US483681A - Cash-carrier - Google Patents

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE..

JAMES F. BARTLETT, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO THE CHICAGO CASH CARRIER COMPANY, OF ILLINOIS.

CAS H-CARRI ER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 483,681, dated October 4, 1892.

Application iiled May 12, 1892. Serial No. 432.755. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom t may concern: its ends by turnbuckles or equivalent devices 5o Be it known that I, JAMES F. BARTLETT, of to a supporting wall or standard. C )n this Chicago, county of Cook, and State of Il linois, Wire I mount permanently the traveling Cal have invented a new and useful Improveor carriage B, provided with two sustaining ment in Cash-Carriers, of which the following wheels B2, arranged to ride upon the wire, so

is itSl)@\3 32\'iC I1 I that the car may move with ease and ,free- 55 My invention relates to that class of cash dom. p and parcel carriers designed mainly for store- To the car I connect a detachable cup or service, in which a wheeled carrier provided receptacle BV', designed to receive the change 1o with a detachable box or receptacle is aror other articles to be transported. This cup ranged to travel to and fro on a sustainingmay be attached to the car in any .suitable 6o wire. manner. As represented in the drawings, the

The invention has in View the simpliicacup is provided at the upper edge with protion of the apparatus, the stoppage of the carjecting studs or pins arranged to enter L- riage at the end of its movement with cershaped slots iii a circular flange on the bottainty and in a noiseless manner, and the tom of the car, after the manner of abayonetpropulsion of the carriage by a manual dejoint. vice operating Without the assistance of At each end of the line I provide a buffer springs, catches, or othercomplicated devices. D in the form of a collapsible chamber of zo With these ends in View I provide at each rubber or other elastic material. These bufend of the Wireway a buffer consisting of a fers are preferably mounted upon aiid'around 7o collapsible sack or chamber provided with a the wire A, as shown in the drawings, in order shoulder or its equivalent to interlock with that it may serve as a support therefor. At the incoming car. I construct the car with a their rear sides these chambers are preferably 2 5 frame, the ends of which encircle the sustainfixed upon the wire but at the forward side ing-Wire and which are adapted to automatior side toward the car they are eachformed cally engage with the shoulder ofthe buffer with a projecting -neck or shoulder d', aras the car reaches the terminal station. ranged to slide freely around the wire and For the purpose of propelling the car I adapted to serve as a buffer or cushion 3o make use of a handle or liandpiece, consistagainst which the end of the incoming car ing simply of an arm having one end adapted may iinpinge. To the neck of the buffer I to loosely encircle the wire, so that it maybe attach an outwardly-extending tube sliding suspended freely thereon when not in use, freely around the Wire and terminating at its and carried forward against the car with a outer end in a conical head C, having an an- 3 5 sweeping motion to impel the car over the line, nular shoulder c at its inner end. The frame as hereinafter more fully explained. of the carriage is adapted to encircle the Referring to the accompanying drawings, Wire at its two ends, and is provided at the Figure l represents in side elevation the car, end with openings d of suiiicieiit size to perone end of the sustaining-wire, the buffer, mit the head C to pass therethrough and to 4o and its connections. Fig. 2 is top plan view permit the carriage to belifted independently of the car. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal central to disengage it from the head. As the O l 9 vertical section through the parts represented approaches the terminal point the end of its in Fig. l. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the frame rides over the head C upon the neck propelling device, and Fig. 5 is a cross-secc and against the neck of the buffer, whlch,

45 tion on the line 5 5, Figs. l and 2. yielding by reason of its elasticity and by In carrying my invention into effect I exreason of the leakage of air through the neck, tend a Wire or cord A under suitable tension serves to arrest the momentum of the ear in between the counter and the cashieifs desk or an easy and noiseless manner. The end of other terminal stations, securing the same at the car, after passing over the neck, falls be hind its shoulder c in the manner indicated in Fig. 3, whereby the car is prevented from4 rebounding and returning along the line.

Each end of the car-frame is extended upward and outward in the form of an ear a', by means of which the end of the frame may be lifted so as to disengage the same from the shoulder c, that the car may be driven forward on its return-course. This unlocking of the car and its impulsion over the line may be effected by hand or by mechanism of any suitable character; but I recommend the employment of an impelling device substantially such as shown in Fig. 4, consisting of a bent rod or wire provided with a suitable handle at the lower end and having its upper end bent into the form of a ring, preferably with an opening on one side that it may be conveniently hooked upon or removed from the wireway. I commonly engage this device around the wire at or near the buffer D, between the buffer and the carriage. Vhen the carriage is to be driven forward, the handle of the impelling device is grasped and its upper end engaged, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. l, beneath the lip a of the carriage, so as to lift the latter over the neck c', thus leaving the carriage free. As a continuation of the same action and with a sweeping or swinging motion the upper end of the arm is carried forward against the rear end of the carriage, which is thereby caused to advance over the line with sufficient velocity to reach the station at the opposite end.

It Will be observed that the conical head C is in effect simply a detent or catch to hold the car from reacting after contact with the buffer, and it is apparent that it maybe modified in form within the range of mechanical skill, provided it is adapted to operatewith essentially the effect described, the only essential requirement being that the car and the detent shall be adapted to unlock automatically.

It is evident that the operativeness of my apparatus is notI aifected by the-lateral swinging or vibration of the carriage, and that the latter will engage the detent whether hanging vertically or swung to one side; also, that when engaged with the detent it may be swung laterally to any extent without danger of becoming disengaged, since the returning-shoulder extends entirely around the neck.

Having thus described my invention,what I claim is- I. In a cash-carrier, the combination of a way, a car arranged to travel thereover, a co1- lapsible elastic buffer in the path of the car 3. In a cash-carrier, the combination of the l wire, the car mounted thereon, the collapsible chamber or buffer, and the shouldered neck attached to the chamber or buffer and adapted to engage and hold the car.

4. In a cash-carrier, the combination of the wireway, a car movable thereon, a collapsible elastic buer mounted on and sustained by the wire to check the movement of the advancing car, and the shouldered neck connected'to the buer and adapted to enter an opening in the car and interlock therewith.

' 5. In a cash-carrier, the combination of the wireway, the shouldered neck or detent thereon, the carriage provided with the opening to admit the detent and with the lip lprojecting longitudinally beyond the carrier by which to lift the latter out of engagement, and a lifting device on the way for raising the carriage.

6. In a cash-carrier, the wireway and the car thereon, in combination with the collapsible chamber having the tubular neck, and the conical head or detent adapted to slide loosely upon the wire.

7. In a cash-carrier, the combination of a wireway or track, an annular shouldered detent thereon encircling the same, and a carriage having in its end a shouldered opening to receive and engage said detent.

8. In Va cash-carrier, the combination of a wireway or track, a detent encircling the same and comprising a cylindrical neck and a tapered head, and a carriage having in its end a shouldered opening to receive and engage said detent and capable of swinging around the same.

9. In a cash-carrier, and in combination with a way and a car thereon, a buffer consisting of an elastic sack provided with a vent to permit the escape of air under theimpact of the car.

In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand, this 12th day of May, 1892, in the presence of two attesting witnesses.

JAMES F. BARTLETT.

Witnesses:

W. R. KENNEDY, RAYMOND F. BARNES.

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