of the machine. To fit the tube, the pin at its lower end is placed in a locating opening and the tube is raised so that an aperture in the casting 66 telescopes over the reduced end 56 of a ring 54 on the plate 44. The closure 78 is then pulled to the right so that it uncovers the top coin and ears 82 on the closure move into notches 52 to lock the tube in position. For dispensing paper currency contained in light tubes 218, Fig. 19, or rolled up to simulate tubes, plates 130, 184 form a rectangular container with a vertical slot through which an ear 210 of a platform 206 extends. The platform is biased upwardly by springs 173, Fig. 17, coiled on pulleys 172, and cords 220, 224, 228, which are attached to the platform at one end by hooks 211 and at the other end by springs 222, run over pulleys 146, 196 and are so arranged as to maintain the tubes 218 out of engagement with the plates 130, 184. A pivoted closure 176 is spring-loaded to close the outlet for the tubes 218 but when the container is placed within the ejecting means and held by fasteners engaging ears 148 the engagement of an ear 180 on the closure with a pin on the ejecting means moves it out of the way. The ejector comprises a pivoted member 256 with a closure 260 which pushes the topmost tube 218 to a delivery channel 242. The topmost tube bears against a pivoted flanged plate 266 which can be pressed back to allow tubes 218 to be inserted without removing the container from the machine. When the container becomes empty, projections 207 on the platform 198 tilt a spring-loaded lever 166 so that an " empty " switch 167 is allowed to close; the lever 166 normally rests on a stop 162 and moves the switch 167 to open position when the container is fitted to the ejecting means.