Improvements in and relating to Apparatus for Delivering Character Delineations in Exchange for Coin.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 6th July, 1892
Complete Specification Left, 6th Apr., 1893-Accepted, 27th May, 1893
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and relating to Apparatus for Delivering Character
Delineations in Exchange for Coin.
JOHN ROBERT HUGHES Horological Mechanic and Phisiognomist 10 Bar-
tholomew Close London E.C. do hereby declare the nature of this invention to
be as follows:-
The object of this invention is to construct an automatic phisiognomist, and
consists of an automatic coin-freed delivery or such like apparatus in combination
with phisiognomical signs or their equivalents, preferably artificial eyes or the
names of their various colors.
That phisiognomy is a true science is an universally admitted fact, and it is an.
established fact in the science of phisiognomy that the color of the eyes, the shape
of the nose, and the mouth & lips are indicative of character, there are standard
forms of noses, such as the Grecian, the Roman, the celestial, cogitative &c., each
indicative of the character of the possessor, their are also recognised characteristic
colors of eyes such as dark blue, blue, light blue, pale blue black, russett brown,
hazel brown, & grey, by means of which the character disposition or temperament
of a person can be as easily read as from the shape of the nose.
In constructing the said apparatus I provide the interior of the machine with as
many divisions as their are various phisiognomical signs, and in each division I
store a number of delineations of character preferably printed upon card. And
displayed upon the front of such machines I have a seperate penny-slot for each
different sign, for instance in an automatic machine constructed to deliver delinea-
tions of character from the color of eyes I have as many penny-slots as their are
displayed various colors of eyes, each corresponding with the division containing
the delineations of character in the said machine, so that any person wishing to
obtain a delineation of character from the color of their eyes, will observe by the
aid of a mirror placed in frout of the machine the color of their own eyes and will
be enabled to compare them to the various colors enumerated upon the front of the
machine as described, and by placing the required ammount of coin in the slot
corresponding to their own color will enable them to obtain a delineation of their
character.
In order that this invention should be better understood, reference is made to the
accompanying drawings.
Fig. 1. Sheet 1. is an illustration of the invention as applied to an automatic
coin-freed delivery apparatus, this drawing represents the machine with the front
door detatched, showing the interior divisions C C C C and CIII, within which
the printed delineations upon card are stored. "A" is the frame containing the
various colors of artificial eyes and immediately above is the coin-slot B with a
separate slot for each color of eye and the names of their various colors engraven
upon it. E to EV, are the various drawers, there being one to each color of eye.
Immediately above them are fixed upon the divisions a number of metal plates
marked D to DVI, they are employed to retain the cards in the said divisions, being
adjusted at the bottom to freely allow the delivery of one card.
Fig. 2. Sheet 2. is a back view of the machine arranged for automatic coin-freed
delivery. The shoots H are made of metal and are connected to the inside of the
coin slot B and serve to carry the coin by gravitation to the lever G, which is
pivoted at its upper end I and kept against the side of the shoot by the aid of a
spring J, and its lower half rests in the slot FI of the ratchet F, Fig. 3, and thus
holds the drawers in their normal positions. Now upon placing a coin in the coin

page_text: slot B, it will fall down the coin shoot H and fall upon the angle part of the lever G,
and by its weight will displace the lever equal to the breadth of the coin, the
lever G being adjusted to be displaced out of the ratchet-teeth F according to the
coin required.
Fig. 4 is a view of the action of the coin upon the lever G showing it displaced
out of the teeth of the ratchet thus allowing the drawer to be withdrawn, when the
front portion of the ratchet F pushes out the cards. When the drawer is pulled
out about an inch, the coin, which is meanwhile resting upon the ratchet, immediately
falls down into the case below and enables the check spring J to press the lever G
against the side of the shoot H, where it rests till the drawer is pushed back, when
it clicks over the teeth of the ratchet F and again is in its normal position retaining
the drawer E. It will now appear an easy task for anyone to obtain a delineation
of their character from the color of their eyes, as by simply placing a penny in
the coin-slot and pulling out the drawer, they are enabled to obtain the required
printed delineation.
Dated this Sixth day of July 1800
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and relating to Apparatus for Delivering Character
Delineations in Exchange for Coin.
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JOHN ROBERT HUGHES of 10 Bartholomew Close, in the City and County
of London, Horological Mechanic and Physiognomist, do hereby declare the
nature of this invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, to
be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement :-
The object of this invention is to construct apparatus by means of which, printed
or impressed delineations of the characters of various individuals can be obtained in
exchange for coins of predetermined value.
It is admitted by physiognomists that the shape and formation of the human nose,
mouth and lips, and the colour of the eyes are indicative of the character or dispo-
sition of their possessor. There are also what may be called standard forms of noses,
such as the Grecian, the Roman, the celestial, the cogitative &c., as well as
recognised characteristic colours of the human eye, such as dark blue, blue, light
blue, pale blue, black, russet brown, hazel brown, and grey, and in constructing my
apparatus I take advantage of these known physiognomical peculiarities or facial.
variations between different persons.
In carrying out my invention I provide a number of cards, tickets, or the like, on.
which are printed or otherwise impressed, character delineations corresponding to
the various standard forms of noses, or the characteristic colours of the human eye.
These character delineation cards, tickets or the like I store in separate compart-
ments in a coinfreed apparatus, each compartment being provided with its own
locking mechanism released by a coin, a delivery drawer, a coin shoot in communi-
cation with a coin slot in the outer case, adjacent to which said slot is a model or a
representation, or the name of the particular kind of nose or eye to which the cards,
tickets, or the like in the corresponding compartment are applicable.
In order that my invention and the manner of carrying it into practice may be
well understood I will describe the same with reference to the drawings accom-
panying my Provisional Specification which represent coinfreed apparatus for
obtaining in exchange for coins, character delineations based upon the six principal
characteristic colours of the human eye, riz.-black, blue, brown, light blue, hazel
and grey.
Figures 1 and 2 are front and rear elevations of the apparatus with part of the
outer case removed;

page_text: Figures 3 & 4 are enlarged detail views, Figure 3 shewing a plan of one of
the drawers and Figure 4 a rear elevation of the locking mechanism of one of
the compartments.
A is a frame behind which are fixed the six artificial eyes, numbered 1 to 6, or A
may be a plate on which six pictures of the human eye are painted or represented
in colours; B is a plate having a corresponding number of coin slots, and printed
impressed or engraved beneath as a guide to the operator are the names of the
colours of the eyes above which the coin slots are situated, as black, blue, &c. [
may also fix a mirror on the outside of the case so that the operator can see the
colour of his own eyes and can compare them with the colours shewn or written on
the plates A and B. C-C' are the divisions in the case, separating the compart-
ments from each other, and D-D are plates secured to the compartments and to
the sides of the outer case, which serve to hold the cards, tickets, or the like in
place in their respective compartments and are adjusted at the bottom so as to allow
one card &c., the lowermost, to pass out under the said plates when one of the
drawers E-E³ is pulled out.
As the compartments and the mechanism contained therein are all alike, a
description of one will serve for all. H is the coin shoot (see Figure 2) and G is a
lever, pivotted at I, and bent or curved so that its lower end comes into the path of
the coin as it falls down the shoot H. J is a spring bearing against the side of the
lever G tending to keep the same over in the path of the coin, i.e. :-in the position
shewn in Figure 2. When in this position the lower end of the lever G enters the
recess in the rear of the drawer (see Figure 3) and comes in front of the teeth
formed on the side of a plate F which is secured to the rear of the drawer. This
plate F is in thickness equal to the thickness of the cards, tickets, or the like so
that as the drawer is pulled out, the forward edge F11 of said plate will push
forward the lowermost of the cards &c. stored above the drawer. As the coin K
falls down to the bottom of the shoot H it will press the lower end of the lever G
outwards and out of engagement with the teeth on the plate F as shewn by the full
When the
lines in Figure 4, the drawer is then unlocked and may be pulled out.
drawer has been pulled out from under the coin K, the latter will fall into a coin
receptacle beneath, and when the drawer is pushed back, the end of the lever G will
by the pressure of the spring J click over the teeth on the plate F and will again
enter the recess F', thus locking the drawer.
I wish it to be understood that I desire to restrict myself to the physiognomical
peculiarities existing between noses or eyes as I have found from experience that
the color of the hair changes according to period of life &c., or is frequently
dyed, and cannot therefore be depended upon as being truly indicative of
character.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
1. Apparatus for delivering character delineations in exchange for coins,
constructed, arranged, and operating substantially as described and shewn in the
accompanying drawings.
2. In combination with coinfreed apparatus such as herein described, cards,
tickets, or the like, on which are printed or embossed character delineations based
on the physiognomical peculiarities of the noses or eyes of various persons.
3. In combination (a) apparatus for delivering character delineations in exchange
for coins (b) representations, pictures or models illustrative of, or the names of the
physiognomical peculiarities of the noses or eyes of various persons exposed on the
outside of said coin freed apparatus and corresponding to the number of compart-
ments therein, and (c) cards, tickets, or the like on which are printed or embossed
character delineations based on the physiognomical signs enumerated in (b) and

page_text: exposed on the outside of the case, substantially as described and shewn in the
drawings.
Dated this 6th day of April 1893.
J. K. HUGHES.
F. W. Golby,
36, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Patent Agent for the Applicant.