US314264A - Cash-carrying apparatus - Google Patents

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CASH-CARRYING APPARATUS.

SPECIFICATION' nrmng part of Letters Patent No. 314,264-, dated fnrch 24, 1885.

Application Filed .Fcbrn :ry i. 1835. (No niodei.)

`a track and elevator for placing the carrier upon it. Fig. 2 is an enlarged side View ofa portion of the track and the elevator with the carrier therein in the act of being placed upon the track. Fig. 3 is an end view ofthe same upon the section-line A B of.Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is another end view from the same position, with tlie elevator still further raised in the operation of putting the carrier on the track. Fig. 5 is a side view of the track with a carrier-delivery attachment substantially like that of my said former application, and a combination of baskets arranged to receive the carrier as it falls through the drop' andA deliver it to the attendant below. Fig. 6 is an end view of Fig. 5 upon the sectionline C D on the latter. Fig. 7 is a side view of a retarding device to separate the balls upon the track and prevent their rolling against or too near each other on the track. Fig. 8 is an end view of the track and carrier upon the section-line A B of Fig. 7. Fig. 9 is a side view of my improved carrier adapted t traverse the track. Fig. 10 is a vertical transverse section of the same. Fig. 11 is aside view of the removable cup which receives the cash. Fig. 12 is a front end view ofthe same. Fig. 1-3 is a view of the hook which is used to withdraw the cup from the carrier to remove or replace the cash therein.

A2 is the track,whieh is suspended from theceilingby rods a a. These rods are attached to 'framesa a', which sustain the trackrails a2 a2 and the side braces, a3 a3. In two of the frames a are made sockets, in which the pivots a4 at are fitted to turn freely, and to these pivots are attached two sections, a a5, of the l rails at' a2 hy short arms,so as to render the sections capable ot' either being brought in line with the rails a2 a2 or of being swung around out of the way upon said pivotsas described in my said former application. In' the present instance these rail-sections c5 a5 are allowed to swing freely upward, and are sustained inline with the rails a2 a.2 by brackets c a, attached to the frames a a.

C is the carrier, which is cylindricahand has the treads c c of its wheels ci cl2 made to fit and travel on the rails a' fr'.

An elevator, E, is placed directly beneath the pivoted rail-sections a5 a5. This elevator consists of the fixed upright rod e, on which travels freely up and down the sleeve e. This sleeve carries the short arm e2, which in turn supports the upright ci* and its attached platform c". This platform is hollowed or dished out to receive the carrier and sustain it in a position to bring its wheel-treads o c directly under the rail-sections a5 a5 as the elevator rises. These rail -sections should be made broad enough upon their lower faces to prevent-the wheel-treads from overlapping and catching upon them as the elevator is raised, which may be accomplished by extending such lower faces outward toward the pivots or toward a line through the centers of the latter.

The platform e* ofthe elevator may be raised by acord attached to the sleeve e and pulley overhead, or by the downward extension of the upright e3, or in any other suitable Inanner. The carrier being placed in it, as shown in Figs. 2, 3, and 4, it is hoisted directly up, and the rail-sections a5 ai) turn out of the way to allow the carrier and platform to pass between them. VVhen the carrier-wheeltreads have passed upward from the position shown in Fig. 2 and 3 to that of Fig. 4, the rail-seetions a5 cr" drop back to place beneath the treads, and the elevator descends, leaving the carrier on the track, when itrolls off toward the desired station to which it is sent. In order to facilitate the starting of the carrier after being placed upon the rail-sections a5 a5 by the elevator, I make the pitch or incline of these rail-sections steeper than that of the rails of the track on either side of them. I

also attach to the elevator an upright arm behind the carrier e5, which curves upward and roo jecting directly toward each other.

over the periphery of thelatter, so as to allow it to be lifted out of the platform e4 as the elevator descends, and then comes in contact with the back side of the carrier, pushing or starting it along on the track.

In Figs. 5 and 6 is shown an arrangement of baskets at the receiving-station of my track which is simple and effective.

The delivery mechanism of the station is vconstructed substantially as shown and described in my said former application, and will therefore be easily understood from a brief description.

Two rail-sections, Z b, are hung on pivots b b', as described for the elevator-sections a5 a5,- but, unlike the latter, they are free to drop downward and outward. They are held in line with the rails a? a by the lever-hooks b2 b2, pivoted at bib, and having their upper arms pro- Between the ends of these arms a key or wedge, bt, is dropped, so as to prevent them from approaching each other and the lower ends of the hooks from escaping from under the pivoted rail-sections b l). This key slides up and down in the bracket L, andhas attached to its lower end the shoe b5, so located as to come in contact with the proper carrier-wheel,and thus lift the key up from between the arms of hooks b2 b2, and hold it up while the carrier passes upon the rail-sections b b. The pressure of the earrier thus swings the rail-sections away `from under it, and these press to cach side the hooks b2 b2, and the carrier drops through between them into the basket d. A li ghtspring, bl,compresses the leverhooks LZ bl together again after the carrier has passed through, and brings the rail-sections-b b back into line with rails a2 a2 again, when the key b4 drops in between the upper arms of the lever-hooks and locks them in place. A ring, ci, on one of the carrier-wheelsis employed to lift key b", and when this ring is so placed as to pass to one side of the shoe b5 the carrier passes over, as shown in Figs. 5 and 6, without dropping down into the basket d. Y This basket d is pivoted to an arm at d, the arm being attached to one ofthe frames a', as shown, and the pivot d being placed far enough down on the side of the basket to cause it to empty itself when allowed to swing freely upon this pivot.

l On the opposite sides of the basket d, and n ear the other end from its pivot, are fastened to its rim eyes di d3, to which cords are fastened,which pass over two small pulleys, d2 d2, attached to the opposite sides of one of the frames a. These cords unite into one at some distance below the track, and are fastened to a fixed pin within reach of an attendant, below. When the attendant perceives that a carrier has dropped into basket d, he releases these cords, and the basket, being released at that side, turns upon its pivot d and empties its contents into a second basket, d4, hung so as to receive the carrier from the first. This second basket d* is suspended by cords on each side to the ends of a spring-roller, d5, extending across the top of frame a', to which it is attached by a suitable bracket, the cords being wound upon the ends of this roller of sufficient length to allow the basket d# when they are unwound,to descend to an attendant beneath. The spring-roller d5 is of any ordinary and well-known construction, and its spring is strong enough to hold the basket d* in position under basket fl,- but whenthe carrier is dumped into it out of the latter the added weight will cause it to descend automatically. In the meantime the attendant, by pulling upon the cords passing over pulleys d2 d?, has restored the basket d to place under the track, ready t'or'another carrier, and by relnoving the carrier from basket d* the latter will automatically ascend to its original position.

In Figs. 9, 10, 11, 12, and 13 is shown the improved carrier C, I have devised for use upon the described track and appliances. It consists merely of an axle, c, and two wheels, c2 ci, having wheel-threads c c and a flange, c3, around one of them. `The wheels c2 cAl each revolve independently upon the axle, and the axle is free to Arevolve by a third and independent movement on the wheels. The axle is made hollow, and large enough to receive the cash or parcel to be carried within it. I thus enable the wheels to move independently in passing around curves in the track, and with no substantial added friction, the independent motion of the axle avoiding this difiieulty, and I am also able to make the wheels large and heavy, so as to roll easily upon the track, without thereby adding to the friction upon the axle, as is the case when the weight is added to the body of a common carriage.

In order to keep the wheels in place upon the axle, I attach to the ends ofthe latter flanges c c", and I have shown a central iiange, c5, between the wheels, to avoid too great friction between their inner faces; but an annular projection upon one ofthe latter may be sub stituted for this middle iiange. Each wheel iits loosely between the fianges and around the axle, thus insuring the least friction.

The wheels may be made of wood, fiber, leathl eroid, or any well-known similar material.

The cavity within the axle, owing to the independent rotary motion of the latter, requires no appliances to hold the cash in the middle of it, and the cash or a small bundle may be placed directly in it, or in a drawer or other receptacle, or it may be provided with a suitablecover or covers, as desired; but the attachments I have adapted to it for convenience are as follows: I make of thin metal a cylindrical cup, m, open at one end and closed at the other, and fitted to just slide into the bore of the axle c. A fixed cap,c, is attached to the axle to close it. Near the open end of the cup m I expand the metal outward slightly, and cut longitudinal slots m m a short distance apart through this expanded IOO portion ofthe metal.

formed around it, which, by its pressure upon the inside of the axle,l prevents the cup coming out until forcibly withdrawn. To accomplish this and save space, I provide the outer closed end of the cup with a soeketed piece, m2, having a slot, m3, in its outer face and a chamber larger than the slot in at least one direction, and in two [directions as I have shown it. I provide a T-shaped hook, m, fitted to be inserted in the s lot and turned so as to catch its end under the piece m2, when the cup m may be withdrawn. This socketed piece m2 may be placed inside the cup, and the slot m3 made through the exposed end of the cup into its chamber, if desired. -In order to better insure the retention of the cup in the carrier-axle, I enlarge the bore of the latter where it surrounds the slots m m' and the enlargement of the cup through which they are cut when the cup is seated in place in the axle.

By this construction ot' the parts I produce a carrier with smooth faces for passing off of and upon the track, as described. and one which will roll down a comparatively slight incline, and without the aid of devices to give it an impulse,when placed upon t-he track, as the act of doing this is sure to produce a movement of-the axle and wheels upon one another, which starts it rolling.

If the cup m be made of metal, I line it with rubber or felt or some other elastic medium, to prevent the change from rattling in A it, or roll thelatter in the same before placing itin the cup. The use of a cup open at the end enables the attendant to handle and insert and remove the change very quickly.'

It is evident that with my elevator mechanism either the arm e5 or the greater pitch of` the track-sections ai a5 alone can be used to as! sist the starting of the carrier on the track, if desired. It is also evident that one ofthe wheels cl may be rigidly fixed to the hollow axle c' of the carrier C, leaving the other free to revolve thereon, and some of the advantages of this form of carrier be retained; but I prefer the construction before described.

l t is found that in many cases carriers will roll along the track, rubbing and striking against each other, and not only injuring the carriers, but interfering with their progress along the track and causing a delivery-section of the track in some instances to be choked or blocked by a second carrier following the one passing through too closely. To avoid all these difculties 4I have devised what I term a retardingdevice7 constructed as followsr At some place on the track A2 (see Figs. 7 and 8) I attach to two of the frames a' a two other frames, a a, by means of lugs a a', fitted to pins nia?, on which they are free to play up and down. The frames an are secured rigidly together. at top and bottom by bars a n3, above and below the path of the carriers, so

When the cup is pressd` into the bore of axle c', au elast-ic band is thus that they will move together. 0n top of the bar a3, below the carriers, is fixed another bar, at, in such position that Ythe carrier will run onto it and depress the frame a a .n3 a3, which is held up by spiral springs on the upper pins, a2 ai, under its upper lugs, an. Attached to the upper lug, a', on the end from which the carriers come over the track, is a bar, n5,whicli is so adjusted that when the frame n a n? ai is raised by the springs it is above the path ot' the carriers, but when the frame is pressed down by a carrier passing over bar n* it 1s projected into thepath of the carriers. I he beveled end of bar at, upon which a carrier `first runs, is just far enough along down the track from the bar a5 to cause the latter to de- 'scend behind that carrier before it has fully passed from under it. The track at a, just ahead of the barn, is also moved with a steeper pitch than other portions, as shown in Fig. 7. \Vhen two carriers come along the track close together, as shown, the first one after passing under bar a5 runs onto bar a, and thus brings down bar a5 into the path ofthe following carrier and arrests it until the rsthas passed off of bar at, when the second carrier will be released and the two will travel over the track separated by the distance between the bar a5 and the farther end of bar at, and cease to interfere with each other. The steeper pitch of the track at a assists the second carrier to start when released by the bar.

It is obvious that other forms of connection IOS work in unison; buttheir relative positions must always be so that they are longitudinally on the track nearer to each other than the diameter of the carrier, in order to enable bar a5 to enter the space within and between the peripheries ofthe carriers and arrest the second one.

YVhat I claim as new and of my invention 1s- 1. In the elevated track A2, the combination of the rail-seotions a5 a5, pivoted on axes substantially parallel to the track, with an elevator mechanism adapted to elevate the carrierwheels past and above said rail-sections and allow the latter to drop beneath the carrierwheels, substantially as described.

2. In the elevated track A2, in combination IIO with the rails ai c62/the pivoted rail-section a5 a5, placed at a steeper pitch or incline than the izo Rand the curved arm e5, attached thereto and adjusted at such a distance from the carrier as to enable it to strike thelatter on the rear side as the elevator `descends after depositing the carrier upon the track, substantially as described.

4. The combination, in the elevated track A2, of the pivoted rail-sections b b, the basket d under the track, provided with hinges or pivots allowing it to be reversed, and with devices for reversing the saine, substantially as described, andthe falling and rising basket d, with elevating and lowering devices attached thereto, substantially as set forth and described.

5. The combination, in the elevated track A2, of the pivotcd railsections b b, the basket d under the track, provided with hinges or pivots allowing it to be reversed, and with devices for reversing` the same, substantially as described, and the automatically falling and rising basket d", with automatic elevating and lowering mechanism attached thereto, substantially as set forth and described.

6. In the carrier 0,'the combination of the hollow axle c' with the wheels c2 ci, said holv low axle being adapted to receive and retain the cash therein, substantially as described.

7. In the carrier C. the combination of the hollow axle c', provided with wheel-retaining flanges c" c* and the wheels c2 o2, said hollow axle being adapted to receive and retain the cash therein, substantially as described.

8. In the carrier C, the combination of the wheels c2 ci, the hollow axle c, and the cup or receptacle m, fitted to the interior of said axle, substantially as described.

9. In the carrier C, the combination of the hollow axle d, the wheels clz c2, and the flange c3, attached to one of said wheels, substantially as described.

10. In the carrier G, the combination of the hollow axle c', provided with flanges c c, the wheels c2 c2, and their separating-flange c5,sub stantially as described.

1l. In the carrier C, in combination with the axial cavity therein, the cash-cupm, provided with an enlarged annular portion having slots m m therein, forming springs around said cup adapted to bear against the wall of said cavity, substantially as described.

l2. In the carrier C, in combination with the axial cavity therein, the cup m, provided with the slot m2 in its exposed end, and a chamber beneath said slot larger than the slot transversely of thela-tter,substantially as described.

13. In the carrier C, the combination of the wheels e2 cz with the hollow axle c', the latter having the cavity within it closed at one end and open at the other, substantially as described.

li. In combination with the track A, the bar n, placed in the path of the carrier and adapted to be moved aside by the carrier passing the same, connecting devices substantially as set forth, and the bar ai), connected to bar a" thereby, and adjusted to be projected within the path of the carrier as the bar nt is moved away therefrom at a point behind the latter and within a distance from its center equal to its diameter, substantially as described.

l l5. In combination with the track A2 and i the carrier C, the retarding-bar 115, adaptedto move into and out ot the path ofthe carrier, l and mechanism, substantially as set forth, automatically operated by the carrier and connected to said bar, adapted to move said bar into the path ofthe carrier behindit and within a distance from its center equal to its diameter, and to hold said bar in that position while said carrier passes over a predetermined length ot' said track, and then to automatically withdraw the same, substantially as described.

16. In combination with the track A2, made with a steeper pitch or grade than its normal one at @15, the bar a5, adapted to be projected into the path of the carrier, connected mechanism, substantially as set forth, adapted to be operated by the carrier and so project it, and the carrier C, substantially as described.

DAVID HALL RICE.

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N. I. OcKINGToN,

WILLIAM P. BLAKE.

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