IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR CHECKING AND INDICATING THE RECEIPT AND WITHDRAWAL OF MONEY
Year: 1881

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Albert Jules Theodore Wild of Peckham in the County
of Surrey for an Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR CHECKING
AND INDICATING THE RECEIPT AND WITHDRAWAL OF MONEY."
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Albert Jules Theodoro Wild
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 6th December 1881.
ALBERT JULES THEODORE WILD of Peckham in the County of Surrey
'IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR CHECKING AND INDICATING THE RECEIPT
AND WITHDRAWAL OF MONEY"
Ny Invention relates to apparatus to be employed in shops and other places of
business, in vehicles, restaurants, places of amusement, and wherever money is
required to be received and change given for the purpose of checking and
indicating the amounts received and the sums withdrawn from the receptacle.
In carrying out my Invention I employ for one denomination of coin say for
example silver, a wheel mounted on a centre or axis so as to be capable of rotatory
motion and provided on its periphery with a series of pockets exactly the size of
the largest coin to be received. Beneath this wheel is arranged a series of conduits
or passages corresponding in number and size to the varieties of coins to be
received the first being of the exact size of the smallest coin and the last of the
largest coin of the series. When it is required to receive money in silver tho
customer or passenger (for example) introduces the coin into the pocket in
the wheel which for the time being is situate at the top and the wheel is then
moved round to an extent corresponding to the distance between two pockets, and
when silver money is again to be received, the coin is introduced into the next
pocket and the wheel again operated and so on in succession as often as money is
required to be received. As the wheel rotates the coins are brought one by one
over the conduits or passages below, the smallest coin passing down the first conduit
or passage and the larger being carried forward until the conduit or passage is
reached of sufficient size for its reception. The wheel may be fitted with any

page_text: suitable counting-apparatus so that the number of its revolutions and consequently
the number of coins received may be ascertained and indicated. In order to
further check the total amount of money received I may provide means for
ascertaining and indicating the number of coins of each value received say for
example sixpences shillings and so on. For this purpose I employ a series of
levers one for each conduit or passage on to which the coins are caused to fall, and
the levers are so pivotted that the weight of each coin is sufficient to actuate a
corresponding lever, and which in its turn acts by means of a pawl upon a ratchet
wheel forming part of a counting apparatus so that the number of respective coins
is duly indicated. If the coin is counterfeit, its weight will not be sufficient to
operate the apparatus and it must be removed by the attendant, for which purpose
an outlet may be provided. The genuine coins after operating the levers fall to
the bottom of the receptacle and there accumulates in piles, and inay bo with-
drawn in order to give change in the following manner. At the lower part of
each conduit or passage is formed a slit of sufficient size only to admit of the
passage of one of the corresponding coins and the bottom of the receptacle formed
by the conduit or passage is provided with a slot or opening to admit of the
passage of a hook or similar device which may be moved in by hand and caused to
engage behind the coin and then allowed to recode under the action of a spring
projecting the lowermost coin through the slit. Simultaneously with and by the
action of the hook or similar device a counting apparatus is also actuated so that
as each conduit or passage is provided with its own withdrawal device and counter
the amount of money withdrawn is ascertained and indicated.
In the case of gold coin I prefer to dispenso with the revolving wheel and
employ two conduits or passages (one for sovereigns and the other for half
Bovereigns) provided with tilting lovers and counters for checking the receipt and
with withdrawal devices and counters for ascertaining and indicating the amounts
withdrawn. I may also dispense with the wheel in the case of silver coin, and
simply use the series of conduits or passages fitted and arranged in the manner
hereinbefore described. In the case of copper coin similar arrangements may also
be provided the revolving wheel being either used or not as desired.
In some cases provision may be made for operating the tilting levers by hand
without relying upon the weight of the coins to bring them into action.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, and of
an Order of the Lord Chancellor, filed by the said Albert Jules Theodore Wild
in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 15th June 1882.
ALBERT JULES THEODORE WILD of Peckham in the County of Surrey
"IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR CHECKING AND INDICATING THE RECEIPT
AND WITHDRAWAL OF MONEY"
The object of the Invention is to check and indicate the amounts received and the
sums withdrawn from the apparatus thereby preventing fraud or error on the part
of the person paying or receiving the same.
The apparatus consists of the following elements or features or of a combination
of same or all of them, and in order the better to explain the same I refer to the
accompanying Sheet of Drawings in which the same letters of reference indicate
corresponding parts in all the corresponding Figures.
Figure 1 is a front elevation of my Invention.
Figure 2 is a side clevation thereof. Figure 3 is a plan thereof.
Figures 4 & 5 are respectively a front and side elevation of a modified arrange-
ment of the Invention. Figure 6, is a moditication
In carrying my Invention into practice I employ for one denomination of coin
for example silver a wheel A Fig. 1, mounted on a centre or axis so as to be
capable of rotatory motion and provided on its periphery with a series of pockets
b, b, b, exactly the size of the largest coin to be received. Beneath this wheel is
arranged a series of conduits, or passages corresponding in number and size to the
varieties of coin to be received, the first being of the exact size of the smallest coin
and the last of the largest coin of the series, as shown by c, c, c, c, c, Fig. 1. The
coin is introduced through the mouth d Fig. 1 in the top of the case in which the
apparatus is fixed, and which case may be of wood or other suitable material,
into the pocket on said wheel which for the time being is situated at the top
thereof and the wheel is then moved round by means of the finger-rod d³
Fig. 1 which is acted upon by a spiral spring d¹ Fig. 1 to an extent corre-
sponding to the distance between two pockets. When silver money is again to
be received the coin is introduced into the next pocket and the wheel again
operated and so on in succession as often as may be necessary.
As the
wheel rotates the coins are brought, one by one, over the conduits or passages
into which, they pass or fall the smallest coin passing down the first conduit
and the larger coin being carried forward until the conduit is reached of sufficient
size for, its reception. The aforesaid wheel may be fitted with any suitable
counting apparatus so that the number of its revolutions and consequently the
number of coins received may be ascertained and indicated. For this purpose
I use one or more ratchet wheels. The face of the outer one of these wheels
Fig. 1 is inscribed with figures 1 to 10 inclusive. When this last mentioned
wheel has made one revolution it acts by means of a pin fastened thereto, upon a
second ratchet wheel which is similarly inscribed and which having made one
revolution, again in its turn acts upon a third ratchet wheel also similarly inscribed.
By these means tens, hundreds, and thousands, are indicated. In order to further
check the total amount of money received I may provide a device for ascertaining
and indicating the number of coins of each value say for example_sixpences
shillings and so on. For this purpose I employ a series of levers c¹ c¹ Fig. 4 one
for each conduit on to which the coins are caused to fall, and these levers are so
pivotted that the weight of each coin is sufficient to actuate a corresponding lever
which, in its turn acts by means of a pawl upon a ratchet wheel & Fig. 4, forming

page_text: part of a counting apparatus so that the number of the respective coins is duly
indicated. If the coin is counterfeit its weight will not be sufficient to operate the
apparatus, and may be removed by the attendant a suitable opening at the back of
the case being provided for that purpose. The coins fall in piles in the conduits
and are withdrawn in the following manner. At the lower part of each conduit
is formed a slit g Fig. 2 of sufficient size only to admit of the passage of one
coin, and the bottom of each conduit is provided with a slot or opening g'
Figure 33 to admit of the passage of a hook or similar device which is moved by
means of a nob d³ Fig. 2 and caused to engage behind the coin which it presses
outwards. The coin having been thus withdrawn the hook recedes under the
action of a spiral spring d' Fig. 2, Simultaneously with and by the action of said
hook or similar device, a counting apparatus m Fig. 1 and m¹-- Fig. 2, is also
actuated so that, as each conduit is provided with its own withdrawal device
and counter as shown in Figs. 1 & 3 the amount of money withdrawn is ascer-
tained and indicated. Instead of the withdrawal device herein before described I
may use the arm and nob arrangement h Fig. 5. The dials n. n Fig. 4 are
intended to indicate the last takings of silver and gold coin, and are manipulated
by means of the hands oo. The bar & Fig. 4 is acted upon by the hand o to
separate the silver from the copper coin. In the case of gold coin I prefer to
dispense with the revolving wheel and employ two conduits or passages one for
sovereigns and the other for half sovereigns p p¹ Fig. 4, provided with tilting levers
and counters as described, and shown in Figure 4, and withdrawal devices and
counters for ascertaining and indicating the amounts withdrawn as shown by
md Fig. 2. I may also dispense with the wheel in the case of silver coin and
simply use the series of conduits or passages fitted and arranged in the manner
herein before described. In the case of copper coin similar arrangements may also
be provided as shown by r r Fig. 4, the revolving wheel being either used or not
as described.
Figure 6 is a modification of Fig. 1 whereby I dispense with conduits and simply
use n pouch.
Having now fully described the nature of my said Invention and the means by
which it is to be carried into effect I claim the combination and arrangement of
the various parts thereof substantially as and for the purpose herein before described
and illustrated in the accompanying Drawings.
In witness whereof I the said Albert Jules, Theodore Wild have hereunto set
my hand and seal this Fifteenth day of June in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and eighty two.
ALRERT UILLES THEODORE WILD