An Improved Money Deliverying and Registering Machine, also applicable to the Delivery of Railway Tickets and the like.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 28th Dec., 1891
Complete Specification Left. 28th Sept., 1992-Accepted, 28th Dec., 1892
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Money Deliverying and Registering Machine, also
applicable to the Delivery of Railway Tickets and the like.
DAVID SALOMON 20 St. Andrew's Street Northampton Boot Manufacturer do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
Many machines have been invented for receiving money, and indicating the
amount received, but no machine has as yet been invented, which will deliver
money (without handling same), to any amount required & register such amount
simultaneously, by simply pressing levers representing the different coins required
to make up the sum in question.
For instance should the sum required to be delivered be £1 12s. 6d., levers
representing any coins which make up this sum would be pressed by the
manipulator, the sum required not only being delivered but also mechanically
registered.
An important & essential part of the machine is that which shows the operator
approximately the number of each coin he has at his disposal in the machine.
The money being placed & locked in the receptacle, it will thus be seen that
by means of this invention I arrive at the solution of the problem which obviates
the necessity of any cashier touching money which he has to deliver, moreover
should the cashier pay carelessly too much or too little such mistake could at once
be traced by means of the indicator which registers every amount as it has
been paid.
I will now proceed to describe the working parts & arrangements of the
machine.
A receptacle is made either of wood or iron or a combination of both in the shape
of a flat oblong box, & holes are made in it either square, round or any other shape,
80 that each size of coin can be placed in the various holes; at the bottom of
each hole a slot is left large enough so that one coin can be pushed out as hereafter
explained.
For each coin a lever is required, shaped like two sides of an angle, this lever
is placed with its one side pointing downwards & the other pointing towards the
front of the machine, & is kept in position by a rod passing through a boss at the
angle; also at the front end of this lever a round disc is put underneath which a
die is cut which would print the amount of the coin for which each lever is required;
by pressing the disc on the front of the lever a movement is made, at the other end
of the lever, backwards, thereby pressing back a slide with which this end of the
lever is connected, which slide being in front of the slot of the aforementioned
receptacle, is thereby pushed through this slot & coming in contact with one coin,
it is pushed out at the other side of the receptacle by this pressure on the disc
also the type or die underneath is pressed down on to a coil of paper underneath
in & prints the impression of the die on this paper. This paper is moved forward
by the following process :-Two rollers working close to each other, at the ends of
one of these rollers two ratchet wheels are fixed (one at each end), the pins working
these ratchet wheels are fixed to a frame in the shape of three sides of an oblong,
this frame being fixed by a pin projecting from each end of the roller above
mentioned on which the ratchet wheels are, these pins pass through the two
extreme sides of the frame, the other side being brought against the top side of
the angle shaped lever first mentioned; the same pressure which is made on this
lever explained above brings the side of this frame down causing the pins fixed to
it to pass over one cog of the ratchet wheels, two springs fixed to the end of each

page_text: side of the frame causing, (at the release of the pressure on the disc of the lever)
the ratchet wheels to move the distance of one cog, & thereby the rollers also, the
paper being between these rollers is pulled forward also; the impression on the
paper being moved also leaving it clear for the next print.
In the receptacle for the coins, in each hole a weight is put on top of the coins
this weight being fastened by a cord at the top passes over the top of the receptacle
& is joined to another lighter weight, by marking the front of the receptacle the
position of the lighter weight shews by rising when the coins are diminishing, &
falling when the receptacle is filled; another method for indicating the quantity
of coins in the indicator is by an endless tape or cord passing over two rollers on the
front of the receptacle, the weight on top of the coins beforementioned having a pin
projecting through the tape, the rise or fall of the weight moving the tape on which
is printed the amounts left in the receptacle.
By the backward movement of the angle lever mentioned before impetus is
given to an arrangement of cog wheels so that the total of all monies passing out
from the machine will also be shewn by a similar register as usually put on gas
other meters or turnstiles.
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The type or die mentioned is inked by a loose pad, kept against it by a spring,
or if made of rubber by its own tension, the pad being pushed aside by the pressure
of the lever.
To see what separate amount of payment is made at each individual payment an
extra, special lever is made to work direct on to the ratchet wheels so as to move
them about three cogs, this will cause the paper to be carried about three times as
far as caused by the ordinary levers, thereby leaving a space on the paper between
each printing of payments.
I have not mentioned the shape of the casing in which the machine is placed which
is of course optional but an essential point is that the receptacle is made quite inde-
pendently so that it can be removed entirely from the casing when required, or
locked in it, when the machine is worked.
It must be understood also that I have to avoid intricacy referred to the
receptacle as being placed in a vertical position, but same can be placed also in a
horizontal or other position.
Moreover it will also be seen that by the same process & by the same methods
tickets can also be delivered either separately or with money by the same machine.
Dated this 28th day of December 1891.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Money Delivering and Registering Machine, also
applicable to the Delivery of Railway Tickets and the like.
I DAVID SALOMON of 20 St. Andrew's Street, in the City and County of
Northampton, Boot 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 :-
This invention relates to a machine for delivering and registering the delivery of
coins, railway and other tickets and such like articles. The machine is specially
adapted for the giving of change in large shops and warehouses and for the
payment of wages to workmen and others, but it may be used for the delivery of
any articles of small size of which a check or record of the number delivered is
required.
The machine is so constructed as to effect the registration simultaneously with
the delivery of the coin, ticket, or other article.
The accompanying drawings shew a machine constructed for the delivery and
registration of coins, the outer case being removed,
Figure 1 is a plan of the mechanism,

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Figures 3 and 4 are end views of the delivery mechanism, parts being broken
away, and
Figure 5 is part of a front elevation shewing the means adopted for feeding the
type inking ribbon.
and
Figures.6, 7 and 8 shew modifications of the delivery and registering mechanism,
Figures 9 and 10 shew details of the coin receptacles all of which will be more
fully explained hereinafter.
In all the figures of the drawings, the same letters of reference are used to
indicate the same or corresponding parts.
Broadly the machine consists of a number of coin receptacles each having an
opening in the bottom through which the lowermost coin is discharged, and each
receptacle has its own independant discharging mechanism operated by a separate
key lever. On the finger disc of each key lever is marked the value of the coins
in the receptacle with which it is connected.
The mechanism is contained within an outer lock up case of suitable shape,
provided with slots through which the finger discs A of the keys B protrude;
so that the keys only can be depressed when the outer case is locked up, no other
parts of the mechanism being accessible to the manipulator. As the coins are
discharged from their respective receptacles they will fall into a common shoot
or incline leading to an aperture in the case so that the coins will by gravitation
pass outside the case and drop into a bowl or tray placed to receive them.
The keys B are made in the form of bell crank levers and are all pivotted on a
fixed rod C supported in brackets J' carried by the bed plate J. The keys B are
provided with collars D D of varying sizes which serve to keep the keys at their
proper distances from each other. I prefer to form these collars on the key levers
as shewn, but all the key levers may be made of the same width and loose washers
of varying sizes may be placed between them so as to keep them at their proper
distances apart from each other.
The lower arm B2 of each key lever is pivotted at the bottom to a link E
whose other end is pivotted to a standard F which forms part of or is rigidly
secured to an ejector plate G (see Figures 1 and 2). The ejector plates G work
To the front of each
in recesses in the guide plates H secured to the bel plate J.
lever arm B2 is secured one end of a spiral or other spring K whose other end is
attached to the bed plate or to some other fixed part. The tension of the springs K
is adjusted so as to draw the bottoms of the lever arms B2 towards the front of the
machine. The lever arms are prevented from being drawn further towards the
front, than the position shewn in Figures 2, 3, and 4, by the front of the ejector
plate G which abutte against the fixed shield L and is thereby stopped
Figure 8 is a perspective view shewing a modification of the manner of attaching
the lever arm B2 to the ejector plate G. In this case the arm B³ is pivotted
direct to the standard F on the ejector plate, the link E being dispensed with.
Figure 7 shews another method of actuating the ejector plate. Here the lever
arm terminates in a toothed sector B which gears with a toothed rack G² formed
on or secured to the end of the ejector plate G. I prefer however, to use the form
shewn and described with reference to Figure 2, as I find the use of the link E
gives the required straight line motion to the ejector plate G with the least amount
of friction.
On the underside of the key lever B and in rear of the finger disc A so as to be
within the outer case when the latter is locked up, is a lug or projecting arm B₁,
the lower end of which carries or is formed into a die or type B (see Figure 2).
Or the types or dies 13' may be separate from the arm B, as seen in Figure 7, and
may be pivotted on a rod C' which runs transversely across the machine parallel
with the rod C. Each type or die would be immediately beneath the projection B*
on a key lever B and would preferably be counterweighted as at Be so as to

page_text: remove the type when the key lever B has returned to its normal position from
contact with the paper on which the record has been made. The types or dies B
are preferably made of a denomination equal to that of the corresponding key
lever B, for example, under the figure disc of the 28. key, the die or type would
when the key is depressed print "2s." on the paper underneath, but obviously if the
paper is properly ruled or spaced the dies or types may be made to mark dots,
dashes, or other signs or marks on the paper. Coming within their respective
spaces these signs could be quickly added and the amount paid out by the machine
thus calculated.
The paper is stored on the roller g which runs transversely across the machine,
and is journaled at its ends inside the outer case. The paper is passed over a
bracket or platen M (see Figure 2) and between two rubber or other rollers R
and S. Intermittent rotary motion is imparted to the top roller R when any one of
the key levers B is actuated, such motion being produced either during the
downward or upward movement of the key. Figures 1, 2 and 4 shew the former,
and Figure 6 the latter method of producing this intermittent rotary motion of the
roller R.
Referring first to Figures 1, 2, and 4. Pivotted on the fixed rod C, and outside
all the key levers is a rectangular frame, the front N of which is a friction roller
rotating in bearings in the ends OO of the frame. This frame is placed on
the rod C with the friction roller N on the underside of the key levers and one or
more springs P are secured to the frame so as to keep the roller N bearing against
the underside of the key levers when the latter are in their normal positions
as shewn in Figures 2 and 4. One end of the friction roller N is elongated and
forms the spindle Q which extends beyond the frame end O and passes through a
slot T in an end plate J³ (see Figure 4). This plate J³, and the plate J at the
other end of the machine, are shewn as attachments to the brackets J³, but they
may be formed in one with the respective brackets J. On the outside of the
plate Jis a hammer shaped piece U which is pivotted at U. The rear of the
hammer piece U is curved or bulged outwards as shewn at U in Figure 4, and
overlaps part of the slot T in the plate J. Against this bulge or curve U³ rests
the spindle Q of the friction roller N, and as the latter is depressed, the straight
line downward motion of the spindle Q will push aside the hammer piece U and
cause it to turn on its pivot U2. The spring V. one end of which is secured to the
piece U and the other end to the plate J will bring the piece U back to
its initial position when the spindle has returned to its normal position. The
hammer piece U carries a driving pawl W which gears with a ratchet wheel X on
the end of the roller R, and is pressed against the teeth of the ratchet by the
spring V. The two guide rollers R and S are journaled in the end plates J³ and J',
the bearings for the lower roller S being slotted as shewn at S' in Figures 3 and 4
and its outer ends supported by the springs Z so as to allow for slight inequalities
in the thickness of the paper, or the rollers may as previously stated, be made
of india rubber or other elastic material with the same object.
From the foregoing description it will be understood that when any one of the
key levers B is depressed the roller R will be rotated through the distance of one
tooth of the ratchet wheel W, and the paper will thus be drawn through the
rollers R and S over the bracket or platen M from the paper storing roller and
that after the movement of the paper the type or die B will mark a record of the
payment on the paper. Furthermore, as the rotation of the roller R will move the
whole width of the paper through a distance equal to the distance between two
consecutive teeth of the ratchet wheel, it will be seen that more than one of the lever
keys may be depressed simultaneously if.desired. For example let us suppose
that it is required to pay out the sum of One pound, seventeen shillings and three
pence. Then if three of the fingers of the operators left hand are placed on the
first, second, and third finger discs, counting from the left hand side of the machine,
as shewn in Figure 1, and two of the fingers of the operators right hand are placed
on the fifth and eighth finger discs, and the whole five levers depressed together,

page_text: the desired amount will be delivered from the machine and will be simultaneously
registered the dots, dashes or other marks being all in the same horizontal straight
line on the paper. The coins discharged by the machine, as will be seen by
reference to Figure 1, will be respectively a sovereign, a half sovereign, &
five shilling piece, a two shilling piece, and a three penny piece, together making
the sum total of One pound, seventeen shillings, and three pence.
In the modification shewn in Figure 6 the paper is moved after the record has
been printed thereon, instead of before as in Figures 1, 2 and 4. In Figure 6 the
friction roller N is journaled in the end levers which are pivotted on the axis of
the roller R.
One of the levers 0 carries a driving pawl W' which is kept in gear with
the ratchet X by a spring Y. The other extremity of said lever O' is secured to
a spring P² whose other end is fastened to the bed-plate J or other fixed part.
When any one of the key levers is depressed, the roller N is pressed down and the
pawl W rides back over the ratchet wheel a distance of one tooth. When
the record is printed on the paper and the key lever released the spring P2 pulls
down the end of the lever O2 and the pawl Was it rises drives the ratchet wheel
forward.
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On referring to Figure 1 it will be observed that there are eleven key levers
and only ten coin receptacles. The eleventh key lever, that is, the one on the
extreme right hand side and marked with the letter "X on its finger disc, serves
the double purpose of feeding the inking ribbon and of rotating the roller K when
it is required to feed the paper without the delivery of a coin. This feed lever
which I have marked b is shewn in Figures 1, 3 and 5. It is similar in con-
struction to the key levers B except that no ejecting and registering mechanism is
required. is a lug on the underside of the said lever b, to which a pawl w is
pivotted, and kept down by a spring y. The pawl w gears with a ratchet
wheel on the contiguous end of the roller R. Also pivotted on the lug bis
a link c whose other end is pivotted to a vibrating lever d which passes through
a slot in the plate J and has its centre of motion on the axis of a ratchet
wheele (see Figure 5). The other end of this vibrating lever d carries a
pawl which is kept in gear with the teeth of the ratchet wheel e by a suitable
spring. The ratchet wheel e is secured to a winding drum ; which rotates on
an axis fixed on the underside of the bracket or platen M. This latter extends
across the front of the apparatus between the two plates J and J' to which it
is attached. Two apertures are made through the top plate of the bracket or
pluten M one at each end, through which the inking ribbon k is passed from
the drum to the winding drum ; as shewn in Figure 5. It will be understood
that when the feed lever is depressed the roller R will be rotated through a
distance equal to the distance between two consecutive teeth on the ratchet wheel
and that through the medium of the link c vibrating lever d, pawl and ratchet
wheel e the inking ribbon k will be drawn off the drum and wound upon the
drum j
I will now describe the receptacles in which the coins are stored, one of which
is shewn in vertical section in Figure 2, and perspective views of three or four are
shewn detached in Figures 9 and 10.
I prefer to make the coin receptacles slightly larger in size than the coins they
are destined to receive, and of a cylindrical shape, but they may be made square
or other shape in cross section if so desired. Each receptacle is furnished with a
weight m which fits loosely therein and rests upon the topmost coin. The weight m
is connected by means of a leather band or strap or other flexible connection m³ to
a second and lighter weight m' sliding in grooves me in the front of the cash con-
taining box m (see Figure 9). This cash box m³ is adapted to be removed bodily
from the rest of the mechanism when it is required to replenish the receptacle with
coins or to remove all the coins remaining therein. This may be effected by fitting
the base of the box m with dovetail or other projecting flanges me which fit into
corresponding grooves in the base plate J as shewn in Figure 2. the box may be

page_text: slid horizontally from off the base plate J and removed through a lock up aperture
in the side of the outer case. The box m may fit between L shaped uprights m
as shewn in Figure 9 from which it may be removed from the top. The said
box m may open at the top as shewn in Figure 2 or it may open from the sides as
shewn in Figure 10, so that access is obtained to the interior of the coin receptacles
for replenishing or removing the coins. If desired the base of the box m³ may be
made to slide out horizontally so that all the coins will fall out of the bottom of
their respective receptacles into a drawer beneath. The lower part of each
receptacle is furnished with an aperture m³ sufficiently large to allow the entrance
of the ejector plate G and the expulsion of the lowermost coin. The ejector
plate G travels through the said aperture m and from front to rear of the cash
box m' so as to ensure that the coins is completely expelled from the said box m³
and caused to fall into the incline at the rear. When any coin receptacle is empty
of coins the weight m will rest upon the base m³, and will prevent the ejector plate
from being actuated, its corresponding key lever cannot therefore be depressed,
consequently no record can be marked on the paper by the type or die.
Each weight m³ is as previously stated lighter than the weight m to which it is
attached, consequently as the coins are discharged from any given receptacle, the
weight m therein will fall and the weight m³ will rise in its guides m' in the front
of the box m'. A pane of glass is let into the front of the outer case so that the
position of these indicator weights m³ can be observed. Their position will indicate
when the coins in any given receptacle are getting low. o is a knob by which the
indicator weights can be lowered and the corresponding weights m raised out of
the way when it is required to replenish the receptacle and n is a catch which
engages with a spring catch piece q at the bottom of the case m³. The catch
piece can be released by sliding same endwise over the slots & bolts and s
(see Figure 9). If desired, the front of the cash box m³ over which pass
the indicator weights m³ may be marked with a scale along the edges of the
guides m so that the actual number of coins in the receptacle can be read off by
mere inspection.
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.) A machine for delivering and registering the delivery of coins, railway and
other tickets and such like articles, consisting of a number of coin or other
receptacles having an aperture in the lower part, an equal number of ejector plates
in front of said apertures, and pivotted each to an independant key lever, the
depression of which expels the lowermost coin or other article from the corre-
sponding receptacle, with means for imparting a step by step rotary motion to one
of the pair of rollers between which a record paper is drawn, dies or types on the
underside of said key levers for printing or marking on said paper records of the
depression of said levers for the purpose of recording the number of coins or other
articles delivered by the machine, with means for inking the said type or dies, all
contained within an outer lock up case through which only the finger discs pro-
trude, said finger discs being each marked with a symbol representing the value of
each coin or as an index to the article contained in the corresponding receptacle,
the mechanism being combined and arranged so as to operate substantially in the
manner described and for the purpose stated.
(2) In a machine for delivering coins, tickets, and such like, wherein the delivery
of the articles from the machine is effected by the depression of key levers, the
application to such key levers, of types, dies or other marking or registering
devices, and the location in the path of said marking devices, of a roll or strip of
paper receiving a step by step motion across a platen substantially as and for the
purpose described.
(3.) In a machine for delivering and registering the delivery of coins, railway
and other tickets and such like articles wherein the delivery of the articles from

page_text: the machine is effected by the depression of key levers, providing said key levers
with projections B', and locating pivotted and counterweighted type, dies, or other
marking or registering devices B, immediately under and in the path of said
projections and above a platen M over which paper is caused to intermittently
move by any suitable means substantially as described and shewn in Figure 7.
(4.) In a machine for delivering and registering the delivery of coins, railway
and other tickets, and such like articles wherein the delivery of the articles from
the machine is effected by the depression of key levers to which the marking or
registering devices are secured, the means herein described for imparting a step by
step rotary motion to a paper feed roller consisting of a pivotted rectangular frame
having one of its sides bearing against the underside of all the key levers so as to
be turned over on its pivot when any key lever is depressed, said rectangular frame
carrying or actuating a pawl which gears with a ratchet wheel on the end of the
paper feed roller, and being furnished with a spring or springs to return it to its
initial position after the downward pressure of the key lever is removed substan-
tially as described and shewn in Figures 1, 2 and 4 or in Figure 6.
(5.) The combination with a machine for delivering and registering the delivery
of coins or other articles of the class referred to in Claim 4, of the feed lever b
with means for feeding the paper without delivery of a coin or article, and for
simultaneously moving an inking ribbon across the face of the types, dies, or other
marking devices, substantially as described with reference to Figures 1. 3 and 5 of
the accompanying drawings.
(6.) The modified arrangement shewn in Figure 7 or in Figure 8 for causing the
ejector plates to be actuated by the depression of the key levers substantially as
described.
(7.) The combination with a machine for delivering coins or other articles, of a
cash box such as m containing all the coin or other receptacles, and adapted to be
bodily removed from the outer case, or having a removeable bottom or base and
provided with the indicator weights m³ operating to denote the number of coins in
the various receptacles substantially in the manner described and illustrated in
Figures 1. 9 and 10 and for the purposes stated.
(8.) The combination of parts forming my improved machine for delivering and
registering the delivery of coins, railway and other tickets, and such like articles
all arranged so as to operate substantially in the manner and for the purpose
hereinbefore set forth and illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 28th day of September 1892.
F. W. GOLBY,
36, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Patent Agent for the Applicant.