Patent GB-190519004-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Cash Receiving and Change Making Machines.
Filed: 1905-09-20
Granted: 1906-12-20
Abstract: 19,004. F. S. M. Syndicate, Spear, E. H., and Malmstrom, K. Sept 20. Money-delivering apparatus.-Fig. 1 is a vertical section of a coin-receiving and change-making machine of the type described in Specification No. 16,577, A.D. 1903, wherein the change is delivered after deducting the amount of the sale from the amount tendered, and a selective coin-feeling finger sets mechanism for operation by the key-levers. The rocking framed, which moves with the depressed key-levers a, carries a pendent plate c, and, as the frame d rises, projections on the plate c traverse a cam-slot e<2> and the plate thus forced inwards engages notches a in the ends of the levers a. On depression of any of the keys further, the whole of those previously depressed move together, while those not depressed are similarly locked by a pivoted plate c' which is pressed inwards by the pendent plate as it rises in the slot. A double pawl, pivoted on the rocking frame, engages teeth on a double fixed curved rack and prevents return of the depressed levers until the completion of the stroke, when the pawl is thrown over by engagement with a stop and frees the rocking frame. The falling back of the rocking frame depresses the pendent plate, which frees the pivoted plate from engagement with the notches a<1>. For regulating the stroke and equalizing the pressure of the key-levers, a braking-device f is used consisting of a pusher f<1>, acting on a curved surface f<3> and an L-shaped piece f<4> acting against a spring-pressed roller. f<7>. The change mechanism contains the key-levers a, rocking frame d, and arms m operating members n. Comb-like bars o, shown schematically in Fig. 12, have bevelled projections o<1> and are arranged near pendent levers p on a bar p' through forked projections o' on the cams o. The actuation of a pendent lever withdraws it from alinement with the coresponding coin ejector q so that the corresponding coins are retained in the machine. The diameter of the coin controls the position of a feeling-finger, and, through the medium of the rack g<13> and link g<14>, the position also of the bar p'. The points of support of the comb-bar o carry L-shaped levers o<5>, of which there are two, one corresponding to the sixpenny lever and the other to the levers for the shillings. The L-shaped levers for the shillings carries a toothed piece or comb o<3> with rounded or flat ended teeth o', and the corresponding sixpenny lever carries a single toothed piece o<3> adapted to be operated by the sixpenny lever only. On the operation of the sixpenny key-lever alone, the bevelled portion o<12> of a " sixpenny copper " rocking piece o'‹ is actuated by means of the roller o<9> on the sixpenny L-shaped lever. The rocking piece faces the whole of the pence comb-bars and consequently the sixpenny copper pendent levers p are operated. When the shilling key-lever is actuated, the sixpenny " silver rocking " piece o<11> is operated and acts on the sixpenny " silver " pendent lever p and also on the sixpenny "copper" rocking piece o<10>, which acts on the sixpenny " copper pendent levers p. The ten-shilling keylever a operates a pivoted rocking piece o<22> which actuates the shilling key-levers facing it, and also the rocking pieces o<11>, o'‹, so that the whole of the coins corresponding are retained by the action of the bars o on the pendent levers p. Provision is made for operating, for example, the sixpenny keylever and halfpenny key-lever simultaneously, or the shillings and pence key levers or the tenshilling with other levers. In the first-mentioned case, the halfpenny key-lever a actuates a lever which draws aside the comb o<3> and brings a second piece o<16> into position for operation by the sixpenny key-lever to withdraw the corresponding pendent lever p. In the second case, a piece o<17> is actuated. Similar means is employed in the thirdmentioned case. The ejectors are constructed for ejecting one or two coins. The transferring- mechanism comprises a transfering-lever t, t<1>, Fig. 24, actuated by the rocking frame d through the medium of a pivoted carrier s<1>, and a lever s<4>, operated by a pin on the halfpenny wheel u, so as to free a catch s<6> from the lever t, and, by means of a bridle piece s<3>, bring the catch s' into engagement with the lever t, t<1> to effect the transferring operation. The machine may be provided with a pivoted catch to render the key-levers and rocking frame incapable of operation, when the machine is locked by the usual key.