Improvements in and relating to Machines for Receiving, Delivering, Sorting, and Registering Coins.
Year: 1899

page_text: Improvements in and relating to Machines for Receiving, Delivering,
Sorting, and Registering Coins.
I, EDWARD MORIARTY, of 180, North End Road, Fulham, in the County of
Middlesex, Beer Retailer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be
as follows:
This invention has reference to machines for receiving delivering sorting and
registering coins and relates particularly to that portion of the apparatus which
is devised for registering the total amount of the coins inserted into the machine.
In machines of this description heretofore constructed by me I have employed
a registering device comprising counting or recording drums connected by
suitable mechanism to rocking bars carrying cam-plates arranged in proximity
to lateral pins or projections on the inner ends of the key-levers by which the
device is actuated. These key-levers and cam-plates are disposed in series, one
series representing pennies, another shillings, and another gold coins. The
contour of the cam-plates of each series varies so that the movement of the
1ocking bars carrying the cam-plates will likewise vary according as one or
other of said cam-plates is actuated by a key lever. For instance in the case
of the pennies series, the contour of the cam-plate that is operated when the
key-lever representing ninepence is actuated, is such that it will impart a
movement to the rocking bar nine times as great as the rocking movement
which such bar would receive if the cam-plate representing one penny were
operated by its key-lever. By imparting this variable movement to the said
rocking bars, the counting drums are actuated to a greater or less extent in
accordance with the amount to be recorded.
It is one of the chief objects of my present invention to provide means whereby
the extent of movement of the aforesaid rocking bars cannot exceed that which
is necessary for causing any particular record to be properly effected by the
machine, no matter how sharply or suddenly the said key-levers may be struck
in actuating them.
For this purpose I employ, contiguous to and preferably parallel with the
aforesaid rocking bars, additional rocking bars carrying cam-plates which are
in form duplicates of the cam-plates on the first mentioned or main rocking
bars, but they are arranged in reverse order. Both of these sets of cam-plates
and their rocking bars are adapted to be moved simultaneously but in opposite
directions by the action thereon of the aforesaid pins or projections on the
key-levers. Each additional rocking bar is provided with an arm or stop-piece
which is so disposed that it lies in the path of an arm or stop-piece on each of
the main rocking bars so that when one or other of the key-levers of a particular
series is actuated, the main and the additional rocking bars of that series will
be caused to rock in opposite directions to such an extent that their stop-pieces
or arms will approach towards and lie in close proximity to each other, whereby
any further movement of the main rocking bar beyond that which is necessary for
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page_text: effecting the particular registering stroke, is prevented by its arm or stop-piece
striking against the aforesaid arm or stop-piece on the additional rocking bar.
Another feature of my present invention has reference to the means employed
for transferring from one registering drum to the next of higher denomination,
the amount beyond that which can be recorded by the drum of lower denomina-
tion. For this purpose the aforesaid arm or stop-piece of the main rocking
bar is connected with the mechanism for operating the counting drums and is
hinged or pivoted so that when a transfer from one drum to another is to be
made as above stated, it will perform a movement independently of or in
addition to that which it receives when the said main rocking bar is actuated
and will thus impart an additional movement to the drum that is to record the
amount transferred. The said hinged arm is provided with a locking piece which
normally maintains said arm rigidly fixed to the main rocking bar so that it can-
not move independently thereof. This locking piece may comprise a plate
adapted to be shifted into and out of its operative position by a sliding rod which
by suitable means is caused to move longitudinally when a transferring stroke is
to be effected, thus bringing said sliding rod into a position to shift the locking
plate and at the same time to bring a finger or cam-piece it bears into the path
of a projection on a rocking frame. This frame is actuated each time a key-
lever is depressed and therefore when the cam-piece is shifted into the position
above stated the said projection strikes it, thus imparting rocking movement to
the rod. The said rod is connected by appropriate means to the hinged arm of
the main rocking bar and therefore when said rod is rocked it causes said hinged
arm to perform its aforesaid independent or additional movement.
In order to insure that this independent movement shall not exceed that
which is necessary for properly operating the counting drum, I provide in the
path of the said hinged arms, pivoted or hinged stop-pieces which are maintained
in their stopping position by a spring or a weight, the distance between the
said hinged stop-pieces and the said arms being only sufficient to enable the
latter to perform their proper independent stroke. The said hinged stop-pieces
have inclined or cam surfaces or are otherwise formed, to enable a pin or pro-
jection on the stop pieces or arms of the additional rocking bars to act thereon as
they advance towards the arms on the main rocking bars.
The hinged stop-pieces are thus shifted into a position out of reach of the
arms on the main rocking bars so as not to impede the movement of the latter.
when they and the said arms are shifted together.
Dated this 26th day of October 1899.
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C.,
Agents for the Applicant.
Improvements in and relating to Machines for Receiving, Delivering,
Sorting, and Registering Coins.
I, EDWARD MORIARTY, of 180, North End Road, Fulham, in the County of
Middlesex, Beer Retailer, 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 has reference to machines for receiving, delivering, sorting and
registering coins and relates particularly to that portion of the machine which
1s devised for registering the total amount of the coins inserted into the machines

page_text: and which is set forth in the Specification of my prior application for Patent
No. 9343 of 1899.
The registering device described in such specification comprises counting or
recording drums connected by suitable mechanism to rocking bars carrying
what I term cam-plates arranged in proximity to lateral pins or projections on
the inner ends of the key-levers by which the device is actuated. These key-
levers and cam-plates are disposed in series, one series representing pennies,
another shillings, and another gold coins. The contour of the cam-plates of
each series varies, so that the movement of the rocking bars carrying the cam-
plates will likewise vary according as one or other of said cam-plates is actuated
by a key-lever. For instance in the case of the pennies series, the contour of
the cam-plate that is operated when the key-lever representing ninepence is
actuated, is such that it will impart a movement to the rocking bar nine times
as great as the rocking movement which such bar would receive if the cam-plate
representing one penny were operated by its key-lever. By imparting this
variable movement to the said rocking bars, the counting drums are actuated to
a greater or less extent in accordance with the amount to be recorded.
It is one of the chief objects of my present invention to provide means
whereby the extent of movement of the aforesaid rocking bars is limited to that
which is necessary for causing any particular record to be properly effected by
the machine, no matter how sharply or suddenly the said key-levers may be
struck in actuating them.
For this purpose I employ additional rocking bars carrying cam-plates whose
active portions are in form duplicates of the active portions of the cam-plates
on the first mentioned or main rocking bars, but they are arranged in reverse
order. Both of these sets of cam-plates and their rocking bars are adapted to
be moved simultaneously in opposite directions by the action thereon of the
aforesaid pins or projections on the key-levers. Each additional rocking bar is
provided with an arm or stop-piece which so disposed that it
lies in the path of an arm or stop-piece on each of the main rocking bars so that
when one or other of the key levers of a particular series is actuated, the main and
the additional rocking bars of that series will be caused to rock in opposite
directions to such an extent that their stop-pieces or arms will approach and
lie in close proximity to each other, so that any further movement of the main
rocking bar beyond that which is necessary for effecting the particular register-
ing stroke, is prevented by its arm or stop-piece striking against the aforesaid
arm or stop-piece on the additional rocking bar.
Another feature of my present invention has reference to the means employed
for transferring from one registering drum to the next of higher denomination,
the amount beyond that which can be recorded by the drum of lower denomina-
tion. For this purpose the aforesaid arm or stop-piece of the main rocking bar
is connected with the mechanism for operating the counting drums and is hinged
or pivoted so that when a transfer from one drum to another is to be made as
above stated, it will perform a movement independently of or in addition to that
which it receives when the said main rocking bar is actuated and will thus
impart an additional movement to the drum that is to record the amount trans-
ferred. The said hinged arm is provided with a locking piece which normally
maintains said arm rigidly fixed to the main rocking bar so that it cannot move
independently thereof. This locking piece may comprise a plate adapted to be
shifted into and out of its operative position by a sliding rod which by suitable
means is caused to move longitudinally when a transferring stroke is to be
effected, thus bringing said sliding rod into a position to shift the locking plate
and at the same time to bring a finger or cam-piece it bears into the path of a
projection on a rocking frame. This frame is actuated each time a key-lever is
depressed and therefore when the cam-piece is shifted into the position above
stated, the said projection strikes it thus imparting rocking movement to the
rod. The said rod is connected by appropriate means to the hinged arm of the

page_text: main rocking bar and therefore when said rod is rocked it causes said hinged
arm to perform its aforesaid independent or additional movement.
In order to insure the limitation of this independent movement so that it
shall not exceed that which is necessary for properly operating the counting
drum, I provide in the path of the said hinged arms, pivoted or hinged stop-
pieces which are maintained in their stopping position by a spring or a weiglit,
the distance between the said hinged stop-piece and the said arm being only
sufficient to enable the latter to perform their proper independent stroke. The
said hinged stop-pieces have inclined or cam surfaces or are otherwise formed, to
enable a pin or projection on the stop pieces or arms of the additional rocking
bars to act upon said stop-pieces as they advance towards the arms on the main
rocking bars. The hinged stop-pieces are thus shifted into a position out of
reach of the arms on the main rocking bars so that they will not impede the
movement of the latter when they and the said arms are shifted together.
In order that my said invention may be clearly understood and readily carried
into effect I will proceed to describe the same more fully with reference to the
accompanying drawings in which:-
Figure 1 is a plan of the apparatus of the kind set forth in my aforesaid prior
specification with my present improvements applied thereto.
Figure 2 is a transverse section on the line 1-1 of Figure 1, drawn on a
larger scale.
Figure 3 is a detail sectional view taken approximately on the line 2-2 of
Figure 1 and also drawn on a larger scale.
Figure 4 is a transverse section taken approximately on the line 3-3 of
Figure 3.
Figure 5 is a perspective view of one of the main and additional rocking
bars and their cam-plates.
Figure 6 is a local transverse section taken on the line 4-4 of Figure 1 and
drawn on a larger scale.
A A A² A³ are the key-levers which are of the ordinary construction usual in
this class of apparatus; that is to say they consist of bars which are pivoted at a
to the framing of the apparatus and maintained with their outer ends elevated
by a rocking frame A hinged to a transverse rod A5 and normally kept in its
depressed position by a spring Aº. The said outer ends of the key-levers bear
figures or other signs designating the amounts of money which the various key-
levers represent. In the example illustrated the key levers are arranged in
four series or divisions that is to say the key-lever A represents half-pennies:
the key-levers A' represent respectively 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 and 11 pence; the
key-levers A represent respectively 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 and 9 shillings and the key
levers A represent respectively a half sovereign and a sovereign. Obviously
this arrangement may be varied to suit particular circumstances. The inner
ends of the key-levers work in vertical slots A7 (Figure 2) at the back of the
machine, which slots serve the double purpose of guiding said key-levers and
of limiting the extent of their vertical movement.
BBB are the main rocking bars of which there are three in the present
example, one for the series of key-levers A¹, another for the series of key-
levers A and another for the series of key-levers A³. CCC are the additional
rocking bars which are arranged adjacent to and parallel with the aforesaid
bars B. These bars B and C are at their ends each provided with pivots b and c
respectively, which pivots are mounted in suitable bearings forming part of
the framing of the apparatus. D D are the cam-plates carried by the main rock-
ing bars B and E E are the cam-plates carried by the additional rocking bars C.
FFF2 F3 F4 F5 are the registering drums which are arranged in a similar
manner to that set forth in my aforesaid prior specification.
The two series of cam-plates carried by the two bars BC are so arranged that
they lie side by side (see Figure 5) with their cam surfaces facing in opposite
directions so as to form pairs of cam-plates. Each of the key-levers is provided

page_text: with a lateral pin a¹ (Figures 2 and 3) which lies immediately below the various
pairs of cam-plates and when the outer ends of the key-levers are depressed,
inese pins rise and enter between the pairs of cam-plates, thereby causing them
to be shifted in opposite directions and the rocking bars to likewise be rocked
in opposite directions, as shewn by the dotted lines in Figure 2.
Each of the rocking bars B is provided with an arm B₁ to which is pivotally
connected at a movable arm B, which is normally prevented from turning
about its pivot by a locking device hereinafter described: The said arm B
is connected at its outer end by a connecting rod B³, to a segmental rack B
mounted on a transverse rod B. This rack gears with an elongated pinion B
loosely mounted on a transverse shaft B7. The said elongated pinion forms
part of a clutch device BS which in the example illustrated comprises a pair of
arms having at their extremities lateral pins B lying adjacent to the face of a
registering drum. The registering drum is formed with a concentric series of
holes (Figure 2) corresponding in number to that of the divisions or denomina-
tions which the drum bears, and with these holes the pins B are adapted to
engage when the clutch device is laterally shifted by a stop-piece on the shaft
B as the latter is moved longitudinally by the action of a cam H as explained
in my aforesaid prior specification. B C are springs on the rocking bars B C
for returning them to their normal position after each operation.
The aforesaid movable arm B is as already stated capable of receiving move-
ment about its pivot bindependently of the movement it receives from the main
rocking bar B. Normally however the said arm B is prevented from turning
about its pivot by the aforesaid locking device. When it is necessary for the
machine to transfer the amount recorded by one registering drum to another of
higher denomination, the said locking device is thrown out of action and the
independent movement of the arm B is effected by a contrivance which is
actuated by the registering drum of lower denomination. The contrivance illus-
trated in the drawings for unlocking or releasing the said arin B2 and for effect-
ing the independent movement thereof comprises a shaft J (Figures 2 and 3)
which is capable of sliding longitudinally and of oscillating. It is mounted in
bearings that are independent of the aforesaid main rocking bar and at its inner
end it is provided with a crank or arm j having an elongated slot therein to
engage with a pin on the inner end of the movable arm B2. The outer end
of the said shaft J is provided with a finger or cam-piece which, so long
as the said shaft occupies its inward position represented by the full lines in
Figure 3, lies out of the path of a pin or projection a³ on the rocking frame A.
The aforesaid locking device comprises a plate or finger 63 which is pivotally
connected at 63 to a bracket on the rocking bar B, and by a spring 65, is normally
maintained in a position transverse of the plane of movement of the movable
arm B2 so that the latter cannot at such time be shifted in the direction of said
locking device or in other words cannot perform its aforesaid independent move-
ment. The said locking device is provided with an elongated pin which is
adapted to be acted upon by an armi ja on the aforesaid shaft J when the latter
is caused to slide longitudinally into its outward position. At the outer sliding
movement of the said shaft J, the locking device is, by means of the said elonga-
ted pin 66 and the arm, withdrawn from its restraining position so that the
arm B2 is free to turn about its pivot and to perform its independent movement.
For the purpose of imparting the sliding movement to the said shaft J at the
proper times, a lever K, pivoted at k, is provided, the end K' of such lever engag-
ing with a pin on the said shaft J and the other end K lying in a position
to be acted upon by pins on the registering drum or by a device which is
under the control of these or similar pins as hereinafter explained.
In the case of the halfpennies drum F, which alternately registers a half-
penny and zero a transfer from this drum to the next drum of higher denomina-
tion viz. to the pennies drum F', would be necessary at each alternate step of
the drum F. In the drawings the half-pennies drum F illustrated performs six

page_text: steps at each complete revolution and therefore it is provided with three lateral
pins at a distance apart of two steps. At each alternate operation of the
halfpennies key-lever A one of the pins acts upon the inner end K² of the
aforesaid lever K, which thus shifts the sliding shaft J outwardly into a position
to bring its cam piece in the path of the aforesaid pin on the rocking
frame A (see Figure 3). Then at the next succeeding operation of the half-
pennies key-lever A the said shaft J will be rocked by the said pin striking
the cam piece and will thereby shift the movable arm B3, (through the inter-
vention of the crank and the pin 6) a sufficient distance to cause the drum F
of higher denomination to turn one step and add to its record one penny trans-
ferred from the drum F. K³ is a spring which acts to return the aforesaid
lever K, and the shaft J to their normal position after each displacement by
the pins is a spring for returning the arm B³ to its normal position.
In the case of transferring the records of the pennies drum F to the shillings
drum F2, the lever K for sliding the shaft J on the main rocking bar of the
shillings series of key-levers A³, is for sake of convenience in construction
`situated at some distance from the drum I. Therefore it has been necessary to
provide a device between said drum and said lever K for enabling the latter to
be operated by the pin on the drum F. For this purpose I have indicated a
spindle L having at its end adjacent to the drum F¹ à finger which lies in the
path of the said pin 2 of this drum. At the opposite end of said spindle L is
a pin engaging with the slotted end of the aforesaid lever K so that each
time said bar L is actuated it imparts movement to the lever K which in
turn imparts sliding movement to the shaft J of the shillings series and thereby
brings its cam-piece into position to be acted upon by the projection a³ of
the rocking frame A. In a similar manner the lever K operating the transfer
mechanism of the gold coin series is actuated.
The aforesaid additional rocking bars C are each provided with a stop piece C¹
(see Figure 2) which lies directly behind the arm B2 of the rocking bar B, so
that when any of the key-levers of the series A¹ A² A³ are depressed, the said
arms on the additional rocking bars will be caused to approach the arms B³ on
the main rocking bars.
As already stated the rocking bars C are provided with cam-plates similar in
shape to those of the main rocking bars B. The order in which they are arranged
on the bars C is however the reverse of that in which those on the bars Bare
arranged, so that although both the bars B and C rock simultaneously in opposite
directions, or towards each other, the extent of movement of the bars C is
greatest when that of the bars B is least and vice versa. By these means I am
able to vary the position of the stop piece C₁ relatively to the arms B2 so that
said stop-pieces will assume a position, each time a key-lever of the series A¹ A³ A³
is actuated, to ensure that the arms 132 cannot shift beyond the distance necessary
to cause the drums F F F³ to correctly register the amount represented by the
key-levers depressed. This prevents any liability of the registering drums
from being turned beyond their proper distance, no matter how suddenly or
forcibly a key-lever is depressed.
To prevent the arms Be from shifting beyond their proper ambit of movement
when they are operated independently of the main rocking bar, as aforesaid, I
arrange immediately at the rear of the upper ends of said arms 132 a hinged
stop-piece M which is maintained in this position by a spring m, the distance
between said hinged stop-piece and the said arm 133 being only sufficient to
enable the latter to perform its proper stroke. The said hinged stop-piece is
provided with an inclined or cam surface m¹ for a pin on the stop piece C of
the additional rocking bar C to act upon as said stop-piece C₁ advances towards
the arms B. The hinged stop-piece M is thus raised into a position out of reach
of the arm B2 when the latter is moved with the main rocking bar B and it
therefore does not impede this movement.

page_text: In some cases a transfer from one drum to another has to be effected by the
machine simultaneously with its ordinary_recording operation, as for instance
when a record from the halfpennies drum F has to be transferred to the pennies
drum Fat the same time as the amount of say two pence has to be recorded by
this drum. This would require the latter drum not only to be turned two steps
for registering the two pence but also another step to register the
penny transferred from the drum F. In this case the bars B and
C would be rocked by their cam-plates as already stated and im-
part to the drum F¹ the necessary movement for registering twopence. At
the same time the arm B2 would be rocked independently by the shaft J as the
latter was actuated by the pin a³ operating on the cam piece 2. An augmented
movement would therefore be given to the said drum F for adding to its record
the extra penny transferred from the drum F. The removal of the plate 63 from
between the arms B2 and C¹ permits of the extra amount of movement of the
arm B2, the thickness of said plate being just sufficient to leave a space between
said arms B and C wide enough for this movement and no more. The said
arm C thus still serves as a stop piece (even when the transferring is being
effected) to prevent movement beyond that which is necessary for effecting the
proper record.
In view of the fact that the shafts J of the series of key-levers A2 A2 are in
the example illustrated, situated in an elevated position and that therefore the
pins a³ on the rocking frame A' cannot actuate the fingers or cam-pieces thereon
until the said frame A reaches its uppermost position, it is necessary to provide
means whereby the return of either of these shafts J to the original position by
the action of its spring will not take place immediately but will be retarded
until after the said shaft J has been rocked by the said pin a³ and cam piece
to effect the transferring operation. For this purpose I provide said shafts J
each with a notch J2 (Figure 6) with which a spring controlled arm J³ engages
each time the said sliding rod is shifted into its outward position. This spring
controlled arm is provided with a tail piece J against which the transverse
bar A of the aforesaid frame A' strikes when it assumes its lowermost position
and thereby causes the upper portion of the arm J³ to become disengaged from
the notch in the shaft J. The said shaft being thus released then returns to
its normal position after having been actuated by the said pin a³ and cam
piece j².
It will be obvious however that no such device for retarding the return move-
ment of the sliding shaft will be necessary when the construction of the machine
permits the cam-pieces to be arranged in a position relatively to the pin a"
similar to that occupied by the cam piece and pin a³ of the device for trans-
ferring the records from the drum F to the drum F¹.
The drums F and F may be operated from the drum F3 in any convenient
and ordinary manner, such means forming no part of my present invention.
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 in connection with a registering or counting machine of the kind herein
referred to is:-
1. The additional rocking bars provided with cam-plates which are similar
in construction to the main cam-plates, but disposed in reverse order, substantially
as and for the purpose specified.
2. The combination, with the main and additional rocking bars, of arms or
stop-pieces adapted to collide when the said bars are rocked in opposite directions
substantially as and for the purpose specified.
3. The combination, with each of the main rocking levers, of a pivoted arm
connected with the mechanism for actuating the registering or counting drums
and adapted to receive a movement that is independent of or additional to the

page_text: movement said arm receives from the rocking bar carrying it, substantially
as and for the purpose specified.
4. The combination with the aforesaid pivoted arm, of a locking device which
is adapted to be shifted from its locking position each time the record of one
recording drum is to be transferred to another of higher denomination sub-
stantially as and for the purpose specified.
5. The means for releasing the aforesaid locking device and actuating the
pivoted arm substantially as described with reference to Figures 2, 3 and 4 of
the accompanying drawings.
6. The combination with the aforesaid pivoted arm of a hinged stop-piece
which is adapted to be shifted out of the path of said arm when the latter moves
with the main rocking bar that carries it, substantially as and for the purpose
specified.
7. The means for retarding or preventing the too sudden return of the oscillat-
ing shaft J substantially as described with reference to Figure 6 of the accom-
panying drawings.
8. Apparatus having its parts constructed arranged and operating substantially
as hereinbefore described with reference to the accompanying drawings for the
purposes specified.
Dated this 17th day of 1000
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C.,
Agents for the Applicant.