A New or Improved Automatic Cash Plate.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 15th Dec., 1892-Accepted, 18th Mar., 1893
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
A New or Improved Automatic Cash Plate.
I, CHESTER WEEKS, 22 Chaussée d'Antin, Paris, France, 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 an automatic apparatus by means of which coin placed
on a flat surface may be easily taken up by one hand.
The difficulty of taking up coin, (change for instance) from a flat surface, has
been experienced by every one, and in order to avoid it, I have contrived this
automatic apparatus which deposits the coin in the hand working the apparatus,
much time and trouble being saved thereby.
In order to make my invention more clearly understood I shall now refer to the
accompanying drawing, in which :
Fig. 1 is a front elevation of my apparatus.
Fig. 2 a top view of the same.
Fig. 3 is a side view through x, y Fig. 2, and
Fig. 4 a side view partly in section, through x, y, Fig. 2.
Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.
AA are standards fixed to the base B; these standards A A carry, by means
of screws C¹ C¹ a support C to which is fixed a hopper D, whose lower part
consists of a cylinder E. F F are the cash plates upon which the coin is placed.
These plates F F are held in position by four screw pivots G G, Fig. 2, which
pass through the upper part of the standards A A, and they are pivoted in such a
manner as to make their outer parts heavier than their inner parts, see Fig. 3, so
that after having swung over towards the centre of the apparatus, they may by
their own weight, resume their previous horizontal position, or by any other
suitable means.
I is a sleeve surrounding and extending below the cylindrical
part E of the hopper. H H are spring rods connected by pins P with the sleeve I.
N is a drawbar, at one end of which there is a cam O working by the rod H, whilst
at the other end there is a bolt K turning on a stud M Figs. 1 and 3. J J, Fig. 2,
are lugs or blocks fixed underneath the plates F F and intended to prevent the
ends of the rods H H from sliding, when the rods raise the plates.
When all the above parts are arranged in the positions shown, they work in the
following manner: the coin having been placed by a cashier or other person, upon
the plates F F, all that the person wishing to take it up has to do is to place his
open hand underneath the sleeve I and raise it slightly. This upward movement
is communicated by the pin P to the rod H which pushes to the right, Fig. 1, the
cam and consequently the bar N which draws the bolt K pivoted at M, and
unfastens the plates F F. As the upward movement continues, the rods H meeting
the lugs JJ, cause the plates F F to swing over towards the centre of the apparatus,
above the hopper D. The coin then falls into the hopper, and from thence through
the cylinder E into the hand which has just set the apparatus in motion. On
withdrawing the hand, the plates F F pivoted as aforesaid in such manner as to
have their centre of gravity outside their pivots, resume, by their own weight, or
by any other suitable means, an horizontal position and fasten themselves again
with the bolt K, which holds them firmly in position, and all the parts of the
apparatus fall into their places by gravity; thus the entire apparatus is in position
again instantly, and ready for work.
It is obvious that an apparatus similar to the one above described may be made
in a variety of ways, therefore I do not limit myself to the mechanism which I
have described above in order to illustrate one manner of working my apparatus.

page_text: 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:
1. In a cash plate device, two plates F F made of metal or of any other suitable
material, worked by rods H, causing them to swing or turn over inwardly above a
hopper D such plates F being so pivoted or actuated, as to resume their previous
horizontal position, substantially as described.
2. In an automatic cash plate device, the plates F F, rods H, hopper D, sleeve I
working the rods H. the cam O, drawbar N, and bolt K, for unfastening the
plates FF, causing them to swing over into the hopper D, substantially as above
described and represented for the purposes herein specified.
Dated this Fifteenth day of December 1892.
A. H. REED,
Agent for Applicant.