A Machine for Counting Coins.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 17th Sept., 1891
Complete Specification Left, 13th June, 1892-Accepted 16th July, 1892
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
A Machine for Counting Coins.
I, JOHN WHITTON DRAPER, of No. 110 Westminster Bridge Road, in the
County of Surrey, Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:
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My invention relates to a machine for counting a number of coins of equal
denomination such as pence, shillings or sovereigns, which is effected in the following
manner.
The coins are allowed to stream down an incline subject to the shaking action of
a revolving notched disc which causes them to follow each other in single file
between a pair of rollers faced with caoutchouc or other elastic material and driven
by hand or other convenient power. Each coin, as it is propelled by these feeding
rollers, forces on those before it into successive recesses of a disc which is thus
caused to revolve, one coin occupying each recess, and being discharged therefrom
into a bag or other suitable receptacle. The disc is connected by gearing to a
suitable counter which registers the number of coins that have passed. When it
is desired to stop at a given number, one of the gear wheels of the counter is
provided with a notch into which a detent falls, and by the movement of this detent
a spring or weight is released which moves the feeding rollers apart and so stops.
farther delivery of the coins.
Dated this 17th day of Santember 1891
ABEL & IMRAY,
Agents for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
A Machine for Counting Coins.
I, JOHN WHITTON DRAPER of No. 110 Westminster Bridge Road, in the
County of Surrey, Engineer, 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 :—
My invention relates to a machine for counting a number of coins of equal
denomination, such as pence, shillings, or sovereigns, as I shall describe referring
to the accompanying drawings,
Fig. 1 being a side view partly in section and
Fig. 2 being a plan of the machine.
Although the machine appears in Fig. 1 as if it stood on a level floor, it is canted
when at work so that the passage from C to D is sufficiently inclined downwards
for effecting feed of the coins A A by gravity.
The passage C to D is a shallow groove just deep enough to allow the coins to
slide freely without permitting one of them to overlap another. The coins pass
between the edges of two wheels, E which is caused continuously to revolve by
hand or other convenient motor, and F, which is free to revolve as an antifriction
roller on its axis G.
The coins are caused by the movement of E to advance in single file edge to
edge, and enter notches N in the periphery of a wheel M which is thus caused to
revolve. After leaving the notches N, the coins B B pass onwards and are
discharged into a bag or other receptacle. The axis O of the wheel M is geared
to a counter of any known kind by which the number of revolutions is registered,
and the number of notches N being known, the number of coins are thus counted.
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page_text: It is generally desirable that the machine should stop when a predetermined number
of coins have passed.
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In order to effect this automatically, the following mechanism is employed:
The axis of the wheel E is mounted on the one arm I of a lever pivotted at J,
the other arm K being held by a catch on a trigger lever L so that E is pressed up
towards F.
A worm P on the axis O drives a worm wheel Q, on the axis R of which is fixed
a disc S having a notch T at one part of its circumference. A lever pivotted at U
is strained by a spring, or it might be a counterweight, so that a pin W projecting
from it drops into the notch T when it presents itself. By this movement a
bar Y Y fitted to slide in arms XV of the lever is raised so as to come in the path
of an arm Z fixed on the axis O, and thus when Z comes against Y it pushes it and
thereby pushes the head of the lever L, withdrawing the catch from K.
The wheel E thereupon descends, so that the coins A are no longer caused to
advance, until the parts are put in position for starting the machine afresh.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what 1
claim is
1. A. machine for counting coins substantially as herein described and illustrated
by the accompanying drawings.
2. In a machine such as is above referred to, the automatic stop mechanism,
substantially as described.
Dated this 9th day of June 1892.
ABEL & IMKAI,
Agents for the Applicant.