US1288091A - Automatic coin assorter and register. - Google Patents

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Patene. Dec. L??

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E. W. MCPHEETERS. AuoMAfc com AssomER AND REGISTER.

APPLICATION FILED DEC. 14 1916.

E. W. MCPHEETERS.

AUTOIIIATIC COIN ASSOBTER AND REGISTER.

APPLICATION FILED DEC. I4, 191e.

Patented Dec. 1T, 1918.

3 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

E. W. I'I/ECPHEEIERS.

AUIOMATIC COIN ASSGRTER AND REGISTER. APPLICATION FILED DEC. I4, me.

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@ff-mov f te @die l t EDVIN V7. MCPHEETERS. OF ST. LOUIS. iHSSO'UR.

AUTOMATIC G01N ASSORTER AND REGSTER.

Specification of Letters ratent.

atented lli-ee. 7., 11mg.

Application led December 1/1, 1916. Serial No. 136.888.

he used in connection with railway cara.

adaptable in connection yVith the pay-asyou-enter System. and o may he used in show-houses where coins oli' certain denominations are deposited and Surh coins ot vari.- oue denominations when run through the ap paratus will he properly registered.

A further object ot my inrentionis to' construct a device in which coins such as `nickels7 or dimes or penniesl may he depos ited. the same atter entering the lepository may be delivered into a rertain ehute and into a diQrilmtingY mor-hanism hf.' which the niolelzs. dimee. ot different diameter.y and penniee are aSSoi-ted and minvewd to separate compartments. Tiiihen delivered these Separated `l:eine .re then delivered to a, drawer or other eompartnwnt after having i'irst been orouglit in contact with the reg isterinp; merhanism by wnivh each roin is registered; the register or indiraior showingy or indicating' the number ot 59". roins or fares passed through the apparatus before they are deposited into the drawer.

r further objert ot mv invention io to constructv a device which registers the numiler of tart-.5 or admiesione paid hy means of Coins passing' through the apparatu. and before surtir coins van he removed trom the apparatus it registran dependine` upon its denomination to operate the re .r in unite aceording' IV; for example. a fire-emit pieve will register one while a temeent pieve will reja .ter two. inal h r tal register t? rough the machine.

my ini'ention if, to

in t ie Same denomination as C. ten-rent pieve. so that each penny when passing thro g' i the i :whine will register the amount etten-rents or two fares and prevent the operator trom substituting pennies for dimes. Theae penniesv heine` deducted from the amount Supposed to he in the drawer as @nown on the register .less of (bourse, the value ol' eaih roin which is one-cent unlessI the proper credit vfrom an auditor shown.

,hiy this apparatusy and system it will be utterly imposoihle to defraud the eompan)7 aS ille coinsl deposited into the machine are properlyY ref fibtered and the drawer must Contain tho amount as so indicated on the register.

Figure 1, is a front View of mi* complete invention.

Fig. '2. is a top plan View ofthe same.

ig; i3. a vertieal Sectional View taken onthe line w ot' Fig. 4.

Fig. l'is a vertical seetional View oit the front oit the easing out away.

.Fiel 5. is a Yertieal sectional View taken on the line Bw?) oi Fig. il.

Fig'. (i. is an enlarged detaii sertional i'iow ot a portion ot one ot the coin register cones showing the ('oin in relative position with the turn Stile. A

Fig. T. is a detail Yertiral seftional view ot one or" the register cones showing;` the relative position ot the oin chute and eoin `Luide lofated therein.

Fig. Si is a front View oi the eoin aesoreer Cone.

me'. l). a plan view ot' the large (foin register cone.

Fig. 10. a troni 'View ot the small roin register cone.

Fig. 1l(- a detail perspeetire View oi one ot the 'oin rhulis made use ot.

ln rarryin.;r out ni); invention l provide n luitahle ea@ t ieli in toi-med preiierahiv rertanguiar in torni and volante ot tour sides: i2. a hot yom ri-i. a horizontal partition li. and an in iined top l5. ln the top and rentrall)Y located on Vaid inelined top i5 ia looaed a c'oin reeeplarle lo whirh in Shape os" a tranaparent rylii'nlriial hodjiY made preterahlv oi glaoe and held in rigid .position by potx` li (in the top ol these posts and renting* upon the upper edge i the 'transparent cylindrical body is a casting which I will term as a coin cup 18. This cup is provided with a flange 19, a cup shaped portion Q0 and a conical downwardly projecting,r portieri 21 which has a central open-- and the same be extracted from the recepy tacle.

rThe cup shaped portion Ois provided with a plurality of openings 24: which are of such diameter large enoughfto admit a coin. the size of a nickel to pass therethrough7 but a coin of larger diameter cannot enter.

At the base ot the coin receptacle and in the horizontal portion of the inclined top is located a trap door 25, this door is centrally pivotally'mounted and supported on a rod or axle 26, the one edge of the door 25 provided with a. counter-weight 2T which normally holds the door in horizontal and closed position.

The rod or axle QG-projects through the conical top and is provided with a handle 28 by which the trap door may be tilted as shown by dotted lilies in Fig, 3, when said handle is pressed upon by the finger and all of the coins lodging on this door will be permitted to pass beneath the trap-door into a chute 29, and when the pressure of the linger is released from the khandle 2S the counter balance weight 27 will normally return the trap-door to its normal position.

The chute 29 in which the coins from the Ycoin receptacle are deposited are conveyed downwardly hy gravity into a coin assorter 30, which is rotatably mounted on the short shaft or trunnion firmly connected lto one sid-e of the casing, and 'on the hub of this coin assorter is located a sprocket wheel 31 by which the assorter is rotated by the mecha-A niszn hereinafter fully described. The assorter 30 is of conical form its Ifront surface being' open with the exception of an inwardly projecting peripheral flange 32, the surface'ot which is provided with a plurality of elongated slots 33 of a size suiiicient to permit dimes, and pennies to freely pass therethrough but yet hold the nickels and carry them upwardly to a point Where said nickels are permitted to automatically by their o,wn gravity drop into a large coin chute 34, the dimes and pennies while the coin assortcr is in rotation being directed into the small coin chute 35.

The construction' of the chute is clearly shown in the perspective view of Fig. l1.

0n the horizontal partition 14 are mountis snpported a short horizontal shaft, on said shaft are mounted a pair of register cones 37 and 3S, the same being arranged in opposite directions and between the same and attached to the shaft is a sprocket wheel 39 over which operates a sprocket 'chain el@ which chain operates over a sprocket pinion '-ll which is mounted on a shaft zleiztending through the casing and is provided with a crank handle 43 by which the shaft together with the pinion is rotated. On this Ishaft is also mounted a sprocket pinion el over which a sprocket chain 45 is mounted which chain also operates over the sprocket wheel 31 controlling the rotating movement ot' the coin assorter 30. 0n this shaft is also l mounted a ratchet wheel G with which cominunicates a ratchet pawl i7 allowing the shaft to be rotated in but one direction.

By the. rotation of the crank shaft 43 the coin assorter 39 and the register concs 37 and 39 are simultaneously rotated. The chute :29 in which the coins are deposited from the tr'ap door projects dov-.inwardly and discharges the coins into the coin assorter at a point near the bottom tha-t indicated by the numeral 48. See Figs. 4 and The deposited coins passing through the chut-e and enteringinto the coin assorter Awill be properly assorted during the rotation of the coin assorter, the dimes and pennies being of smaller diameter and thinner than the nickels will freely pass through the slots 33 formed in the flange of the assorter and into the chute 35, which chute is' located below the lower'periphery ot' the assortcr, the sides of said chute projecting partially upwardly so as to prevent coins from paming beyond the chute entrance and these coins are then delivered through the chute 35 into the registericone 38 which is' .likewise provided with a flange 49 arranged with elongated slots 50 of a size sullicient to permit approximately one-third ot the diameter of the coin to project which projecting end of each coin is designed to con# tact with an arml of the turn-stile 51.

loving the rotation of the coin assorter 30 the nickels which are held inthe slots 33 will automatically by their own gravity drop in the chute 34- and are conveyed into the registercone 37 g its surface being provided with a flange and a plurality of slots .through which a portionof each coin'will project.

By this mechanism the nickels and the dimes and pennies are separated, the nickels conveyed to the cone 37 while the dimes and pennies are conveyed'to the cone 38. In`

order that each coin may he properly registered and operate the indicator showing the registration of each coin I provide in the casing a standard register 52, the'internal construction of which is not being made a part of this invention nor embodied in the claims. To this register however, the turnstile mechanism is attached which turn-stile mechanism consists of a divided shaft 5?) suitably held in bearings and is provided with a large gear wheel 5l meshing with a gear `)inion located on the register shaft; on theI opposite end with a gea' wheel 5o meshing' with a gear wheel o'f the same size 5i' located on the register shaft, the detail of construction of the register not being made a part of this invention but made to operate in the manner previously described.

T he turn-Stiles being in relative position with the register cones as that shownin F ig. (3. so that the coin projecting through the slots formed in the liange of each cone will properly contact and advance the stile one notch forward thereby registering each coin as it contacts with the arm of the stile and moves it forward. As before stated the relative position is shown in Fig. 6.

After the coins have been properly sepaated and lodged into their respective register cones and after each of such coins has eeen carried upwardly to the register cones and brought in contact with the arms of the urn-stile of the register such coins are then automat ically released by gravity from their position and dropped into chutes 58 and 59. rlhe nickels or iveecent pieces passing through the chute 58 are directed into the coin drawer 60. The dimes and pennies which are directed into the cone 38 are directed through the chute 59 into the coin drawer (i0. rhis drawer being properly locked or it may be unlocked as found desirable so that the conductor in charge of the car may remove the coins and use them for change but nevertheless, each coin has been properly registered in the registering apparatus.

The chutes 54 and 85, 58, and 59 are properly held in position by brackets 61, and to the upper edges of each of these chutes are. connected guides GQ, these guides are so positioned as to hold the coin after it has-entered into the slot until it makes its register then the coin is permitted to slip out of its position and drop into the chute at the end ot' the guide. the general position is clearly shown. in Fig. 7.

The most essential feature of this invention is that every coin dropped into the machine which passcs through the openings into the coin cup whether they are live-cent pieces, ten-cent pieces or pennies will be registered, that is the five-cent piece will register one fare while the ten-cent piece or penny will register two fares each. and no matter whether the ten-cent piece is hammered tlat or slightly enlarged will have to come in contact with the turn-stile and register. lt is the intention th it the ,oins shall remain in the observation chamber .if pennies are dropped in till an ollicial can manipulate the register' and give the corr duclor in charge of the car a credit slip for the difference of nine-cents registered in addition to each penny which will be registered as a dime.

By this construction of apparatus it will be utterly impossible for the conductor or auditor in chargel to make a false registration or defraud the company ol' any coins passing through the machine.

Having fully described my invention what l claim is:

l. An apparatus of the class described including an upper hollow asserter cone mounted for rotary movementv on a horizontal axis and provided with an annular tlange having slots to permit coins of a certain diameter to pass through them and to carry upward coins of a greater diameter, a pair of upper chutes having their upper ends arranged interiori) and exteriorly of the said asserter cone in position to receive coins therefrom, and a pair of lower hollow cones mounted for rotary movement on ahorizontal axis and having annular flanges provided with coin slots, and a pair of chutes having their upper ends arranged interiorly of the lowerJ hollow cones.

An apparatus of the class described including an upper hollow asserter cone mounted for rotary movement on a horizontal axis and provided with a vertical annular flange having slots to permit coins of a certain size to pass through them and to carry upward coins of a greater diameter, an upper pair of chutes having their upper ends arranged interiorly and cxteriorly of the said assorter cone, a pair of reversely arranged lower hollow cones mounted for rotary movement on a horizontal axis and having an annular flange provided with coin receiving slots arranged to carry upward coins'in a projecting position for operating registering mechanism, and chutes arranged to receive the coins from the lower hollow coins.

3. n apparatus of the class describedy ineluding an upper hollow cone n'iounted for rotary movement on a horizontal axis and provided with an annular [lange having slots to permit. coins of a certain size to pass through them and to carry upward coins of a greater diameter, a horizontal. shaft, located below the assorler cone. reversely arranged lower hollow cones mounted for rolary movement on the said shaft and provided with annulai` [langes having coin slots for carrying coins upward in a projecting position for operating registering mechanism. a pair of chutes having their upper ends arranged nterorly-az1dexteriorly of the assorto? @one and extending to and arranged to discharge coins into the loWeI` cones, gearing connecting the shaft with the upper nssorter cone7 and means for carrying the coins away from the lower hollow cones.

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In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification, in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

Witnesses ALFRED A. EICKS, WALTER C.v STEIN.

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