Improvements in Apparatus for Sorting Coinage.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 3rd Mar., 1896
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PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Apparatus for Sorting Coinage.
I, HERBERT BROADBENT of Parkhurst, Chorley New Road, Bolton in the County
of Lancastor, Bank Manager, do hereby declare the nature of my said invention to
be as follows:-
This invention relates to improvements in apparatus for sorting coinage and consists
in means wheroby the various or numerous coins at present in use may be collected
or placed automatically in receptacles according to amount or value, from which they
may be removed and depended upon as being correct. This I effect by providing an
inclined revolving cylindrical or other form of cage, or a cage with an oscillating or
rocking motion, provided with varying sizes of meshes or openings to admit or pass
the smallest coin to the largest and to allow of the said coins being delivered from or
passed through the revolving cylindrical or other cage into receptacles underneath, or
on one side or both-by means of shoots or inclined planes, according to their
respective size or value.
The said cylindrical or other cage is provided with centres mounted in suitable
bearings and may be rotated by hand, electrical, or other mechanical means from any
convenient source. The coins may be supplied by gravitation or otherwise to the
said cylindrical or other cage by means of a shoot or its equivalent from a receptacle
at any convenient height above the said rotating cylinder or cage.
The advantage of this invention is that it entirely dispenses with the old system of
sorting coins by hand and thus facilitates the counting of the samo.
Deted the 2nd March 1946
Improvements in Apparatus for Sorting Coinage.
I, HERBERT BROADBENT of Parkhurst, Chorley New Road, Bolton in the County
of Lancaster, Bank Manager, do hereby declare the nature of my said invention and
in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and
ascertained in and by the following statement :-
This invention relates to improvements in apparatus for sorting coinage and consists
in means whereby the various or numerous coins at present in use may be collected o
placed automatically in receptacles according to amount or value, from which they
may be removed and depended upon as being correct. This I effect by providing an
inclined revolving cylindrical or other form of cage, or a cage with an oscillating or
rocking motion, provided with varying sizes of meshes or openings to admit or pass
the smallest coin to the largest and to allow of the said coins being delivered from or
passed through the revolving cylindrical or other cage into receptacles underneath, or
on one side or both-by means of shoots or inclined planes, according to theu

page_text: respective size or value. The said cylindrical or other cage is provided with centros
mounted in suitable bearings and may be rotated by hand, electrical, or other
mechanical means from any convenient source. The coins may be supplied by
gravitation or otherwise to tho said cylindrical or other cage by means of a shoot
or its equivalent from a receptacle at any convenient height above the said rotating
cylinder or cage.
The advantage of this invention is that it entirely dispenses with the old system of
sorting coins by hand and thus facilitates the counting of the same.
Fig. 1 is a longitudinal sectional elevation of my improvements in apparatus for
sorting coinage.
Fig. 2 an outside front elevation of Fig. 1.
Fig. 3 a plan of Fig 2.
Fig. 4a transverse sectional elevation through line A' B' in Fig. 1, and
Fig. 5 a transverse sectional elevation through ling C¹ D' in Fig. 1.
In all the figures the same letters are employed to indicate corresponding paris.
A is the inclined revolving cylindrical cage-B meshes or openings-C to O'
inclusive receptacles for receiving the sorted coins according to size and value-
D hopper to receive the coins to be sorted, and E the framework or easing of the
machine.
The inclined revolving cylindrical cage A is made of metal or any other suitable
substance or material, and is mounted on the shaft or centre F by means of the
arms G; the latter being secured to the shaft or centre F by the set screws Hor
their equivalents. To the upper inclined end of the cylindrical cage A are attached
the perforated cylinders A' and A³. The shaft or centre F is mounted in the bearings I
secured to the framework or casing E by bolts or screws. The shaft or centre Fis
fitted with the rope or band pulley J. by which the former and the cylindrical cage A
are rotated by means of the endless rope or hand K. The endless ropo or band K is
driven from the pulley L and is guided to the pulley I mounted on the shaft or
centre by the pulleys M mounted loosely on the upright shaft or spindle O secured
in position by the fixings P attached to the framework E. The pulley L is secured
to the shaft or centre R; the latter being located in the bearings S. The shaft or
centre is provided with the roller or cylinder T covered on its periphery with the
clothing U composed of either leather, felt, compressed paper, or other suitable
substance. The shaft or centre I may be rotated by hand by means of the bandle V.
or it may be rotated by electrical or other mechanical means, coupled either direct, or
by means of a band, belt or their equivalents from a shaft or other motor. The
machine shown in section in Figs. 1 and is intended for sorting silver coinage
ranging from the smallest coins of the realm (threepenny pieces) to the largest (five
shilling pieces). The meshes or openings B in the cylinder A³ are only sufficiently
large to allow threepenny pieces to pass through into the receptacle C. The meshes
or openings B in the cylinder A admit of the passage of sixpenny pieces into the
receptacle, and shillings pass through the meshes or openings 13 into the
receptacle C. The meshes or openings B admit of the passage of florins into
the receptacle, and the meshes or openings B allow halferowns to pass into the
receptacle C, whilst crowns or five shilling pieces roll out at the lower open end into
the receptaclo (7. By lengthening the cylinder A it may be adapted for other kinds
or sizes of coins than those described.
Although I have only described this invention for English coinage I would have it
understood that it is equally applicable for foreign coinage of varying sizes, the
moshes or openings being made accordingly.
This invention operates in the following annor -The coins to be sorted are
conveyed to the hopper D by means of a shoot-not shown-or by bags, scoops, or
by other means from whence they slide down the inclined guide Winto the cylinder A.
Jamediately the sluft R is rotated the coins in the hopper D are directed, by the

page_text: rotating action of the roller or cylinder T, down the shoot W into the cylinder A,
and as the latter rotates shillings, sixpenny pieces and threepenny pieces pass through
the openings B B and B in the cylinder A into the receptacles C2, C3 and C
respectively. Florins pass on-by the rotating action of the cylinder A-and drop
through the openings B into the receptacle 0s; the halferowns passing on and
through the meshes or openings B' into the recoptaclo C, the crowns or five shilling
pieces falling out at the open end into the receptacle C. When desired or necessary
the separated coins may be removed from their respective divisions by opening the
hinged door Z. If desired each receptacle may be provided with a separate or
independent hinged or other door or cover Z, so that when opened or removed the
liability of the coins becoming mixed will be entirely prevented. The bottom of
the coin receptacles is concaved as shown in Fig. 4 to facilitate the removal of the
sorted coins when desired or necessary.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed 1 declare that what I
claim is :-
1. The general arrangement, construction, and combination of parts composing the
improvements in apparatus for sorting coinage as hereinbefore described and as
illustrated in the annexed drawings.
2. In apparatus for sorting coinage the use of the cylinders A, A2 and A³ provided
with meshes or openings of varying sizes mounted on the shaft or centre Fand
rotated for the purpose specified, substantially as described and as illustrated in the
annexed drawings.
1904
EDMUND CHADWICK,
Agent.