Patent GB-190428099-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Coin Counting and Packaging Machines.
Inventor: MCKAIG EDDY THOMAS
Filed: 1904-12-22
Granted: 1905-02-09
Abstract: 28,099. McKaig, E. T. Dec. 22. Counting - apparatus.-Coins to be counted are placed in pockets formed on the inside of the rim of a carrying - wheel, from which they y pass into a receiver containing the packaging-wrapper, the coins actuating a counter before reaching the receiver, and the motion of the wheel being thereby stopped when a predetermined number of coins has been counted. The wheel 1, Figs. 1 and 8, runs on rollers 15 in recesses 16 of the frame 10, and is driven by a friction pulley 17 carried on its spindle 27 by arms 20 pivoted at 21, with motion derived either from the handle 26 or by belt gearing from a n electromotor 28. The coins are fed in from a hopper 4 with a shoot 5 adjustable transversely to the coin - carrier upon rails 9, the inner end of the shoot having a lip 8 engaging in one of the grooves 6 between the several rows of pockets 2 of the coin-carrier. These pockets are formed by raised transverse steps as shown, the rear edge of the step being nearer the centre than the leading edge, in order to ensure that coins which are not pocketed may pass backwards freely. The adjustable partition 7, carried on the rod 13, confines the coins to the particular row of pockets chosen, coins of one denomination only being dealt with at a time. Above the shoot, partitions 75 separate the pockets and are attached to shields 71, which retain the coins in their pockets during the upper part of their journey ; the partitions have lower bevelled edges 76 and can yield slightly under the pressure of adjustable springs. The receiving- shoot 90 leads the coins outside the carrier, and is provided with pivoted bushings 94 ... 97, Fig. 5, to receive the flared ends of the variously-sized stacking-holders 101, Fig. 4, which each contain a movable bottom 105, 104, 99, with spring pins 107 engaging in slots 106, this piece being shown pushed up after the right number of coins has been fed in, whereupon the parcelling-wrapper 103 may be done up at the upper end, and the parcel withdrawn from the holder in order to fold the other end. Before passing into the receiving- shoot, each coin displaces a roller 68, Fig. 8, carried on arms adjustably fixed to the shaft 58, these rollers at other times bearing on the bottom of central grooves 70 in the rows of pockets. A pawl-bearing arm 59, Fig. 9, upon this shaft is thus rocked and returned by an adjustable spring, thereby feeding on the loose ratchet-wheel 42, which has a fixed pin and a second pin 47 movable to be in or out of position for controlling the driving - mechanism. The provision of second ratchet-wheels with different numbers of teeth is also described, the spring-held detent pawls 44 being set to whichever wheel is desired, so that a limited choice shall be possible as to the number of coins which pass before the machine is stopped by the following means :-As the pin presses upon the spring-held pawl 43 of the arm 32, it rocks the parts about their pivot 43 on the arm 20, depressing the arm 32 in an aperture of the frame, and thereby freeing its edge and allowing the arms 20 to carry the driving-pulley clear of the carrier, which is simultaneously arrested by the arms 22 pressing brake shoes 24 against the inner surface of the wheel. The same pin which is employed to stop the motion displaces and thereby actuates the lever 51 of a registering-counter 50.