US1010741A - Attachment for coin-controlled apparatus. - Google Patents

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P.J.DREHER. ATTAGHMBNTPOR GOIN GONTBOLLED APPARATUS.

2 sums-SHEET vs1.

APPLICATION FILED ILA-L25, 1911.

Patented De. 5,

UNITED sTATEs PATENT oEEioE.

PHILLIP JACOB DREI-IER, OF TOLEDO, OHIO.

ATTACHMENT EOE coIN-coNTEoLLED APPARATUS.

To all whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that I, PI-IILLIP JACOB DREHER, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Toledo, in the county of Lucas and State of Ohio, have invented a certain new and useful Attachment for Coin-Controlled Apparatus; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to coin-controlled apparatus, and while it is particularly intended for use in connection with the mechanism shown and described in my former United States Letters Patent No. 984,199 of February 14, 1911, it is not restricted to such use, as it may be used in any' connection for which it may be adapted or appropriate.

rThe object of my invention is the provision in combination with a coin-controlled apparatus, of a mechanism for controlling the deposit of coins therein, which is simple and efficient in its construction and adapted to detect and return to the operator slugs and undersized coins which are deposited therein. f The invention is fully described in the following specification, and while, in its broader aspect, it is capable of embodiment in numerous forms, a preferred embodiment thereof is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which,- K f Figure 1 is a perspective view of a portion of the casing of a music box or automatic player with my invention associated therewith and a part broken away.' Figs'. 2 and 3 are rear perspective and bottom views,

. respectively, of the shell or case through which the coin-delivery slides work. Figs. 4 and 5 are opposite side views in perspective of one of the units which coperate with the coin-delivery slides to control the delivery of coins to the respective magazines. Fig. 6 is a vertical section through the mechanism longitudinally through one of said units with portions thereofbrokeny away to disclose the slide which coperates therewith in the delivery of a coin to the associated magazine. Fig. 7 is a rear end view of said units assembled. Fig. 8 is a front perspective view thereof. Fig. 9 is a detail of the Speccation of Letters Patent.

Application led March 25, 1911.

- Patenteaneet, 1911.

Serial No. 616,977.

stop-plate at the rear end of the coin slides. Fig. 10 is a top plan view of the coin slides.

Figs. 11 and l2 are reverse sections thereofV portion of the case or frame work of a piano or other instrument with -which my invention may be associated, and 2 the mechanism comprising the subject-matter of my said Letters Patent No. 984,199.

Through a part of thecase or frame work 1, in the present instance the post 3 thereof, which is located in advance of the mechanism 2, is provided an opening 4 in which the stationary coin-delivery units of the mechanism comprising-my present invention are mounted in the assembled form shown in Figs.' 7 and 8. These units, if the mechanism is adapted for the depositing of four coins of differentdenominations therein, as in the present case, preferably comprise three duplicate inner units 5 and the outer units 6 and 7. Each of these units is provided with an extension 8 at the upper forward end portion thereof and with an extension 9 at the lower rear end portion thereof. In the inner side of the unit 6 and in the corresponding side of each ofthe units 5 are provided recesses 10, which extend longitudinally of the upper portions thereof throughout their lengths, as best shown in Fig. 4. Each of the units 5 on the opposite side thereof to the recess 10 and the unit 7 on its innerv side are provided with coin-delivery recesses 11, the upper end of each of which is disposed in lateral register with the associated recess 10 of the adjoining 4 unit 5 or 6, as thecase may be, and thence 'extends downward and rearward in its unit the passage of a coin therethrough as hereinafter described. lt is apparent with this construction of units that when the same are assembled or in laterally abutting relation, as shown in Figs. 7 and 8, the recess 10 of one unit will register with the recess 11 of the next unit to the right thereof, thus permitting the passage of coins through registering ones of such recesses, as hereinafter described.

The units 5, 6 and 7 are secured in assembled relation in any suitable manner and the outer ones thereof are shown as being provided with ears 16 which project within registering sockets in the wall of the opening 4 and are secured therein by screws or in any other suitable manner.

The forward extensions 8 of the units pro ject without the front side of the beam 3 and are inclosed by a shell or case 17 which is secured to the front side of the post 3, as best shown in Fig. 1, with its top preferably in contact with the tops of said extensions and its bottom disposed adjacent the lower edges of the units to provide a chamber 18 therein into which coins which pass through both recesses 14, 15 of a unit may drop, as hereinafter more fully described. The chamber 18 is provided with an inclined bottom portion 19 which directs the coins dropping therein to a delivery slot 20 in the case bottom through which they may pass. The top of the case has slots 21 therein corresponding in number and being of suitable size for the coins of the different denominations for which the mechanism is adapted to be inserted. These slots register at their inner ends with the recesses 14 of the units with which they are associated. As the mechanism in the present case is adapted for the reception of dimes, nickels, quarters and half dollars, the slots 21 are of suitable size for each to receive a coin of one of said denominations and the recesses 14 of the units with which they respectively register are of corresponding size. The case 17 is also provided in the front side thereof with slots or openings 22 conforming in shape and size to the outer ends of the recesses 10 of the units and registering therewith.

ATorking through each case opening 22 and within the registering recess 10 of a unit is a slide or coin delivery bar 23, which is connected at its outer or front end to the other bars 23 by a yoke or head 24. The two center bars 23 are shown, in the present instance, as being provided at their inner i or rear ends with extensions 25, which project beyond the inner ends of the units and work loosely through registering openings in a plate 26. This plate is secured to and connects the outer ends of fingers 27 which project rearwardly from the upper portions of the units 6 and 7, as shown. The outward movement of the bars 23 is limited, by the co-action of a pin 25', at the inner ends of one or both of the extensions 25, with the plate 26. The bars 23 are yieldingly held at the limit of their forward movement by the action thereon of a coiled compression spring 28 which encircles the extensions 25 and has its opposite ends thrust against the plate 26 and associated ends of the center bars and works at its outer end within notches 5 in the inner end portions of the units 5.

Each of the slide-bars 23 is provided in the outer side thereof, relative to the recesses 10 in which they work, with vertical recesses 29, which, when the bar is at the limit of its forward stroke or in normal position, register at top and bottom with the respective notches 14 and 15 of the associated unit. The upper ends of the bar recesses 29 and the openings 21, 14 in register therewith are of suitable size for a new coin of the desired denomination to have a close sliding fit therein, while the lower end portions of such recesses are slightly contracted longitudinally of the bars to sustain coins of proper size therein and permit undersized coins and slugs to pass downward through the lower restricted portions of the recesses and registering notches 15 into the case chamber 18, from whence they are returned through the slot 20 in the bottom of the case to the person depositing the same.

A coin 30 of proper denomination having been deposited within a bar 23 and held in suspension within the recess thereof by its lower contracted end, the operator pushes the head 24 and attached bars 23 inward against the tension of the spring 26 to the limit of the instroke of the bars, which movement is sufficient to place the coin in lateral register with the upper end of the associated recess 11 in the adjoining unit into which it is ejected by the action thereon of an associated trigger 31, as hereinafter described. The coin is then directed by the recess 11 into the registering passage 12 of the magazine 13 by which it is delivered to the coin-controlled mechanism 2. The magazine 13 is preferably made of suiiicient length to accommodate a plurality of coins so that a number may be contained therein at one time and a consequent automatic repeating of the playing thereby accomplished for each coin in the associated magazine passage, as will be apparent by reference to my former Patent No. 984,199.

One of the coin ejecting fingers 31 is fulcrumed within each unit recess 10 adjacent the large end thereof, as at 32, and projects within a slot 33 provided longitudinally in the associated slide bar 23. The slot 33 of each bar is in longitudinal register at its inner end with an opening 34 which opens from the coin recess 29 of the bar outwardly therefrom and is spaced from the inner end of the slot 33 by a cam portion 35 which latter is best shown in Fig. 13. The rear or short end of each trigger 31 angles laterally from its fulcrum into position for the cam 35 of the associated slide bar to make contact therewith and impart a coin ejecting movement to the trigger when the slide bar has been pushed inward to the limit of its instroke with its coin recess 29 in register with the recess 11 of the adjoining unit. As the trigger is oscillated by contact of its front end with the cam 35, the forward end thereof is forced through the opening 34.- into the coin recess 29 of the associated bar and effects an ejection of the contained coin into the registering recess 11 from whence it passes to the associated coin passage of the magazine 13.

rIhe operation of my invention is as follows A person desiring to deposit, say, a nickel, within the apparatus drops the same within the proper slot 21 in the case 17 from whence it passes through the registering notch 111 and into the coin holding recess 29 of the associated slide bar 23. Should an undersized coin be deposited the same will pass entirely through the recess 29 into the lower portion of the case 17 and thence be returned through the slot 20 in the bottom of the case 17 to the person depositing the same, thus insuring the deposit of a coin of proper size within the respective coin slots. A coin of proper size having been deposited within a bar recess 29 the operator pushes the head 24 and attached bars 23 inward to the full extent, which places each of the bar recesses 29 inlateral register with the upper ends of the associated recesses 11, and the coin which may be carried by any of the bars is ejected into its recess 11 by the action thereon of the ejecting trigger 31 as the cam 35 of the slide bar makes contact with and moves the rear end of the trigger. Upon the ej ecting of the coin into a recess 11 it passes therethrough into the registering passage of the magazine 13 and thence passes to the coincontrolled mechanism 2 where it acts upon certain mechanism described in my said former patent to effect a playing of the associated instrument if such instrument beA of a musical nature. The same action takes place when a coin of any other denomination for which the apparatus is adapted is deposited therein.

It is apparent that while I have particularly described my invention in association with a musical instrument the same may be used in connection with pay telephones or for any other purpose for which it may be adapted or appropriate.

I wish it understood that my invention is not limited to any specic construction or arrangement of the parts except in so far as such limitations are specified in the claims.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is,-

1. In an apparatus of the class described, a reciprocatory member having a coin receptacle therein, means guiding the movements of said member and having a coin delivery passage with which said receptacle horizontally registers when the member is in one position of its movement, means acting on the member to normally retain its member in coin receiving position, and means positively moved by a movement of said member for ejecting a coin'from said receptacle into said delivery passage when they move into register.

2. In an apparatus of the class described, a reciprocatory member having a coin hold- -ing recess therein which has a restricted opening at its bottom to permit the passage of an undersized coin therethrough, means normally holding the member in one position of its movement, means guiding the movements of said member and having a coin delivery passage with which the recess of said member horizontally registers when moved from normal position, and means positively moved by a movement of said member to eject a coin into the passage from said recess when in register.

3. In an apparatus of the class described, a reciprocatory member having a coin receptacle therein, means in which said member moves and having a coin delivery passage with which the coin recess of said member horizontally registers when at a predetermined point in its movements, and a coin ej ecting trigger carried by saidl means and automatically movable by said member at a predetermined point in its movement to eject a coin therefrom and into said passage.

4. In an apparatus of the class described, a reciprocatory member having a coin carrying recess therein and provided with a cam surface, means in which said member moves and having a coin delivery passage with which the coin recess of said member registers when at a predetermined point in .its movements, and a coin ejecting trigger pivoted to said means and automatically movable by engagement with said cam surface at a predetermined point in the movement 4of said member to effect an ejection of a coin PHILLIP JACOB DREHER.

Witnesses:

C. W. OWEN,

GLEE GASKELL.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for iive cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C.

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