Patent GB-212579-A (GB)
Title: An improved coin-controlled vending apparatus
IPC: G07F11/54
Filed: 1924-03-08
Abstract: 212,579. Turner, K. K. March 10, 1923, [Convention date]. Testing coins.-In a coin-controlled vending apparatus the portion of the coin shoot near the insertion slot 39 is in the form of a tilting tray 40 provided with a roughened surface made by transverse cuts or by covering with emery cloth. Spurious coins or tokens are retarded on the roughened surface of the tray which, on the initial movement of an operating lever 27, is tilted by means of a lever 47 to discharge the spurious coins &c. A magnet retains magnetisable discs. A counterfeit passing the tray drops through a slot 35 in a disc 25 and through a slot 54 in a base plate to a receptacle, placed beneath. The disc 25 is freed by the coin for operation by the lever 27 and rotates a delivery member 20 having pockets 21 which are brought successively in front of a delivery opening 22. Coin action, mechanical-connection.-A coin inserted through the slot 39 passes along a, shoot 33 to one of a series of slots 35 in the disc 25 where it is supported by cross pins and a lateral pin 34 extending from a pawl 32. After a slight movement of the disc 25 the projecting edge of the coin lifts the pawl 32 to allow the disc 25 to be moved the distance between two pins 31. The coin is supported after the pawl is freed by an arcuate plate 55, Fig. 4, and drops down a slot 52 to a money-box 53, Fig. 5. Money-boxes.-The front of the casing containing the mechanism is provided with a door 12 which, when opened, gives access to the catch- 60 of a door 59 of the money-box 53 placed on a shelf 58. The Specification, as open to inspection under Sect. 91 (3) (a) comprises also the following subject-matter which is not described in the Specification as accepted :- Delivery of articles stored in piles.-A series of vertical magazines 10, Fig. 2, is arranged in a circle round a fixed vertical shaft 15 and a rotatable delivery member 20 having radial pockets 21 is adapted to receive packets from the jaws 19 of a fixed circular member 18 placed. below the magazines with the jaws 19 in alignment therewith. The number of pockets 21 in the disc 20 is one in excess of the number of magazines. After prepayment a finger lever 27 projecting through a slot 29 of the casing is. actuated and by means of a pawl 28 thereon engaging ratchet teeth 26 on the top of a disc 25 connected by a sleeve 23 to the disc 20, the disc 20 is turned to bring a pocket 21 containing a packet opposite an opening 22, the edges of which are bent inwardly to allow the packet to project and be readily grasped by the operator's fingers. The top surface of the members. 18, 20 between the jaws and pockets respectively are inclined to prevent the packets from jamming. The rotating parts 20, 25 are mounted on ball bearings and the pockets 21 are correctly positioned after each actuation by means of spaced arms 61, Fig. 4, projecting from the sleeve 23 and coacting with spring controlled levers 63. Filling storage receptacles.-One magazine is first filled and a locking pin 66 withdrawn to allow the magazines to be rotated so that the pockets 21 and jaws 19 are charged from the full column. The magazines are then charged successively and relocked tio the shaft 15. Casings.-The space within .the casing surrounding the mechanism may be utilized for devices for illuminating fixed or movable advertising signs disposed within or outside the casing. A glazed inspection opening 67, Fig. 5, is provided for ascertaining when the apparatus is empty.