Patent GB-349435-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in change-giving and delivery apparatus
IPC: G07D11/00
Filed: 1929-12-18
Abstract: 349,435. Money-delivering apparatus ; check-freed article delivery apparatus. LANE, J. J., 21, The Barons, St. Margarets-on-Thames, and SMITH, J., St. Ives, Westville Road, Thames Ditton, Surrey. Dec. 18, 1929, No. 38831. [Classes 27 and 116.] In change-giving apparatus, which may be adapted for exchanging counters &c., for tickets &c., of the type in which a driven roller is separated from a " detector " roller by such an amount that the latter is driven only when a note is inserted, mechanism is actuated by the detector roller to release or select and deliver the coins to be given as change. When a twenty-shilling note is inserted a tenshilling note is also ejected or brought to an accessible position. In one form, a roller 52,'Fig. 1, is driven by means of a handle 64 through free-wheel mechanism 62; when a note is inserted between the rollers the " detector " 49 is driven, with simultaneous winding of a spring 70, to an extent corresponding to the length of the note, which is conveyed to a receptacle by two rollers 56 geared with the driving mechanism. When the note has passed through the rollers 49, 52 the detector and its spindle 50 are freed to rotate in the reverse direction under the action of the spring 70. A cam 32 on the spindle is so shaped that towards the end of its movement it effects, through ratchet and pawl mechanism, intermittent rotation of a drum 8; so that on each operation of the apparatus one of a number of segmental compartments each containing change for ten shillings is brought over a corresponding aperture in a plate 600. Two additional cams 33, 34 are also operated upon the insertion of a twenty-shilling note; the cam 33 producing intermittent rotation of a drum 14 having a series of radial slots 14a each carrying a ten-shilling note. Each slot is therefore brought before a plunger 15 which is operated, through a member 17 and a shaft 39, by the cam 34 and a note is ejected through an aperture in the casing. In another form, Figs. 8 and 9, in which the cams 32, 33, 34 are replaced by a multi-purpose cam 107, the coins are carried in stacks positioned between rods 80 ; a disc 77 which has holes normally in alignment with holes in the plate 75 is moved by rotation of the cam so that its apertures coincide with those in a plate 78, the depth of the disc 77 being such that the desired number of coins is ejected. The tenshilling notes are held in the teeth 95, Fig. 9, of a comb-like member which is supported by the engagement of a pawl 92 in teeth 94 ; when a twentyshilling note is inserted the pawl 92 is withdrawn and the stack falls until a note engages a platform 88. Reverse rotation of the cam causes ejection of the note by a member 91. In the form shown in Fig. 21 a selector in the form of a flat plate is held under spring bias so that slots therein coincide with slots in the side member of a coin-holder 236 towards which the coins are pressed by springs 241A .. D. When the cam 225 is .operated the selector is moved so that the slots therein are in alignment with the coin compartments, and on reverse movement taking place the coins are ejected through the slots in the side member. The tenshilling notes are carried between hinged leaves 257 and are supported by a member 259 which has a pin 260 carried by a rack 231 which is raised through one tooth in an upward direction on rotation of the cam 225. Two pawls 227, 227a the leading edges of which are at different levels are respectively advanced and retarded in unison by two cam surfaces on the member 225 to engage and raise the rack and thus cause the member 259 to release and cause a leaf 257 to fall into a position which renders a note accessible to the hand. An alternative note delivering device, Fig. 26, comprises a series of leaves 282 with notes between them adapted to slide on two curved pins 283 ; each leaf is provided with lugs 282a engaged by one of a number of pins 285 on two discs 275, the lugs on the leaves being staggered alternately. On each rotation in a reverse direction of a cam the discs are rotated to allow one leaf to fall to the plate 284. The apparatus may be driven by a mechanical or electrical motor ; a lip covering the insertion slot when lifted may release a starting mechanism, the note itself holding the device in operative position and finally allowing the lip to return under its own weight. Paddles or other means may be arranged to effect storage of the inserted notes in a suitable container and locking means, which may work in conjunction, may be provided for the note box and the note and coin containers. A narrow groove may be provided on the driving roller to grip the note, while, in order to compensate for the wear of the bearings of the driving and detector rollers, the latter may be accommodated in supports which are provided with spring boxes.