Improvements in Coin-freed Apparatus.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 6th June, 1899-Accepted, 3rd Mar., 1900
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Coin-freed Apparatus.
I, Dr. FRIEDRICH ADOLF RICHTER, of 65, Schwarzburgerstrasse, Rudolstadt,
Thuringen, in the Empire of Germany, do hereby declare the nature of this inven-
tion 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 an arrangement by means of which the correctness
of the coin inserted into an automatic apparatus can be ascertained by causing
it to be exhibited during the interval between two or more successive operations
of the apparatus and to be then caused to drop into the money till by the insertion
of a fresh coin for further operating the apparatus. Or the coin may be gradually
moved towards the till through the successive insertion of fresh coins which in
turn are exhibited, and after the insertion of a predetermined number of coins
the former is caused to drop into the till; the last inserted coin always taking the
place of that previously inserted.
This action is effected by causing the coin dropped into the apparatus to slide
down the coin-duct or chute which is of the usual and well-known construction,
and to fall upon the suitably shaped free end of a releasing lever arranged below
the discharge end of the coin-duct, so as to depress the said end of the lever. At
the same time the other end of this lever is lifted and the driving mechanism
thereby started in a well known manner whereupon the releasing lever is caused
to deliver the coin to a travelling lever which is operated by the driving or
actuating mechanism and carries or conveys the coin into a receptacle having
an opening in which the said coin is retained on view until, by reason of the
insertion of a fresh coin, the said driving mechanism is again started and the
travelling lever caused by means of a spring to move back to the position below
the releasing lever, the receptacle being at the same time caused to either drop
the coin into the money till or move the coin towards the till so as to be ready
for receiving a fresh coin.
The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings in which:-
Figures 1 and 2 are a plan and a side elevation respectively of the improved
apparatus and
Figures 3 to 9 are detail views hereinafter referred to.
In carrying out my invention the coin having been inserted in the apparatus
passes through the chute 1 to the suitably shaped free end of the releasing lever 3
which free end is formed in two parts, one part 2 being attached to the said lever
and the other part 2ª being arranged upon the end of an arm pivoted to the said
releasing lever 3. This releasing lever is so arranged that when depressed by the
coin the part 2ª will, by means of a stop 4, be caused to oscillate on its pivot so
as to separate the two parts of the lever to allow the coin to fall therefrom.
The depression of the coin-receiving end of the lever 3 causes the opposite end
thereof to be raised and the driving or actuating mechanism to be released and to
actuate a lever a as hereinafter described.
The two-armed or travelling lever a¹ a is fitted at one end with a dish-shaped
coin-holder for receiving the coin from the releasing lever and carrying it to the

page_text: receptacle h where it is exposed to view. To this end of the travelling lever is
also pivotally connected an arm b controlled by a spring e such arm being ring-
shaped at its free end and fitting exactly the dish-shaped end d of the lever a,
Figure 1. The coin falling from the releasing lever into the said ring is carried
by the travelling lever to the receptacle h. This action of the lever is effected by
a pin or projection 5 on the drum 7 of the driving mechanism engaging the short
arm of the lever a a', the said lever when released by the said pin 5, being returned
preferably by means of a suitable spring p to the position shown in full lines
in Figure 1, the return movement being limited by the post of the frame. Upon
arriving above the inlet opening g of the receptacle h a stop f retains the arm b
provided with the circular opening while the arm a with its dish shaped coin
holder d continues to travel somewhat further thus enabling the coin to drop or
slide into the inlet and thence into the receptacle proper h. The receptacle con-
sists of a kind of drum or wheel / provided with radially arranged partitions or
spokes by which the said drum is divided into a series of compartments for the
reception of the coins as shewn in Figure 7.
The said drum or wheel is enclosed between a glass plate i Figures 1 and 2 and
a rear wall Figures 1, 2, 3 and 6 such rear wall being formed with two radially
disposed slots b and 62 Figure 6. The coin from the inlet g passes through the
upper slot into one of the compartments of the drum where it is retained on view
until the receptacle is revolved so far round as to bring the coin in front of the
lower slot 2 thus allowing it to drop into the till Figure 2. The rotation of the
drum or wheel-shaped receptacle his effected by the driving mechanism by
means of a pawl m Figure 8 arranged to rotate by one or more teeth the star-
wheel on the shaft t, the said wheel being retained in position by a leaf-spring o,
see Figures 4 and 5.
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. A money controlling device for use with coin freed apparatus characterized
by the feature that the inserted coin, after having operated the apparatus, is
carried towards and deposited into a receptacle in the interior of the apparatus
in such a manner as to be visible from the exterior until removed after the inser-
tion of a fresh coin or a predetermined number of coins, through the action of the
driving mechanism.
2. A money controlling device as claimed in Claim 1 characterized by a
travelling coin-carrying lever having an arm b pivotted to its arm a¹ in such a
manner that the annular end of the arm b is closed during the travel from the
releasing lever to the receptacle h and on striking against a stop f is opened by
the arm a continuing to travel so as to release the coin and allow it to drop into
the exhibiting receptacle.
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THIS DOE the 10.
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., Agents for the Applicant.