Improvements in Change-giving Apparatus for Licensed Victuallers and others.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 20th Feb., 1892
Complete Specification Left, 21st Nov., 1892-Accepted, 25th Feb., 1893
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Change-giving Apparatus for Licensed Victuallers
and others.
We HENRY LOFTUS MONRO GOODRIDGE, of 80 Pattison Road Plumstead, in
the County of Kent, Engineer GEORGE HALLETT of 142 Marine Parade,
Brighton in the County of Sussex, Gentleman, and MARTIN CHEVERTON-BROWN
of Withernsea in the County of York, Gentleman do hereby declare the nature
of this invention to be as follows
This invention relates to an improvement on the means of giving change for
gold.
In accordance with our invention, we provide tubes of different calibre and
length for holding various coins of the realm, namely £1, 2/6, 2/-, these tubes are
constructed to hold amounts of money from 10- to any amount for giving change
for £, and £1, respectively fitted at bottom of tubes are slides attached to knob
in front, the back part of slides are made to an angle with a step at bottom for the
purpose of locking. We also provide a catch lever pivoted in centre one end
resting upon the aforesaid slides the other end is a receptacle for coin tendered for
change.
The working is as follows. A coin dropped on to the lever, releases it sufficient
to unlock the slides the knob is pulled and the necessary coin appears the whole is
enclosed in box or case either wood or metal.
Dated this 16th day of February 1892.
HENRY LOFTUS MONRO GOODRIDGE.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Change-giving Apparatus for Licensed Victuallers
and others.
We, HENRY LOFTUS MONRO GOODRIDGE, of 80 Pattison Road, Plumstead, in
the County of Kent, Engineer, GEORGE HALLETT of 142 Marine Parade,
Brighton, in the County of Sussex, Gentleman, and MARTIN CHEVERTON-BROWN,
of Withernsea, in the County of York, Gentleman, do hereby declare the nature
of the said invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be
particularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement, reference
being had to the accompanying four sheets of drawings, and to the letters and
figures marked thereon, that is to say :-
This invention relates to improvements in apparatus for giving change in coin
of smaller denomination for a coin of larger denomination, and in order that the
invention may be fully understood I will proceed to describe the same by the aid
of the aforesaid drawings in which
Figure is a front elevation of a change-giving apparatus constructed in
accordance with any invention,
Figure 2 a vertical sectional elevation of same taken on the line 1-1 of
Figure 4,
Figure 3 a sectional elevation taken on lines 2-2 of Figures 2 and 4, looking
from the back towards the front of the apparatus, that is to say from left to right
in Figure 2, and
Figure 4 is a sectional plan taken on the line 3-3 of Figures 1, 2 and 3.
A is a box or case containing a series of vertical tubes B. B¹ B² secured at their
lower ends into a plate C fixed in the case A. The latter is preferably divided

page_text: into two parts by a partition A'. The tubes are contained in the front part and
are visible through a sheet of glass A which fits into grooves formed in the sides
of the case, as shown in Figure 4, so that it can be drawn out when the lid A³ of
the case is opened, in order to enable access to be had to the tubes when necessary.
Each of the aforesaid tubes is fixed, by screwing or otherwise, in an opening in
the plate C. Below the plate C are adapted the slides D D' which can be drawn
out by the handles or knobs D2 D3 when liberated by means to be hereafter
described. The slide D has a hole D' formed through it of the same size as, or
slightly larger than the internal diameter of the tube B. with which it coincides
when the slide D is in its closed position, as shown in Figure 2. The plate E fixed
below the slides D D' has formed in it a hole E', of about the same diameter as
the hole D in the slide D, and when the latter is drawn out to a certain distance,
defined by a stop D' on the slide D coming against the plate E, the said hole D₁
comes over the hole E. The slide D₁ has holes formed in it corresponding to the
tubes B and B2, and the plate E is provided with holes E E³ respectively,
standing in similar relation to the said tubes B and B that the hole E' stands to
the tube B.
The apparatus shown in the drawings is intended to give change for sovereigns
and half sovereigns, and for this purpose the tube B is of a size suited to receive
a number of half-crowns, stacked in column form therein, as shown by dotted lines
at F in Figure 2. The tube B' is of a size suited to receive a number of florins,
stacked in column form therein, and the tube B is of a size suited to receive a
number of half-sovereigns, stacked in column form therein. The tube B and
corresponding slide D are intended to give change for half a sovereign, and to this
end the thickness of the slide D is about equal to the aggregate thickness of the
four lowermost coins in the stack of half-crowns. The tubes B1 B2 and the corre-
sponding slide D' are intended to give change for a sovereign, and to this end the
thickness of the slide D' at the tube B¹ is about equal to the aggregate thickness
of the five lowermost coins in the stack of florins in the tube B', while the thickness
of the slide D at the tube 132 is about equal to that of one half sovereign at the
bottom of the stack in the tube B².
It will now be understood that on drawing out the slide D so as to bring its
opening D over the opening E' in the plate E, four half-crowns are drawn from
the bottom of the stack of coins in the tube B, and fall through the opening E',
down the inclined plane or shoot G, into the bowl H, thus delivering change for
half a sovereign. Similarly when the slide D₁ is drawn out, so that the two
openings in it corresponding with the tubes B' and B' come over the openings E² E³
respectively in the plate E, five florins are drawn from the bottom of the stack
of coins in the tube B₁ and one half-sovereign from the bottom of the stack of
coins in the tube B2, and the said five florins and one half-sovereign fall through
the openings E and E³ respectively down the inclined plane G into the bowl H,
thus delivering change for a sovereign.
The apparatus thus far described may be used simply for the purpose of
obtaining from a store of coins, and without counting, change for a half-sovereign,
or for a sovereign, without reference to the half-sovereign or sovereigns received,
which may be placed in any suitable receptacle or be otherwise disposed of; but
that method of using the apparatus only developes a part of its usefulness, and we
therefore prefer to arrange it so that the change cannot be got out of the apparatus
unless a coin of corresponding value is inserted.
For this purpose we arrange a box I connected with the case A of the apparatus.
This box is covered with a lid I and is furnished with a drawer J both of which
are preferably provided with means by which they can be locked or secured. The
drawer forms a receptacle for coins for which change is to be withdrawn from the
apparatus. In the lid I are formed two slots one of which is shown at K in
Figure 3 below the slot K is secured an inclined shoot K', and below the other
slot, not shown in the drawings, is another similar shoot K2. L and L' are catch
levers pivotted at M and M' respectively. The ends of these levers remote from

page_text: the shoots K and K² are guided in slots formed in the fixed guide plates N N¹,
and the ends next to the shoots K' and K2 are provided with coin receivers QQ
respectively. The catch levers L and L' respectively take behind projections R R¹
on the backwardly extending stems S S¹ of the slides D D' whereby the latter
are prevented from being drawn out until their respective catch levers L L¹ are
raised. The stems S S of the slides D D' are provided with inclined planes T T
respectively. The slides D and D' may be pushed back into their closed positions
by hand, but preferably they are drawn back by means of springs U U₁
respectively.
The action of the apparatus is as follows: if a half-sovereign is tendered, it is
placed in the slot K on the top of the box I (the said slot being preferably made
of just such dimensions as will allow a coin of that size to pass through it). The
coin runs down the shoot K' and enters the coin receiver Q on the end of the catch
lever L and its weight raises the other end of the said catch lever clear of the
stop R. The slide Ď can then be drawn outwards by its knob or handle D², the
inclined plane T raising, as it moves outwards with the slide, the one end of
the said catch lever, and depresses the other end until the half-sovereign in Q is
brought below the end of the shoot K¹ when it rolls out of the receiver Q into
the drawer J. The change for the half-sovereign, namely the four half-crowns,
having been delivered from the tube B into the bowl H as before explained, the
slide D is returned to its normal position, a fresh supply of coins falls from the
tube B into the hole B in the slide D in readiness for the next operation, and
the inclined plane T allows the catch lever L to descend, and to again lock the
slide D, until another half-sovereign is introduced into the slot K.
In like manner if a sovereign is introduced into the other slot on the top of the
box I (which slot is preferably made of just such dimensions as will allow a coin
of that size to pass through it) it runs down the shoot K2 into the coin receiver Q
on the end of the catch lever L', and its weight raises the other end of the said
catch lever clear of the stop R'. The slide D¹ can then be drawn outwards by
its knob or handle D³, the inclined plane T¹ acts on the catch lever L¹ in the
same way as the inclined plane T acted on the lever L, tilting the sovereign out
of the receiver Q₁ into the drawer J, and the change for the sovereign is delivered
from the tubes Bi B2 into the bowl H as before explained.
The catch levers L and L' have to be so balanced that the weight of the half-
sovereign, and of the sovereign respectively, will raise the catch levers high
enough to release the slides D and D¹, that is to say, until stopped by the other
ends of the levers coming to bear against the lower ends of loops formed on the
springs P P which prevent the said levers from being raised high enough by the
coin to tilt the same out of the receiver Q or Q', the said tilting effect being
produced by the outward movement of the inclined planes T T as above described.
Without this arrangement the coin introduced into the slot might be deposited in
the drawer J and the catch lever then allowed to relock the slide before the latter
had been drawn out and the required change obtained. The springs P P prevent
the catch levers L L¹ from remaining in the tilted up position after the inclined
planes T T have retired to their normal position; but their action ceases before
the catch levers drop behind the stops R R₁, which is effected by the pre-
ponderance of weight of the ends of the catch levers alone, there being a certain
amount of lost motion of the levers in the loops of the said springs.
The tubes B, B1, B2 containing the coins to be given as change, are preferably
slit up the front as shown in Figures 1 and 4, for the purpose, on the one hand, of
facilitating the placing of the coins in position in the said tubes, or their removal
therefrom without passing them through the slides, and on the other hand to enable
the quantity of coins in each tube to be seen at any time through the glass
front A².
The apparatus above described is adapted for giving change for gold in coins
of the denominations mentioned, but it is obvious that it may be adapted to deliver,
by one movement of a slide, one coin only of each of such denominations as will

page_text: make up the required amount of change; for example, change for a sovereign may
be composed of one half sovereign, one crown, one half-crown, one florin and one
sixpenny piece, all delivered by the same slide. It is also obvious that instead of
being adapted to give change for gold, the apparatus may be adapted for giving
change for silver, by arranging the tubes and slides to supply the required number
of coins of smaller denomination, corresponding in aggregate value to the silver
coin placed in the slot; for example, change for a five shilling piece may be given
by one movement of a slide delivering one half-crown, one florin and one sixpenny
piece, change for a half-crown by one movement of a slide delivering two shillings
and one sixpenny piece.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is :-
First In change-giving apparatus, the combination of a tube or tubes con-
taining a number of coins of comparatively low denomination, arranged in stack
form, with a slide working below the said tube or tubes, such slide being adapted
to receive and deliver from the end of such stack or stacks and at one operation,
a number of such coins corresponding in aggregate value to that of the coin of
higher value for which change is required, substantially as hereinbefore described,
and illustrated in the drawings.
Second-In change-giving apparatus, the combination with a tube or tubes
containing a number of coins of comparatively low denomination, arranged in stack
form, and a slide working below the said tube or tubes, and adapted to remove
from the end of such stack or stacks of coins a number thereof corresponding in
aggregate value to that of the coin of higher denomination for which change is
required, of a locking device for such slide, which locking device is liberated by
the said coin on its insertion into the apparatus, substantially as hereinbefore
described, and illustrated in the drawings.
Third-In change-giving apparatus, consisting of a tube or tubes containing
coins in stack form, and a slide or slides for removing from the said stack or
stacks a number of coins corresponding in aggregate value to that of the coin for
which change is required, the devices for locking and unlocking the said slide and
for delivering the coin to be changed, into a suitable receptacle, which consist of
a catch lever unlocked from the slide by the weight of the coin for which change
is required, an inclined plane connected with the slide and adapted to raise the
catch lever so as to deliver the said coin into the receptacle, and a spring adapted
to assist the return of the catch lever to its normal position but to leave it free
when in that position to be acted upon by the weight of the coin, arranged
combined, and operating substantially as herein before described, and illustrated in
the drawings.
Fourth The improved change-giving apparatus whereby a number of coins of an
aggregate value equal to that of the coin for which change is required can be with-
drawn from the apparatus by a single movement of the slide on the release thereof
by the said coin, constructed, arranged, and operating substantially as hereinbefore
described, and illustrated in the drawings.
Dated this 19th day of November 1909.
H. L. M. GOODRIDGE,
G. HALLETT,
M. CHEVERTON-BROWN,
Per W. H. Beck,
115, Cannon Street, London, E.C., Agent.