Improvements in Coin-freed Chairs, Closet Lids, and the like.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 26th Feb., 1890-Accepted, 19th Apr., 1890
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Coin-freed Chairs, Closet Lids, and the like.
I, MAX KORN, of No. 71 Hundstuom Strasse, in the City of Vienna, in the
Austrian Empire, Machine Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of my said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described
and ascertained in and by the following statement :-
My invention relates to a simple closed apparatus applicable to garden and other
chairs which are let out on hire, closet lids and the like, such as are used in public
places and can be utilised by the public on the payment of a certain fee and which
only then allows the seat to be flapped down when one or more coins of predetermined
value are inserted in the coin opening, whilst as soon as the seat has been vacated the
said seat will automatically return to its former position.
This automatic coin collecting apparatus is represented in the accompanying
drawing in elevation, and consists of an arm g hinged to the seats, running through
the guide 6 the lower end of the said arm being supported by a sliding barr held in
desired position hy appropriate springs f, the said arm g holding the seat in flapped
up position. An angle lever which turns on the fulcrum o is so arranged that the
one arm ends in a knob wo which fits into a recess of the bar
T, the arm ¹ occupying
a horizontal or nearly horizontal position, and is destined to receive the coins falling
from the coin opening and remain lying one above the other, and thus reduce the
distance between the horizontal lever arm h' and the pressure rod or bolt t, which is
held up by the helical spring f¹ and carries a pressure knob, so that when the bolt t
is depressed, the same will operate the angle lever arm h¹ move the same downwards
and the arm laterally. As the knob w gears into the recess in the bar r the latter
is compelled to make a longitudinal movement so that the arm G looses its hold of the
bolt and the seats of the chair or the like can be flapped down without any
hindrance.
The distance between the lower end of the pressure rod or bolt t from the surface
of the lever arm ¹ on which the inserted coins lie is arranged to correspond with
the movement of the pressure bolt t, so that when no coins or insufficient coins are on
the lever arm the pressure rod or bolt t will not come in contact with the same,
so that the arm will not be depressed and consequently the seat cannot be flapped
down.
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The arm g is preferably provided with a curved projection a which, when the seat s
is flapped down, retains the bar and lever arms h, so long in a depressed position
that the coins fall from the lever arm and do not remain clamped between the said
lever arm and the pressure bolt or rod t. The seat is returned to its locked position
by means of a counter weight or springs, which are, however, not represented in the
drawings. The apparatus is preferably arranged laterally and is enclosed in a sheet
metal case k. A number of chairs can be connected by means of chains or the
like.
It will be evident from the foregoing that my improved chair, closet-lid or the
like can be varied in various ways without in any way departing from the nature of
my said invention.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is :-
1-The arrangement of automatic collecting apparatus, which only allows the
seats of chairs, closet seats and the like to be flapped or turned down when one or
more coins are inserted, said apparatus consisting of an arm g hinged to the seats and,
at its lower end, by the bolt, which is retained in position by springs f and is only

page_text: then moved to one side by depressing the rod or bolt t so as to allow the arin g to move
downwards when the distance between the pressure rod or bolt t and the arm h¹ of the
angle lever is correspondingly decreased by the coins inserted in the apparatus, sub-
stantially in the manner as set forth and shown.
2: In apparatus of the class as characterised by claim 1, the arrangement of the
•pressure rod or bolt t, which when depressed, will, by means of the layer of coins,
move the arm of an angle lever downwards around. the fulcrum o, and the other
arm h, which is provided with a nose w, and gears into a recess in the bolt r, with the
bolt r to the one side, so that the seat of the chair, closet or the like can be flapped or
turned down, substantially as described and shown.
Dated the eth L
1000
W. P. THOMPSON & BOULT,
Agents for the Applicant.
W. P. THOMPSON & BOULT,
Agents for the Applicant.