Improvements in or Applicable to Machines Controlled by Coin-freed Mechanism.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 17th June, 1890
Complete Specification Left, 17th Apr., 1891-Accepted, 13th June, 1891
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or Applicable to Machines Controlled by
Coin-freed Mechanism.
1, WILLIAM ARTHUR BRITTEN, of 299, Norwood Road, Herne Hill, in the
County of Surrey, Electrical Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this
invention to be as follows:-
In machines for dispensing prepaid goods, in recording turnstiles, and in other
machines controlled by coin-liberated mechanism, the coins fall into a receptacle,
and are collected from time to time. This invention relates to means for pre-
venting theft of the coins by the person charged to act as collector.
In carrying out my invention, I employ a box or receptacle into which the coins
are led or permitted to fall, which is normally closed as regards approach from the
exterior of the machine and which may occupy the place of the ordinary coin-
receptacle. When it is desired to remove the coins which have accumulated, I
apply to the under side of the said box a closed receiver; the mode of attachment
to the main receptacle being of such a character that, before the removeable
receiver can be detached, the outlet from the main receptacle and the inlet to the
receiver are both closed and locked: access to the contents of the latter only
being possible with the aid of a key which is retained in the possession of some
responsible person other than the collector. Furthermore, communication between
the interior of the main receptacle and of the removeable receiver can only be
established for the purpose of permitting the coins to pass from the former to
the latter after the receiver has been applied to the main receptacle and properly
adjusted in position thereon.
For accomplishing the objects above set forth, mechanical devices of various
kinds may be employed. According to one method of construction, the receiver
may be provided with an inlet covered by a disc; the latter being arranged to
turn and to uncover the said inlet during the operation of attaching the receiver:
or the disc may be so arranged as to be capable of subsequent movement only.
The outlet from the main receptacle may be controlled in a similar manner;
both discs returning to their original positions, closing the orifices they respec-
tively serve, and becoming there locked, either before or during the operation of
detaching the receiver from the main receptacle.
Dated this 16th day of June 1890.
G. G. M. HARDINGHAM,
191, Fleet Street, London, E.C., Agent for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or Applicable to Machines Controlled by
Coin-freed Mechanism.
I, WILLIAM ARTHUR BRITTEN, of 299, Norwood Road, Herne Hill, in the
County of Surrey, Electrical 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:-
In machines for dispensing prepaid goods, in recording turnstiles, and in other
machines controlled by coin-liberated mechanism, the coins fall into a receptacle,
and are collected from time to time. This invention relates to means for pre-
venting theft of the coins by the person deputed to act as collector.

page_text: In carrying out my invention, I employ a box or receptacle into which the coins
are led or permitted to fall, which is norinally closed as regards approach from the
exterior of the machine and which may occupy the place of the ordinary coin-
receptacle. When it is desired to remove the coins which have accumulated, I
apply to the under side of the said box, a receiver; the mode of attachment to
the main receptacle being of such a character that, before the removable receiver
can be detached, the outlet from the main receptacle and the inlet to the receiver
are both closed and locked; access to the contents of the latter only being possible
with the aid of a key which is retained in the possession of some responsible person
other than the collector. Furthermore, communication between the interior of
the main receptacle and of the removable receiver can only be established for the
purpose of permitting the coins to pass from the former to the latter after the
receiver has been applied to the main receptacle and properly adjusted in position
thereon.
For accomplishing the objects above set forth, mechanical devices of various
kinds may be employed. According to one method of construction, the receiver
may be provided with an inlet covered by a disc; the latter being arranged to turn
and to uncover the said inlet during the operation of attaching the receiver: or
the disc may be so arranged as to be capable of subsequent movement only. The
outlet from the main receptacle may be controlled in a similar manner; both dises
returning to their original positions, closing the orifices they respectively serve to
cover and becoming there locked, either before or during the operation of detaching
the receiver from the main receptacle.
Apparatus constructed according to the mode in which I prefer to carry out my
invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, whereof
Fig. 1 is a vertical section (taken on the line ay in Fig. 6, looking in the
direction of the arrow 2) of the closing device which is attached to the machine ;
Fig. 2 being a corresponding view of the upper portion of the receiver.
Fig. 3 shews the receiver applied to the closing device for the purpose of enabling
coins to be withdrawn from the coin-receptacle in the machine.
Fig. 4 is a plan corresponding with Fig. 3; the cover-plate being, however,
removed.
Fig. 5 is a detail view shewing the locking wards pivoted in the rotating disc
pertaining to the machine.
Fig. 6 is a plan corresponding with Fig. 2.
A is a casing which is attached by means of rivets passing through holes a in
the flange a to the box or receptacle (not shewn in the drawings) secured to or
forming part of the machine and into which the coins are led or permitted to fall.
B is the upper or principal part of the removable receiver. The lower part of
the receiver B in which the coins are collected is preferably a bag made of leather.
It may, however, be of any suitable construction, provided that access can only be
obtained to its contents through the upper part B. The lower part is, therefore,
omitted in the drawings. The disc Ai is pivoted about the pin a' in the casing A,
and contains a hole A, which corresponds with the hole A³; the latter serving as
and being the only outlet from the coin-receptacle of the machine. In Figs. 1, 3
and 4, the outlet A³ is closed by the locked disc A'. This disc is protected by a
cover-plate a having a hole a³ over the outlet. Wards or locking levers a²,
jointed on a pin as (Fig. 5) and pressed downwards by a divided spring a are
carried by the disc. These wards engage in a slot a' or slots in the casing A and
prevent the disc from rotating until they are released by the key C, as hereinafter
explained. The disc A' may also be held by a spring-stop, such as a. The upper
part B of the receiver is provided with a disc B containing a hole B, which also
corresponds with the outlet A³. The disc B₁ is mounted on the pin 6', and is
protected by a cover-plate 62. It carries wards (similar to the wards a¹), which
engage with a slot or slots in the part B. The cover-plate is supported by a nut 68
on the end of the pin . The disc B₁ may also be held by a stop (similar to the
spring-stop a³) engaging in a suitable groove. The part B contains the inlet b

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for the receiver, which inlet is capable of being moved over the hole B². A hole
of the same size is formed in the cover-plate & immediately beneath the inlet.
Figs. 2 and 6, the disc B₁ is shewn locked in the normal position; the receiver
being closed.
The action of the parts is as follows:-In order to transfer coins from the coin-
receptacle in the machine to the receiver, the collector applies the part B to the
part A, as represented in Fig. 3. The lugs and slide up the grooves a
and a; the lug sliding up a similar groove not shewn. The key C, which is
fixed to the part B, enters a key-hole at the end of the slot c² in the part A; the
extremity c of the, key engaging in the curved slot c¹ in the disc A! The key D,
which is fixed to the part A, enters the key-hole dx (Fig. 6) at the end of the
slot in the part B; the extremity d of the key engaging in the curved slot d
in the disc B. The part B is then turned in the direction of the arrow w; the
lugs, and travelling in the groove a¹². The first part of the turning
movement causes the key C to approach and release the wards a' (the extremity c
sliding in the groove c') and the inclined lug to engage with the pin a³ on the
supplementary catch a and press that catch back out of engagement with the
disc A. At the same time, the disc B', being locked by its wards (shewn in
dotted lines in Fig. 6) to the part B, is turned with that part until such wards
are released by the stationary key D; the supplementary catch, if one be
employed to hold the disc B', being also withdrawn. This movement of the
disc is permitted by the slot d. The continued turning of the part B causes
the extremity e of the key C to engage with the end of the slot e' in the disc A',
so as to carry round that disc until the opening A coincides with the outlet A³.
It also causes the end of the slot d to engage with the extremity of the key D ;
the disc B being thus held stationary, with its hole B immediately under the
outlet A³, while the part B advances until the hole and the corresponding hole in
the cover-plate coincide with the outlet A³. When the holes A2 and b and
the corresponding hole in the cover-plate 2 coincide with the outlet A³, there
is no obstruction to the passage of the coins from the coin-receptacle to the
receiver. The part B cannot be withdrawn from the part A until it has been
turned back again so that the wards (and the catch or catches, if used) per-
taining to the discs A and B' again snap into engagement and lock those discs
The disc B is connected by a stop to the part B, in order that, in the return
movement, it may be taken back by the stop into its normal position; other-
wise its wards might not re-engage with the slot or slots in the said part. The
locked receiver can then be withdrawn, if the lugs, and 6º be exactly
opposite the grooves in the casing A.
The closed and locked receiver may be easily unlocked and opened by a counter-
part of the casing A. and key D.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I claim :-
1. The improved means for preventing theft by the person charged to act as
collector of coins accumulated in machines controlled by coin-freed mechanism,
constructed or operating substantially as herein described.
2. A device for closing and locking the outlet from the coin-receptacle of a
machine controlled by coin-freed mechanism, constructed or operating substantially
as herein described.
3. A device for closing and locking the receiver in which coins are collected
from a machine controlled by coin-freed mechanism before the said receiver can
be detached from the machine, constructed or operating substantially as herein
described.
4. The improved means for preventing theft of coins taken from machines
controlled by coin-freed mechanism, arranged substantially as herein described;
the act of unlocking and opening the coin-receptacle of the machine serving to

page_text: unlock and open the coin-receiver, and the act of closing and locking the coin-
receptacle serving to close and lock the coin-receiver.
5. In a machine controlled by coin-freed mechanism, the combination, with a
disc A' and wards or locking levers a', of the key C attached to the receiver,
substantially as and for the purpose herein set forth.
6. In a machine controlled by coin-freed mechanism, the combination, with a
locked disc 13', of the key D attached to the machine, substantially as and for the
purpose herein set forth.
7. In a machine controlled by coin-freed mechanism, the combination, with a
casing A containing a disc A' having wards or locking levers a and furnished
with a key D, of the part B containing a locked disc B₁ and provided with a
key C, substantially as and for the purposes herein set forth.
8. In a machine controlled by coin-freed mechanism, unlocking and opening or
closing and locking the coin-receptacle and the receiver by means of two keys
attached to the respective parts, substantially as set forth.
Dated this 7th day of April 1891.
G. G. M. HARDINGHAM,
191, Fleet Street, London, E.C., Agent for the Applicant.