Improvements in Coin Delivery Apparatus.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 28th Mar., 1899
Complete Specification Left, 28th Dec., 1899-Accepted, 24th Mar., 1900
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Coin Delivery Apparatus.
I, CHRISTIAN ALBERT JENSEN, of No. 77, Chancery Lane, in the County of
Middlesex, Chartered Patent Agent, do hereby declare the nature of this inven-
tion a communication to me from abroad by Albert Molineus, of 104, Unter-
dörnerstrasse, Barmen, Germany, Manufacturer to be as follows:-
:-
This invention relates to improvements in the coin delivery apparatus_form-
ing the subject of the Patents No. 17499 of 1895 and No. 18257 of 1897 whereby
the counting and especially the giving change are to be rendered materially
easier and the removal of coins from the closed apparatus by unauthorised
persons prevented.
As compared with the arrangement described in Patent Specification 18257
of 1897 the mechanism for effecting the ejection of the coins is in the present
apparatus materially simplified. The lever for actuating the coin pusher or
ejector in the same manner as in the known apparatus is made to end in a thin
peg which passes easily through a hole in the ejector. Each ejector is guided
by a flat spring on the back of the ejector or delivery chute, and also in a notch
in the bottom of the coin trough, and lastly laterally in a vertical slot in the cross
wall of the apparatus.
With this construction of coin ejector the tripper mechanism is formed as a
double armed lever which is pivotted on the cross wall between two coin troughs,
the upper arm of said lever having a peg abutting on the back of the coin ejector,
while the lower arm engages with a horizontal push pin which is guided in a
hole through the cross wall and has a press button, so that by pressing on the
latter the coin ejector is pressed forward and then, when the ejector actuating
lever is moved from one of the vertical push pins of the keyboard, slides past the
coin and does not eject it.
In the present construction the press buttons on the vertical push pins are
jointed thereto by means of pins and are each provided with two pressing surfaces
at right angles and with a crank arm the crank pin of which works in a vertical
fork of a bar that can slide lengthways between two rows of push pins. This bar
may be provided with a set of the aforesaid forks for one row of keys, or for two
rows of keys. By pushing such a bar lengthways the press buttons of one row
or two rows, as the case may be, are turned on their pins on the push pins.
The ends of these sliding bars may be suitably guided on the cover of the
apparatus and be all connected by transverse bars, so that by pulling one such
the press buttons of all the push pins are turned in the same direction and so that
the framing formed by the sliding bars and the connecting bars in the end posi-
tions determines the position of the pressing surfaces of the press buttons, so that
in one position the one set of surfaces comes in the horizontal position and in
the other position the other set of surfaces comes in the horizontal position.
By this arrangement the depressing of the push pins or keys is of course not
hindered, because the crank pin of the key in question slides up and down in its
fork.

page_text: Each key or push button has marked on one surface the numeral of the sum
value of those coins which are ejected by the depression of the key in question,
while the other surface has marked on it the difference between such coin value
and the coin taken as unity.
Assuming for instance that the apparatus is arranged for American money,
one dollar being taken as unity, then that press button which is marked 1 on
one surface and whereby one cent is ejected, has the other surface marked 99.
The next button has the numerals 2 and 98, the third 3 and 97 and so on.
By means of this arrangement the cashier when giving change is not obliged
to reckon out how much he has to give back. In such a case the press buttons
are so placed that the surfaces marked with the differential numbers are in the
horizontal position. It is therefore only necessary to press the button having the
amount to be received marked on it, and the apparatus itself then gives auto-
matically the difference between this and the unity coin.
But if payment is not made with the unity coin but with another for instance
a fraction of it, the same course may yet be pursued, by putting out of action by
the aforesaid detent mechanism, the ejector which ejects the difference between
the coin paid in and the unity coin.
Supposing thus for instance that payment is made with half a dollar, then the
ejector for ejecting a half dollar is put out of action by pressing on the detent
button in question, and the key or button is pressed marked with the sum to be
received so that of course only change out of half a dollar is given.
It will thus be seen that this new arrangement gives great facility and accelera-
tion of the paying operations.
A further accessory improvement of this apparatus consists in the arrangement
of a slide plate whereby the upper opening of the delivery chute can be closed.
This plate rests on a horizontal flange on the chute whereby the latter is fixed on
the front wall of the apparatus. The plate has slanting slots wherein are guided
button headed pegs on the flange. A flat spring prevents accidental displacement
of the plate and slips into recesses on the flange to fix it in the two terminal
positions.
When the upper opening of the delivery chute is closed by the aforesaid plate
no coin can be taken out of the closed apparatus, as the coins thrown out by
pressing on a key remain resting on the plate and cannot drop down the chute.
In this way it will also be found out if the apparatus has been tampered with.
Dated this Twenty-eighth day of March 1899.
Improvements in Coin Delivery Apparatus.
I, CHRISTIAN ALBERT JENSEN, of No. 77, Chancery Lane, in the County of
Middlesex, Chartered Patent Agent, do hereby declare the nature of this inven-
tion a communication to me from abroad by Albert Molineus, of 104, Unter-
dörnerstrasse, Barmen, Germany, Manufacture 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 improvements in the coin deliverey apparatus_form-
ing the subject of the Patents No: 17499 of 1895. and No. 18257 of 1897 whereby
the counting and especially the giving change are to be rendered materially

page_text: easier and the removal of coins from the closed apparatus by unauthorised
persons prevented.
As compared with the arrangement described in Patent Specification No. 18257
of 1897 the mechanism for effecting the ejection of the coin is in the present
apparatus materially simplified.
The most important feature however of my present invention consists in the
application, to key board push pins, of press buttons, provided with more than
one denomination in combination preferably with mechanism for changing the
visible denominations of the press buttons of the keyboard so that more than one
class of operation may be performed by the operator with the same apparatus.
For example, with one set of visible denominations, by pressure on a single push
pin, the delivery of a sum (it might be the wage of a factory employée), is obtained
corresponding in amount to the visible denomination of the press button operated,
while with another set of visible denominations a totally different operation is
performed such as the delivery of change, being the difference in amount between
a coin tendered in payment of a sum due and the amount of such sum due; no
calculation being necessary.
In the accompanying sheet of drawings
Fig. 1 is a sectional elevation of a coin delivery apparatus with duplicate press
buttons.
Fig. 2 is a plan thereof showing one half of the press buttons set for paying viz.
sums corresponding with the visible denominations and the other half set for
receiving viz. giving change according to the amount to be deducted from the
coin tendered.
Fig. 3 is a transverse section.
Figs. 4, 5 and 6 are detail views on an enlarged scale.
Figs. 7 and 8 and 9 show a modified form of press button in elevation section
and plan respectively on an enlarged scale.
The lever 2 for actuating the coin pusher or ejector 1 in the same manner as
in the known apparatus is preferably made to end in a thin peg 3 which passes
easily through a hole in the ejector. Each ejector is controlled or guided by a
flat spring 4 which operates between the back of the ejector and the delivery
chute 5 and is also guided in a notch in the bottom of the coin trough 6 and lastly
laterally in a vertical slot in the cross wall 7 of the apparatus. With this con-
struction of coin ejector the tripper mechanism is formed as a double armed
lever 8 which is pivotted preferably on the cross wall 7 between two coin troughs,
the upper arm of said lever may as shown have a peg 9 abutting on the coin
ejector 1 while the lower arm engages with a horizontal push pin 11 which is
guided in a hole through the cross wall 7 and is operated from without the casing
by a pin and press button 10 so that by pressing on the latter the coin ejector
is pressed forward and then when the ejector actuating lever is moved from one
of the vertical push pins of the keyboard, slides past the coin and does not eject
it or the double armed lever 8 may be dispensed with and an arm may be fixedly
attached to the push pin 11 result of which will be that the tripper mechanism
will be operated when the push pin is pulled out instead of when pushed in.
In one construction see Figs. 1-3 the press buttons 14 on the vertical push
pins 15 are jointed thereto by means of pins 18 and are each provided with two
pressing surfaces at right angles, and with a crank arm 16, the crank pin 17 of
which works in a vertical fork 18 of a bar 19 that can slide lengthways between
two rows of push pins. This bar may be provided with a set of the aforesaid
forks for one row of keys as shown or for two rows of keys. By pushing such a
bar lengthways the press buttons of one row or two rows as the case may be are
turned on their pins on the push pins.
The ends of these sliding bars may be suitably guided on the cover of the
apparatus and all, or any convenient number thereof, may be connected by a
transverse bar or bars 20 so that by pulling one such bar or more than one such
transverse bar the press buttons of all the push pins or any desired number of

page_text: push pins are turned in the same direction and so that the position of the framing
formed by the sliding bars 19 and the connecting bars 20 determines and registers
the position of the pressing surfaces of the press buttons, so that in one position
one set of surfaces comes into the horizontal position and in the other position
the other set of surfaces comes into the horizontal position.
By this arrangement the depressing of the push pins or keys is of course not
hindered because the crank pin 17 of the key in question slides up and down
in its fork 18.
Each key or push button 14 has marked on one surface the numeral of the
sum value of those coins which are ejected by the depression of the key in ques-
tion, while the other surface has marked on it the difference between such coin
value that is to say the value of the coin or coins ejected and the coin taken as
unity.
Assuming for instance that the apparatus is arranged for American money
one dollar being taken as unity then that press button which is marked 1 on one
surface and whereby one cent is ejected has the other surface marked 99. The
next button has the numerals 2 and 98, the third 3 and 97 and so on.
By means of this arrangement the cashier, when giving change is not obliged
to reckon out how much he has to give back. In such a case the press buttons 14
are so placed that the surfaces marked with the differential or complemental
numbers are in the horizontal position. It is therefore only necessary to press
the button having the amount to be received marked on it and the apparatus
itself then gives automatically the difference between this and the unity coin.
But if payment is not made with the unity coin but with another for instance
a fraction of it the same course may yet be pursued by putting out of action by
the aforesaid detent or tripper mechanism 8, 9, 10, 11 the ejector or ejectors
which ejects or eject the difference between the coin paid in and the unity.
Supposing thus for instance that payment is made with half a dollar then
the ejector for ejecting a half dollar is put out of action by pressing on the detent
button 10 in question and the key or button 14 is then pressed which is marked
with the sum to be received so that of course only change out of half a dollar
is given.
Ör again supposing that the coin tendered in payment is a "quarter" or
25 cents then the two ejectors which eject respectively a half dollar and a quarter
are put out of action by the corresponding or 75 cent detent button 10 so that
change out of 25 cents only is given.
Further by means of this arrangement the cashier when paying out, various
fixed sums as for instance wages cheque values or the like is not obliged to count
out the coins. In such a case the press buttons 14 are so placed that the surfaces
marked with the values of the sums delivered are in the horizontal or visible
position. It is therefore only necessary to press the button having the amount
to be paid marked thereon and the apparatus itself then pays automatically the
desired sum.
It will thus be seen that this new arrangement gives great facility and accelera-
tion of the paying or cashier's operations.
In place of the crank for operating the press buttons I may employ a rack
and pinion in which case the pinion is mounted on the pivot pin of the button
and the rack is mounted above the pinion so as to allow for the depression of
the button a spring being employed in the well known manner to retain the
button in the respective positions during depression. In this construction the
faces may be at any desirable angle to one another and where two faces only
are employed they may be parallel to one another that is to say one face on the
upper surface and the other face on the lower surface of the press button in which
case the button is rotatably mounted in a fork on the top of the push pin.
Instead of the press buttons being arranged to turn they may be as usual fixed
on the push pins 15 but made hollow and preferably oblong in shape and provided
internally with sliding plates 26 see Figs. 7, 8 and 9 on which the several sets

page_text: of denominations are marked; one set of denomination only being visible at a
time through apertures 27 in the top caps or covers 30 of the press buttons. The
sliding plates are each provided-with a pin or projection 28 extending outwards
through a slot or notch 29 in one side of the press buttons. These pins or pro-
jections 29 or, as shewn, downward extensions thereof take into the aforesaid
forks 18 whereby the plates 26 are caused to slide so as to bring one set of
denominations or another beneath the apertures 27.
A further accessory improvement of this apparatus consists in the arrange-
ment of a slide plate 21 Figs. 1 and 2 whereby the upper opening of the delivery
chute 5 can be closed. This plate rests on a horizontal flange 22 on the chute
whereby the latter is fixed on the front wall of the apparatus. The plate has
slanting slots wherein are guided button headed pegs on the flange or as shewn
on the drawing one peg 24 may be on the flange 22 and one on the plate 21 and
one slanting slot 23 in the plate 21 and another in the flange 22. A flat spring 25
prevents accidental displacement of the plate and slips into recesses on the flange 22
to fix it when the plate is moved by hand into the two terminal or open and closed
positions.
When the upper opening of the delivery chute is closed by the aforesaid plate
no coin can be taken out of the closed apparatus as the coins thrown out by press-
ing on a key remain resting on the plate 21 and can not drop down the chute.
In this way it will also be found out if the apparatus has been tampered with.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said in-
vention and in what manner the same is to be performed, as communicated to
me by my foreign correspondent, I declare that what I claim is:-
1. In a keyboard for coin delivery apparatus and the like the combination with
the push pins of press buttons provided with more than one denomination only
one of which is visible or indicatory at a time with or without means for rendering
the desired denomination visible or indicatory simultaneously on a number of
such press buttons substantially as and for the purposes set forth.
2. In a key board for coin delivery apparatus and the like the combination
with the push pins of press buttons provided with more than one indicator face
and adapted to revolve partially on the said push pins with or without means
for operating simultaneously a number of such press buttons, substantially as
and for the purposes set forth.
3. In a key board for coin-delivery apparatus and the like the combination
with the push pins of hollow press buttons provided each internally, with a sliding
plate having more than one denomination marked thereon and which plate can
be so operated that only one of such denominations is visible at a time through
an aperture in the top of the said press buttons and with or without means for
operating simultaneously a number of the said sliding plates substantially as and
for the purposes set forth.
4. In a keyboard for coin delivery apparatus and the like the application and
use of press buttons with or without means for operating a number of said press
buttons simultaneously substantially as described and shewn with reference to
Figs. 1 to 3 and for the purposes set forth.
5. In a key board for coin-delivery apparatus and the like the application and
use of press buttons with or without means for operating a number of said
press buttons simultaneously substantially as described and shewn with reference
to Figs. 7 and 8 for the purposes set forth.
6. In a coin delivery apparatus the combination with the coin pusher or ejector
operating lever of an ejector sliding within the frame, a spring or springs which
normally holds or hold the said ejector against the end of the coin trough and
means for transmitting the motion of the lever to the ejector substantially as
set forth.
7. In a coin delivery apparatus the combination with a spring controlled coin
pusher or ejector of a tripper mechanism comprising a suitably pivotted vertical

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lever or an arm the upper end of which is adapted to trip the said ejector against
the action of the spring and suitable means for operating the said lever or arm
from without the casing of the apparatus substantially as set forth.
8. In a coin-delivery apparatus the combination of the spring controlled coin
ejector lever for operating said ejector and tripper mechanism substantially as
described and shewn with reference to Figs. 1 to 6.
9. In a coin-delivery apparatus the application and use of a movable cover plate
for the delivery chute substantially as and for the purposes set forth.
10. The improvements in coin-delivery apparatus as described and shewn
upon the drawings.