Improvements in or connected with Coin Delivery Apparatus.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 21st Nov., 1895-Accepted, 21st Dec., 1895
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or connected with Coin Delivery Apparatus.
I RAFAEL HERTZBERG, a subject of the Grand Duke of Finland and resident of
37 Norra Esplanadgatan, Helsingfors in the Grand-duchy of Finland, Doctor of
Philosophy do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the
same is to be performed to be particularly described and ascertained in aud by
the following statement:-
This invention for improvements in or connected with coin delivery apparatus,
refers to mechanism whereby a regulated number or value in coin is delivered in
an automatic manuer, upon a lever or levers being actuated.
This apparatus, which I hereafter term the "liquidator," is essentially composed
of a number of flattened tubes, serving as magazines for the coins, to be delivered,
and of a corresponding number of key levers, which are combined with blocking
arrangements located at the lower ends of the magazines, and which permit a coin
or a certain number of coins, to fall down or be delivered on to a tray belonging to
the apparatus, when the keys are acted upon.
I will now describe my invention with reference to the accompanying drawings.
Fig. 1 is a cross-section of a liquidator along the line az in Fig. 2, while Fig. 2
is a plan of the same. Fig. 3 is a modified detail.
The coin magazines, 1 consist, as mentioned above, of flat tubes which are or
may be somewhat enlarged above for facilitating the introduction of the coins.
They are either single or combined, that is to say, they consist either of a single
coin passage or of two or more passages, placed edge to edge (see Fig. 1) and
joining at their bases to one passage. For causing the coins to fall down one at a
time from combined magazines, the passages can be closed by means of an arrange-
ment, for instance the arrangement shown on the drawings, which consists of tongues 2,
which are pivotally mounted at the base of the partitions between the passages,
and are operative by means of arms connected to sliding bars 3, extending to the
front of the apparatus, and such tongues 2 may be put in two positions, in the one of
which they form a continuation of the partition thereby closing the passage, while
in the other position, into which the tongue can be brought, (when the passage
situated behind the same is empty) it forms an angle with the partition, permitting
the coins of the full passage to fall down. The tongue may in some cases be made
to work automatically by providing the tongue arm with a weight, instead of
connecting the same with the bar 3, said weight tending to carry the tongue into
the last of the two mentioned positions, into which it enters automatically, when
the passage, situated behind, is empty.
At the lower end of each passage, or of the passage to which the other passages
of a combined magazine join, is placed the blocking arrangement, by means of
which one com (or a certain number of coins) at a time is caused to fall down or
be delivered from the magazine. According to Fig. 1 this arrangement may
consist of a so-called anchor or escapement 4 which is capable of being rocked about
a shaft 5 the distance between the ends of its shanks or pallets being nearly equal
to the width of a coin. By means of a spring 6, acting upon the stem 41 of the
anchor, it is kept in such a position, that the lower shank enters into the coin
passage, thereby supporting the com row in said passage, while the other shank is
situated at the side of the passage. When the anchor is turned in the direction of
the arrow, the lower shank moves outwards, at the same time as the upper shank
enters into the coin passage between the undermost coin and the next one, whereby

page_text: the undermost coin is allowed to fall down while the other coins remain in the
passage, supported by the upper shank of the anchor. When the anchor is
permitted to return to its normal position as shewn, the whole coin row falls down
so as to be again supported by the lower shank of the anchor.
Fig. 3 shows a modification, having for its purpose to facilitate the delivering of
two or more coins by rocking the anchor once. As will be seen the modification
consists only in that the shanks or pallets are made so long or so far apart that two
or more coins may be contained between their ends.
The turning of the anchor 4 is performed by means of levers 8, which are
capable of being rocked on a bar 81 the ends of the levers 8 being in contact with
the under sides of the anchor stems 41, while the said ends of levers 8 rest on a
longitudinally placed rib 7, whereby the anchor, as well as the levers, are retained
in their normal position. The levers which extend forwards to the front side of
the apparatus, are on their fore ends provided with buttons 11, upon each of which
is a figure or a number of figures, indicating the value, for which the corresponding
magazine is adapted, or which is to be delivered when pressing down the key.
In order to be able to deliver coins from two or more magazines by a single
action, the levers of two (or more) of the magazines are connected so as to form so
to say, a single lever, the key of which is designated with the sum of the value of
the coins, which are delivered at the pressing down of a key. For instance, for
delivering 7 pence by a single pressing down action, the levers of a 6 penny
magazine and a one penny magazine would be joined.
The apparatus which is kept together by longitudinal bars 9 and 10, is surrounded
by a casing 14, the one side of which can be turned on hinges 15.
From each single or combined key lever projects upwards an arm 16, carrying a
disc 17, on which is indicated the same number of figures as on the corresponding
key, and which disc will be situated opposite an aperture 18 in the front wall of
the casing 14, when the key is pressed down, whereby the person, attending the
apparatus, is able to check the pressing down of the keys.
Near to the lower end of each magazine there is pirottally mounted a light
lever 20, one short arm of which is in contact with one of the lower coins, while
the other arm, which is longer, extends upwards towards the front wall of the
casing. When so many coins have been delivered from the magazine that no coin
prevents the short arm of the lever 20 from turning upwards, the long arm will fall
forwards towards an aperture 21 in the front wall of the casing 14, thereby
signalling that the magazine is empty and should be filled.
The whole apparatus rests on a foot plate, in which the tray may be arranged.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what
I claim is ;-
1. An apparatus or liquidator for delivering money or coin characterized by a
number of Hat tubes (magazines, 1.) adapted for coins of different values and each
at its lower end provided with a blocking arrangement, consisting of a rocking
anchor or escapement device (4), one shank of which extends below the lower
mouth of the coin passage, thus normally supporting the coin contained in said
passage, while the other shank is situated at a distance of about the width of one,
two or more coins higher up at the side of the coin passage, the stem of the anchor,
(which is actuated by a spring (6) so as to be kept in its normal position) being
acted upon by a key lever (8), whereby upon pressing down a key one of the
anchor shanks moves sideways so as to permit the undermost coin (or coins), to fall
down, while the other shank moves into the coin passage for supporting the
remaining coins, until the first mentioned shank has come back to its normal
position substantially as set forth.
2. In such apparatus, as stated in Claim 1, providing one
or more of the
magazines, in addition to the passage provided with the blocking arrangement,
with two or more additional passages, which join the first mentiqued passage, the

page_text: partitions between the said passages (which are placed edge to edge,) being
provided with rocking tongues (2), which in their one position retain the coins
in the one of the adjacent passages, but which in their other position (into which
the tongues are brought either by means of sliding bars (3) or automatically) when
the adjacent passage or passages are empty, permit the coins of the first mentioned
passage to fall down to the blocking arrangement substantially as set forth.
3. In such apparatus, as stated in Claims 1; and 2; the arrangement, that sets
of two (or more) magazines may have their levers (8) conjoined to a single key,
with the view to be able to deliver coins of different values, making a desired
amount, by a single pressing down of a key, substantially as set forth.
4. The general arrangement, construction and combination of parts forming my
apparatus for delivering a regulated number or value of coin in an automatic
manner substantially as herein before described.
Dated this 01st Jon of Nambar 1905
BREWER & SON,
London and Leeds, Agents for the Applicant.
BREWER & SON,
London and Leeds, Agents for the Applicant.