Automatically and for Advertising.
Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 12th July, 1887.
Specification Accepted, 19th Aug., 1887.
Automatically and for Advertising.
I HUGH PATERSON TUCKER of 13 Hillsboro Road Dulwich in the County of Surrey
Gentleman do hereby declare my invention and in what manner the same is to be
performed to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:-
The objects of the said invention are the delivery of prepaid goods automatically by
rotating the operating handle instead of pulling or pushing a slide or drawer as
heretofore and also to direct attention to the apparatus during the act of obtaining
the cigarette or other article from the apparatus to simplify the mechanism and to
display the last coin placed in the box and further to provide an arrangement for the
display of advertisements by day and night.
According to this invention I provide a means whereby on inserting a coin in the
box and turning a handle attached thereto (preferably one revolution) a cigarette or
other article is delivered, during the revolution of the handle I also propose at the
same time to operate a bell and to expose the coin to view, behind a window till
another coin is inserted in the apparatus and another article obtained when the first
named coin drops into the receptacle provided to receive it. Connected with the said
handle by means of suitable mechanism is a shaft or spindle preferably vertical the
upper end of which carries a lantern frame to hold advertisement cards or opal glass
tablets a fresh card or tablet (or more than one) being displayed each time the
operating handle is turned. If desired these cards or tablets may be illuminated at
night by means of a gas jet or otherwise inside the lantern frame. In the accom-
panying drawings Figure 1 shews an external front elevation of an apparatus for
delivering cigarettes for example constructed according to my invention. Figure 2
is a sectional view shewing front elevation of the operating mechanism Figure 3 is
side elevation and figure 4 plan of said mechanism. The same letters denote the same
parts in all the figures. A is a case made of metal, wood or any suitable material.
B pillar to contain the cigarettes. C is slot in box A to receive the coins.
On a coin (say a penny) being dropped into this slot of the required size to enable
the desired coin to pass through it drops into the receptacle D which is mounted on a
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page_text: lever E pivotted at F and carrying at the other end a counterweight G sufficient to
keep the receptacle D raised to its highest position. The weight of the coin depresses
the receptacle D and raises the counterweight G and with it the pawl H attached to
the lever E out of engagement with the detent I and allows the handle J to be turned
when the cigarette which is held in the groove K in the cylinder L is delivered down
the shoot M. During the rotation of the handle (where it is desired to call attention
to the apparatus being used) a bell N is rung by means of the lever O and hammer P,
a pin Qin the bevel wheel R acting on the end S of the hammer wire and depressing
it the coin is also released from the receptacle by means of the arm T acting on the
lever U said lever operating the catch V by which the coin is held in the receptacle D
and a fresh cigarette is delivered into the groove K in the cylinder L. W is a
ratchet wheel and X a pawl to prevent the handle J from being turned backwards
Z is the spindle or shaft carrying the lantern frame a to display advertisement cards
or opal tablets. This spindle or shaft Z is operated by means of a worm 6 on the
spindle. c gearing with the idle wheel d said wheel gearing with the wheel e on the
spindle Z. The number of teeth in the wheel c and threads on the worm b being
so arranged that fresh advertisement cards or tablets are displayed each time a
cigarette is delivered When the cigarette is delivered and the coin is released from
the receptacle D the said receptacle rises to its highest position and the pawl H
engages with the detent I thus holding the mechanisin locked till another coin is
inserted in the slot C. fis a window where the last coin placed in the apparatus is
exposed said coin resting on trap door g, operated by lever h and rod i and on another
coin being placed in the apparatus and the handle J being turned the trap is depressed
and the coin falls into that part of the apparatus destined to receive it.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I claim is :-
I. In an apparatus for the delivery of prepaid goods automatically the rotating
handle as and for the purposes set forth.
II. In an apparatus for the delivery of prepaid goods automatically the combination
of the delivery mechanism with the means of displaying advertisements substantially
as set forth.
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III. In an apparatus for the delivery of prepaid goods automatically the combina-
tion with the delivering mechanism of the means for displaying the coin last placed in
the box substantially as set forth.
IV. In an apparatus for the delivery of prepaid goods automatically the combination
with the delivery mechanism of a bell substantially as and for the purpose set forth.
V. The improved apparatus for the delivery of prepaid goods automatically con-
structed substantially as described and operating as set forth.
Dated this 19th day of July 1887
BROWNE & Co.,
Agents for the Applicant.