Year: 1886

page_text: Date of Application, 25th June, 1886
Complete Left, 25th Mar., 1887.
Complete Accepted, 7th June, 1887.
DC
[Communicated from abroad by THE KENNEY ELECTRICAL CASH CARRIER Co.
(Incorporated), of Portland, Maine, United States of America.]
I, HENRY HARRIS LAKE, of the firm of Haseltine Lake & Co., Patent Agents,
Southampton Buildings in the County of Middlesex do hereby declare the nature of
this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to a cash system, or apparatus for taking money from
attendants or clerks stationed at different parts of a store to the cashier's desk, and
returning the change from the cashier's desk to each of the clerks from whom the
money was originally received.
The invention is embodied in an apparatus of that class in which a continuously
moving conveying device or car passes all or a considerable number of stations in the
store on its way to and from the cashier's desk, the said conveying device or car
collecting the cash receptacles that are to be taken to the cashier's desk, as it passes
the different stations, and at the same time discharging the receptacles that are
returning from the cashier's desk each at the proper station.
The invention consists in various details of construction and combinations of parts
whereby the receptacles or burdens to be conveyed, are received and delivered at the
proper points.
The track upon which the conveying device travels, and which passes any desired
number of stations to and from which the cash or other burdens or packages are to
be carried, consists of rails, placed for instance one above the other, and supported in
suitable frames mounted on posts extending upward from the floor of the building, or
if desired, they may be hung or supported from the ceiling.
The said rails are, in this instance, electrically insulated from one another and form
electrical conductors connected with opposite poles of a suitable battery or generator

page_text: of electricity, the current from which is transmitted from the said rails to actuating
electro magrets of the carrying device or car which is thus caused to travel around
the said track continuously.
The car has flanged rollers engaging the lower rail, and cylinders engaging the
sides of upper rail to guide the car with but little vibration or swaying.
The said car may be provided with two carriers, one of which is used to convey the
cash receptacle from the different stations to the main or cashiers station, and the
latter to convey from the cashier's station to the different clerk's stations.
The said carriers each consist of a long bar adapted to receive a large number of
receptacles upon it, and provided with a stopping device at the rear end which is
automatically operated to prevent the receptacles from sliding off at the rear end of
the carrier, except at the proper times when it is desired to discharge them.
The said stopping device is pivoted on the carriers, and provided with a finger
hereinafter termed a stopping finger engaged by an operating cam bar supported from
the upper rail of the track, the said cam-bar causing the stopping device to be turned
at right angles to the first carrier and bar while the car is passing the station and the
receptacles received on the said carrier, the said receptacles being provided with hooks
by means of which they are supported on the carriers.
The receptacles are transferred to the first carrier from a delivering device having
a finger hereinafter termed the carrying finger to receive the hook of the receptacle
and hold it in proper position for the said first carrier to pass within the said hook,
when the stopping device will engage the book and push it off from the said carrying
finger and permit it to drop and remain hanging on the carrier.
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If the track were within reach of the attendant, the carrying finger of the delivering
device might be stationary, but as the track will usually be elevated at a considerable
distance from the floor, the said-delivering device is provided with a carriage travelling
on vertical guides from a position accessible to the attendant to the proper position
near the side of the track where the said delivering device is retained, until the arrival
of the car, by a hook or a pawl engaging a finger extending froin the carriage and
hereinafter termed the carriage finger.
The said pawl is tripped by a projection at the rear end of the car thus permitting
the said carriage to deseend after the car has passed and the receptacle has been
transferred to the first carrier. The stopping device may be operated by a cam bar
only, while the car is passing one of the delivering devices, and if one or more
receptacles is or are already hanging upon the carrier, the foremost one will engage
the receptacle that is hanging on the carriage finger and remove it therefrom to the
earrier, the stopping device then preventing the receptacles already on the carrier
from being pushed off.
The carrying fingers may be long enough to hold any desired number of receptacles.
The carriage is provided with palleys over which pass a cord one end of which is
attached to the upper end of a guide, while the said cord at the other side passes over
a pulley and may if desired hang down in convenient position to be operated by the
attendant to raise the delivering device after a receptacle has been hung thereon.
It is essential that the delivering device should be in proper position before the car
arrives, and in order to insure the proper timing, or to prevent the receptacles from
being raised while the car is passing and thereby possibly striking or throwing off the
receptacles already on the carrier, the said delivering device is raised automatically
by the approaching car, the cord being extended along the track and passed over a
pulley where it is connected with an engaging device consisting of two rings inter-
secting one another at right angles and adapted to be engaged by a finger hereinafter
termed an engaging finger pivotted at the under side of the car, and held in position
to engage the rings by a latch. The said latch is provided with a finger hereinafter
termed a latch finger which, after the car has drawn the cord a sufficient distance to
raise the delivering device until engaged by the hook is tripped by a cam bar at the
side of the track, and the rings are guided by a guide, while the carriage drops back
by gravity.

page_text: Thus it is only necessary to place a receptacle on the carrying finger after which
the car in its continuous movement first engages one of the rings and raises the said
receptacle until it is caught by the hook when the latch will be raised and the
engaging finger released and permitted to turn back thereby disengaging the rings.
The stop will at this time be raised, and it or a receptacle already banging on the first
carrier will push the hook off from the carrying finger and cause it to drop upon the
first carrier after which the engaging finger will trip the hook permitting the delivering
device to drop to its normal position.
The carrying finger may be of sufficient length to receive any desired number of
receptacles all of which will be thus transferred to the carrier as the car passes. The
same operation will be repeated as the car passes each station, and it will thus from
time to time pick up all the receptacles, and in passing the cashier's desk, the said
receptacles will all be removed over the rear end of the carrier by any suitable hopper
or guide placed in their path, there being no cam bar at this point to raise the stop.
A number of receptacles will thus be left at the cashier's station at each passage
of the car, and their contents may be examined and the proper change made while
the car is making its next passage around the building, after which the receptacles
are conveyed to their respective stations and discharged, each at the proper stationsin
the following manner,
they being returned by the second carrier at the opposite side
of the car from the one by which they were taken to the cashier's desk.
The construction of the second carrier and manner of transferring the receptacles
thereto at the cashier's station is the same as already described in connection with the
first carrier the receptacles being all hung on a rod or guide near the track and
corresponding to the carrying finger of the delivery device, and the stopping device
being raised by a cam in passing the said rod.
The carriers are each provided with a distinguishing detaching device which may
consist of a small ball hanging from its under side, the said balls being of different
sizes for the carriers of the different stations, those corresponding to the stations first
passed by the car on its way from the cashier's station being largest, and those of each
succeeding station being smaller than those of the station next preceeding.
The receptacles are hung by the cashier on the delivery device in order of the
stations, so that those having the largest ball or belonging to the nearest station,
would be placed at the rearmost end of the carrier. Each station is provided with
a detacher, consisting of a pair of posts made adjustable towards and from one
another and set sufficiently near together to prevent the balls of the receptacles
belonging to the corresponding stations from passing through, but permitting the
smaller balls of the receptacles belonging to succeeding stations to pass through. The
said posts, are provided with flaring projections which will engage the stems by which
the balls are suspended, and guide the said balls to the space between the posts.
Thus when the car passes a given station, the balls of all receptacles belonging to
that station, if any happen to be on the carrier, will be engaged by the said posts
which will retain the receptacle while the car passes on, thereby removing the carrier
from beneath it.
The receptacle thus detached will drop by its own weight and suitable guides are
provided for engaging the stein between the ball and the receptacle, and thus guiding
the latter down until it finally comes to rest with the ball in the hook-shaped ends of
the said guide, from which it may be easily removed by the attendant.
The track may follow any desired direction through the building, the car always
passing over it in one direction, or if desired, a single line of track may be employed
over which the car will pass back and forth in both directions, in which case a loop
will be formed at the end of the track, the said loop being provided with an automatic
switch, which will engage the flange of the rollers causing them to always pass on to
the side of the loop, the said spring however opening to permit the flanges to pass on
their return from the side of the loop.
The upper rail is provided with a similar spring switch for the rollers engaging the
sides of the said rail, and guides are placed at either side of the said switch to assist in
guiding the said rollers.

page_text: Where a continuous track is employed, and the cars only pass in one direction, it is
obvious that two or more cars may be employed when the track is so long that the
interval between two successive passages of a single car would be too great, but except
for very long tracks the car may be run with such speed that the interval will be no
greater than required for making the proper transfer in the contents of the
receptacles.
All the apparatus at the different stations is supported from the rails and various
modifications may be made in the details of construction of the apparatus without
departing from the invention.
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co
45, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C.,
Agents for the Applicant.

page_text: Improvements in Apparatus for Transferring Cash from one Part to
another Part of a Shop or other Building and for similar
Purposes.
I, HENRY HARRIS LAKE, of the firm of Haseltine, Lake & Co., Patent Agents,
Southampton Buildings, in the County of Middlesex, 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 :-
This invention relates to a cash system, or apparatus for taking money from
attendants or clerks stationed at different parts of a store or shop to the cashier's desk,
and returning the change from the cashier's desk to each of the clerks from, whom
the money was originally received.
The invention is embodied in an apparatus of that class in which a continuously
moving conveying device or car passes all or a considerable number of the stations in
the store or shop on its way to and from the cashier's desk, the said conveying device
or car collecting the cash receptacles that are to be taken to the cashier's desk, as it
passes the different stations, and at the same time discharging the receptacles that
are returning from the cashier's desk each at the proper station.
The invention consisis in various details of construction and combinations of parts
whereby the receptacles or burdens to be conveyed are received and delivered at the
proper points.
Figure 1 is a side elevation of a portion of the track and the apparatus at one of
the clerk's stations.
Figure 2 is an end elevation of the said apparatus, the track being shown in
section.
Figure 3 is a side elevation of the conveying device or car.
Figures 4 and 5 are plans or top views of the upper and lower rail arranged to
enable the conveying device to travel back and forth on a single line of track, and,
Figures 6 and 7 are respectively a plan and a section of the detacher by which the
receptacles are removed from the conveying device.
The track upon which the conveying device travels, and which passes any desired
number of stations to and from which the cash or other burdens or packages are to
be carried, consists of rails a, a', shown in this instance as placed one above the other,
and supported in suitable frames b, mounted on posts e extending upward from the
floor of the building, or if desired, they may be hung or supported from the ceiling.
The said rails are in this instance electrically insulated from one another and form
electrical conductors connected with opposite poles of a suitable battery or generator
of electricity the current from which is transmitted from the said rails to the actuating
electro-magnets c* of the carrying device or car C, which is thus caused to travel
around the said track continuously.
The car has flanged rollers c¹ engaging the lower rail and cylinders
sides of upper rail to guide the car with but little vibration or swaying.
engaging the
The said car C is shown in this instance as provided with two carriers d d¹, the
former of which is used to convey the cash receptacle e from the different stations to
the main or cashier's station, and the latter to convey from the cashier's station
to the different clerk's stations.
Each of the said carriers consists of a long bar adapted to receive a large number
of receptacles e upon it, and provided with a stopping device at the rear end which is

page_text: automatically operated to prevent the receptacles from sliding off at the rear end of
the carrier, except at the proper times when it is desired to discharge them.
The said stopping devices are pivotted on the carriers, and provided with
fingers d³, engaged by operating cam bar d', supported from the upper rail a', of the
track as more clearly shown in Figure 2, the said cam bar causing the stop d² to be
turned at right angles to the carrier and bar d while the car is passing the station,
and the receptacles e being received on the said carrier, the said receptacles being
provided with hooks e¹ by means of which they are supported on the carriers.
a
The receptacles e are transferred to the carriers d from a delivering device having
finger to receive the hook e of the receptacle e and hold it in proper position for
the carrier d to pass within the said hook, when the stopping device
the hook and push it off from the finger and permit it to drop and remain hanging
on the carrier, as will be understood by reference to Figure 2.
will engage
If the track were within reach of the attendant, the finger" of the delivering device
might be stationary, but as the track will usually be elevated at a considerable
distance from the floor, the delivering device is provided with a carriage ƒ” travelling
on vertical guides from a position as shown in Figure 1, accessible to the attendant,
to the proper position near the side of the track as shown in Figure 2, where the said
delivering device is retained until the arrival of the car by a hook or pawl g' engaging
a finger f³ extending from the carriage ƒ².
g
The said pawl is tripped by a projection at the rear end of the car. C, thus
permitting the said carriage to descend after the car has passed, and the receptacle e
has been transferred to the carrier d. The stop d is shown as operated by the cam
bar d only while the car is passing one of the delivering devices, and if one or more
receptacles e are already hanging upon the carrier, the foremost one will engage the
receptacle that is hanging on the finger and remove it therefrom to the carrier, the
stop then preventing the receptacles already on the carriers from being pushed off.
The fingers may be long enough to hold any desired number of receptacles e. The
carriage is provided with pulleys over which passes a cord one end of which
is attached at 6 to the upper end of one of the guides g, while the said cord at the
other side of the guides passes over a pulley, and may if desired hang down as
shown in convenient position to be operated by the attendant to raise the delivering
devico after a receptacle has been hung thereon.
It is essential that the delivering device should be in proper position before the car C
arrives, and in order to ensure the proper timing, or to prevent the receptacles from
being raised while the car is passing and thereby possibly striking or throwing off
the receptacles already on the carrier, the said delivering device is raised automatically
by the approaching car, the cord f³ being extended along the track a and passed over
a pulley where it is connected with an engaging device f shown as consisting of
two rings intersecting one another at right angles and adapted to be engaged by a
finger pivotted at the under side of the car, and held in position to engage the
rings by a latch e as best shown in Figure 3 the said latch being provided with a
finger c which after the car has drawn the cord f a sufficient distance to raise the
delivering device ƒ until engaged by the hook g, is tripped by a cam bar at the side
of the track, and the rings are guided by a guide h', while the carriage drops back
by gravity.
Thus it is only necessary to place a receptacle on the finger after which the
car C in its continuous movement first engages one of the rings, raises the said
receptacle until it is caught by the hook y¹, when the catch will be raised and the
finger released and permitted to turn back as shown in dotted lines Figure 3 thereby
disengaging the rings. The stop d² will at this time be raised and it or a receptacle
already hanging on the carrier d will push the hook ei off from the finger and
cause it to drop upon the carrier d after which the finger c will trip the hook
permitting the delivering device to drop to its normal position.
The finger may be of sufficient length to receive any desired number of
receptacles e, all of which will be thus transferred to the carrier d as the car
passes. The same operation will be repeated as the car passes each station, and it

page_text: will thus from time to time pick up all the receptacles, and in passing the cashier's
desk, the said, receptacles will all be removed over the rear end of the carrier by
any suitable hopper or guide placed in their path, there being no cam bar d* at this
point to raise the stop d².
A number of receptacles will thus be left at the cashier's station at each passage
of the car, and their contents may be examined and the proper change made while
the car is making its next passage around the building, after which the receptacles e
are conveyed to their respective stations and discharged each at the proper station
in the following manner, they being returned by the second carrier d' at the opposite
side of the car from the one d by which they were taken to the cashier's desk.
The construction of the carrier d, and manner of transferring the receptacles e
thereto at the cashier's station is the same as already described in connection with
the carrier & the receptacles being all hung on a rod or guide near the track and
corresponding to the finger of the delivery device, and the stop d² being raised
by a cam in passing the said rod.
The carriers are cach provided with a distinguishing detaching device shown as
a small balle hanging from its under side, the said balls being of different sizes for
the carriers of the different stations, those corresponding to the stations first past
by the car on its way from the cashier's station being largest, and those of each.
succeeding station being smaller than those of the station next preceding. The
receptacles are hung by the cashier on the delivery device in order of the stations,
so that those having the largest ball or belonging to the nearest station, would be
placed at the rearmost end of the carrier. Each station is provided with a detacher
(more clearly shown in Figures 2, 6 and 7) consisting of a pair of posts i, i made
adjustable towards and from one another and set sufficiently near together to prevent
the balls of the receptacles belonging to the corresponding stations from passing
through, but permitting the smaller balls of the receptacles belonging to succeeding
stations to pass through. The uprights are provided with flaring projections
which will engage the stems by which the balls are suspended, and guide the said
balls to the space between the upright i, i¹,
Thus when the car passes a given station, the balls of all receptacles belonging to
that station, if any happen to be on the carrier, will be engaged by the said posts
which will retain the receptacle while the car passes on, removing the carrier from
beneath it.
The receptacle thus detached will drop by its own weight and suitable guides are
provided for engaging the stem ³ between the ball and the receptacle, and thus
guiding the latter down until it finally comes to rest with the ball in the hook-shaped
ends of the said guide, from which it may be easily removed by the attendant.
The track a may follow any desired direction through the building, the car
always passing over it in one direction, or if desired, a single line of track may be
employed over which the car will pass back and forth in both directions, in which
case a loop will be formed at the end of the track, as shown in Figures 4 and 5, the
said loop being provided with an automatic switch (shown as a spring a²) which will
engage the flange of the rollers c¹ causing them to always pass on to the side a³ of the
loop, the said spring however opening to permit the flanges to pass on their return
from the side a' of the loop.
The upper rail a is provided with a similar spring switch a³ for the rollers c²
engaging the sides of the said rail a', and guides a, are placed at either side of the
said switch to assist in guiding the said rollers.
Where a continuous track is employed, and the cars only pass in one direction, it
is obvious that two or more cars may be employed when the track is so long that the
interval between two successive passages of a single car would be too great, but except
for very long tracks the car may be run with such speed that the interval will be no
greater than required for making the proper transfer in the contents of the receptacles.
It will be seen that all the apparatus at the different stations is supported from the
rails a' and various modifications may be made in the details of construction of the
apparatus without departing from the invention.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said invention,
and in what manner the same is to be performed, as communicated to me by my
foreign Correspondents, I declare that what I claim is :-
First. In an apparatus for the purposes specified, a track passing the cashier's
desk and other stations, and the conveying device moving thereon, combined with
delivering and discharging mechanism, whereby receptacles are transferred from the
different stations to the said conveying device, and discharged from the said
conveying device each at the proper station, substantially as described.
Second. The combination of a conveying device and actuating mechanism therefor
by which it is moved past the different stations, with a carrier, and delivering devices
at the different stations whereby receptacles are transferred to the said carrier,
substantially as described.
Third. The conveying device and actuating mechanism therefor, combined with
receptacles having distinguishing detaching devices combined with corresponding
detachers at the different stations, the detacher of each station cooperating only with
the detaching devices of receptacles belonging to the same station as, and for the
purpose described.
Fourth. The conveying device and carrier thereon provided with a stopping device
combined with actuating mechanism for said stopping device whereby it is maintained
in position to engage receptacles when being applied to the carrier, but permits the
receptacles to be discharged at the proper time, substantially as described.
Fifth. The conveying device or car and delivering device having an up-and-down
movement, combined with a device for retaining the said delivering device in its upper
position, and a releasing device operated by the said car in passing, substantially as
described.
Sixth. The conveying device or car, combined with a delivering device having an
up-and-down movement, and operating mechanism therefor, actuated by the said car
whereby the said delivering device and receptacle thereon is automatically raised as
the car approaches, substantially as described.
Seventh. The conveying device or car and receptacles carried thereby provided
with distinguishing detaching devices, combined with detachers at different stations,
each co-operating with the receptacles belonging to the corresponding station, and
guides for directing the said receptacles when detached, substantially as described.
Eighth. The continuously moving car provided with a receiving and discharging
carrier, the former picking up receptacles as it passes each station, and the latter
delivering at each station the receptacles belonging thereto, substantially as described.
Ninth. The track and car moving thereon, combined with the guide and carriage
movable thereon upward toward and from the track, the cord to actuate the said
carriage, and devices whereby the said cord is connected with, and disconnected from,
the said car at the proper times in its movement past the station, substantially as
described.
Tenth. The receptacles e, provided with balls, combined with the adjustable
uprights for engaging the said balls, and detaching the receptacles from the
carrier, substantially as described.
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45, Southampton Buildings, London,
Agents for the Applicant.