Improvements in and relating to Machines for Receiving, Delivering, Sorting, and Registering Coins.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 15th Feb., 1899
Complete Specification Left, 14th Dec., 1899-Accepted, 15th Feb., 1900"
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and relating to Machines for Receiving, Delivering,
Sorting, and Registering Coins.
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I, EDWARD MORIARTY, of 180, North End Road, Fulham, in the County of
Middlesex, Beer Retailer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention
to be as follows:-
This invention has reference to machines for receiving, delivering, sorting
and registering coins and has special reference to the class of machines referred
to in the Specification of my prior Patent No. 7811 of the year 1895.
My present improvements relate more particularly to that part of the machine
which is employed for sorting the coins inserted into the change giving portion
of the machine. In the machine referred to in the aforesaid specification, the
coins are directed into chambers wherein they are temporarily retained while
being acted upon by a finger having notches therein and forming part of the
devices for regulating the amount of change to be given in accordance with
the value of the coin inserted. The coin after such operation is then released
and directed by shoots to one or other of a series of receptacles in accordance
with its value. These receptacles serve as storage receptacles from which the
coins of the proper value are discharged by the machine in exchange. for a coin
inserted.
It is the chief object of my present invention to improve the mechanism by
which the various coins that are inserted into the change giving portion of the
machine, are sorted in order that they may be properly directed to their respective
storage receptacles.
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According to this invention I provide a chamber, which I will term. a "slot
chamber," to receive the coins for which change is required, when they are
inserted through a slot. From this slot chamber the coins are conducted, in
accordance with their value, to one or other of three other chambers or compart-
ments, one being for copper coins (hereinafter referred to as the
copper coin
chamber another for silver coins (hereinafter referred to as the "silver coin
chamber) and another for gold coins (hereinafter referred to as the "gold
coin chamber") As it is not usually necessary to give change for half-pennies,
I do not provide the machine with devices for this purpose and therefore it
will be understood that when I refer to copper coins I mean pennies only. As
the coins arrive in their various chambers they are temporarily retained therein
while the change giving mechanism operates, after which they are released and
conducted by shoots to their respective storage receptacles.
By reason of the copper coins being oftentimes bent or otherwise deformed
and therefore liable to interfere with the proper working of the machine I prefer
to allow the said copper coins to run directly into the shoot conducting them
to their storage receptacles, without their being temporarily retained in the
copper coin chamber and I provide a device which serves as a substitute for
the copper coins and which is caused as hereinafter explained to protrude into
the path of the notched finger that forms part of the change giving apparatua

page_text: before referred to. After being acted upon by said notched finger this device
returns to its normal position. An inclined path or conduit is furnished for the
copper and silver coins to reach their respective chambers such conduit being
provided with means hereinafter described whereby as the coins pass along, the
copper coins are deflected from the path followed by the silver coins and are
directed into the copper coin chamber.
At the bottom of the slot chamber is a conduit for leading the gold coins to
the gold coin chamber, whence after being acted upon by the notched finger of
the change giving mechanism, they pass along a shoot leading to the storage
receptacles.
The bottom of the said slot chamber has an opening therein which is normally
kept closed by a weighted balance-lever which has to be completely overcome
by the gold coins in order that they may pass through the aforesaid opening.
The said slot chamber is also provided with a shutter or flap which is so dis-
posed relatively to the opening in the inclined bottom of the slot chamber and
to the said inclined conduit along which the silver and copper coins pass, that
so long as said shutter remains closed the coins inserted into the slot chamber
cannot escape either through the opening in the inclined bottom or along the
inclined shoot. This enables the coin to come to rest in the slot chamber before
passing into the inclined conduit and insures that it will when released pass
quietly along said conduit to its proper coin chamber. The said shutter is
connected with a slide adapted to close the slot through which coins are inserted
into the slot chamber. This slide, as set forth in my aforesaid specification has
to be operated by the user to cause the change giving mechanism to come into
an operative condition.
The connection of the said shutter to the slot-slide is such that when the
latter is actuated the shutter is withdrawn and thereby releases the coin which
will then pass along the inclined shoot or if of gold will pass through the
opening in the bottom of the slot chamber by depressing the balance-lever. The
aforesaid shoot for conducting the copper coins to their storage receptacles, and
the shoot for conducting the silver coins to their storage receptacles may be
similar to those described in my aforesaid prior specification.
Contiguous to the said balance lever is another or auxiliary balance lever
which is provided with means whereby its weight can be added to or removed
from the other or main balance lever, in accordance with the sort of coin
inserted into the slot chamber.
Acting in conjunction with the slot slide is a bent finger which is pivotally
connected to a spring controlled rocking piece and which is actuated by the
movement of the slot-slide. At a point beyond the pivotal connection, the bent
finger is provided with a projection which when the slot-slide is operated to
close the slot after the insertion of a coin, descends vertically in the slot chamber
and comes into contact with the periphery of the coin that is for the time being
resting therein, thus causing the bent finger to turn about its pivot to a greater or
less extent in accordance with the size of the coin in the slot chamber. There-
fore if the coin be one of large diameter such as a half-crown, a florin, or a
penny, the extremity of the bent finger will be caused to move inwardly, when
the slot plate is operated, to a greater extent than would be the case if the coin
in the slot chamber were one of small diameter, such as a shilling or a
sovereign.
Lying in the path of the said bent finger are two projections one of which
forms part of a spring controlled lever arranged adjacent to a pivoted arm
carried by the auxiliary balance lever. This pivoted arm normally lies in a
position to rest upon the outer end of the main balance lever but when the afore-
said projection forming part of the said spring controlled lever is acted upon by
the bent finger, the pivoted arm is shifted into a position to bring it out of contact
with the main balance lever with the result that the weight of the auxiliary
balance lever is removed therefrom.

page_text: The other projection that lies in the path of the bent finger forms part of
a hinged arm which controls the position of the pennies substitute herein before
referred to.
This hinged arm also acts to lock and unlock two levers, one controlling a
guide piece or coin deflector arranged at the upper part of the inclined conduit
and the other controlling a switch-piece arranged laterally with respect to
the said inclined conduit. In accordance with the position of the deflector and
the switch-piece the coin passing along the inclined conduit is directed either
to the silver coin chamber or the copper coin chamber.
The position of the aforesaid projections that lie in the path of the bent
finger is such that when the latter projects to its full extent, by reason of the
coin in the slot chamber being a large one, the aforesaid pivoted arm on the
auxiliary balance lever will be removed from the main balance lever; and on
the other hand when the said bent finger is caused to project to its least extent,
as is the case when a small coin is in the slot chamber, it will act upon the
other projection and thereby actuate the aforesaid hinged arm controlling the
deflector-lever and the switch-lever. The main balance lever has a stop piece near
its inner end which is so disposed that, so long as said main balance lever remains
in its normal position, the stop lies in the path of a pin or projection at the
free end of the aforesaid deflector lever, whereby the latter, even if released by
the said hinged arm under the influence of the bent finger, will be prevented from
liberating the deflector. The free end of the switch lever also lies contiguous
to the inner end of the main balance lever and is so situated that, when the
aforesaid hinged arm is actuated by the bent finger, it will liberate fhe switch,
provided the said main balance lever does not descend into a position to bring
its stop in the path of the free end of the said switch lever.
Therefore, if for instance, a penny be inserted into the slot chamber and the
slot plate be shifted to remove the shutter out of its path so that it can enter
the inclined conduit, the combined weight of the main and auxiliary balance
levers will be sufficient to prevent the coin from depressing the main balance
lever, and as a consequence the deflector lever will not be able to release the
deflector because the stop piece on the main balance lever will not be shifted
out of the path of the pin on the inner extremity of the said deflector lever.
The deflector will therefore remain in its normal position. The switch lever
however, will be free to release the switch by reason of the stop on the main
balance lever not being shifted into the path of the free end of this switch
lever. Therefore as the penny rolls down the inclined conduit it will meet the
deflector which will direct it toward the switch and as the latter is free to move,
it will give way to the penny and allow it to enter the copper coin chamber,
whence the penny will eventually run into the copper coins shoot and reach its
storage receptacle.
If however, a half-crown be inserted into the slot chamber its weight will
be sufficient to overcome that of the balance levers, when the slot plate is shifted
and therefore it will bring the main balance lever into a position to permit the
deflector lever to release the deflector and to come into a position to prevent
the switch lever from moving. Therefore when the slot plate has been shifted
far enough to remove the shutter from the path of the half-crown the latter in
rolling down said conduit will shift the pennies deflector from its path and will
be guided by the switch into the silver coin chamber, whence it will enter the
silver coin shoot and eventually reach its proper storage receptacle. The same
result would be obtained if a florin were inserted into the slot chamber instead
of a half-crown.
In the case of a shilling's being inserted into the slot chamber, the weight
thereof would not be sufficient to overcome the combined weight of the main
and auxiliary balance levers and therefore the said main balance lever would
not come into the position to prevent the switch lever from being shifted. But
owing to the smaller diameter of the shilling the aforesaid bent finger will be

page_text: caused to act upon the projection on the lever by which the weight of the
auxiliary balance lever is removed from the main balance lever as already ex-
plained. Consequently the shilling will then be able to depress the main balance
lever and bring it into the position to prevent the switch from being actuated.
Therefore when the shutter is removed from the path of the shilling to permit
it to roll along the inclined conduit, the said switch will direct it into the
silver coins chamber wherein it will enter the silver coins shoot and reach the
shillings storage receptacle. The pennies deflector being arranged at the upper
part of the inclined conduit will not act upon the shilling, because the diameter
of the latter allows it to roll beneath said deflector without beng affected thereby.
If desired I may so arrange the aforesaid bent finger that in the case of a
shilling the bent finger will not be brought into a position to actuate either of
the aforesaid projections.
In a similar manner other silver coins are directed to the silver coins chamber.
The manner in which the various silver coins are directed by the silver coins
shoot to the various storage receptacles is similar to that set forth in the specifica-
tion of my aforesaid patent and therefore needs no special description herein.
In the case of a sovereign or half-sovereign being inserted into the slot
chamber, the weight of either is sufficient to completely remove the inner end
of the main balance lever from the opening in the bottom of the slot chamber
and consequently the gold coins are permitted to drop directly into the conduit
which leads to the gold coin chamber, whence after being acted on by the
change giving mechanism they pass to their storage receptacles.
The opening in the bottom of the slot chamber through which the coins have
access to the main balance lever is not of sufficient size to enable them to project
far enough to fully act upon said balance lever until the aforesaid shutter is
removed. That is to say, the coin inserted into the slot chamber is supported
partly by the inclined bottom of the slot chamber and partly by the shutter,
these parts acting as rigid supports for the coin while the aforesaid bent finger
ting upon it.
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...il therefore be seen that the operation of the coin on the balance lever
does not take place until the aforesaid shutter is removed in the act of actuating
the sliding slot piece. The size of the said opening is only sufficient to allow
coins of the size of a sovereign or less to pass through.
In conjunction with the main balance lever I prefer to employ a retarding
device which comes into operation when the hinged arm is depressed by the bent
finger acting on a coin, such as a florin, in the slot chamber, whereby said balance
lever will be prevented from returning to its normal position too quickly, so that
there will be no chance of the deflector's being liberated before the coin can
arrive at a point to be acted on thereby.
The half-sovereigns are separated from the sovereigns after their escape from
the gold coin chamber such separation being effected in an analogous manner to
that employed for sorting the silver coins.
Dated this 15th day of February 1899.
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C.,
Agents for the Applicant.
Improvements in and relating to Machines for Receiving, Delivering,
Sorting, and Registering Coins.
I, EDWARD MORIARTY, of 180, North End Road, Fulham, in the County of
Middlesex, Beer Retailer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention

page_text: and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described
and ascertained in and by the following statement:-
This invention has reference to machines for receiving, delivering, sorting
and registering coins and has special reference to the class of machines referred
to in the Specification of my prior Patent No. 7811 of the year of 1895.
My present improvements relate more particularly to that part of the machine
which is employed for sorting the coins inserted into the change giving portion
of the machine. In the machine referred to in the aforesaid specification the
coins are directed into chambers wherein they are temporarily retained while
being acted upon by a notched finger and forming part of the devices for regulat-
ing the amount of change to be given by the machine in accordance with the
value of the coin inserted. The coin after such operation is released and directed
by shoots to one or other of a series of receptacles in accordance with its value.
These receptacles serve as storage receptacles from which the coins of the proper
value are discharged by the machine in exchange for a coin inserted.
It is the chief object of my present invention to improve the mechanism by
which the various coins that are inserted into the change giving portion of the
machine are sorted into gold, silver and copper groups, in order that they may
be subsequently further sorted by the apparatus, in accordance with my prior
specification and be properly directed to their respective storage receptacles.
An essential feature of my present invention comprises a hinged or pivoted
finger or similar device located adjacent to the chamber wherein are inserted
the coins for which change is required. This finger or device is adapted to
enter the said chamber and act upon the coin therein when a sliding plate is
operated, such finger being so arranged that its position relatively to certain
movable stops or projections will be varied in accordance with the dimensions
of the coin. The movable stops or projections form part of lever mechanism and
balanced arms or levers for controlling the position of coin deflectors by which
the coin in the aforesaid chamber is directed to its proper chamber as herein-
after explained.
In order that my said invention may be clearly understood and readily carried
into effect I will proceed to describe the same more fully with reference to the
accompanying drawings, in which:
Figure 1 is a front elevation of the improved mechanism and
Figure 2 is a rear elevation of the same.
Figure 2 is a transverse section on the line 7, 7, of Figure 2.
Figure 3 is a sectional plan taken approximately on the line 1, 1, of Figure 2
with some of the parts removed for sake of clearness.
Figures 4 and 5 are detail views illustrating certain lever mechanism herein-
after described.
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Figure 6 is a vertical section taken approximately on the line 2, 2, of
Figure 2.
Figure 7 is a vertical section taken approximately on the line 3, 3, of
Figure 2.
Figure 8 is a vertical section taken approximately on the line 4, 4, of
Figure 2.
Figure 9 is a vertical section taken approximately on the line 5, 5, of
Figure 1.
Figure 10 is a vertical section taken approximately on the line 6, 6, of
Figure 2.
Figures 11 and 12 are sectional views similar to Figure 10 but showing
the parts in other positions.
Figures 13 and 14 are detail views of the balanced arm or lever and parts of
the lever mechanism hereinafter referred to.
Like letters of reference indicate similar parts in all the figures.
A is the chamber into which the coins for which change is required are inserted
through a slot A¹. This chamber I term the slot-chamber. B, C and I) are

page_text: three other chambers or compartments into which the coins contained in the
slot-chamber are conducted in accordance with their value; the chamber B being
for copper coins (hereinafter referred to as the copper coin chamber) the chamber C
for silver coins (hereinafter referred to as the silver coin chamber) and the
chamber D for gold coins (hereinafter referred to as the gold coin chamber).
As it is not usually necessary to give change for halfpennies I do not provide
the machine with devices for this purpose and therefore it will be understood
that when I refer to copper coins I mean pennies only. The chambers B and C
are connected with the slot-chamber by an inclined conduit or shoot E which
is furnished with the coin deflectors or switches F and G for directing the silver
and copper coins into their respective chambers C and B. H is another inclined
conduit or shoot leading from below the aforesaid slot-chamber to the gold
coin chamber D. As the coins arrive in their various chambers they are
temporarily retained therein while a notched finger similar to the notched
finger g of the change giving mechanism referred to in the specification of
my prior Patent No. 7811 of 1895 operates on them through the openings B₁ D¹,
after which they are released and conducted by shoots to their resceptive
receptacles in the manner fully set forth in the aforesaid prior specification. By
reason of the copper coins being oftentimes bent or otherwise deformed and there-
fore liable to interfere with the satisfactory working of the apparatus, I prefer
to allow them to run directly from the copper coin chamber B into the inclined
shoot B, along which they roll and (by escaping at the end B3 thereof) fall
into their proper storage receptacle B, without being temporarily retained in
the copper coin chamber. In this case I provide a substitute for the said copper
coins, in the form of a hinged plate B5 which when a penny is inserted into
the slot-chamber will be caused to protrude into the copper coin chamber as
hereinafter explained, so as to lie in the path of the aforesaid notched finger,
as represented by the dotted lines in Figure 1. This hinged plate after being
acted upon by the said notched finger returns to its normal position. The bottom
of the said slot-chamber has an opening therein which is normally kept closed by
a balanced lever I which has to be completely overcome by the gold coins in
order that they may pass through the aforesaid opening and thereby reach the
shoot H leading to the gold coin chamber D.
The said slot-chamber is provided with a shutter a which is so disposed relatively
to the opening in the bottom of the slot-chamber and to the aforesaid inclined
shoot E along which the silver and copper coins pass, that so long as said
shutter remains closed the coins inserted into the slot-chamber cannot escape
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through the opening in the bottom thereof or along the said shoot.
construction enables the coin to come to rest in the slot-chamber before being
released therefrom and permits it to be retained in said slot-chamber a sufficient
time to enable the aforesaid hinged or pivoted finger or similar device to act
upon it. The said shutter engages with a lever a¹ (see Figure 8) whose upper
end projects into a groove 2 formed in the underside of a sliding plate a³ that
is adapted to close the slot through which the coins are inserted into the slot-
chamber. This sliding plate, has to be drawn forward by the user each time
a coin is inserted into the slot-chamber. As the sliding plate is thus actuated,
the inner end of the groove a comes against the upper end of the lever a¹ and,
by shifting such lever about its pivot causes its lower end (which engages with
a notch or recess a in the shutter), to withdraw the said shutter from its stopping
position (see Figure 8). The coin within the slot-chamber is thus released
and will then roll along the inclined shoot E or, if it be of gold, will pass
through the opening in the bottom of the slot-chamber by depressing the balanced
lever I and so reach the inclined shoot H leading to the gold coin storage
receptacle or receptacles.
The aforesaid sliding plate a³ is carried by a rocking arm a' (see Figure 6)
which is pivoted at as and which, under the influence of a spring a, tends to
normally occupy the position represented by the full lines in this figure, that

page_text: is to say with the sliding plate in its retracted position and the slot A¹ of the
slot-chamber uncovered. The lower end of this arm a has a tail piece a which
lies contiguous to one end of a lever 8 whose opposite end engages with a
projection forming part of a spring controlled flap al by which the exit
openings in the bottom of an inclined shoot J communicating with the silver
coin chamber are normally kept closed. This shoot is similar in construction
to the one referred to in the specification of my aforesaid prior patent and has
a similar function to perform, viz. to separate the silver coins, in accordance
with their dimensions, as they one by one roll along the said shoot from the
coin chambers B and C, the said coins being arrested as they arrive in a portion
of the shoot that is too narrow to allow them to proceed. The arrested coins
are thus stopped in proper position immediately above their various coin recep-
tacles, so that when released by the opening of the said flap a¹0 they will drop
into their proper receptacles. The opening of the said flap takes place each
time the sliding plate is actuated by the operator, by reason of the tail piece a
of the said arm a rocking the lever as, which in turn acts upon the projec-
tion a on the flap.
all (see Figures 2 and 6) is a shaft having at its end adjacent to the aforesaid
rocking arm a, a projection at which, when the said arm is moved forward by
the operation of the said sliding plate 3, engages with a catch a¹3 on said
arm a. The latter is thus retained in its forward position by the projection a¹³
remaining in engagement with the catch a³ under the action of a spring a¹
surrounding a portion of the shaft a". By this means the said slot-chamber
is kept temporarily closed, so that another coin cannot be inserted until after
the catch is disengaged by a pin on the toothed wheel referred to in my
prior Specification No. 7811 of 1895 and forming part of the change giving
mechanism, the said pin operating the arm a¹ and so rocking the shaft a",
as set forth in my said prior specification.
Projecting from a bracket a carried by the said arm a is a pin a7 (see
Figure 7) which extends through the slot-chamber and terminates in a stop-
piece or fin a8 which, so long as the sliding plate a³ remains in a position to
uncover the slot A¹ of the slot-chamber, lies immediately below the aforesaid
balanced lever I and prevents the latter from being depressed. When however
the sliding plate a is shifted forward to cover said slot A', the fin a¹8 is shifted
into a position to release the balanced lever, as represented by the dotted lines
in Figure 7.
K is the pivoted finger for acting upon the coin in the slot-chamber. The
said finger is preferably made with its free end bent to form a tail as shewn
and is connected at (see Figures 10 and 12) to a spring controlled rocking
plate which is itself pivotally connected at to a fixed bracket. The
said rocking piece k is provided with a shoulder which lies in the path of a
projection a on the arm a, so that each time the said arm is rocked by the
forward movement of the sliding plate, the rocking piece will be caused to turn
about its pivot against the resistance of its spring. The said finger is thus
shifted downwardly in a vertical plane until its head, which protrudes through
a vertical slot A2 in the slot-chamber, comes into contact with the coin therein.
Then as the said finger continues to descend, its tail turns inwardly to an
extent depending on the dimensions of the coin and thus arrives adjacent to
one or other of the movable stops or projections L, M. Then as the finger still
continues to descend the head slides along the surface of the coin and enables
the said tail * to be forcibly pressed against the said movable stop L or M
by a toggle like action. is a spring which normally tends to keep the said
finger in the position represented in Figure 10.
The movable stop or projection L forms part of a spring controlled lever
arranged adjacent to a weighted arm pivotally carried by another arm 12;
these two arms together constituting an auxiliary balanced lever. This pivoted
arm normally lies in a position to rest upon the outer end of the main balanced

page_text: lever I but, when the aforesaid, movable stop L, is acted upon by the finger K
during the descent of the latter, as aforesaid, the lever is thereby operated
and, by a pin 3 thereon, shifts the pivoted arm into a position to bring it
out of contact with the main balanced lever 1, with the result that the weight
of the auxiliary balanced lever is removed therefrom. This operation takes
place when coins the size of, or smaller than, a sovereign or a sixpence are inserted
into the slot-chamber (see Figure 12).
The other movable stop or projection M forms part of a hinged arm m which
is coupled, by means of a transverse bar m² extending from a depending portion
of said arm, to another hinged arm m* situated on the opposite side of the
apparatus. This last mentioned hinged arm is connected by means of a pin m²
to the aforesaid pennies substitute B. The hinged arms m and m³ act through
the, intervention of lugs m³ and m to lock and unlock two levers N and O, the
former of which controls the coin deflector F arranged at the upper part of the
inclined shoot E, while the last mentioned lever U. controls a coin deflector G
-arranged laterally with respect to the said shoot. In accordance with the position
of these deflectors the coin passing along the inclined shoot is directed either to
the copper coin chamber B or to the silver coin chamber C.
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When a coin, the size of a floriu or of a penny or larger, is inserted into the
slot-chamber, the finger K is caused, in its descent, to act upon the movable
stop (see Figure 11).
When however a shilling or a coin of a size neither so small as a sixpence nor
so large as a florin or a penny (with the exception of a sovereign) is inserted
into the slot-chamber, the said finger K, in its descent, does not act upon
either of the movable stops L or M.
The main balanced lever I has a stop-piece or shoulder which is so disposed
that so long as the said balanced lever remains in its normal position, it will
lie in the path of a projection at the free end of the aforesaid lever N, whereby
the latter, even if released by the said hinged arm m under the influence of the
finger K acting on the projection M, would be prevented from liberating the
coin deflector (see Figure 13). The balanced lever I also has another stop-
piece or shoulder which is situated at the side opposite to the said shoulder i,
and which, so long as the balanced lever occupies its normal position, lies out
of the path of a projection o on the lever O and does not therefore restrain the
movement of this lever O when the latter is released. The deflector G which, this
lever controls, will therefore be liberated so long as the said main balanced lever
does not descend into a position to bring its stop piece into the path of the
projection on the said switch lever (see Figure 14)..
I will now describe the working of the apparatus. Suppose a penny to be
inserted into the slot-chamber A. Then when the sliding plate a³ is shifted by
the user, the aforesaid finger K will descend in the slot-chamber as already
explained and come into a position, such as that represented in Figure 11, in
other words its tail will act upon the stop M and by depressing the latter, will
shift the hinged arms m and m* into a position of disengagement with the two
levers N and U. These two levers and the coin deflectors I and G they control,
will therefore be no longer restrained from moving, because the lugs m³ m²
which these levers respectively carry have been shifted out of their path. Then
as the said sliding plate a continues its forward movement the aforesaid stop-
piece a18 is moved from beneath the balanced lever I and so. liberates the same
but as the weight of the penny is insufficient to overcome the combined weight
of the main and auxinary balanced levers, the balanced lever I does not materially
alter the position of its two shoulders i relatively to the two levers N and O.
Consequently the lever N and its deflector F remain locked while the lever O
and its deflector G are liberated. The sliding plate a³, at the termination of its
forward movement, removed the shutter a out of the path of the penny in
the slot-chamber and permits it to roll along the inclined shoot E, the said
plate a³ being temporarily retained in its forward position by the catch a¹ as

page_text: already stated and being subsequently disengaged by another part of the apparatus,
that forms no part of my present invention, acting on the tail piece
shaft al.
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As the penny rolls along the shoot it meets the deflectors F and G, the former
of which by being locked, as above stated, acts to deflect the penny towards the
deflector G which by being liberated as above stated gives way to the penny and
allows it to pass into the copper coin chamber B.
Suppose however a silver coin the size of or larger than a penny be inserted
into the slot chamber A, say a half-crown. It will of course be heavier than a
penny and will consequently overcome the balanced lever I which will be
depressed and although the finger K will still operate the same stop M as it
does when a penny is in the slot-chamber, the said balanced lever I, by reason
of its being depressed by the half-crown, will cause the shoulderson said
balanced lever to come into a position to lock the lever and deflector G and
liberate the lever N and deflector F (see Figure 14). Therefore when the half-
crown passes along the inclined shoot E, after being released from the slot-
chamber by the removal of the shutter a as already explained, it will meet the
fixed deflector G which will direct it towards the deflector F and this deflector
being liberated as aforesaid, will permit the half-crown to enter the silver coin
chamber C. A similar operation would take place if a five shiling piece, a four
shilling piece, or a florin were inserted into the slot-chamber.
If however a silver coin of a size smaller than a penny, as for instance a
shilling or a sixpence be inserted into the slot-chamber its weight will not be
sufficient to overcome the combined weight of the main and auxiliary balanced
levers and therefore it would under these circumstances (if no provision were
made therefor) be directed into the copper coin chamber like the penny, because
the deflector F would be fixed and the deflector G liberated as explained when
dealing with the penny. But when the finger K descends it travels farther down
than in the case of the penny, before meeting the coin within the slot-chamber
and therefore its tail follows a different path. That is to say its tail k
comes into contact with the movable stop L instead of with the movable stop M
(Figure 12) and consequently actuates the lever with the result that the auxiliary
balanced lever is shifted into a position to remove its weight from the main
balanced lever I, whereby the latter will be overcome by the shilling or the
sixpence and will be depressed into a position to unlock the lever N and its
deffector F and to lock the lever O and its deflector G. Therefore when the
shilling or the sixpence escapes from the slot-chamber and rolls along the
inclined shoot E it will be guided into the silver coin chamber C.
The manner in which the various silver coins are directed by the silver coins
shoot J to the various storage receptacles is similar to that set forth in the
specification of my aforesaid prior patent and therefore needs no special des-
cription.
If a sovereign or half-sovereign be inserted into the slot-chamber, the parts
assume such a position that the weight of either of these coins is sufficient to
completely remove the inner end of the main balanced lever from the opening
in the bottom of the slot-chamber. Consequently the gold coin is permitted to
drop directly into the shoot H which leads to the coin chamber D; whence
it passes to the storage receptacle. The size of the opening in the bottom of
the slot-chamber is only sufficient to allow coins of the diameter of a sovereign
or less to pass completely through, it being understood that the weight of the
main and auxiliary balanced levers, is sufficient to prevent the main balanced
lever from descending far enough to permit the coins to escape through this
opening, except in the case of sovereigns and half-sovereigns.
In conjunction with the main balanced lever I employ a retarding device in
the form of a hinged stop P (Figure 9) which, by the action of a spring or of
gravity, comes into operation when the hinged arm m³ is depressed by the finger I
acting on the movable stop M, said stop P then preventing the balanced lever

page_text: from returning to its normal position until said hinged arm m³ regains its original
position, so that there will be no liability of the deflectors being liberated before
the coin has had ample time to run along the shoot E and has been properly
directed by the said deflectors.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is:-
1. A hinged finger or similar device adapted to operate in conjunction with
a coin and with movable stops forming part of the mechanism controlling the
coin deflectors for the purpose specified.
2. The combination with the coin deflectors of levers which are normally held
locked by hinged or pivoted arms under the control of one of the aforesaid movable
stops for the purpose specified.
3. The combination with the coin deflectors and their levers, of a balanced
arm arranged beneath an opening in the slot-chamber and of shoulders or other
stop-pieces on said balanced arm adapted to lie in the path of one or other of
said levers according to the position of the balanced arm for the purpose specified.
4. The combination with the balanced arm of an auxiliary balanced arm which
is adapted to be shifted by lever mechanism when one of the said movable stops
is actuated by the aforesaid hinged finger for the purpose specified.
5. The combination with the sliding plate and its hinged arm of a stop-piece or
support for the balanced arm substantially as and for the purpose specified.
6. The combination with the slot-chamber of a shutter capable of being shifted
by the sliding plate substantially as and for the purpose specified.
7. The combination with the balanced arm of a stop for retarding the return
of the said balanced arm to its normal position substantially as and for the
purpose specified.
8. A hinged piece for acting as a substitute for the pennies substantially as
and for the purpose specified.
9. A coin sorting apparatus having its parts constructed combined and operating
substantially as described with reference to the accompanying drawings for the
púrpose specified.
Dated this 14th day of December 1890
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C.,
Agents for the Applicant.