Improvements in and connected with Apparatus for Transferring Cash.
Year: 1891

page_text: vate of Application, 30th Sept., 1891
Complete Specification Left, 23th July, 1892-Accepted, 3rd Sept., 1892
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and connected with Apparatus for Transferring
Cash.
I, JAMES WILLIAM HENDERSON, of 24 Leven Street Pollokshields, near
Glasgow, Gentleman, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
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This invention relates to improvements in apparatus for transferring cash and
has for its object greater lightness of construction, security of carriers, and less
obstruction of view of shop or store. The carrier is of a bobbin shape having
one or more steps at either end according to the number of stations it requires to
One of the ends of the carrier opens on a hinge or otherwise to admit of
the money etc. being placed inside, and is kept shut by means of a catch. The
rails or lines on which the carrier travels are at each station of a different width
or gauge to enable the carrier intended for delivery to pass between the rails
into the receiver hereinafter described, that is to say the carrier for the first station
having only one step at either end, when it reaches this station the rails becoming
wider the carrier runs down an inclined plane between the rails and into the
receptacle for holding it, which will be hereafter more fully described. The carrier
for the second and subsequent stations having two or more steps on either end
cannot stop at the first station but travels on, on the wider rails by means of the
second step until the station is passed when it travels again on the original gauge
until it comes to the second station where again the gauge widens sufficiently to
allow the second carrier to run down an inclined plane between the rails into the
second station as already described, and so on, the carrier for succeeding stations
having an additional or more steps on either end and the rails at each succeeding
station opening by steps until sufficiently wide to admit of the carrier for that
station passing between the rails to the receiver. The rails return to the original
gauge between each station.
The stations or receptacles into which the carrier drops consists of a sort of
U-shaped hoop made of any suitable metal or material. In order to break the fall
of the carrier I provide a piece of metal resting on a spring towards the lower
end of the receptacle, and have the lower end lined with soft thick india-rubber
or other suitable material. When the carrier arrives at its station it rolls down
the inclined plane and into the receptacle which fits either side of the barrel
of the bobbin or carrier. In falling against the piece of metal it pushes it close
on the spring until it (the carrier) gets to the bottom of the receptacle or station,
when it is taken out through a suitable opening provided for the purpose.
The arrangement for despatching the carrier with the cash is as follows:-
The carrier is placed on a short pair of rails with ends to keep it in place,
which are fastened to a holder fitting round a rod from the ceiling with a cord
passing over a pulley. As this cord is pulled down it raises the holder with the
carrier and when it reaches a part a little above the level of the rails it comes
against a light wooden bar, one end of which passes between and is fastened to
the rails and the other reaches to the holder. The carrier in passing up raises
this bar until it passes beyond it, when the bar falls to its place. The holder is
then run down the guide leaving the carrier on upper side of bar, down which
it rolls on to the rails. The foot of the rod upon which the holder for raising the
carrier rests is or may be provided with an india-rubber or other suitable cushion.
To more perfectly secure the carrier from leaving the rails I have or may
have a wire or very thin rod passing along above the centre of the rails so as
to lie across the barrel of the bobbin or between the two edges of the carrier
which effectually prevents it rising off the rails at any point.

page_text: The rails going to the cashier's desk are of one gauge throughout and are with
the return rails suspended from the ceiling. Carriers are placed on the rails
going to, the cashier's desk at different places in same manner as at end, but on.
special rails which run into main line by automatic points.
An arrangement is provided whereby carriers running along one rail but
subsequently destined for different rails are run off by facing points which work
automatically by means of levers placed below the rails which are acted upon by
the flange of the carrier in passing.
The way of the carriers when passing from the holder to the rails is protected
by wires so as to prevent their falling from the bar down which they run to
the rails.
The parallel rails are bound together by a ring and holders so constructed as
to admit of the carrier passing freely.
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BOTTOMLEY & LIDDLE,
154, St. Vincent Street, Glasgow, Applicant's Agents.
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effect I have hereunto appended three explanatory sheets of drawings in the
several figures of which corresponding parts are marked with the same letters of
reference.
Figure 1 is a front elevation of a carrier with two steps.
Figure 2 is a plan.
Figure 3 is a section.
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Figure 4 is a view of the elevator in its normal position.
Figure 5 is a view of the elevator in a raised position.
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Figure 6 is a cross section of the rails shewing the carrier as it runs on
them.
Figure 7 is a view of the receiver for the carrier.
Figure 8 is a view of the carrier passing an intermediate station.
Figure 9 shows a carrier destined for station No. 2 passing over station No. 1, 4
being a cross view of Figure 8 taken on the line y.
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Figure 10 is a plan of the rails showing the points.
Figure 11 is a side view of the same.
Figure 12 is a cross section.
The carrier A which is made hollow so as to hold the cash is of bobbin shape 4
and is provided with one or more steps a at either end (by which I mean at each
end) according to the number of stations it requires to pass. One of the ends
is open so as to allow the cash to be placed inside the carrier, but it is provided
with a lid or cover B to prevent the cash from falling out. This cover B'is of a
sort of cup-shape, and has at its lower end two small pins or rods 6, 6' whose ends 5
pass through the side of the cover. Connected to these rods b, b¹ and passing
through the bottom of the cover there are other two small pins or rods c, c', the
upper ends d d of which are flat for the purpose to be hereinafter described. On
the underside of the cover B, and lying between the pins c, c' there is a spring e.

page_text: When this lid has to be removed to open the carrier the two flat ends d, d of the
pins c, care brought together, and these being connected to the pins b, b', they
are also brought together so that their ends will not project beyond the edge of
the cover B, thus allowing the cover to be removed from the carrier A. When
this has been done and the cash placed in the receptacle the lid may be put into
position and pressed home, when the ends of the pins b, b¹ will rest in a groove f
which goes round the whole inside, enabling the lid to go in in any position in
the carrier, thus preventing the cover or lid B from coming off as seen more
particularly in Figure 3. To prevent the cover B being pushed too far into the
carrier 1 provide a projection or rim g, or make the diameter of the inside less
from that point.
The inclined rails or lines C on which the carrier A travels are suspended from
the ceiling by means of suitable rods E, and they are at each station of a different
width or gauge to enable the carrier intended for delivery to pass between the
rails into the receiver which I will hereafter more fully describe, that is to say the
carrier for the first station having only one step at either end, when it reaches
this station, the distance between the rails becoming greater, as seen more
particularly in Figure 8, the carrier runs down into the receiver. The carrier for
the second and subsequent stations having two or more steps on either end cannot
stop at the first station but travels on on the wider rails by means of the second
step until the station is passed, when it travels again on the original gauge until
it comes to the second station, where again the gauge widens sufficiently to allow
the second carrier to run down into the second station, and so on, the carrier for
succeeding stations having an additional or more steps on either end, (by which I
mean on each end,) and the rails at each succeeding station operating by steps
until sufficiently wide to admit of the carrier for that station passing between
the rails to the receiver. The rails return to the original gauge between each
station.
The stations or receivers D into which the carriers drop consist of two rods h, h¹
of brass or other suitable metal, one end of each of which is connected to the
rails by means of the holders F for keeping the parallel rails bound together,
and the other ends are turned or bent up, which forms an outlet for the carrier
as shown more particularly in Figure 7. When the carrier arrives at its station
it runs down into the receiver D, which fits either side of the barrel of the bobbin
or carrier A, until it reaches the bottom, which being springy, acts as a kind of
cushion and so prevents any noise and also checks the fall so that the carrier does
not go too far. The turned up end of the rod h is then slightly pulled forward
to release the carrier, and it is taken out by means of the opening.
The arrangement for despatching the carrier with the cash is as follows:-
The carrier is placed on a bracket G, carried on a rod H, suspended from the rails.
This bracket is connected to a cord i passing over a pulley J. As the cord i is
pulled down by the handle K it raises the bracket or holder G with the carrier A
until it reaches the level of the rails when it comes against a part 0 of the rails
which acts as a kind of gate, one end being pivoted at and the other lying
loose at m. The cord being still pulled the carrier A raises one end of the gate
until it is above the level of the rails, as seen more particularly in Figure 5, when
the ends of the gate or rails O which have been raised up slide down the side of
the carrier until they reach their normal or closed position, as seen more particularly
in Figure 4. The cord is then released when the bracket runs down the rod H
carrying with it the carrier until it reaches the rails, when through the gate O
being at a greater angle than the other parts of the rails, the impetus is greater,
and so the carrier rolls on until it reaches its destination. The gate is so placed
that when it is in its normal position it closes the railway so that no carrier coming
towards the opening would fall into the open space.
To perfectly secure the carrier from leaving the rails I may have a wire or
very thin tube c² passing along above the centre of the rails so as to lie in the
centre groove of the carrier.

page_text: To prevent the carrier falling off the bracket G in the case of its being pulled
up with a jerk I provide a guard rail o', as seen. more particularly in Figures 4
and 5.
The rails going to the cashier's desk are of one gauge throughout, and are
with the return rails as hereinbefore described suspended from the ceiling. The
rails are bound together and held in position by rings having projections inside
suited to the purpose.
The arrangement by which carriers by their own action are switched from one
rail to another is as follows:--
At the point where the double set of rails meet I provide a facing point P,
pivoted at p. This facing point P is connected to a curved rod Q, which again
is pivoted to another rod R at r. This rod works in a forked piece S which
is pivoted to a bar T by means of a cross piece t. Near one end of this bar T
there are pivoted two short rods U, U', each having at the top thereof a curved
piece V, V and these rods work in a guide W.
The modus operandi is as follows:-The carrier which I should here explain has
one flange deeper than the other, as will be seen more particularly in Figure 12,
is elevated on to the rails in the manner already described, and when it reaches
the short rods U, U' on which the curved pieces V V are, the deeper flange
depresses one of these rods by means of the curved piece according to the side of
the carrier on which the deeper flange is, which in turn communicates motion to
the rod T, and this again operates the forked piece S which engages with the
curved rod Q, which again moves the facing point P, opening the rail in the
direction along which the carrier is intended to travel. The following carrier may
have the deeper flange on the other side, which would reverse the action, closing
the way along which the last carrier passed, and opening the other; or the carrier
may be reversed thus communicating the action of the deeper flange to the other
end of the bar t.
Carriers may be sent up to a second storey or brought down by making the
elevators and receivers larger.
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. In apparatus for conveying or transferring cash, a carrier for holding the
cash, constructed substantially as described and shown more particularly in
Figures 1, 2, and 3 of the accompanying drawings.
2. In apparatus for conveying or transferring cash, constructing the inclined rails
or lines so that at the respective stations only the gauge becomes greater
substantially as and for the purposes hereinbefore described and shown in Figures 8
and 9 of the accompanying drawings.
3. In apparatus for conveying or transferring cash, the station or receiver into
which the carrier passes after returning from the cashier's desk, constructed
substantially as described and shown in Figure 7 of the accompanying drawings.
4. In apparatus for conveying or transferring cash, the general arrangement
by which the carriers by their own action are switched from one line of rails to
another, substantially as described and shown in Figures 10, 11, and 12 of the
accompanying drawings.
5. In apparatus for conveying or transferring cash, constructing the carrier
so that it will have a deeper flange at one side, substantially as and for the
purposes herein before described and shown in Figure 12 of the accompanying
drawings.
Dated this 27th day of July 1892.
BOTTOMLEY & LIDDLE,
154, St. Vincent Street, Glasgow, Applicant's Agents.