Improvements relating to Apparatus for the Conveyance of Cash, Small Parcels, and the like, from One Part of a Shop or other Building to Another Part thereof.
Year: 1888

page_text: Date of Application, 22nd Mar, 1888
Specification Accepted, 7th Sept., 1888
[Communicated from abroad by EPHRAIM HAMBUJER, of Detroit, Michigan, United
States of America.]
Improvements relating to Apparatus for the Conveyance of Cash,
Small Parcels, and the like, from One Part of a Shop or other
Building to Another Part thereof.
1, 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:-
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The invention consists in the peculiar construction and arrangement of the motor
for the carriage.
In the drawings which accompany this specification,
Figure 1, is a perspective view of the motor, and
Figure 2, is a vertical central section of the motor and carrier.
A, is a hanger, to which is secured, in any suitable manner, one end of the single
wire track B. C, is a cross-bar, secured by clamping, by means of a similar cross-bar,
or otherwise, to the hanger A. Projecting borizontally from this cross bar, and
secured thereto are two parallel guide posts 1, upon which are sleeved the springs E.
To the free ends of these guide bars D, is adjustably secured a cross-head F, to which
is centrally hinged, the catch G, the free end of which terminates in a wedge shaped
incline. H, is a lever, fulcrummed at I, in any suitable manner, upon the hanger A,
and with its free end projecting downward in suitable proximity to the floor, to be
operated therefrom. The upper end of this lever is adapted to engage into the
catch G. as shewn in Figure 2, and by moving the lever in a proper direction, the
catch G, strikes the stop J, which has an incline K, suitably constructed to release
the catch from its engagement with the lever, then the cross head will be shot forward
by the resiliency of the spring.
The carrier consists of the top L, preferably made of metal, in which are secured
the rollers M, to guide the carrier on the wire track.

page_text: To the lower end of this top is detachably secured, in any suitable manner, the
usual receptacle N, for the reception of the cash; and by means of the arm O, the
basket P, is detachably secured to the top of the carrier, the said basket being of any
suitable description and carried along with the carrier.
Q, is a yoke, secured to the cross head F, and this yoke, has attached to it two
clamping springs R, so arranged that when the carrier is propelled against it, the
spring and the yoke Qwill embrace the top of the carrier and hold it against any
accidental displacement, except when the carrier is propelled by the reaction of the
springs E, actuated by the lever H, as before explained. And a suitable spring T may
be arranged to spring the lever H, into its normal position, after its actuation, and the
braces are arranged to hold the hanger A firmly in position.
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
correspondent I declare that what I claim is
1. In a store service system, the combination with a hanger, of a cross bar secured
thereon, laterally projecting guide rods on said cross bar, coil springs sleeved upon
said guide rods, a cross-head adapted to slide upon said guide rods, and to be
reciprocated thereon, a catch centrally hinged to said cross head, a lever adapted to
engage with said catch, and a stop, adapted to release the lever from engagement with
the catch, substantially as described.
2. In a store service apparatus, the combination of a spring motor, consisting
essentially of two springs sleeved upon guide rods, a cross head movable upon said
guide rods, and provided with spring jaws, a lever adapted to move said cross head,
and thereby compress the springs, a single wire track, and a catch upon said track,
adapted to automatically disengage the lever and cross head, as and for the purpose
specified.
3. In a store service apparatus, the combination with the hanger and the track B,
secured at one end thereto, of the stop J, on said track, and having an incline K,
a spring pressed cross-head, a catch G, carried thereby, and a lever fulcrummed
on the hanger and engaging said catch, substantially as and for the purpose
specified.
Dated this Test L
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1000