An Improved Automatic Apparatus for Checking and Registr Coins Inserted in Weighing, Measuring, or other Analogous Machines where Checking and Registering of Payments is Required.
Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 16th June, 1887
Complete Left, 3rd Mar., 1888
Complete Accepted, 8th June, 1888
An Improved Automatic Apparatus for Checking and Registr
Coins Inserted in Weighing, Measuring, or other Analogous
Machines where Checking and Registering of Payments is
Required.
1 JOHN SLAYTOR of 28 Hall Gate Doncaster in the County of York Gentleman
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to he as follows:-
The Invention relates to and consists in constructing an automatic apparatus for
checking and registering coins, and in providing and arranging therein two, or
more, star or cog wheels which are connected with, and are acted on by, a lever,
or by one or more eccentrics, or by a train of wheels, the mechanism being fitted
onto a suitable back plate or in a box or case fitted or connected in or to the
weighing measuring or other machine.
The first star or cog wheel is marked on its front with numerals say from 1, to 11,
if for pence, the second, say from 1, to 19, for shillings, and the third for £s, to any
required number; or the star or cog wheels will be marked with suitable numerals so
as to indicate any desired amounts or quantities, as for example, when taps are used
in or connected with the measuring apparatus.
To the free or movable end of the lever which actuates the wheels a cam or other
similar appliance is adjusted which is caused to operate on the coin being inserted
in the weighing or other apparatus.
When this checking and registering apparatus is connected with measuring
machines, such as for fluids where taps are used, the operating cam or cams will
be connected with the tap or taps.
In some cases the star or cog wheels will be connected to and operate dials having
corresponding numerals thereon, such dials being faced with glass so that the
numbers can be seen when required without the case of the apparatus being opened.
Dated this 15th day of June 1887.
BRISTOW HUNT,
Agent for the Applicant.

page_text: An Improved Automatic Apparatus for Checking and Registering
Coins Inserted in Weighing, Measuring, or other Analogous
Machines where Checking and Registering of Payments is
Required.
I JOHN SLAYTOB of 28 Hall Gate Doncaster in the County of York Gentleman
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 in writing, and on reference to the accompanying sheet of drawings :-
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This Invention relates to and consists in constructing and arranging and using an
improved and effective automatic apparatus for checking and registering coins such as
those inserted to operate weighing measuring or other analogous machines. The
principal parts of the apparatus consist of two or more brass or other suitable metal
star or cog wheels which are conveniently mounted and arranged in consecutive
order, and are marked on their faces with suitable numerals or figures to indicate the
amounts or quantities required to be checked and registered in connection with the
beforementioned machines.
The star or cog wheels are placed in connection with and are actuated by a lever;
or they can be actuated by one or more eccentrics, or by a train of wheels.
The checking and registering mechanism is fitted onto a suitable brass or other
back-plate, or it can be arranged and contained in a box or case which is conveniently
fitted to or connected with the weighing measuring or other analogous machine.
In order that my said invention may be fully understood, an automatic checking
and registering apparatus constructed in accordance therewith, and made suitable for
attachment to or to be placed in connection with a weighing or measuring machine,
of the kind operated by the insertion of a coin, is illustrated on the accompanying
sheet of drawings, on which the Figures and letters of reference marked correspond
with those in the following description thereof.
Figure 1, is a plan view of my apparatus in its complete state. Figure 2, is a side
elevation chiefly showing the positions and heights of the star or cog wheels.
Figure 3, is a plan view of the actuating lever and cam arm as seen from underneath.
And Figure 4, is an end elevation of the lever and cam arm.
In the apparatus as illustrated it will be seen that there are three star or cog
wheels a, b, c they are mounted, so as to revolve, on axles or standards d, (see
Figure 2,) which are fixed to the back plate e. The first star or cog wheel a,
marked on its front with 0, or zero, and with the numerals or figures 1, to 11, or 12,
to represent pence; the second wheel b, is marked with numerals or figures 1, to 19,
or 20, representing shillings; and the third wheel c, is marked with numerals or
figures representing pounds (£s) say, from 1, to any required number according to
the number of cogs or cog teeth on the wheel. f, g, h, are springs connected to
loose mounted stops or detents i, which stops are screwed on pins secured to the back

page_text: plate e, such stops or detents being provided for the purpose of keeping the star or
cog wheels from moving round more than one cog or tooth at a time on the wheels
being actuated by the lever j, and from moving backwards.
It should here be understood that the above mentioned wheels can be marked on
their fronts with other numerals or figures so as to indicate any other desired amounts
or quantities, as for example when the apparatus is used in connection with
measuring apparatus where there are taps; also that two three or more wheels can
be applied and used according to the requirements of the weighing measuring or other
machine that my apparatus is used with.
The lever, which actuates the wheels is shown separately at Figure 3; one end of
it is pinned or fastened on to the top extremity of the axle of the wheel the other
end being free to oscillate within the limits of the recess d², cut in the raised guide
plate d¹.
A cam or catch plate intended to be fixed on the oscillating lever or arm of the
weighing measuring or other analogous machine to which my apparatus is applied is
so adjusted as to come in contact with a pin fixed in or to the lever j, shown at n, so
that on the return of the oscillating lever of the weighing or other analogous machine
the cam or catch plate fixed on the aforesaid lever comes in contact with the pin n, on
the lever j, and lifts it so as to actuate the star or cog wheel a, by the detent or
pawl, and move round and record one notch or number on the wheel a, which is
then held in its place by the detent or pawl 2. (See Figure 1.)
On the lever j, are three fixed hooked or curved pins or pegs m, which act as
pointers or indicators to each wheel and point to the numerals or figures on the front
of each wheel and thereby indicate the number or amounts of coins inserted in the
weighing measuring or other machine.
On the wheel a, a pin a¹, is fixed which on the wheel having revolved to the figure
on the cog indicating 12, will catch and engage with the cogs of the wheel b, when
the latter wheel will be similarly revolved in its turn until the indicating figure 20,
comes round, and on the wheel b, an arm b³, is fixed having a pin 62, projecting from
the end of it so as to catch and engage with the cogs of the wheel c, to operate it in
its turn, to indicate the number of pounds.
The action of the apparatus is as follows:-A coin being inserted in the slot or
shoot of the weighing measuring or other analogous machine, the oscillating lever or
arm receiving such coin, or coins, in a bucket or other receptacle fitted at its lower
extremity, is depressed. A cam or catch plate conveniently attached to the said lever
at a point beyond its fulcrum then actuates the pin n, fixed in or to the lever j, on the
return of the oscillating lever, and lifts the lever j, so as to actuate the first star or cog
wheel a, (which has been set at 0 or zero) turning it one cog or notch representing
one penny, and so on on consecutive coins being inserted to 11, or 12, when the
action of the pin a', on the wheel a, will, by catching and engaging with the cogs
thereof, cause the second wheel b, to be put in operation as above described advancing
it one cog at a time to indicate the shillings up to 19, or 20; then the pin b², on
the arm 6, fixed on this wheel will in like manner cause the third wheel c, to be
put in operation as above described also advancing it one cog to indicate the number
of pounds registered. The first and second wheels will then stand at zero until again
revolved on the actuation of the lever j.
In order to prevent any tampering with the mechanism the front of the apparatus
can be closed up with a door and secured by lock and key, or the front can be faced
with glass and similarly secured.
In some cases, when desired, the star or cog wheels can be connected with and
arranged so as to operate dials placed in front of them, which dials will have
corresponding numerals or figures marked on them, and the dials will be faced with
glass so that the numbers or figures can be seen without the case of the apparatus
having to be opened for that purpose.
When the checking and registering apparatus is connected to and used with
measuring taps and like machines for checking and registering the delivery of fluids
and the equivalent value in coin is received, the required motion or actuation can

page_text: be communicated to the lever j, at its extremity k, by means of a connecting rod or
link secured thereto. which will receive its motion from or will be actuated by an
eccentric bell crank, or other similar suitable appliance attached to the plug or
revolving shell of the tap or taps; and the revolutions of the tap or taps will be
recorded in due course on the register wheels as before explained, these register
wheels being marked as required for these machines for the delivery of fluids.
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 :-
The combination and arrangement and the action of the mechanism constituting an
improved and efficient automatic apparatus, and its use, for checking and registering
coins inserted to operate weighing measuring or other analogous machines, and also
for checking and registering the delivery of fluids through measuring taps or
analogous apparatus; substantially as hereinbefore described or set forth, and as
illustrated on the accompanying sheet of drawings.
Dated this 2nd day of March 1888.
BRISTOW HUNT,
Aldine Chambers, High Street, Sheffield,
Agent for the Applicant.