Improvements in Coin-assorting mechanism.
Year: 1899

page_text: Improvements in Coin-assorting mechanism.
We, CHARLES HIBBERD, Engineer, and JOSHUA BARTON, Gentleman, both of
28, Victoria Street, in the City of Westminster, London, S.W., do hereby declare
the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
Our invention relates to coin-assorting mechanism more particularly such as
that described in the Specification of Letters Patent granted to us on the 9th
May 1898 No. 10598; such mechanism may be used either separately or in
connection with cash registers, and our invention has for object to prevent the
choking of the passages through which the coins are caused to roll on edge
in the course of their descent through the assorting apparatus.
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Heretofore we have provided the passages (whether straight or curved) down
which the coins are caused to roll, with lateral guides for the coins, consisting
of flanges of sheet metal upstanding vertically from the bottom of the passage.
It has been found in practice that this arrangement causes the passages
become choked when the coins passed through the apparatus are in a wet, greasy,
or sticky condition as frequently happens, the area of the surface over which a
coin comes into contact with the lateral guides being large enough to produce
an amount of adhesion sufficient to stop the coin in its descent.
According to our invention we construct the lateral guides of strips of sheet
metal cut out of the flat to the required form whether straight or curvilinear,
such strips being supported above and parallel to the bottoms of the guides at a
suitable distance therefrom so as to present the edge of the strips to the coins
which consequently come into contact with these lateral guides only along a
narrow line represented by the edge of the guide strip or strips, such an area of
contact being insufficient to produce the amount of cohesion between a coin and
its guides necessary to stop the coin in its descent through the apparatus.
Dated this 23rd day of September 1899.
Improvements in Coin-assorting Mechanism.
We, CHARLES HIBBERD, Engineer, and JOSHUA BARTON, Gentleman, both of
28, Victoria Street, in the City of Westminster, London, S.W., 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 and by the following statement:-
Our invention relates to coin-assorting mechanism more particularly such as
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page_text: that described in the Specification of Letters Patent granted to us on the 9th
May 1898 No. 10598: such mechanism may be used either separately or in
combination with cash registers, and our invention has for its object to prevent the
choking of the passages through which the coins are caused to roll on edge
in the course of their descent through the assorting apparatus.
Heretofore we have provided the passages (whether straight or curved) down
which the coins are caused to roll, with lateral guides for the coins, consisting
of flanges of sheet metal upstanding vertically from the bottom of the passage.
It has been found in practice that this arrangement causes the passages to
become choked when the coins passed through the apparatus are in a wet, greasy
or sticky condition as frequently happens, the area of the surface over which a
coin comes into contact with the lateral guides being large enough to produce
an amount of adhesion sufficient to stop the coin in its descent.
According to our invention we construct the lateral guides of strips of sheet
metal cut out of the flat to the required form whether straight or curved
such strips being supported above and parallel to the bottoms of the guides at a
suitable distance therefrom so as to present the edge of the strips to the coins
which consequently come into contact with these lateral guides only along a
narrow line represented by the edge of the guide strip or strips, such an area of
contact being insufficient to produce the amount of adhesion between a coin and
its guides necessary to stop the coin in its descent through the apparatus.
And in order that our invention may be better understood we will now proceed
to describe the same with reference to the drawings accompanying this specifica-
tion in which Fig. 1 shews elevation of coin-assorting mechanism. Fig. 2 per-
spective view of a portion of same.
The same letters of reference denote the same parts in both the views.
a shews platform down which the coins are caused to roll: 6 shews lateral
guides or strips. c shews shoots for delivering the assorted coins into the recep-
tacles in the drawer d. f shews inlet for silver and copper and e that for gold
coins.
It will be seen that the edges only of the strips b are presented to the coins.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that
what we claim is:-
1. Coin-assorting mechanism, constructed substantially as set forth.
2. In coin-assorting mechanism, the employment of guides consisting of flat
strips so arranged that the coins shall roll against the edges of such strips,
substantially as set forth.
Dated this 25th day of June 1900.
June 1900.
BROWNE & Co.,
Agents for the Applicants,
9, Warwick Court, Gray's Inn, London, W.C.