Improvements in Cash Carrying Apparatus.
Year: 1892

page_text: United States of America)
Date of Application (in United Kingdom), 12th Mar., 1892
Complete Specification Left, 12th Mar., 1892-Accepted, 11th June, 1892
Date of Application (in United Kingdom), 12th Mar., 1892
Complete Specification Left, 12th Mar., 1892-Accepted, 11th June, 1892
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Cash Carrying Apparatus.
1, EMANUEL CLARENCE GIPE, of No. 176 Exchange Street, in the City of
Freeport, County of Stephenson, State of Illinois, United States of America,
Manufacturer, 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 :—
My invention relates to improvements in cash carrying apparatus, and is fully
described and explained in this Specification and shown in the accompanying
drawings, in which,
Figure 1 is a side elevation of a carrier embodying my invention ;
Figure 2 is a top plan thereof;
Figure 3 is a vertical section through the line x-x, Figure 1, the view being in
the direction indicated by the arrow, a, in said figure, and
Figure 4 is a view partly in top plan and partly in horizontal section, showing
in detail the connection of the operating lever and the bracket or standard to
which the lever is pivoted.
In these views, A, is a bracket or standard adapted to be secured to a suitable
support, and A' is a horizontal crosshead rigidly fastened to the standard and
supporting two parallel horizontal arms, B, whose free ends are provided with
parallel bearing plates, B3, B4, joined by a transverse arch, B", the plates, B¹,
serving as supports for two grooved pulleys C, C, which are journalled between
them. On the bracket, A, at a point above the crosshead, A', is pivoted a vertically
swinging lever, D, provided at its rear end with a downwardly bent extension, Di,
terminating in a handle, D2, the extension D', being preferably made up of two
rods so formed as to leave a considerable opening between them for a track wire, W,
passing through the lower end of the standard and through the opening in the
On the front end of the
extension, D', and supported in any suitable manner.
lever, D, is a crossbar, D11, over which is looped a central portion of a cord, E,
whose ends are passed through the openings in the end of the crossbar and thence
about the pulleys, C, C, and are fastened to a transverse slide, F, moving on two
parallel track wires, W, W, the ends of the track wires being fastened to the cross-
head, A', and plates, B. It is evident that if the lever, the cord, E, and the
slide, F. be in the positions shown in full lines in Figure 1, the raising of the
lever to the position shown in dotted lines in the same figure, must move the slide
forward upon
the wires, W, W₁, and that the slide may be returned to the position
shown in full lines in Figure 1, by pushing it toward the standard in any suitable
manner. And if the track be supplied with a carrier, K, of any desired construc-
tion, and the carrier and the slide, F, be brought into the positions shown in
Figure 1, the raising of the lever and the forward movement of the slide must
push the carrier away from the standard; while, on the other hand, the carrier,
upon its return, must strike the slide, F, and push it from the position shown in

page_text: dotted lines in Figure 1, toward the bracket or standard, the distance through
which it will move the slide being dependent upon the velocity of the carrier and
the resistance offered by the lever.
On the lever, D, and at a distance from the pivot thereof somewhat greater than
the length of the carrier, is rigidly fastened a. stop, G, extending downward from
the lever, and of such length that when the lever is in its lowest position, the
lower end of the stop is below the highest point of the carrier, and prevents its
accidental escape after its return to the standard. As the lever is raised to propel
che carrier away from the standard, the stop, G, rises so as to permit the movement
of the carrier along the track, W; and it is at all times completely above the highest
point of the carrier except when the completion of the return of the carrier has
pressed the slide, F, to the end of the track, and thereby drawn the lever down to
its horizontal position. I have found, in practice, that while the stop, G, is
ordinarily all that is required to secure the carrier in place upon its return, the
carrier sometimes returns with a force and velocity insufficient to press the slide, F,
back to the end of the track, W, and consequently fails to draw the stop, G,
downward sufficiently to make it operative. To provide for this difficulty, I have
placed in front of the stop, G, or nearer to the free end of the lever, D, a
second stop, G, longer than the stop, G, and adapted to prevent escape of the
carrier in case it does not, for any reason, reach the position shown in Figure 1,
upon its return toward the standard. The stop, G', is preferably made up of two
bars lying on opposite sides of the track wire, W, when the lever is in its lowest
position, as shown in Figure 3, and I have joined the ends of these two bars with
the end of the stop, G, by means of two curved bars, G", cach of which is preferably
made up of a rod and a rubber tube enclosing the same. These bars, G, are of
such curve as to strike the end of the carrier furthest from the standard and
thereby to press the carrier toward the standard. These bars form, in fact, a
graduated stop adapted to operate upon the carrier at any point within their range
of length, and I have found, in the use of this device, that when the carrier reaches
any point within the space between the stop, G', and the standard, A, it will be
securely held by means of some part of the entire stop, G, G, G", and will be in
suitable position to be propelled away from the standard by the downward move-
ment of the handle of the lever.
So far as the operation of the stop, G, already described, is concerned, the
material of which the stop is constructed is not essential; but I prefer that the
two bars of which the stop is composed shall be of spring steel, or other suitable
elastic material, and shall be separated by a space somewhat less than the diameter
of.the track wire, W, except at their lower ends, where they shall be bent outwardly
in substantially the form shown in Figure 3. The object of this construction is to
give the stop a frictional clasp upon the wire, in order to prevent accidental upward
movement of the free end of the lever, D, after it has been drawn down by the
return of the carrier.. The spreading apart of the ends of the two spring bars is.
merely to provide such an opening between them as to make their engagement, with
the track wire certain.
In order to prevent rattling of the lever upon the standard, and, to give it a
certain stability in any desired position, I have found it advisable to provide some.
simple friction device at the point where the lever is pivoted to the standard. This
friction may be secured in various ways, but the device shown in Figure 4 is one
which I have used, and, which is simple and effective. As shown in this view, the
standard, A, at the point where the lever is pivoted to it, is provided with a hub or
gudgeon, a, extending outward and through one of the bars. of.which this part of.
the lever is composed. The bolt, b, passes through the lever, the, standard and the
gudgeon, a, and is provided at one end with a suitable head, and on the other, with
a nut, Na spring, S, being interposed between the nut and the gudgeon, a. The
nut may be turned in either direction. to increase or decrease the pressure of the
spring and it is evident that the force of the spring must push the nut away from.

page_text: the gudgeon, thereby drawing the bolt head and the member, D, of the lever,
toward the standard, and increasing the friction of the lever upon the
standard.
While I have shown and described the supplemental track wires, W', and have,
throughout the Specification, described the slide F, as moving on said wires; and
while I prefer to use said supplemental tracks, they are not absolutely essential to
the operation of my device. If they are dispensed with, the slide, F, will be
caught by the end of the carrier at each return thereof, and will be moved toward
the standard, as hereinbefore described; but it will slide along the main track
wire, W, or against the end of the carrier, at some point above the track wire, the
position of the slide, when so returning being largely dependent upon the form of
the end of the carrier. In case the supplemental track wires are not used, I
prefer to give the end of the carrier some such form as is shown in dotted
lines at k, Figure 1; the concave edge of the carrier being adapted to catch the
slide, and draw it downward toward the track-wire, W.
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. In a device of the class described, the combination, with a suitable standard
and a suitably supported track, of pulleys supported above the track at a suitable
distance from the standard, a lever pivoted to the standard and extending to a
point near said pulleys, cords fastened to the free end of said lever and passing
about said pulleys, and a transverse slide fastened to the free ends of said cords
and adapted to impinge upon a carrier moving on said track; substantially as
shown and described.
2. In a devico of the class described, the combination, with the standard and the
track-wire, of an arm or arms supported by the standard above the track-wire,
pulleys journaled in the end of said arm or arms, a lever pivoted to the standard
and extending to a point near said pulleys, supplemental track-wires lying below.
said arms, a slide moving on said supplemental track, and cords passing from the
free end of the lever about said pulleys and fastened to said slide, substantially as
shown and described.
3. In a device of the class described, the combination, with the standard, the
arms supported thereby, the pulleys supported at the ends of the arms, the
supplemental track-wires, and the slide moving thereon, of the lever pivoted to
the standard, the cords connecting the slide with the free end of the lever and
passing about said pulleys, and a downwardly extending stop fastened to the lever
and adapted to prevent escape of a carrier from the space near the standard when
the lever is in its lowest position; substantially as shown and described.
4. The combination, with the standard, A, arms B, pulleys C, C, track-wire WI,
and slide F, of the lever, D, pivoted to the standard, the stop, G, extending down-
ward from the lever, and the cords, E, connecting the free end of the lever with
the slide, substantially as shown and described.
5. The combination with the standard, the arms, B, and the pulleys, C, C, the
track-wires W1, and slide, F, of the lever D, provided with the two stops G, G¹,
connected by the curved rods, G³, substantially as shown and described.
6. The combination, with the standard, A, track, W, arms, B, B,.pulleys C, C,
supplemental track W, W', and slide F, of the lever D, pivoted to the standard,
and the stop, G', fastened to and extending. downward from the lever, said stop
being a spring-clamp adapted to clasp the track-wire when the lever is brought to
its lowest position and thereby prevent accidental upward movement thereof;
substantially as shown and described.
7. The combination, with the lever, D, comprising two parallel bars d, d, of the
standard A, lying between said bars and provided with a gudgeon a, extending
through one of them, the bolt, b, passing through the parts specified and pivoting

page_text: the lever to the standard, the spring, S, encircling the bolt and resting at its inner
end against the gudgeon, and the nut. N, engaging the bolt and adapted to regulate
the tension of the spring; substantially as shown and described.
8. The combination, with the standard A, and track-wire W, of the lever D,
pivoted to the standard, the slide F, moving above said track-wire, and cords
connecting said slide and the front end of the lever, said lever being provided at
its rear end with a downward extension D', and handle D2, and said extension
being made up of two rods joined at their ends and curved outward between their
ends to form a space for the passage of the track-wire; substantially as shown and
described.
Dated Gifs day of March 1892.
For the Applicant,
J. C. CHAPMAN, C.P.A.,
70, Chancery Lane, London, Filing Agent.