Improvements in Coin-freed Delivery Apparatus.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 18th Oct.,
1893
Complete Specification Left, 20th Aug., 1894-Accepted, 18th Oct., 1894
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Coin-freed Delivery Apparatus.
JOHN ROBERT HUGHES Horological Mechanic 10 Bartholomew Close, London
E.C. GEORGE HAYDON, Engineer 10 Bartholomew Close, London, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:
The object of this invention is to construct an economical and efficient coin-freed
delivery apparatus, and consists of a slide of suitable dimensions, having a coin-slot
through it near the front; working upon a right, angle base, and through the said
right-angle base, upon which it slides, a similar slot corresponding thereto is made.
The locking mechanism consists of a disc having a slot in it pivoted upon the
inside of the front of the said right angle base and retains the said slide in its
normal position by the outer edge of the disc being in front of the stop lug, which
is kept in that position by gravitation or a suitable spring.
Near the bottom of the outer edge inside the disc, we fix a pin or roller, such pin
or roller being immediately underneath the said slots, through the slide and base.
To operate the delivery mechanism, we provide a circular coin receiver in a
perpendicular position let in, in front of the case of such apparatus immediately
above and corresponding to the coin slots in the said slide and base, so that a coin
inserted in the said coin receiver falls through the coin slot in the slide and passes
through the coin slot in the base on to the pin or roller projecting from the disc and
by the weight and size of the coin the said disc is caused to revolve sufficient to
bring the said slot in it immediately in front of the stop lug, thus unlocking the
slide and enabling the operator to pull out the slide containing the wedge stop lug,
which by its increasing thickness passing through the slot in the disc, causes it
to further revolve sufficient to free the said coin which falls into the receptacle
below, and the disc by gravitation, upon the return of the slide, again brings its
outer edge in front of the stop lug, and thus retains the slide in its normal
position.
Deted the 18th day of October 1893
JOHN ROBERT HUGHES.
GEORGE HAYDON.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Coin-freed Delivery Apparatus.
JOHN ROBERT HUGHES of 10 Bartholomew Close London E.C. Horological
Mechanic and GEORGE HAYDON of the same place Engineer, 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 an economical and efficient coin freed
delivery apparatus and consists of a slide of suitable dimensions having a coin slot
through it near the front, working upon a right angle base and through the said
right angle base upon which it slides a similar slot corresponding thereto is made.
The locking mechanism consists of a disc having a slot in it, pivoted upon the
inside of the front of the said right angle base and retains the said slide in its
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page_text: normal position by the outer edge of the disc being in front of the stop lug which
is kept in that position by gravitation or a suitable spring.
Near the bottom of the outer edge inside the disc we fix a pin or roller such pin
or roller being immediately underneath the said slot through the slide and base.
To operate the delivery mechanism we provide a circular coin receiver in a
perpendicular position let in front of the case of such apparatus immediately above
and corresponding to the coin slots in the said slide and base so that a coin inserted
in the said coin receiver, falls through the coin slot in the slide and passes through
the coin slot in the base on to the pin or roller projecting from the disc and by the
weight and size of the coin the said disc is caused to revolve sufficient to bring the
said slot in it immediately in front of the stop lug thus unlocking the slide and
enabling the operator to pull out the slide containing the wedge stop lug which by
its increasing thickness passing through the slot in the disc causes it to further
revolve sufficient to free the said coin which falls into the receptacle below and
the disc by gravitation upon the return of the slide again brings its outer edge in
front of the stop lug, and thus returns the slide in its normal position.
Referring to the accompanying drawings Fig. I is a front elevation, Fig. Il is a
section through the imaginary line 1. 2 Fig. 1. Fig. III is a plan looking from
the underneath of the right angle base. The slide A having through it the coin
Blot B works upon the right angle base C through which there is a coin slot B¹
normally corresponding. Upon a predetermined coin being inserted in the outer
coin receiver or slot case D Fig. I it falls through the coin slot B in the slide A
and through the corresponding coin slot B¹ in the base C upon the pin E projecting
from the disc F and by the weight and size of the coin causes the disc F to revolve
upon the pin F¹ sufficient to remove the lug J which is attached to the disc F from
the path of the lug H which is attached to and moves with the slide A thus
unlocking the mechanism and enabling the slide to be pulled up.
Fig. IV is a perspective view looking underneath the base C from which the
pawl N (after referred to) has been removed in order that the construction of our
improvements may be more clearly shewn.
The pawl N swings upon a pin passing between the lugs P. P and upon the
slide A being pulled out engages with the rack M affixed to the slide A and
projecting through the central channel R in the base C and is designed to ensure
a complete journey of the slide at each operation.
The stop plate K (see Figs. III and IV) is pivoted to the underneath of the
base C by the pin L and prevents the disc F on insertion of the coin, by reason of
the lug J engaging with one end of such plate K, revolving sufficiently to allow
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the coin to pass away before the slide is pulled out.
The plate K in its normal position is prevented from turning on the pivot L by
the lug H against which the other end lies until such lug H is drawn away on the
slide being pulled out.
In the action of pulling out the slide A the lug H engages with the lug J
attached to the disc F and by reason of the lug H being wedge-shaped causes the
disc F to further revolve thus allowing the coin to fall into the coin receptacle.
Upon return of the slide A the disc by gravitation resumes its normal position
again bringing the stop lug J thereon in front of the stop lug H attached to the slide
and relocking the mechanism.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what we
claim is:
1. In coin freed delivery apparatus the use of the circular coin receiver or slot
case D in combination with the slot B in the slide A and the corresponding slot B¹
in the base C substantially as before described.
2. In coin freed delivery apparatus the use of the slot B in a slide A and the
corresponding slot B' in the base C in combination with the disc F lug J thereon
and lug H attached to the slide A substantially as before described.

page_text: 3. The improved coin freed delivery mechanism substantially
described.
Dated this Eighteenth day of August 1894.
as before
JOHN ROBERT HUGHES.
GEORGE HAYDON.