Improvements in Coin Retaining and Tipping Apparatus for Coin Freed Machines.
Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 21st July, 1887
Complete Left, 18th May, 1888
Complete Accepted, 22nd June, 1888
Improvements in Coin Retaining and Tipping Apparatus for Coin
Freed Machines.
I, PERCIVAL EVERITT, of No. 47, Cannon Street, in the city of London, Engineer,
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to improvements in coin retaining and tipping apparatus for
use in what are known as automatic machines which require a coin to be inserted to
allow of the machine being operated or made use of.
In practice it has been found that the retaining and tipping apparatus ordinarily
used frequently becomes choked when more than one coin is inserted, or by the
insertion of pieces of cardboard and other rubbish which can be forced through the
coin slit.
The present improvements have for object to remedy this objection.
In carrying out my invention I make the bucket or coin receptacle of greater width
than hitherto and either with vertical sides or slightly tapered from the top to a
greater width at the bottom.
The cam, pivotted at one end of the bucket is curved as is also the opposite end of
the bucket in such a manner that not only will one coin be retained, even if it falls
anglewise, when inserted, but several coins would also be retained until the cam is
turned. The usual trigger arrangement is attached to the cam so as to allow it to be
turned or tipped for releasing the coin or coins as usual and I find it advantageous to
turn the cam clear of the bucket so as to leave a full space for any rubbish, which
may be inserted, to pass through.
G. F. REDFERN,
4, South Street, Finsbury, London,
Agent for the Applicant.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Coin Retaining and Tipping Apparatus for Coin
Freed Machines.
I, PERCIVAL EVERITT, of. No. 47, Cannon Street, in the City of London, Engineer
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 improvements in coin retaining and tipping apparatus for
use in what are known as automatic machines which require a coin to be inserted to
allow of the machine being operated or made use of.
In practice it has been found that the retaining and tipping apparatus ordinarily
used frequently becomes choked when more than one coin is inserted, or by the
insertion of pieces of cardboard and other rubbish which can be forced through the
coin slit.
The present improvements have for object to remedy this objection.
In carrying out my invention I make the bucket or coin receptacle of greater width
than hitherto and either with vertical sides or slightly tapered from the top to a
greater width at the bottom.
The cam or block pivotted at one end of the bucket is curved as is also the opposite
end of the bucket in such a manner that not only. will one coin be retained, even if it
falls anglewise, when inserted, but several coins would also be retained until the block
is turned. The usual trigger arrangement is attached to the block so as to allow it to
be turned or tipped for releasing the coin or coins as usual and I find it advantageous
to turn the block clear of the bucket so as to leave a full space for any rubbish, which
may be inserted, to pass through.
In the accompanying drawings
Figure 1 is a plan, and
Figure 2 is an elevation of a coin retaining and tipping apparatus made according 2
to my invention, the parts being in their normal or closed position.
Figure 3 is a similar view to figure 1 but showing the position of the parts when
the block is turned or tipped.
Similar letters in all the figures indicate similar parts.
a is the bucket or coin receptacle which I make of greater width than hitherto, as a
will be clearly seen by referring to the plan view, figure 1.
b is the block pivotted at one end of the bucket a and which I now make of a
curved shape at the part on which the coin (indicated by the dotted circle in figures 2
and 3) rests, the opposite end of the bucket being also curved for the purpose before
mentioned. The block bis pivotted at c so that, when turned or tipped, it will be 3
clear of the inside of the bucket, as shown in figure 3, and will leave a clear space for
the passage of rubbish,

page_text: d is the usual arm fixed to the pivot of the block band carrying a weight
represented by the bent rod e, the block being moved clear of the bucket to discharge
the coin by means of a loosely pivotted fingerf which is caused to depress the arm d
upon the said finger coming in contact with fixed pins or stops (not shown) when the
bucket rises, the finger yielding to and passing over the said pins or stops when the
bucket descends. This arrangement for turning or tipping the block is that usually
employed in coin retaining and tipping apparatus of the kind to which my present
improvements are applied.
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 manufacture and use of the improved coin retaining and tipping apparatus
herein before described and illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
G. F. REDFERN & Co.,
4, South Street, Finsbury, London,
Agents for the Applicant.
Dated the 10th day of May 1000.
G. F. REDFERN & Co.,
4, South Street, Finsbury, London,
Agents for the Applicant.