Year: 1886

page_text: I, GEORGE REIMANN of No. 32 Schmid Strasse, in the City of Berlin, Germany,
Mechanic, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates chiefly to improvements in automatic machinery or apparatus
the operation of which is generally brought about by the insertion of a coin of suitable
size and weight through a slot provided for the purpose.
In spite of the directions which are affixed to such machine or apparatus it very
frequently occurs that coins of more or less value than the price fixed are placed or
introduced into the coin opening so that it is no unfrequent occurrence for reclamations
to be made.
Now in order to entirely avoid these I introduce a novel arrangement into the
machine which is so constructed that any coin which is not of sufficient size will
immediately pass out of the apparatus into a dish or receptacle arranged outside,
without in any way operating on the mechanism thereof.
About midway of the ordinary shoot or channel is an orifice too small for the proper
coin to pass through but large enough to allow small coins to pass through. A coin
falling through this orifice enters the mouth of another shoot which conducts it to a
receptacle outside the casing where it can readily be reclaimed.
Another great disadvantage of the present automatic machines, is that the owner is
not protected against dishonest employées plundering the cash box, and in order to
overcome this disadvantage I have invented an apparatus which cannot be tampered
with without it becoming visible to the person opening the cash box.
The mechanism is so constructed that the slot or money opening of the cash box
through which it is of course possible to shake a large number of coins without
detection, is automatically closed and can only be opened, when the cash box is
introduced into the machine or a duplicate opening device is employed.
When the cash box is inserted in the machine a series of pins or small bolts, which
are arranged in the interior of the machine, will pass through corresponding borings in

page_text: the cash box and operate a novel mechanism so that the slot through which the coins
pass into the cash box is opened, but which is instantaneously closed as soon as the
cash box is removed from contact with the said pins in the interior of the machine
and in order to prevent this mechanism from being tampered with a slide or series of
slides can be so arranged that they can be made to cover the said borings when the box
is removed from the machine.
When the cash box is pushed into the machine the pins or pegs of the same pass
into and through the aforementioned borings and operate on a lever combination in such
manner that a slide is pushed back and the money inlet opened. This slide can also
be made of such length that it will close the key hole to the lid which can only be
unlocked when the safety device is put out of operation by a device containing a like
number of pins or pegs as are present in the machine.
Pins of fine wire are so arranged to the rear of the levers that the same will be bent
or broken as soon as an attempt is made to tamper with the mechanism which will
then be moved into such a position that the said lever combination cannot be
operated.
It will be evident from the foregoing that this part of my said invention can be
employed to great advantage, not only in automatic machines, but also for safes and
various other cases in which it is desired to prevent the cash box being tampered with
Dated this 1st day of November 1886.
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page_text: Improvements in Apparatus for Use where Coin is Passed into a
Receptacle through a Slot, Particularly Applicable to Automatic
Weighing Machines.
I GEORGE REIMANN of No. 32 Schmid Strasse in the City of Berlin, Germany,
Mechanic, do hereby declare the nature of my Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN
APPARATUS FOR USE WHERE COIN IS PASSED INTO A RECEPTACLE THROUGH A SLOT,
PARTICULARLY APPLICABLE TO AUTOMATIC WEIGHING MACHINES" 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 chiefly to improvements in automatic weighing machinery or
other similar apparatus the operation of which is generally brought about by the
insertion of a coin of suitable size and weight through a slot provided for the
purpose.
In spite of the directions which are affixed to each weighing machine or apparatus
it very frequently occurs that coins of more or less value than the price fixed are
placed or introduced into the coin opening so that it is no unfrequent occurrence for
reclamations to be made.
Now in order to entirely avoid these I introduce a novel arrangement into the
machine which is so constructed that any coin which is not of sufficient size will
immediately pass out of the apparatus into a dish or receptacle arranged outside with-
out in any way operating on the mechanism thereof.
About midway of the ordinary shoot or channel is an orifice too small for the
proper coin to pass through but large enough to allow small coins to pass through.
A coin falling through this orifice enters the mouth of another shoot which conducts
it to a receptable outside the casing where it can readily be reclaimed.
Another great disadvantage of the present automatic machines, is that the owner
is not protected against dishonest employees plundering the cash box and in order to
overcome this disadvantage I have invented an apparatus which cannot be tampered
with without it becoming visible to the person opening the cash box.
The mechanism is so constructed that the slot or money opening of the cash box, through
which it is of course possible to shake a large number of coins without detection, is auto-
matically closed and can only be opened when the cash box is introduced into the
machine or a duplicate opening device is employed When the cash box is inserted in the
machine a series of pins or small bolts which are arranged in the interior of the machine
will pass through corresponding borings in the cash box and operate a novel mechanism
so that the slot through which the coins pass into the cash box is opened, but which is
instantaneously closed as soon as the cash box is removed from contact with the said
pins in the interior of the machine and in order to prevent this mechanism from being
tampered with a slide or series of slides can be so arranged that they can be made to
cover the said boring when the box is removed from the machine.

page_text: When the cash box is pushed into the machine the pins or pegs of the same pass
into and through the aforementioned borings and operate on a combination of tumblers
in such manner that a slide is pushed back and the money inlet is opened. This slide
can also be made of such length that it will close the key hole to the lid which can
only be unlocked when the safety device is put out of operation by a device containing
a like number of pins or pegs as are present in the machine. Pins of fine wire are
so arranged to the rear of the levers that the same will be bent or broken as soon as an
attempt is made to tamper with the mechanism which will then be moved into such a
position that the said combination of tumblers cannot be operated.
It will be evident from the foregoing that this part of my said invention can be
employed to great advantage, not only in automatic weighing machines, but also for
safes and various other cases in which it is desired to prevent the cash box being
tampered with.
Figure 1 is an elevation and part sectional elevation of the upper part of an auto-
matic weighing machine with the cash box in section and only partially inserted into
the machine.
Figure 2 is a vertical section of Figure 1 with the dial and face or front surface
in elevation.
Figure 3 is a view of my improved mechanism showing the money slot closed by
the slide and the pins in the machine inserted in their corresponding borings in the
cash box, before they reach the "tumbler" mechanism.
Figure 4 is a like view representing the parts in action, that is to say, the slide
pushed back and the inlet for coin laid free.
Figure 5 is a transverse section of the cash box on the linea in Figure 3.
In order that my said invention may be thoroughly understood, I will now proceed
to describe the operation of the same.
If a coin is inserted in the slot or opening C of the casing A it will glide in the
inclined shoot B downwards. This said shoot B is provided with two orifices a small
orifice B¹, and a large orifice B2, so that coins of correct size will glide over the
smaller orifice B', whereas smaller coins will fall through the same into the shoot D
and through a slot or opening D¹, of the casing A into the dish or receptacle D²,
arranged outside of the apparatus.
Coins of correct size will glide over the opening or orifice B¹, but will pass through
the opening or orifice B2, into the receiver E and after weighing will pass from thence
through the shoot F into the cash box G. A slide b actuated by springs d runs
between two guides cc so as to cover the coin inlet a', of the cash box G and is when
not in use, kept in the position represented in Fig. 1.
This slide carries a tumbler e which moves around a fulcrum e¹, and carries at its
ends two small tumblers ff against which the pins or wire pegs g g impinge the same
running through suitable perforations in the end wall of the cash box and pressing so
against the levers ff when the cash box is inserted in the machine that the tumblers e
and and with these the slide bare pressed so far inwards that the coin inlet is
exposed or in other words until the slot in the slide corresponds with the slot or
coin opening in the cash box G. The four pins 9 g although of varying length are
so arranged that they press simultaneously against the front surface of the small
tumblers ff and as these are connected to the tumbler e this and also the tumblers ff
and slide 6 will be moved in a straight line to the rear so as to expose the coin
opening. The small tumblers ff are held in normal position by means of small
pins h of brittle material which however has no effect on their durability as no
pressure is exerted on the same when the cash box is placed correctly in the machine,
but as soon as any attempt is made to surreptitiously open the box and the most
trifling unequal pressure is exerted one of the pins h will be broken, bent or other-
wise deformed, the small tumbler f will turn on its axis and thus render it utterly
impossible to open the inlet.
It will be evident that the slide 6 can be so arranged that it not only closes the
money inlet but also the key hole to the cash box so that the cash box can only be
opened by a person possessing an exact copy of the device in the weighing machine.

page_text: It will furthermore be evident that this invention can not only be employed with
cash boxes for automatic weighing machines, but for various other purposes, such as
counter cash boxes, cash boxes for safes and other objects.
I am aware of Everett's Patent No. 1450 dated 1st February 1886 and do not
claim anything claimed therein.
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. In cash boxes wherein coin is deposited through a narrow opening or slot the
slide 6 actuated by a spring or springs to close the said opening substantially as
specified.
2. The combination with cash boxes provided with a slot-closing device or slide
of a series of pins such as g passing through holes in the outer wall of the box
and acting on à combination of tumblers e fto push back the slide substantially as
specified.
3. The combination with tumblers such as e f of wires h for detecting any un-
authorized attempt to open the box substantially as specified.
This 10th dose of the 1007

page_text: Date of Application, 1st Nov., 1886.
Complete Left, 10th Feb., 1887.
Complete Accepted, 22nd Mar., 1887.
DECE
Receptacle through a Slot, Particularly Applicable to Automatic
Weighing Machines.
I, GEORGE REIMANN of No. 32 Schmid Strasse, in the City of Berlin, Germany,
Mechanic, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates chiefly to improvements in automatic machinery or apparatus
the operation of which is generally brought about by the insertion of a coin of suitable
size and weight through a slot provided for the purpose.
In spite of the directions which are affixed to such machine or apparatus it very
frequently occurs that coins of more or less value than the price fixed are placed or
introduced into the coin opening so that it is no unfrequent occurrence for reclamations
to be made.
Now in order to entirely avoid these I introduce a novel arrangement into the
machine which is so constructed that any coin which is not of sufficient size will
immediately pass out of the apparatus into a dish or receptacle arranged outside,
without in any way operating on the mechanism thereof.
About midway of the ordinary shoot or channel is an orifice too small for the proper
coin to pass through but large enough to allow small coins to pass through. A coin
falling through this orifice enters the mouth of another shoot which conducts it to a
receptacle outside the casing where it can readily be reclaimed.
Another great disadvantage of the present automatic machines, is that the owner is
not protected against dishonest employées plundering the cash box, and in order to
overcome this disadvantage I have invented an apparatus which cannot be tampered
with without it becoming visible to the person opening the cash box.
The mechanism is so constructed that the slot or money opening of the cash box
through which it is of course possible to shake a large number of coins without
detection, is automatically closed and can only be opened, when the cash box is
introduced into the machine or a duplicate opening device is employed.
When the cash box is inserted in the machine a series of pins or small bolts, which
are arranged in the interior of the machine, will pass through corresponding borings in

page_text: the cash box and operate a novel mechanism so that the slot through which the coins
pass into the cash box is opened, but which is instantaneously closed as soon as the
cash box is removed from contact with the said pins in the interior of the machine
and in order to prevent this mechanism from being tampered with a slide or series of
slides can be so arranged that they can be made to cover the said borings when the box
is removed from the machine.
When the cash box is pushed into the machine the pins or pegs of the same pass
into and through the aforementioned borings and operate on a lever combination in such
manner that a slide is pushed back and the money inlet opened. This slide can also
be made of such length that it will close the key hole to the lid which can only be
unlocked when the safety device is put out of operation by a device containing a like
number of pins or pegs as are present in the machine.
Pins of fine wire are so arranged to the rear of the levers that the same will be bent
or broken as soon as an attempt is made to tamper with the mechanism which will
then be moved into such a position that the said lever combination cannot be
operated.
It will be evident from the foregoing that this part of my said invention can be
employed to great advantage, not only in automatic machines, but also for safes and
various other cases in which it is desired to prevent the cash box being tampered with.
Dated this 1st day of November 1886.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Apparatus for Use where Coin is Passed into a
Receptacle through a Slot, Particularly Applicable to Automatic
Weighing Machines.
I GEORGE REIMANN of No. 32 Schmid Strasse in the City of Berlin, Germany,
Mechanic, do hereby declare the nature of my Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN
APPARATUS FOR USE WHERE COIN IS PASSED INTO A RECEPTACLE THROUGH A SLOT,
PARTICULARLY APPLICABLE TO AUTOMATIC WEIGHING MACHINES" 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 chiefly to improvements in automatic weighing machinery or
other similar apparatus the operation of which is generally brought about by the
insertion of a coin of suitable size and weight through a slot provided for the
purpose.
In spite of the directions which are affixed to each weighing machine or apparatus
it very frequently occurs that coins of more or less value than the price fixed are
placed or introduced into the coin opening so that it is no unfrequent occurrence for
reclamations to be made.
Now in order to entirely avoid these I introduce a novel arrangement into the
machine which is so constructed that any coin which is not of sufficient size will
immediately pass out of the apparatus into a dish or receptacle arranged outside with-
out in any way operating on the mechanism thereof.
About midway of the ordinary shoot or channel is an orifice too small for the
proper coin to pass through but large enough to allow small coins to pass through.
A coin falling through this orifice enters the mouth of another shoot which conducts
it to a receptacle outside the casing where it can readily be reclaimed.
Another great disadvantage of the present automatic machines, is that the owner
is not protected against dishonest employees plundering the cash box and in order to
overcome this disadvantage I have invented an apparatus which cannot be tampered
with without it becoming visible to the person opening the cash box.
The mechanism is so constructed that the slot or money opening of the cash box, through
which it is of course possible to shake a large number of coins without detection, is auto-
matically closed and can only be opened when the cash box is introduced into the
machine or a duplicate opening device is employed When the cash box is inserted in the
machine a series of pins or small bolts which are arranged in the interior of the machine
will pass through corresponding borings in the cash box and operate a novel mechanism
so that the slot through which the coins pass into the cash box is opened, but which is
instantaneously closed as soon as the cash box is removed from contact with the said
pins in the interior of the machine and in order to prevent this mechanism from being
tampered with a slide or series of slides can be so arranged that they can be made to
cover the said boring when the box is removed from the machine.

page_text: When the cash box is pushed into the machine the pins or pegs of the same pass
into and through the aforementioned borings and operate on a combination of tumblers
in such manner that a slide is pushed back and the money inlet is opened. This slide
can also be made of such length that it will close the key hole to the lid which can
only be unlocked when the safety device is put out of operation by a device containing
a like number of pins or pegs as are present in the machine. Pins of fine wire are
so arranged to the rear of the levers that the same will be bent or broken as soon as an
attempt is made to tamper with the mechanism which will then be moved into such a
position that the said combination of tumblers cannot be operated.
It will be evident from the foregoing that this part of my said invention can be
employed to great advantage, not only in automatic weighing machines, but also for
safes and various other cases in which it is desired to prevent the cash box being
tampered with.
Figure 1 is an elevation and part sectional elevation of the upper part of an auto-
matic weighing machine with the cash box in section and only partially inserted into
the machine.
Figure 2 is a vertical section of Figure 1 with the dial and face or front surface in
elevation.
Figure 3 is a view of my improved mechanism showing the money slot closed by
the slide and the pins in the machine inserted in their corresponding borings in the
cash box, before they reach the "tumbler" mechanism.
Figure 4 is a like view representing the parts in action, that is to say, the slide
pushed back and the inlet for coin laid free.
Figure 5 is a transverse section of the cash box on the linea a in Figure 3.
In order that my said invention may be thoroughly understood, I will now proceed
to describe the operation of the same.
If a coin is inserted in the slot or opening C of the casing A it will glide in the
inclined shoot B downwards. This said shoot B is provided with two orifices a small
orifice B', and a large orifice B2, so that coins of correct size will glide over the
smaller orifice B', whereas smaller coins will fall through the same into the shoot D
and through a slot or opening D³, of the casing A into the dish or receptacle D²,
arranged outside of the apparatus.
Coins of correct size will glide over the opening or orifice B¹, but will pass through
the opening or orifice B2, into the receiver I and after weighing will pass from thence
through the shoot F into the cash box G. A slide actuated by springs d runs
between two guides e e so as to cover the coin inlet a', of the cash box G and is when
not in use, kept in the position represented in Fig. 1.
This slide carries a tumbler e which moves around a fulcrum e¹, and carries at its
ends two small tumblers ff against which the pins or wire pegs impinge the same
running through suitable perforations in the end wall of the cash box and pressing so
against the levers ff when the cash box is inserted in the machine that the tumblers e
and fand with these the slide are pressed so far inwards that the coin inlet is
exposed or in other words until the slot in the slide 6 corresponds with the slot or
coin opening in the cash box G. The four pins g g although of varying length are
so arranged that they press simultaneously against the front surface of the small
tamblers ff and as these are connected to the tumbler e this and also the tumblers ff
and slide 6 will be moved in a straight line to the rear so as to expose the coin
opening. The small tumblers ffare held in normal position by means of small
pins of brittle material which however has no effect on their durability as no
pressure is exerted on the same when the cash box is placed correctly in the machine,
but as soon as any attempt is made to surreptitiously open the box and the most
trifling unequal pressure is exerted one of the pins will be broken, bent or other-
wise deformed, the small tumbler will turn on its axis and thus render it utterly
impossible to open the inlet.
It will be evident that the slide can be so arranged that it not only closes the
money inlet but also the key hole to the cash box so that the cash box can only be
opened by a person possessing an exact copy of the device in the weighing machine,

page_text: It will furthermore be evident that this invention can not only be employed with
cash boxes for automatic weighing machines, but for various other purposes, such as
counter cash boxes, cash boxes for safes and other objects.
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. In automatic apparatus such as herein referred to a shoot such as B having an
orifice B1 smaller than the coin requisite to set the apparatus in operation but large
enough to allow for the passage therethrough of smaller coins substantially as and
for the purpose specified.
2. In automatic apparatus such as herein referred to the combination with a shoot
such as B having an intermediate opening B1 of an extra shoot D leading to the
outside of the apparatus substantially as specified.
3. In cash boxes wherein coin is deposited through a narrow opening or slot the
slide bactuated by a spring or springs to close the said opening substantially as
specified.
4. The combination with cash boxes provided with a slot-closing device or slide of
a series of pins such as y passing through holes in the outer wall of the box and
acting on a combination of tumblers efto push back the slide substantially as
specified.
5. The combination with tumblers such as e of wires for detecting any un-
authorized attempt to open the box substantially as specified.
Dated this 10th day of February 1887