Improvements in Apparatus for use in Paying Over or Delivering Money.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 5th Dec., 1892
Complete Specification Left, 13th Apr., 1893-Accepted, 13th May, 1893
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Apparatus for use in Paying Over or Delivering
Money.
I, OTTO LELM, of 2bis Rue Vital, Paris, in the Republic of France, Manufacturer,
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
My invention relates to apparatus designed for use in paying over or delivering
money. The essential feature of the improved apparatus lies in the very certain
means whereby the horizontal table on which the money is paid is fixed in the
position of rest as long as the person who is to receive the money does not put his
hand against the edge of the table and does not press upon a hook at the end of
the locking lever of the apparatus. With this system it is impossible for the.
table to tilt over or rock under the action of a sudden force or shock, such.
as may be produced by the weight of the money placed thereon or by other:
causes.
The improved apparatus comprises a table adapted to turn upon two axes
between supports or standards which are connected at their lower part by a rod
surrounded by a helical spring.
On each side the locking device is constituted by the combination of a connecting
rod and a crank. The connecting rod is united with a locking lever terminating in
a hook. At its free extremity the said connecting rod has a slot in which a pin
carried by the above-mentioned crank is fitted to slide.
This crank is mounted loosely upon the said rod surrounded by the spring and
carries a pin against which bears the extremity of the spring so that the pins of
the two cranks are in connection with each other by the said spring.
In the position of rest, that is to say when the table is horizontal, each of the
connecting rods forms with its corresponding crank on the inner side an obtuse
angle, which has the effect of causing the system to bear against an abutment
carried by the frame, and thus ensuring the support of the table even under a very
considerable force.
When the person to whom the money is to be paid over or delivered acts upon
the aforesaid hook the lever provided with the latter turns upon its pivot; then
the connecting rod and crank first come in a straight line, the crank leaving its
abutment. As soon as this neutral position of the connecting rod and crank is
passed the apparatus is no longer locked; the angle formed by the connecting rod
and crank is open towards the exterior and can but open farther if the hook is
further depressed, causing the table to be tilted.
The slot in the connecting rod leaves sufficient play for the pin to permit of the
relative displacement of the said connecting rod and crank.
By the turning movement of the crank, the helical spring is compressed; the
latter reacts and causes the various parts to return to their position of rest when
the pressure upon the hook by which the table is tilted ceases.
Dated this 5th day of December 1892.
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., Agents for the Applicant.

page_text: Improvements in Apparatus for use in Paying Over or Delivering
Money.
I, OTTO LELM, of 2 Rue Vital, Paris, in the Republic of France, Manu-
facturer, 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:―
My invention relates to improvements in apparatus for use in paying over or
delivering money.
The object of my said invention is to construct simple means whereby a tilting
table, on to which the money is paid is fixed in a horizontal position as long as the
person who is to receive the money does not press upon the locking levers of the
apparatus. The said table cannot be tilted or rocked under the action of a sudden
shock such as may be produced by the weight of the money placed thereon, or by
other causes, but when pressure is exerted upon a locking lever of the apparatus in
the manner hereinafter set forth, the table is tilted to cause the money to slide
therefrom into the haud by which the said locking-lever is operated.
In order that my said invention may be clearly understood, I will now proceed
to describe the same with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which
Figure 1 is a side elevation of one form of my said improved apparatus.
Figure 2 is a side elevation of the said apparatus with the parts thereof in the
positions they occupy when the table is tilted.
Figure 3 is an end elevation of Figure 1, partly in section on the line x a of the
latter figure.
Figure 4 is a plan of the apparatus illustrated in Figure 1, with the table
removed.
Figure 5 is a sectional elevation of an alternative form of apparatus constructed
according to this invention.
Figure 6 is a view similar to Figure 5, but showing the table tilted.
Figure 7 is a transverse section, and Figure 8 a plan, of the said alternative
form of apparatus.
With reference first to Figures 1, 2, 3 and 4. A is a table secured upon a
frame A adapted to turn between standards B upon studs B' secured thereon.
The standards B are secured upon a base C, and are connected at their lower
parts by the rod D, round which the spring E is coiled for a purpose hereinafter
explained.
A² A are shoots at opposite ends of the table A, by which money placed upon
the said table is delivered, as hereinafter set forth.
The frame A is provided with lugs A³ between which are pivoted the
spindles F, F. To the spindle F is secured an arm G, which extends beyond the
edge of the table A and terminates with a bent portion G' as shown. The said
spindle F is also provided with an arm G2 which is slotted or recessed at G³ for a
purpose nereinafter specified.
The spindle F is provided with an arm H terminating with a bent portion H',
and is also provided with an arm H2 slotted or recessed at H³ like the arm G².
I, J are cranks, mounted loosely upon the rod D. A pin I' in the crank I
enters the recess G³ of the arm G2 and a pin J¹ on the crank J enters the recess H³
of the arm H². The opposite ends of the spring E bear against studs I2 J2 on the
cranks and J, and tend to turn the said cranks in opposite direction on the
shaft, so as to maintain them normally, in contact with abutments B³ upon
the standards B.
When the table is horizontal, the arms G2 H2 are each slightly out of line with
their respective cranks I J so as to make obtuse angles therewith, and are inclined
towards the abutments B², in order that any compressive stress upon the arms may

page_text: tend to move them and the cranks still further out of line, and towards the said
abutments; moreover, the pins I¹ J₁ on the said cranks bear against the upper
ends of the slots or recesses in the said arms, for a reason which is hereinafter made
clear.
As long as the parts are maintained in such positions as have just been described
the table cannot be tilted inasmuch as any attempt to tilt it in the direction of the
arrow in Figure 1, for instance would cause the arm G² to act as a strut to prevent.
such movement, that is to say it would be caused to press upon the pin I of the
crank I and thereby to press the said crank against the contiguous abutment B².
The said abutment would of course prevent the crank from moving and the table
would be kept horizontal. Similarly if any attempt be made to tilt the table in
the direction opposite to that indicated by the said arrow in Figure 1, the arm H²
crank J and pin J¹ would resist in like manner.
But when the person who is to receive the money placed upon the table exerts
pressure upon the extension G' for instance, the arm G is turned downwards, and
moves the spindle F, so that the arm G2 and the crank I connected therewith by
the pin I pass first into and then out of line with one another. It is evident that
as soon as they pass out of line with one another in this movement, they no longer.
act as a strut, but turn relatively to each other about the joint constituted by the
engagement of the pin I' with the recessed portion G³ of the arm G2, and the table.
is tilted in the direction of the arrow (Figure 1) into the position indicated in
Figure 2 if the pressure of the hand on the extension G¹ be maintained.
If the hand exerting the pressure be laid palm upwards upon the said extension,
the money on the table will slide down one of the shoots A² into the palm. The
said movement of the crank I takes place against the resistance of the spring E,
which acts to restore the crank and the parts in connection therewith to the normal
position when pressure is removed from the extension G¹.
The action of the arm H, extension H', the arm H2 crank J, and the spring E,.
are exactly similar with regard to the opposite end of the tilting table, to that of
the parts just previously referred to, and therefore does not require particular
description.
.
With reference now to Figures 5 to 8, the table A is provided with 'lugs A* in.
which a cross bar K is firmly secured. The said cross bar is arranged to turn in
suitable bearings in the upper ends of the standards B. L is a rod arranged to
slide vertically in a suitable guide B³ formed upon one of the said standards, and
through an opening in the bar B by which the standards are braced together..
L' is a plate secured upon the upper end of the rod L. M is a spring coiled around
the said rod, and bearing at its upper end against a pin L² secured in the rod, and
at its lower end against the guide B³, so that the rod is always pressed upward, and
the plate L' is pressed against the edge of one of the lugs A. The said lug is
made angular as shewn, to serve as a cam for a purpose hereinafter set forth. It
may be made of any other suitable shape.
N is a metal strip, of semi-circular form, attached to the underside of the table A.
0, 0' are levers, pivoted at P, P¹ respectively, to the said semi-circular strip.
Upon the inner ends 02 and 03 of the said levers O and O' are projections 0*.
The said levers and projections are so arranged that as long as the table is horizontal
the latter engage with opposite sides of the bar B. Springs Q are placed upon
the semi-circle N, and bear upon studs R provided on the levers 00', so as to tend
to keep the said levers in engagement with the bar B. The hooked outer end of
either of the levers O O¹ serves as a support for the hand.
The apparatus illustrated in Figures 5, 6, 7 and 8 is operated in the following
manner: The hand is placed upon the outer end of either one of the levers, say,
for instance, the lever O, so as to move it, and thereby to raise the projection (*
on the inner end 0* thereof out of engagement with the cross-bar B. If then the
pressure of the hand on the lever be maintained, the inner end 02 of the said lever
will be brought into contact with the under side of the table (as in Figure 6) which
will be tilted by the pressure of the said inner end 0 upon its underside, into the

page_text: position indicated in the said Figure 6. In thus tilting the table, the lug A', which
is in contact with the plate L', depresses the latter by bearing against it with one
angle, as shewn in Figure 6, and depresses the rod L, compressing the spring M
which exerts a thrust through the rod L, against the said angle as long as the table
remains tilted, and causes it to reassume a horizontal position as soon as pressure
on the lever ceases. When the table returns to a horizontal position the
several parts of the mechanism return to the positions in which they are indicated
in Figure 5.
The operation of tilting the table in the opposite direction by the use of the
lever O' is performed in a similar manner.
In Figure 8, a table A is shown with its upper surface corrugated to facilitate
the sliding of money therefrom.
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 :-
1. A tilting money-table provided with locking arms at either or both ends so
constructed and combined that upon depressing one of said arms the table will be
first unlocked and then tilted and upon releasing said arm the table will be
automatically returned to its initial position and locked, for the purpose specified.
2. The combination, with the pivoted money-table A of the locking arm G² and
crank I having a pin and slot connection substantially as, and for the purpose,
specified.
3. The combination with the pivoted money table A, of the locking arm G2 and
crank I having a pin and slot connection, the spring E, and stop B2, substantially
as described, for the purpose specified.
4. A tilting money-table, constructed substantially as described with reference
to Figures 1 to 4 and operating as, and for the purpose, specified.
Dated this 13th day of April 1893.
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., Agents for the Applicant.