Year: 1896

page_text: JOSEPH STODDART Engineer 21 Church Street, Woolwich, Kent do hereby
declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
(1) This invention relates to a means of detecting counterfeit money and giving
change for any coin of the realm.
(2) The balance of my invention is self adjusting and has room enough both
in width and depth to allow the coin it has to receive to run freely upright in it.
(3) The balance is a long box open at both ends about four times the length of
the coin it has to receive, which runs edge upwards. Should the coin be a light
one, it will run to the far end against a flap and recoil, it then releases a small
lever, which releases a spring, the spring rings a bell, then it shows it is a bad one.
By pressing a nob of lever beside the slot where the coin is put into the balance,
the lever will then lift the balance at the far end, the coin then. runs out.
(4) The balance is. supported by a bracket with slots and guards to enable or
allow the pivots of the balance to lift up and fall freely.
(5) If the coin be a legal one it will depress. the box. or far end of the balance
enough to unlock' the drawer wherein the change is placed.
. (6) When the drawer is pulled out half way it will ring a bell indicating that
the drawer is unlocked at the same time the coin which was put in will fall into
another drawer.
(7) The balance has an arm projecting at the box end to lock the drawer wherein
the change is placed.
(8) The drawer has at the box or far end a lock with a long & short notch, the
long notch is to allow the balance to lift but still be locked, the short, notch is to
lock the drawer should it not be pushed far enough in.
(9) When the drawer is pulled out a quarter of an inch it pushes a lever to one
side the lever has a cam or radius at box or far end.
(10) When the drawer is pulled out it presses the cam end of the lever & shuts
the slots where the coin enters into balance.
(11) The slots have slides to shut off so that the balance could not be tampered
with either by wire or anything else.
The slots will not open till the drawer is locked.
(12) Behind the lock of drawer it has a loose arm or click so that when the
drawer is pulled out balf way it enters a notched drum or indicator which is
numbered, to show change given. The loose arm or click turns the drum or
indicator one notch & then the arm or click releases itself & at the same time
strikes a gong.
(13) The slots is made just large enough to allow the coin to enter therein, the
coin runs through the slot direct into the mouth of the balance.
Dated this 18th day of January 1896.

page_text: Improved Money Detector and Changer.
JOSEPH STODDART Engineer late of 21 Church Street, Woolwich S.E. now
7 Calydon Road, Charlton S.E. I 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 means of detecting counterfeit money and giving
change for any coin of the realm. Put a coin into a slot which runs into a balance,
with a box at the end. The coin depresses the balance and shuts off the shot, and
unlocks the drwer wherein the change is placed. Should the coin be a counterfeit
it will ring a bell, a lever then throws the coin out when the drawer is delivering
the change, it moves a dial or indicator and shows change given, also stricks a
gong.
The balance A of my invention is a oblong box opened at both ends, with room
enough to alow the coin it has to recive to run freely upright in it, and is self
adjusting.
The balance at the far end has a flap, should the coin be a light one it will
not depress the balance and open the flap but the coin will recoil and release a
spring, and the spring will ring a bell.
To discharge the aforesaid coin press a lever B which is close to the slot &
balance and the coin will run out of the slot in which it entered. The lever lifts
the balance at the far end to enable the coin to run freely out. The balance is
supported by a bracket C with slots and guards to enable or allow the pivots of
balance to lift up & fall freely. If the coin be a legal one it will depress the far
end of the balance enough to unlock the drawer X wherein the change is plased,
when the drawer is pulled out half way it will ring a bell indicating that the
drawer is unlocked at the same time the coin which was put in, will fall into
another drawer. The balance has an arm D projecting at the far end to lock the
drawer wherein the change is placed.
The drawer has at the far end a lock E with a long (Q) & short notch (R), the
long notch is to allow the ballance to lift but still be locked, the short notch is to
lock the drawer should it not be pushed far enough in, when the drawer is pulled
out a little it pushes a lever F to one side. The lever has a cam or radius at the
far end, when the drawer is pulled out it presses the cam end of lever and shuts
the slot where the coin enters into balance. The slots have slides G to shut off so
that the balance could not be tampered with either by wire or anything else the
slots will not open till the drawer is locked.
Behind the lock of drawer it has a loose arm or click H so that when the
drawer is pulled half way out it enters a notched drum or indicator (J),
which is numbered to show change given, the loose arm or click turns the
drum one notch and then the arm releases itself and at the same time strickes
a gong.
The slot is made just large enough to allow the coin to enter therein, the coin
runs through the slot direct into the mouth of the balance.
The change is placed in cups on top of each other singly or in upright revolving
tubs K the drawer for the change has a step half the heighth of the cups, and
half the lenth of the drawer, when the drawer is pulled out the step pulls one cup
out, the upper one falls on the step when the drawer is open, when it is pushed in
the cup falls on the level of the drawer.
The revolving tubes is worked on pivots in an upright position with arms, which
is worked by a flap L fixed on the step of drawer by pivots the flap is heavy at

page_text: far end, the front or light end works the arm M of each tub to allow one cup to be
drawn out at each time.
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:
First. The self adjusting balance A.
Second. The bracket C with slots and guards which supports the balance.
Third. The lever to lift the balance and discharge the coin.
Forth. The shuting off the slots B with a lever F and slids G.
Fifth. The arm or click H to move the drum or indicator, also of stricking the
gong.
Sixth. The drum or indicator J telling change given.
Seventh. The revolving tubs K and flap L.