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US3219858A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Money-actuated devices

Assignee: Crane Payment Innovations GmbH
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Filing: 1961-06-19
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Granted: 1965-11-23
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Expires: 1981-06-19
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Abstract

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Inventors

  • 👤 Ray G Ellis
  • 👤 James N Sturdy

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-11-06 13:25
CPC Classifications
G; G07; G07F; G07F5/00

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 592 words
IN A MOTOR WHICH HAS A STATOR AND A COIL AND AN OUTPUT SHAFT THAT IS INTENDED TO MAKE ONE REVOLUTION AND THEN COME TO RESET AND WHICH KEEPS SAID OUTPUT SHAFT FROM INITIATING AND COMPLETING A SECOND REVOLUTION WITHOUT A DEENERGIZATION OF SAID COIL INTERMEDIATE THE COMPLETION OF A FIRST REVOLUTION OF SAID OUTPUT SHAFT AND THE INITATION OF SAID SECOND REVOLUTION OF SAID OUTPUT SHAFT AND WHICH HAS A CAM ON SAID OUTPUT SHAFT THAN HAS AN OUTWARDLY PROJECTING EAR, A PIVOT ADJACENT SAID OUTPUT SHAFT, A LATCH OF MAGNETIC MATERIAL THAT HAS AN OPENING THEREIN WHICH TELESCOPES OVER SAID PIVOT, SAID OPENING PERMITTING SAID LATCH TO ROTATE RELATIVE TO SAID STATOR, A SPRING THAT BIASES SAID LATCH FOR ROTATION IN ONE DIRECTION, AN EAR ON SAID LATCH THAT IS IN REGISTER WITH A PORTION OF SAID STATOR AND THAT IS NORMALLY SPACED FROM SAID PORTION OF SAID STATOR BY THE ACTION OF SAID SPRING BUT IS MOVABLE ADJACENT SAID PORTION OF SAID STATOR AS SAID LATCH ROTATES IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION ABOUT SAID PIVOT, A ROLLER THAT IS ROTATABLY MOUNTED ON SAID LATCH AND THAT RESPONDS TO THE ACTION OF SAID SPRING TO ABUT SAID CAM WHENEVER SAID CAM AND SAID LATCH ARE IN THEIR NORMAL POSITIONS, SAID ROLLER BEING IN THE PATH OF SAID EAR ON SAID CAM WHENEVER SAID CAM AND SAID LATCH ARE IN THEIR NORMAL POSITIONS, EACH EAR ON SAID CAM ENGAGING SAID ROLLER ON SAID LATCH DURING THE ROTATION OF SAID CAM TO ROTATE SAID LATCH IN SAID OPPOSITE DIRECTION ABOUT SAID PIVOT UNTIL SAID EAR ON SAID LATCH IS MOVED INTO POSITION ADJACENT SAID PORTION OF SAID STATOR, THE MAGNETIC FIELD OF SAID COIL THEREAFTER HOLDING SAID EAR ON SAID LATCH ADJACENT SAID PORTION OF SAID STATOR AS LONG AS SAID COIL REMAINS ENERGIZED, AND A SECOND EAR ON SAID LATCH THAT IS NORMALLY DISPLACED FROM THE PATH OF SAID EAR ON SAID CAM BUT THAT CAN BE MOVED INTO THE PATH OF SAID EAR ON SAID CAM AND THUS INTO POSITION TO BLOCK FURTHER ROTATION OF SAID CAM AND SAID OUTPUT SHAFT, SAID SECOND EAR ON SAID LATCH BEING MOVED INTO POSITION BEHIND BUT IN THE PATH OF SAID EAR ON SAID CAM AND THUS INTO ROTATION-BLOCKING POSITION WHENEVER SAID EAR ON SAID CAM ENGAGES SAID ROLLER AND ROTATES SAID LATCH IN SAID OPPOSITE DIRECTION, THE FIRST SAID EAR ON SAID LATCH BEING MOVED INTO POSITION ADJACENT SAID PORTION OF SAID STATOR AS SAID EAR ON SAID CAM ENGAGES SAID ROLLER AND ROTATES SAID LATCH IN SAID OPPOSITE DIRECTION, SAID LATCH RESPONDING TO SAID SPRING AND TO DE-ENERGIZATION OF SAID COIL AFTER THE COMPLETION OF A FIRST REVOLUTION OF SAID OUTPUT SHAFT AND PRIOR TO THE INITIATION OF A SECOND REVOLUTION OF SAID OUTPUT SHAFT TO MOVE IN SAID ONE DIRECTION TO ITS NORMAL POSITION TO MOVE SAID SECOND EAR ON SAID LATCH OUT OF THE PATH OF SAID EAR ON SAID CAM AND THUS OUT OF ROTATION-BLOCKING POSITION, THE FIRST SAID EAR ON SAID LATCH REMAINING IN POSITION ADJACENT SAID PORTION OF SAID STATOR AND THEREBY HOLDING SAID SECOND EAR ON SAID LATCH IN THE PATH OF SAID EAR ON SAID CAM IN THE EVENT SAID COIL DOES NOT BECOME DE-ENERGIZED AFTER THE COMPLETION OF SAID FIRST REVOLUTION OF SAID OUTPUT SHAFT AND BEFORE THE INITIATION OF SAID SECOND REVOLUTION OF SAID OUTPUT SHAFT SO SAID EAR ON SAID CAM WILL ENGAGE AND BE HELD AGAINST FURTHER ROTATION, DESPITE CONTINUED ENERGIZATION OF THE COIL, BY SAID SECOND EAR ON SAID LATCH.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 592 words
IN A MOTOR WHICH HAS A STATOR AND A COIL AND AN OUTPUT SHAFT THAT IS INTENDED TO MAKE ONE REVOLUTION AND THEN COME TO RESET AND WHICH KEEPS SAID OUTPUT SHAFT FROM INITIATING AND COMPLETING A SECOND REVOLUTION WITHOUT A DEENERGIZATION OF SAID COIL INTERMEDIATE THE COMPLETION OF A FIRST REVOLUTION OF SAID OUTPUT SHAFT AND THE INITATION OF SAID SECOND REVOLUTION OF SAID OUTPUT SHAFT AND WHICH HAS A CAM ON SAID OUTPUT SHAFT THAN HAS AN OUTWARDLY PROJECTING EAR, A PIVOT ADJACENT SAID OUTPUT SHAFT, A LATCH OF MAGNETIC MATERIAL THAT HAS AN OPENING THEREIN WHICH TELESCOPES OVER SAID PIVOT, SAID OPENING PERMITTING SAID LATCH TO ROTATE RELATIVE TO SAID STATOR, A SPRING THAT BIASES SAID LATCH FOR ROTATION IN ONE DIRECTION, AN EAR ON SAID LATCH THAT IS IN REGISTER WITH A PORTION OF SAID STATOR AND THAT IS NORMALLY SPACED FROM SAID PORTION OF SAID STATOR BY THE ACTION OF SAID SPRING BUT IS MOVABLE ADJACENT SAID PORTION OF SAID STATOR AS SAID LATCH ROTATES IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION ABOUT SAID PIVOT, A ROLLER THAT IS ROTATABLY MOUNTED ON SAID LATCH AND THAT RESPONDS TO THE ACTION OF SAID SPRING TO ABUT SAID CAM WHENEVER SAID CAM AND SAID LATCH ARE IN THEIR NORMAL POSITIONS, SAID ROLLER BEING IN THE PATH OF SAID EAR ON SAID CAM WHENEVER SAID CAM AND SAID LATCH ARE IN THEIR NORMAL POSITIONS, EACH EAR ON SAID CAM ENGAGING SAID ROLLER ON SAID LATCH DURING THE ROTATION OF SAID CAM TO ROTATE SAID LATCH IN SAID OPPOSITE DIRECTION ABOUT SAID PIVOT UNTIL SAID EAR ON SAID LATCH IS MOVED INTO POSITION ADJACENT SAID PORTION OF SAID STATOR, THE MAGNETIC FIELD OF SAID COIL THEREAFTER HOLDING SAID EAR ON SAID LATCH ADJACENT SAID PORTION OF SAID STATOR AS LONG AS SAID COIL REMAINS ENERGIZED, AND A SECOND EAR ON SAID LATCH THAT IS NORMALLY DISPLACED FROM THE PATH OF SAID EAR ON SAID CAM BUT THAT CAN BE MOVED INTO THE PATH OF SAID EAR ON SAID CAM AND THUS INTO POSITION TO BLOCK FURTHER ROTATION OF SAID CAM AND SAID OUTPUT SHAFT, SAID SECOND EAR ON SAID LATCH BEING MOVED INTO POSITION BEHIND BUT IN THE PATH OF SAID EAR ON SAID CAM AND THUS INTO ROTATION-BLOCKING POSITION WHENEVER SAID EAR ON SAID CAM ENGAGES SAID ROLLER AND ROTATES SAID LATCH IN SAID OPPOSITE DIRECTION, THE FIRST SAID EAR ON SAID LATCH BEING MOVED INTO POSITION ADJACENT SAID PORTION OF SAID STATOR AS SAID EAR ON SAID CAM ENGAGES SAID ROLLER AND ROTATES SAID LATCH IN SAID OPPOSITE DIRECTION, SAID LATCH RESPONDING TO SAID SPRING AND TO DE-ENERGIZATION OF SAID COIL AFTER THE COMPLETION OF A FIRST REVOLUTION OF SAID OUTPUT SHAFT AND PRIOR TO THE INITIATION OF A SECOND REVOLUTION OF SAID OUTPUT SHAFT TO MOVE IN SAID ONE DIRECTION TO ITS NORMAL POSITION TO MOVE SAID SECOND EAR ON SAID LATCH OUT OF THE PATH OF SAID EAR ON SAID CAM AND THUS OUT OF ROTATION-BLOCKING POSITION, THE FIRST SAID EAR ON SAID LATCH REMAINING IN POSITION ADJACENT SAID PORTION OF SAID STATOR AND THEREBY HOLDING SAID SECOND EAR ON SAID LATCH IN THE PATH OF SAID EAR ON SAID CAM IN THE EVENT SAID COIL DOES NOT BECOME DE-ENERGIZED AFTER THE COMPLETION OF SAID FIRST REVOLUTION OF SAID OUTPUT SHAFT AND BEFORE THE INITIATION OF SAID SECOND REVOLUTION OF SAID OUTPUT SHAFT SO SAID EAR ON SAID CAM WILL ENGAGE AND BE HELD AGAINST FURTHER ROTATION, DESPITE CONTINUED ENERGIZATION OF THE COIL, BY SAID SECOND EAR ON SAID LATCH.

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