US341826A - Vacuum cash carrier - Google Patents

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VACUUM CASH CARRIER. No. 341,826. Patented May 11, 1886.

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VACUUM CASH CARRIER.

No. 341,826. Patented May 11, 1886.

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VACUUM CASH-GARNER.

SPIEQ'IFIGATION forming part of Letters Iatent No. SQLSZG, dated May 11, 1886.

Application filed J anuary 4, 1856.

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, SAMUEL \V. BARR, a citizen of the United States, residing at Mansfield, in the county of Richland and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Vacuum Cash-Carriers; and I do 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 letters or figures of reference marked thereon,which forni apar -of this specification.

Figure l. of the drawings is a representation of a longitudinal sectional view of my device, showing the same applied to a portion of a ceiling. Fig.Qisalongitudinalsectionalview. Figs. 3 and L are detail side elevations. Figs. 5, 6, and 7 are detail views; and Figs. 8 and are sectional detail views.

This invention relates to caslrcarriers; and it consists in the construction and novel combination of parts, as will be hereinafter fully described, and particularly pointed out in the caiins.

Referring by letter to the accompanying drawings, A designates the ceiling, and B the wall, of the room in which the cash-carrier is to be erected for use.

L designates a pipe or tube, which is screwed at its upper end into a casting or plate, L, secured to the ceiling, and is curved near its lower endin the direction in which the trackwire Eis to be stretched. Inits upper portion the pipe L is provided with a Spiral spring, I], which is made fast at its upper end to the casting or plate L by a nut or washer, L. At its lower end this spiral spring L is provided with an annular block, O,whicl1 fits the interior of the pipe L, and the operating or draw rope H is secured to this block 0 by an eyebolt, O and said rope H passes down through a slot, H, in the curved portion of the pipe L, and is provided at its lower end with ahandle, H by which to operate the plunger J at the lower end of the curved rod K, the upper end of which rod K is connected to the block 0. The tube or pipe L is provided in one side, near its middle portion, with a slot or opening, P, through which the lower end of a curved spring, 1?, secured to the outside of the tube Serial No. 187,567. (No model.)

L, projects and regulates the amount of force to be exerted necessary to propel the car from one station to another. The pipeLis provided below this opening I with a number of screwholes, Q, in cit-her of which the set-screw Q, maybe placed to gage the distance the block 0 shall travel downwardly when the rope H is operated to propel the car along the track wire.

N is a brace-wire, connected to the tube L and to the ceiling, to steady the pipe and to counteract the forces resulting from operating the draw rope or wire H. At the other end of the traclvwire 1*) is a horizontal tube, M, which is screwed intoaseat in the vertical wall of the room, or in a post or other upright located at the place where it is desired that this end of the track-wire shall terminate. The track wire E passes horizontally through the tube M, and is'secured to the vertical wall or other upright in any suitable substantial 1nan nor. Vithin this tube M are the plunger-rods J to the forward end of which the plunger J is secured. Thcbumper or head-block R, for this tube M, is located at the forward end thereof, and has a central opening or hole,R,for the passage of the track-wire. A spiral spring, L, encircles the plunger-rods J'", and bears against therea'r end of thchead-block 't, which is threaded and screwed into the forward end of the tube M. In its under side the headblock It is provided with a pulley, S, over which the draw-rope S runs. This draw-rope S extends back to the disk S", at the rear ends of the plunger-rods, said disk connecting the plunger-rods and being also perforated for the passage of the track-wire. The draw-rope has a handle at its lower end, and is operated by pulling down to shoot the plunger forward, the spiral encirclingspring serving to return the plunger to its normal position. In its under side the head-block R is provided with a recess, S, in which a grooved pulley, S, is journaled, and over this pulley S the draw-rope S runs. The rear end of the draw-rope S is connected to the disk SZ'at the rear ends of the plunger-rods, said disk S connecting the rear ends of the plunger-rods, and being provided-with a central hole, S for the passage of the traclcwire F. The draw-rope S has a handle at its lower end, and is operated by tion-bumper, which is also provided with holes 0, through which the horizontal trackwire E passes. Within this annular case is jonrnaled a larger grooved wheel, (Z, which rides upon the t1'ackwire E, and beneath the track-wire E are two smaller grooved wheels, ef, which bear against the under side of the track-wire, and these three wheels guide the car in its travels from station to station along the track-wire. In its under side the case a is provided with adrawer or receptacle, h, in which the cash-drawer i for the car is placed, said cash-box having ribs Z along its sides, which fit into grooves m m, near the lower edges of the drawer-receptacle. This cash-car is driven from station to station by pulling quickly upon the draw-rope, which projects the plunger, and the plunger projects the car from one station to another desired station, where the cash-drawer may be removed and the desired amount of cash either placed in the drawer to be removed at another station, or, if already in the drawer, may be removed. Small parcels may be also carried in the cashdrawer, if desired. The head-blocks at each station are provided at theirsides with flat springs s s, which project forward from said head-blocks, and between which springs s s the cash-car is received and prevented from rebounding to any material degree when the car strikes the head-bloek after having been projected along the track-wire from one station to another.

Having described this invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination, with the tube L, having the upper straight portion and the lower curved portion provided with the head-block, of the spiral spring L, with block 0 at its lower end, the curved rod K, with plunger at its lower end, the regulating-spring P, the draw-rope H, and the track-wire, substantially as specified.

2. The combination,with the horizontal pipe M, with head-block, plunger, and plungerrods encircled by the interior spiral spring, of the pulley in the head-block and the drawrope connected to the spiral spring and running over the pulley in said head-block, substantially as specified.

3. The combination, with thehead-block and track-wire, of the side springs connected to the head-block, substantially as specified.

4. The combinatioinwith the hollow case a. having the aligned holes I) b, the rubber band if, and the cash-drawer in itslower side, of the larger upper grooved wheel and the two smaller lower grooved wheels within said hollow case, substantially as specified.

5. The combination, with the tube L, having the upper straight portion and the lower curved portion provided with the head-block, the spiral spring L", with block 0 at its lower end, the curved rod K, with plunger at its lower end, the regulating-spring P, d raw-rope H, and track-wire, of the horizontal pipe M, with head-block, plunger, and plunger-rods encircled by the internal spiral spring,the pulley in the head-block, and the draw-rope connected to the spiral spring and running over the pulley in the head-block, substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

SAMUEL XV. BARR.

lVitnesses:

F. M. ETTINGER, I. S. DONNELL.

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