A Coin Operated Machine for Exhibiting Pictures, Discoursing Music, and Distributing Photographs or Merchandize.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 25th Apr., 1899
Complete Specification Left, 24th Jan., 1009-Accepted, 21st Apr., 1900
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
A Coin Operated Machine for Exhibiting Pictures, Discoursing Music,
and Distributing Photographs or Merchandize.
I, JOHN HEISSENBERGER, of 703, East 146th Street, New York City, in the
County and State of New York United States of America, Mechanical
Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
The object of the invention is to provide an automatic machine adapted for
exhibiting illuminated pictures and discoursing music during such exhibition,
and which is likewise adapted for distributing photographs or merchandize,
either during or after the exhibition of the pictures, all of the parts being con-
trolled by a common motor preferably set in motion through the medium of a
single coin. Another object of the invention is to provide co-acting motors
one adapted to rotate the picture carrier and the other to control the time that
the picture carrier shall revolve. A further object of the invention is to pro-
vide a music box and a means for revolving the cylinder thereof while the
picture carrier revolves, and furthermore, to provide a means for automatically
stopping the picture carrier and cylinder of the music box and extinguishing
the light employed, the moment the first picture exhibited is again brought
before the lenses. Another object of the invention is to provide a means for
setting the picture or merchandize dispenser in position to deliver mer-
chandize or photographs, about the moment that the picture-carrying wheel
commences to move. A further object of the invention is to so construct a
machine for exhibiting stereoscopic pictures, that but few parts are necessary
and those not liable to become disarranged or damaged under ordinary con-
ditions of usage, the machine occupying but little space and being readily
movable from place to place, the construction of the machine being such that
when a single coin of proper denomination is introduced, the mechanism will
be set in motion to exhibit pictures, play a tune or tunes, and distribute photo-
graphs or merchandize.
The casing of the machine is preferably provided at the front with a descend-
ing slope in which an eye piece is located, provided with stereoscopic lenses
and also with a vision tube divided at the centre by a partition, the inner faces
of the compartments of which vision tube are provided with reflecting surfaces
usually forined of mirrors. A bracket is secured to the base of the casing near
one of its sides which bracket, after extending upwardly, is curved in direc-
tion of the opposite side of the casing, the side of the casing being provided
with a door through which access is obtained to the interior of the casing for
the purpose of viewing the mechanism and for removing the coin that has been
introduced into the machine. A driving motor of any desired construction is
supported by the upper curved portion of the bracket, but preferably a spring
motor. A picture carrier in the form of a wheel is secured upon the drive shaft
of the motor which wheel is adapted to receive a number of stereoscopic views
produced upon transparent or translucent material, these views being held at
the periphery of the wheel in a manner to be hereinafter described and being

page_text: adapted to be brought in registry with the vision tube connected with the
stereoscopic lenses.
The picture carrier or wheel comprises two rims placed at a suitable distance
apart and connected by cross bars, a hub through the medium of which the
wheel is attached to the driving shaft of the motor, and spokes, the spokes
being peculiarly arranged inasmuch as the outer face of the wheel is more or
less dished in order to receive a controlling time motor to be hereinafter
described. The spokes of the wheel are attached to the cross bars at what may
be termed the front face of the wheel and are carried a certain distance horizon-
tally; they are then carried inward in direction of the axis of the wheel and
then horizontally to the said axis. The outer horizontal surface of each spoke
is provided with a spur extending in direction of the axis of the wheel or
picture carrier and these spurs are preferably slightly curved at their inner
ends. The spurs may be formed integral with the spokes or may be attached
thereto and at the hub portion of the picture carrier a series of plates or tongues
are formed extending in direction of the driving motor but preferably said
tongues are so attached to the hub that they will be in vertical alignment with
the several spokes of the wheel. These tongues are adapted to engage with a
spur wheel connected with a cyclometer supported by a bracket attached to the
main bracket before referred to the object being to indicate by means of the
cyclometer each full revolution of the picture carrying wheel.
Each cross bar is provided with two opposing plates flaring in opposite direc-
tions both above and below the cross bar to which they are attached, thereby
forming channels in which the transparent or translucent plates upon which
the stereoscopic views are produced may be introduced. Thus each transparent
or translucent plate carrying views will enter the channels formed at opposing
cross bars and will be prevented from dropping out from the wheel. In order
that the material upon which the pictures are produced shall not slip laterally,
stops are provided upon the rear rim of the wheel at alternate cross bars while
at the front horizontal portion of each spoke a spring stop is located extending
to the forward rim of said wheel, said stops serving to prevent the material
upon which the pictures are produced from slipping forwardly from the picture
carrying wheel. A standard is secured at the forward side of the casing at
bottom, the upper portion of which standard extends slightly within the dished
front of the picture-carrying wheel but so as not to interfere with the fingers
or spurs as the wheel revolves, the said standard serving to support the time
motor heretofore referred to. A time disc is secured upon the drive shaft of
the time motor which time disc is provided with a series of slots in its periphery
corresponding in number to the number of fingers or spurs on the picture carry-
ing wheel. Said time disc is also provided with a slot in longitudinal align-
ment with its periphery and axis, the slot being between two of the peripheral
slots. An upward extension is carried from the standard at the front thereof,
upon which extension near its upper end is fulcrumed the inner extremity of a
lever, the outer or front end of which is provided with a table inclined down-
wardly in opposite directions from the centre, the table being adapted to receive
a coin and the inclination being given to the table in order that the coin may
quickly leave it. A locking arm is secured to the lever, which may be termed
a trip lever since it is adapted to disengage the locking arm from the time
disc. The upper end of the locking arm is carried towards the time disc and in
the normal position of the latter is adapted to enter the slot in the disc.
movement of the locking arm towards the disc is limited by a spur on the
standard extension. A roller of non-conducting material is located at the lower
end of the locking arm which roller is adapted to have bearing against a face of
the contact plate which is capable of being engaged by a second and parallel
plate. Both of these plates are attached ordinarily to the bottom portion of the
casing. When the locking arm is released by the movement of the trip lever
from engagement with the time disc, the roller of the locking arm will bring
The

page_text: the two contact plates in engagement with each other and by proper electrical
connection will cause an illumination to take place in a casing located within
the picture carrying wheel and below and in alignment with the vision tube of
the stereoscopic lenses. The sides of the casing are preferably inclined in an
upward and outward direction and the top of the casing is covered by a trans-
lucent pane.
The casing contains an incandescent lamp and is connected with a
standard, which standard is usually adjustably secured to a bracket carried by
the rear or main bracket within the casing.
In addition to the driving motor and time motor, a third motor is employed
which is adapted to turn the cylinder of a musical box by any suitable means,
such for example a train of gearing forming a connection between a gear wheel
on the driving shaft of the motor and said cylinder. The train of gearing is
provided with the usual fan which is located within a bracket attached to the
casing of the musical box. The upper end of a spring-pressed arm is normally
in engagement with the fan, which prevents said fan from turning and the
cylinder from revolving. The arm is of angular formation, being attached at
the junction of its members to a bracket secured to the front of the casing
and the lower end of the arm is made to enter a loop pendent from a bar
attached to the trip lever. Thus when a coin engages with the table of the
trip lever the free end of the lever is carried downward and the locking arm is
carried out of engagement with the time disc permitting the time motor to
revolve and consequently the picture-carrying wheel, since the time motor con-
trols the driving motor as will be hereinafter described.
At the same time
that the arm is moved downwardly its upper end is carried out of engagement
with the fan of the musical box thus permitting the auxiliary motor to operate
the cylinder of the musical box and discourse music as the time wheel revolves.
As heretofore stated, when the locking arm disengages from the time disc the
two contact plates are brought in engagement and the light is turned on, to
After the picture
illuminate the pictures as the picture carrying wheel revolves.
carrying wheel has made one revolution the upper end of the locking arm will
enter the slot in the time dise and will prevent said disc from revolving, thus
stopping the time motor; and when this locking engagement between the time
disc and the arm occurs one of the fingers or spurs of the picture-carrying
wheel will be in engagement with the time dise at a point between two adja-
cent peripheral slots and the wheel will be prevented from moving and as said
wheel is secured to the driving shaft of said driving motor, the driving motor
cannot act. When a coin strikes the lever and the locking arm is thus discon-
nected from the time disc, the disc revolves, the locking arm engaging with its
outer face and the picture carrying wheel is held stationary until the time disc
has moved sufficiently to enable a finger or spur on the picture carrying wheel
to pass through the slot in the time disc. By this means a time movement is
given to the picture carrying wheel and a picture remains on view until
another peripheral slot in the time disc is placed in position to permit the
passage of another finger on the picture carrying wheel.
A coin-receiving slot is made in the inclined top portion of the casing and a
coin-conducting chute is attached to said casing immediately below said slot.
The chute inclines downwardly in direction of the table of the trip lever and
is provided with a guide formed by locating angular strips on the inner face
of the chute at the back portion thereof, which guide is adapted to receive a
coin of certain size and when a proper coin has been placed in the coin opening
the coin will travel down the guide in the chute and will strike the table of the
trip lever and drop into a coin receiving box below, thus setting the various
parts of the machine in motion; but in the event of the coin being smaller
than that which has been determined upon the coin will drop from the guide
and will strike the inclined surface at the bottom of the chute and will be
directed by a side extension to one side of the trip lever and received in the
bottom portion of the casing.

page_text: Within the bottom portion of the casing is located a series of batteries
coupled together in any suitable manner. Preferably at about the central por-
tion of the rear side of the casing two conducting plates are located, one of said
conducting plates being preferably provided with three binding screws and the
other plate with two binding screws.. A push button is located at the front
portion of the machine adjacent to the eye-piece, by operating which push
button the light can be turned on and the picture in line with the eye-
piece be exposed to view gratuitously. A wire is carried from one of the
binding, screws on one of the conducting plates to one pole of the batteries.
A second wire is carried from another of the binding screws to one of the two
contact plates before referred to, and a third wire is carried from the other
contact plate to one of the binding screws on the other conducting plate.
Another wire is carried from the same binding screw to a connection with the
filament of the lamp and another wire is carried from the lamp filament and is
returned to the other pole of the batteries.
The wiring between the push button and the lamp is so arranged that when
the push button is operated the circuit is through the batteries to the lamp
filament and again to the batteries. When the machine is operated by a coin
the circuit is through the contact plates and wires to the poles of the batteries.
The driving motor and time motor are both utilized to bring into operation
a device for distributing photographs or merchandize. This device is located
at the front of the casing facing the outer surface of the time disc of the time
motor. Preferably two independent magazines are employed for distributing
photographs or merchandize, placed any suitable distance apart and usually
parallel with each other. Each magazine consists of a casing secured to the
inner face of the case and each of the casings is provided with a bottom and is
adapted to receive a receptacle in which the merchandize or photographs are
placed one upon the other. The receptacles are ordinarily held in position in
their casings by engagement with springs extending from the upper ends of the
casings and guides carried by said springs. Each casing at its bottom front
portion is provided with an opening for the outward passage of the photographs
or merchandize and the openings in the bottoms of the casings communicate
with openings made in the bottom front portion of the case. The merchandize
when passed out from the receptacles falls into trays placed beneath the
openings in the bottoms of the casings. The receptacles are preferably pro-
vided at their lower ends with spring arms the bottoms of the receptacles being
open. These spring arms serve to hold the merchandize in the receptacles while
said receptacles are being filled and each receptacle at its lower end is prefer-
ably provided with outwardly flaring pins and when a receptacle is placed in
the casing the pins are made to enter openings in the bottom of the casing, thus
spreading the lower spring portion of the receptacle and permitting the mer-
chandize to drop downward to the bottom of the casing and to be expelled
readily therefrom.
A bracket is secured upon the bottom of the case about centrally between
the magazines for the merchandize or photographs upon which bracket are
pivoted the inner ends of two levers connected with springs attached to the front
wall of the case. These springs serve to normally hold the levers in longitu-
dinal alignment and transversely of the bottom of the case.
pivoted to each of the levers and each plunger is made to pass through a tubular
A plunger is
extension at the bottom of a casing and normally the plungers occupy such
position at the bottoms of the casings that the lowermost photograph or package
of merchandize rests directly upon a plunger. The plungers are provided with
suitable guides each provided at the inner end with an upwardly extending lug.
A post is secured upon the upper surface of each lever near the pivot and on
one post an arm is pivoted, while upon the other post an opposing arm is pivoted.
The arm is provided with a link made to enter an opening or slot in the
opposing arm so that when one of the arms is moved, motion will be likewise

page_text: imparted to the other arm. The opposing arm is so weighted at its inner end
as to practically balance the two arms and to hold the outer ends of the arms
either in an upper position which is the normal position, or in a lower position
which is their working position. A. table is provided preferably at the outer
end of each of the arms the rear faces of the said tables inclining from the top
downwardly and outwardly towards the front faces of the tables.
A push rod
is located adjacent to each of the magazines, extending through suitable open-
ings in the case. The inner ends of the push rods extend through openings in
the lugs of guide brackets and the inner end of each push rod is opposite the
outer straight face of a table carried by the arms. The push rods are provided
with coiled springs having engagement with the casings of the magazines and
the aforesaid lugs. These springs normally maintain the push rods out of
engagement with the aforesaid tables. Each push rod is provided with a flange
near its outer end to limit the inward movement of said 1ods. A standard is
secured to the bottom of the case opposite the space between the pivoted arms,
which standard carries a cross bar while forwardly extending horizontal pins are
secured to said cross har the pins occupying such position that when the levers
are forced inward, the inclined rear surfaces of the tables will be brought in
engagement with said pins. The time dise of the time motor is provided with
an inclined projection having one straight under face and an angular trip bar
is fulcrumed upon a post located at the rear of the standard and adjacent to
the time motor. This trip bar is provided with a weight near its upper end
and with a horizontal finger at its upper end which finger is held by said weight
in constant engagement with the time disc and a vertical finger is located at the
outer or lower end of the trip bar which extends downward in direction of the
upper face of the table and is adapted to engage with said table and force the
table downward from its upper or normal position to its lower position. When
the tables are in their upper position the push rods when carried inward will
pass beneath the said tables and will not act thereon; but when the tables are
in their lower positions and the push rod is carried inward, said push rod will
engage with a table and will force the same inward, carrying the free end of
one of the levers supporting the table in the same direction and the said lever
will draw the plunger of the magazine inward, permitting a package of mer-
chandize or a photograph to drop to the bottom of the magazine and when the
push bar is released from pressure the springs return the levers to their normal
position, and the plunger that had been drawn out also returns to its normal
position and in assuming such position forces the lowermost photograph or
package of merchandize out from the magazine into the tray. When the levers
are carried backward to withdraw a plunger from the magazine the inclined
rear face of the table acted upon by the push rod will ride up upon the pin
back of it. Thus that table will be restored to its upper or normal position,
carrying with it the opposing table, or table for the other magazine. The link
connection between the two table carrying arms permite either lever to be inde-
pendently operated and consequently the plunger connected with the lever
operated upon. When the motors are started by the introduction of a coin into
the machine, as soon as the time dise commences to revolve, the finger at the
upper end of the trip rod will ride up the inclined surface of the projection on
said time disc and thus depress the lower finger to such an extent that said
finger by engagement with a table will force both tables downward in the path
of the push rods.
It is intended that one magazine shall contain the photographs of men and
the other magazine photographs of women and that upon each photograph a
slight forecast of fortune will be indicated, the picture serving to represent the
future wife or the future husband of the person seeking information.
Dated this 25th doxe of til 1900.

page_text: A Coin Operated Machine for Exhibiting Pictures, Discoursing Music,
and Distributing Photographs or Merchandize.
I, JOHN HEISSENBERGER, of 703, East 146th Street, New York City, in the
County and State of New York, United States of America, Mechanical
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:
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The object of the invention is to provide an automatic machine adapted for
exhibiting illuminated pictures, and discoursing music during such exhibition,
and which is likewise adapted for distributing photographs or merchandize,
either during or after the exhibition of the pictures, all of the parts being con-
trolled by a common motor preferably set in motion through the medium of a
single coin. Another object of the invention is to provide co-acting motors
one adapted to rotate the picture carrier and the other to control the time that
the picture carrier shall revolve. A further object of the invention is to pro-
vide a music box and a means for revolving the cylinder thereof while the
picture carrier revolves and furthermore to provide a means for automatically
stopping the picture carrier and cylinder of the music box, and extinguishing
the light employed, the moment the first picture exhibited is again brought
before the lenses. Another object of the invention is to provide a means for
setting the picture or merchandise dispenser in position to deliver
chandise or photographs, about the moment that the picture-carrying wheel
commences to move. A further object of the invention is to so construct a
machine for exhibiting stereoscopic pictures, that but few parts are necessary
and those not liable to become disarranged or damaged under ordinary con-
ditions of usage, the machine being also simple, durable and economic, occupy-
ing but little space, and one which may be readily moved from place to place.
Furthermore, the construction of the machine is such that when a single coin
of proper denomination is introduced into the machine, the mechanism of the
machine will be set in motion to exhibit pictures, play a tune or tunes, and
distribute photographs or merchandise.
mer-
The invention consists in the novel construction and combination of the
several parts, as will be hereinafter fully set forth and pointed out in the claims.
Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this
specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding
parts in all the figures.
Figure 1 is a plan view of the casing of the machine, parts of the mechanism
being shown in dotted lines;
Figure 2 is a vertical section through the casing, the mechanism appearing
in front elevation;
Figure 3 is a horizontal section taken practically on the line 3-3 of
Figure 2;
Figure 4 is a vertical section through the entire machine, taken substantially
on the line 4 4 of Figure 2;
Figure 5 is an inner face view of the device for dispensing merchandise or
photographs, parts being broken away;' and
Figure 6 is a transverse section through a portion of said device and a sec-
tion through a portion of the time disk of the time motor, together with a side
elevation of the trip mechanism for the dispensing device operated by said disk.
A represents a casing which may be of any desired shape, but preferably

page_text: said casing is provided at the front with a descending slope 10 at the top, and
at said sloping portion 10 of the casing an eye piece 11 is located, provided
with stereoscopic lenses 12. Said eye piece is further provided with a vision
tube 13, said vision tube being divided at the centre by a partition 14 (Figure 4)
and the inner faces of the compartments of said vision tube are provided with
reflecting surfaces, these surfaces being usually formed through the medium of
mirrors.
A bracket 15 is secured to the base of the casing near one of its sides, and
said bracket, after extending upwardly, is curved in direction of the opposite
side of the casing, as illustrated in Figure 4. At the side of the casing in
direction of which the bracket is curved, a door 16 is located, as shown also in
Figure 4. Through the medium of said door access is obtained to the interior
of the casing, for the purpose of viewing the mechanism and for removing the
coin that has been introduced into the machine, since the device is
operated one.
a coin-
A driving motor B is supported by the upper curved portion of the bracket 15.
The motor B may be of any desired construction, but is preferably a spring motor.
A picture carrier C, in the form of a wheel, is secured upon the drive shaft 17
of the motor B. This picture-carrying wheel C is adapted to receive a number
of stereoscopic views D. produced upon transparent or translucent material, and
these views are held at the periphery of the wheel in a manner to be herein-
after described, and are adapted to be brought in registry with the vision tube
connected with the stereoscopic lenses.
The picture carrier or wheel C comprises two rims 18 placed at a suitable
distance apart, said rims being connected by cross bars 19, a hub 20 through
the medium of which the wheel is attached to the driving shaft of the motor B,
and spokes 21. The spokes are peculiarly arranged, inasmuch as the 'outer face
of the wheel is more or less dished in order to receive a controlling motor E to
be hereinafter described. The spokes 21 of the wheel are attached to the cross
bars 19 at what may be termed the front face of the wheel, and are carried a
certain distance horizontally; they are then carried inward in direction of the
axis of the wheel, and then horizontally to the said axis, as is clearly shown in
Figures 3 and 4. The outer horizontal surface of each spoke is provided with
a spur 22, extending in direction of the axis of the wheel or picture carrier,
and these spurs are preferably slightly curved at their inner ends. The spurs
may be formed integral with the spokes, or may be attached thereto, and at
the hub portion of the wheel or picture carrier C a plate or tongue 23 is formed,
extending in direction of the driving motor B, but preferably said tongue is
so attached to the hub that it will be in vertical alignment with one of the
spokes of the wheel. This tongue 23 is adapted to engage with a spur wheel 26
connected with a cyclometer 24, said cyclometer being supported by a bracket 25
attached to the main bracket 15. as shown best in Figure 3, the object being to
indicate by means of the cyclometer each full revolution of the picture carrying
wheel.
Each cross bar 19 is provided with two opposing plates 27, attached thereto
in any suitable or approved manner, said plates flaring in opposite directions
both above and below the cross bar to which they are attached, thereby forming
channels in which the transparent or translucent plates D upon which the
stereoscopic views are produced may be introduced. Thus each transparent or
translucent plate carrying views will enter the channels formed at opposing
cross bars, and will be prevented from dropping out from the wheel, being held
securely in position thereon. In order that the material upon which the pictures
are produced shall not slip laterally, stops 28 in the form of plates are secured
to what may be termed the rear rim of the wheel at alternate cross bars 19:
but at the front horizontal portion of each spoke a spring stop 27 (Figure 2)
is located, extending to the forward rim of said wheel, and these front stops

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serve to prevent the material upon which the pictures are produced from slip-
ping forwardly from the picture carrying wheel.
At what has been termed the forward side of the casing a standard 29 is
secured to the bottom of said casing, and the upper portion of this standard
extends slightly within the dished front of the picture-carrying wheel, but the
standard 29 is co constructed that it does not interfere with the
fingers or spurs 22
as the wheel revolves. The standard 29 is adapted
to support the time motor E heretofore referred to. A time disk 31
is secured upon
the drive shaft 30 of the time motor, and said time
disk 31 is provided with a series of slots 32 in its periphery (see Figure 4).
the number of said slots corresponding to the number of fingers or spurs 22 on
the picture carrying wheel. Said time disk is also provided with a radial slot
whose angular position is midway between two of the peripheral slots 32, as
shown.
An upward extension 34 (Figures 2 & 4) is carried from the standard 29
at the front of said standard, and upon said extension 34 near its upper end
the inner extremity of a lever 35 is fulcrumed. the outer or front end of said
lever being provided with a table 35 inclined downwardly in opposite direc-
tions from the centre. This table of the lever is adapted to receive a coin, and
the inclination is given to the table in order that the coin may quickly leave it.
A locking arm 36 (Figure 2) is secured to the lever 35 near the pivot end of
said lever, and said lever may be properly termed a trip lever, since it is adapted
to disengage the locking arm 36 from the time disk 31. The upper end 37 of
the locking arm 36 is carried toward the time disk, and in. the normal position
of said time disk is adapted to enter the slot 33 in the disk. The movement
of the locking arm toward the disk is limited by a spur 34" at the top of the
standard extension 34, as is shown in Figure 2.
A roller 38 of a non-conducting material, is located at the lower end of an
arm 36 also secured to lever 35 and projecting downward therefrom. This
roller is adapted to have bearing against a face of the contact plate 39, said
contact plate 39 being adapted to be engaged by a second and parallel plate 40.
Both of these plates are attached ordinarily to the bottom portion of the casing.
When the locking arm is released by the movement of the trip lever 35 from
engagement with the time disk 31, the roller 38 of the locking arm will bring
the two contact plates 39 and 40 in engagement with each other, and by proper
electrical connection will cause an illumination to take place in a casing F
stationarily located within the picture carrying wheel, and below and in align-
ment with the vision tube of the stereoscopic lenses. This casing F may be
given any desired shape; preferably, however, its sides 41 are inclined in an
upward and outward direction, and the top of the casing is covered by a trans-
lucent pane 42. The casing contains an incandescent lamp and is connected
with a standard 43, which standard is usually adjustably secured to a bracket 44
carried by the rear or main bracket 15 within the casing.
In addition to the driving motor B and time motor E a third motor G is
employed. This motor is shown as attached to the upper portion of the casing
at a point near the front, and the motor G is adapted to turn the cylinder 48
of a music box G¹ (Figure 4). Any suitable means may be employed for effect-
ing a driving connection between the motor and said cylinder of the music box.
As shown in the drawings, however, a gear 46 is secured to the driving shaft 45
of the auxiliary motor G, and by means of a train of gearing 47 a connection
is made between the gear 46 and said cylinder. The train of gearing connected
with the cylinder is provided with the usual fan 49, which is located within a
bracket 50, attached to the casing of the music box, as illustrated in Figure 4.
The upper end 51 of an arm 52 is normally in engagement with the fan of the
music box, and consequently prevents said fan from turning and the cylinder
from revolving. The arm 52 is shown as of angular formation, being attached
at the junction of its members to a bracket 53 secured to the front of the
casing, as shown in Figure 2, and the lower end of the arm 52 is made to enter

page_text: a loop 42ª pendent from a bar 41ª, attached to the trip lever 35, as also shown
in Figure 2. Thus when a coin engages with the table 35 of the trip lever 35,
the free end of the lever is carried downward, and the locking arm 36 is carried
out of engagement with the time disk 31, permitting the time motor to revolve
and consequently the picture-carrying wheel, since the time motor controls the
driving motor, as will be hereinafter described. At the same time the arm 52
is moved downwardly its upper end 51 is carried out of engagement with the
fan of the music box, permitting the auxiliary motor G to operate the cylinder
of the music box, and discourse music as the time wheel revolves.
As heretofore stated, when the locking arm 36 disengages from the time disk,
the two contact plates 39 and 40 are brought in engagement and the light is
turned on at the casing F, illuminating the pictures as the picture carrying
wheel revolves. After the picture-carrying wheel has made one revolution, the
upper end 37 of the locking arm 36 will enter the slot 33 in the time disk, and
will prevent said disk from revolving, thus stopping the time motor; and when
this locking engagement between the time disk and the arm 36 occurs, one of
the fingers or spurs 22 of the picture-carrying wheel will be in engagement
with the time disk at a point between two adjacent peripheral slots 32, and
the wheel will be prevented from moving, and as said wheel is secured to the
driving shaft of said driving motor, the driving motor can not act.
When a coin strikes the lever 35, and the locking arm is thus disconnected
from the time disk, the disk revolves, the locking arm engaging with its outer
face, and the picture-carrying wheel is held stationary until the time disk has
moved sufficiently to enable a finger or spur 22 on the picture-carrying wheel
to pass through the slot 32. By this means a time movement is given to the
picture carrying wheel, and a picture remains on view until another peripheral
slot in the time disk is placed in position to permit the passage of another
finger on the picture carrying wheel. A spring 54 serves to normally hold the
upper end of the arm 52 in contact with the fan of the music box, as shown in
Figure 2.
An opening 55 is made usually in the inclined top portion 10 of the casing,
and a coin-conducting chute 56 (Figure 4) is attached to said casing immediately
below said coin-receiving slot. This chute 56 is attached to the inner face of
the casing by means of a bracket 57. The chute inclines downwardly in direc-
tion of the table 35ª of the trip lever 35, and said chute is provided with a
guide 58, formed by locating angular strips 59 on the inner face of the chute
at the back portion thereof, and this guide is adapted to receive a coin of cer-
tain size, a nickel, for example, and when a proper coin has been placed in the
coin opening 55, the coin will travel down the guide in the chute and will
strike the table 35 of the trip lever 35, thus setting the various parts of the
machine in motion; but in the event of the coin being smaller than that which
has been determined upon, the coin will drop from the guide and will strike
the inclined surface 59 at the bottom of the chute, and will be directed to the
side extension 60, the spurious coin being thus directed by said extension to
one side of the trip lever 35 and received in the bottom portion of the casing.
In dotted lines in Figure 3, I have illustrated a coin-receiving box 61, that
is located below the table 35 of the trip lever, into which box the coins will
fall after leaving said table of said trip lever.
A series of batteries H is suitably located within the bottom portion of the
casing. These batteries are coupled together in any suitable or approved manner.
Preferably at about the central portion of the rear side of the casing two con-
ducting plates 62 (Figure 2) are located. One of said conducting plates is pre-
ferably provided with three binding screws 63, 64 and 65, the other plate being
provided with two binding screws 66 and 67, as shown. A push button 68 is
located at the front portion of the machine adjacent to the eye piece, it being
intended that by operating the push button the light can be turned on, and
the picture in line with the eye piece be exposed to view gratuitously. A

page_text: wire 69 is carried from the binding screw. 64 to one pole of the batteries.. .A
second wire 70 is carried from the binding post 65 to a connection with the
_ contact plate 40, and a third wire 71. is carried from the contact plate 39 .to an
engagement with the binding screw 67, as shown in Figure 2. Another wire. 72
is carried from the same binding screw to a connection with the filament of
the lamp. Another wire 73 is carried from the lamp. filament and is returned
to the other pole of the batteries.
The wiring between the push button and the lamp is as follows:
One wire 74 is carried from said button to the binding screw 63 and a second
wire 75 is carried from the push button to the binding screw .66. Thus. it will
be observed that, when the push button is operated, the circuit is through the
wire 74 and the wire 69 to the batteries, and through the wire. 75. and the
wire 72 to the lamp filament, and, through the wire 73 again to the batteries.
When the machine is operated by a coin, the circuit is through the contact
plates 39 and 40, and the wires 70 and 71, 72, 73 and 69 to..the poles.of.the
batteries.
د.
The driving motor and time motor are both utilized to bring into operation
a device for distributing photographs or merchandise. This device is illus-
trated somewhat in detail in Figures 5 and 6, and is located at the front of the
casing A facing the outer surface of the time disk of the time motor E... Pre-
ferably two independent magazines are employed for distributing photographs
or, merchandise, they being placed any suitable distance apart and usually
parallel with each other, as shown, in Figure..5. Each magazine consists of a
casing 76 secured to the inner face of the case A in any suitable or approved
manner, and each of the casings 76 is provided with a bottom 77, and is adapted
to receive the lower part of a receptacle 78 in which the merchandise or. photo-
graphs are placed, one upon the other, as shown in Figure 6. The upper parts
of the receptacles 78 are held in position in their casings by engagement with
guides 80 carried by springs 79, extending from the upper. ends of the casings.
Each casing at its bottom front portion is provided with an opening 81 for the
outward passage of the photographs or merchandise, and the said openings. 81
in the bottoms of the casings 76 communicate with openings 82 made in
the bottom front portion of the case A of the machine, as illustrated in Figure 6.
The merchandise when passed out from the receptacles 78 falls into trays 83
placed beneath the openings 81 in the bottoms of the casings. The bottoms
of the receptacles 78 are open and provided with downwardly extending spring
arms 84, which serve to hold the merchandise in the receptacles while said
receptacles are being filled. Each spring arm has attached to its lower end an
outwardly flaring pin 85, and when a receptacle is placed in the casing the
pins 85 are made to enter openings 86 in the bottom of the casing, as shown
in Figure 5, thus spreading the lower spring portion of the receptacle and per-
mitting the merchandise to drop downward to the bottom of the casing and to
be expelled readily therefrom.
A bracket 87 is secured upon the bottom of the case A about centrally between
the magazines for the merchandise or photographs, as shown in Figure 5, and
the inner ends of two levers 88 and 89 are pivoted upon the bracket 87, as is
likewise shown in Figure 5. The outer ends of the levers 88 and 89 are con-
nected with springs 90, the springs being attached to the front wall of the
case A, as shown in Figure 2. These springs serve to normally hold the levers
in longitudinal alignment and transversely of the bottom of the case.
A plunger 91 is pivoted to each of the levers 88 and 89, and each plunger is
made to pass through a tubular extension at the bottom of casing 76, and nor-
mally the plungers occupy such position at the bottoms of the casings that the
lowermost photograph or package of merchandise rests directly upon a plunger.
These plungers 91 are provided with suitable guides 92, and at the inner end
of each of the guides an upwardly extending lug 92 is provided. A post 93
is secured upon the upper surface of each lever 88 and 89 near the pivot of

page_text: said lever, and on one post 93 an arm 94 is pivoted, while upon the other post
an opposing arm 95 is pivoted. The arm 94 is provided with a link 96, and this
link is made to enter an opening or slot 97 in the arm 95, as shown in Figures 3
and 5, so that when one of the arms is moved motion will be likewise imparted
to the other arm. The arm 95 is so weighted at its inner end as to practically
balance the two arms, and to hold the outer ends of the arms either in an upper
position, which is the normal position, or in a lower position, which is their
working position. A table 98 is constructed preferably at the outer end of each
of the arms 94 and 95, and the rear faces of the said tables incline from the top
downwardly and outwardly toward the front faces of the tables, as is shown in
Figure 6.
A push rod 99 is located adjacent to each of the magazines, said push rods
extending through suitable openings in the case A of the machine. The inner
ends of the push rods extend through openings in the lugs 92ª of the guide
brackets 92, as shown in Figures and 6, and the inner end of each push rod 99
is opposite the outer straight face of a table 98 carried by the arms 94 and 95.
The push rods are provided with springs 100 coiled around them, having engage-
ment with the casings of the magazines and the aforesaid lugs 92*. These
springs 100 normally maintain the push rods out of engagement with the afore-
said fables 98. Each push rod is provided with a flange 99ª near its outer end.
said flanges serving to limit the inward movement of said rods. A standard 101
is secured to the bottom of the case A opposite the space between the pivoted
arms 94 and 95, and the standard carries a cross bar 102, while forwardly extend-
ing horizontal pins 103 are secured to said cross bar, the pins occupying such
position that when the levers 88 and 89 are forced inward, the inclined rear
surfaces of the tables 98 will be brought in engagement with said pins, as shown
in dotted lines in Figure 6.
The time disk 31 of the time motor E is provided with an inclined projec-
tion 104, having one straight under face, and an angular trip bar 105 is ful-
crumed upon a post 106 located at the rear of the standard 101 and adjacent
to the time motor E. This trip bar 105 is provided with a weight 107 near
its upper end and with a horizontal finger 108 at its upper end, which finger is
held by said weight 107 in constant engagement with the time disk 31, and a
vertical finger 109 is located at the outer or lower end of the trip bar 105,
which finger extends downward in direction of the upper face of the table 98
and is adapted to engage with said table and force the table downward from
its upper or normal position to its lower position by the inclined projection 104
acting on the finger 108 of the trip bar 105 when the time disc 105 is turned as
hereafter described. When the tables 98 are in their upper position the push
rods 99 when carried inward will pass beneath the said tables and will not act
thereon but when the tables are in their lower positions and the push rod is
carried inward, said push rod will engage with a table and will force the same
inward, carrying the free end of one of the levers supporting the table in the
same direction, and the said lever will draw the plunger of the magazine inward.
permitting a package of merchandise or a photograph to drop to the bottom of
the magazine, and when the push bar is released from pressure the springs 90
return the levers 88 and 89 to their normal position, and the plunger 91 that
had been drawn out also returns to its normal position, and in assuming such
position forces the lowermost photograph or package of merchandise out from
the magazine into the tray 83. When one or other of the levers SS or 89 is
pushed backward by the push rod 99 and a plunger is withdrawn from the
magazine, the inclined rear face of the table acted upon by the push rod will ride
up upon the pin 103 back of it. Thus that table will be restored to its upper
or normal position, carrying with it the opposing table, or table for the other
magazine. The link connection between the two table-carrying arms 94 and 95
permits either lever 88 or 89 to be independently operated, and consequently
the plunger connected with the lever operated upon.

page_text: When the motors are started by the introduction of a coin into the machine,
as soon as the time disk commences to revolve, the finger 108 at the upper end
of the trip rod 105 will ride up the inclined surface of the projection 104 on
said time disk and thus depress the lower finger 109 to such an extent that said
finger 109 by engagement with a table 98 will force both tables downward in
the path of the push rods 99.
It is intended that one magazine shall contain the photographs of men and
the other magazine photographs of women, and that upon each photograph a
slight forecast of fortune will be indicated, the picture serving to represent the
future wife or the future husband of the person seeking information.
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. A coin operated machine for exhibiting pictures, discoursing music and
distributing photographs or merchandize, constructed substantially as herein
shown and described.
2. In a machine of the kind specified a picture-exhibiting mechanism, a
musical instrument, and a photograph or merchandise dispensing mechanism,
all arranged for co-operation, substantially as described.
3. In a machine of the kind specified the combination, with a picture-
exhibiting mechanism, a musical instrument, and a photograph or merchandise
dispensing mechanism, of a driving and a time motor, and devices controlled
by the motors for operating the picture-exhibiting mechanism, the musical
instrument and the merchandise dispensing mechanism.
4. In a machine of the kind specified the combination, with a picture-
exhibiting mechanism, a musical instrument, and a photograph or merchandise
dispensing mechanism, of a coin-controlled motor, a driving connection between
the picture-exhibiting mechanism, the musical instrument and said motor, and
a setting connection between the motor and photograph and merchandise dis-
pensing mechanism, whereby all of the exhibiting and dispensing devices and
mechanisms, together with the motor, are brought into action through the
instrumentality of a single coin.
5. In a picture-exhibiting machine, a picture carrier mounted to rotate, a
musical instrument, a driving motor for the picture carrier, and a time motor
arranged to control the driving motor and the operating of the said musical
instrument, as set forth.
6. In a picture-exhibiting machine, a picture carrying wheel mounted to
rotate, a driving motor for said wheel, a time motor adapted to regulate the
movement of said wheel and control the driving motor, a registering device
operated by said picture-carrying wheel, and a musical device operated from
the time motor, for the purpose set forth.
7. In a picture-exhibiting machine, the combination, with stereoscopic lenses,
of a picture-exhibiting wheel, and means for driving and timing the movement
of said wheel, the wheel being provided with clamps arranged to receive stereo-
scopic views, an electric light located within the wheel opposite the stereoscopic
lenses, and adapted to register with the views brought within the focus of said
lenses, and means. substantially as shown and described, for controlling the
light by the controlling mechanism of the wheel, as set forth.
8. In a picture-exhibiting machine, stereoscopic lenses, a wheel mounted to
rotate and arranged to receive stereoscopic views, an illuminating device for
the views carried by the wheel, and a time motor arranged to control the move-
ment of the wheel and the driving motor. for the purpose set forth.
9. In a picture-exhibiting machine, a driving motor, a wheel carried by the
driving motor, clamps carried by the wheel, adapted to receive stereoscopic
views, stops likewise carried by the wheel, preventing end movement of said

page_text: views, an illuminating device, and a time motor operated in conjunction with
the driving motor, said time motor being adapted to control the movement of
the driving motor and wheel, as described.
10. In a picture-exhibiting machine, the combination, with a driving motor,
a picture-exhibiting wheel driven from said motor, and a recording device
operated by the movement of said wheel, of a time motor arranged to control
the movement of the driving motor and the movement of the picture-exhibiting
wheel, a trip lever, a stop carried by the trip lever, adapted to start and to stop
the movement of the time motor, and an electric illuminating device, the circuit
for the light being opened and closed by the movement of said trip lever, as
described.
11. In a picture-exhibiting machine, the combination, with a driving motor,
a picture-exhibiting wheel connected with the driving motor, said picture-
exhibiting wheel being provided with a series of fingers, and a musical device
independent of the picture-exhibiting wheel, of a time motor provided with a
disk having slots adapted to receive the fingers of the picture-exhibiting wheel
and having an opening in its body between the slots, a trip lever, a locking arm
carried by the trip lever, normally adapted to enter the body of said disk, and
a brake for the fan of the musical device, which brake is operated by the move-
ment of the trip lever, as set forth.
12. In a picture-exhibiting machine, the combination, with a picture-carry-
ing wheel, a driving motor for said wheel, a musical device provided with a fan,
the wheel being provided with fingers projected from its periphery, and clamps
and stops adapted to support pictures, of a time motor provided with a disk
having peripheral slots adapted to receive the fingers of the picture-exhibiting
wheel, a trip lever, a locking arm carried by the trip lever, adapted to enter an
opening in the body of said disk, a locking device for the fan of the musical
instrument, said locking device being operated by the movement of said trip
lever, an electrically operated illuminating device, and means for opening and
closing the electric circuit for the illuminating device through the movement of
said trip lever, as set forth.
13. In a picture-exhibiting machine, the combination with stereoscopic lenses,
a driving motor, a picture-exhibiting wheel driven by said motor, said wheel
being provided with fingers projected from its periphery, clamps adapted to
receive the edges of the pictures, and stops arranged to limit the end movement
of the pictures in the wheel, of a time motor controlling the movement of the
driving motor and picture-exhibiting wheel, the time motor being provided
with a disk driven thereby and having peripheral slots therein and also an open-
ing in its body between two adjacent slots, a trip lever, a locking arm carried
by the trip lever and arranged normally to enter the opening in the body of
said disk, an electric light, and means, substantially as shown and described, for
opening and closing the circuit for said electric light by the movement of the
trip lever, as specified.
14. In a picture-exhibiting machine, the combination, with stereoscopic lenses,
a driving motor, a, picture-exhibiting wheel driven by said motor, said wheel
being provided with fingers projected from its periphery, clamps adapted to
receive the edges of the pictures, and stops arranged to limit the end movement
of the pictures on the wheel, of a time inotor controlling the movement of the
driving motor and picture-exhibiting wheel, the time motor being provided
with a disk driven thereby, having peripheral slots therein and an opening in
its body between two adjacent slots, a trip lever, a locking arm carried by the
trip lever and arranged normally to enter the opening in the body of said
disk, an electric light, and means, substantially as shown and described, for
opening and closing the circuit for said electric light by the movement of the
trip lever, a musical device, a brake for the musical device, and a connection
between said brake and said trip lever, as set forth.

page_text: 15. In a picture-exhibiting machine, the combination, with stereoscopic lenses,
of a picture-exhibiting wheel, and means for driving and timing the movement
of said wheel, said wheel being provided with clamps arranged to receive stereo-
scopic views, an electric light located within the wheel opposite the stereoscopic
lenses, and adapted to register with views brought within the focus of said
lenses, means, substantially as shown and described, for controlling the light
by the controlling mechanism of the wheel, a musical device, and a brake for
said musical device, controlled by the operating mechanism for said wheel, as
described.
16. In a picture-exhibiting machine, a chute adapted to receive coin, said
chute being provided with interior guides at one of its longitudinal faces, an
inclined bottom, and a projection from said bottom extending beyond the hori-
zontal plane of said guides, as described.
17. In a picture-exhibiting machine, the combination, with a driving motor,
a picture-exhibiting wheel driven by said motor, and a registering device
operated by the movement of said wheel, of a time motor controlling the move-
ment of the driving motor and the wheel, a trip lever provided with a table, a
locking device for the time motor carried by the trip lever, and a chute located
over the table of the trip lever, said chute being provided with longitudinal
guide-ways and a chamber in communication with said guide-ways, an inclined
bottom and a deflecting lower extension, as set forth.
18. In a picture-exhibiting machine, the combination, with a driving motor,
a picture-exhibiting wheel operated by said driving motor, said picture-
exhibiting wheel being arranged to carry stereoscopic views, stereoscopic lenses
located adjacent to the periphery or picture-carrying surface of the wheel, and
means for illuminating the pictures carried by said wheel, of a time motor
arranged to control the movement of the wheel and likewise that of the driving
motor, a musical device, a brake for the musical device, a trip lever, a locking
device carried by the trip lever and adapted to control the movement of the time
motor, and means, substantially as shown and described, for controlling the
musical device and the illuminating device by the movement of said trip lever,
as described.
19. In a photograph or merchandise distributing device, a magazine, a plunger
adapted to expel material from the magazine, a tension-controlled lever pivoted
to said plunger, and an arm pivoted upon said lever, provided with a table at
one end having an inclined rear surface, of a pin located opposite the inclined
surface of said table, and a push rod adapted for engagement with the said
table at a point opposite its inclined surface, as described.
20. In a photograph or merchandise dispensing machine, the combination,
with independent magazines, independent and horizontally aligned spring-con-
trolled levers, a plunger for each magazine, one of said plungers being pivotally
attached to each of said levers, an arm fulcrumed upon each of the levers, each
arm terminating in a table at one end, said tables being provided with a straight
front and an inclined rear surface, and a link connection between the two table-
carrying arms, of pins located at the rear of and opposite the inclined faces of
the tables, and spring-controlled push rods arranged for engagement with the
straight surfaces of said tables, for the purpose described. .
21. The combination, with a merchandise or photograph dispensing device,
consisting of a magazine, a spring-controlled lever adjacent to the magazine; a
plunger pivoted upon said lever, adapted to enter the magazine, an arm pivoted
on the lever, provided with a table having a straight front and an inclined rear
surface, a push bar adapted for engagement with the front surface of the table,
and a stop located opposite the inclined surface of the table, of a motor, means
for starting and stopping the motor, a disk operated by said motor, said disk
being provided with an inclined projection, and a pivoted trip arm weighted at
one end and provided at its weighted end with a finger arranged for engage-
ment with the disk and adapted for engagement with the inclined surface of

page_text: said disk, the opposite end of said trip arm being provided with a finger adapted
for engagement with the upper surface of a table of the dispensing device, for
the purpose set forth.
Dated this 24th day of January 1900.
A. M. & WM. CLARK,
Chartered Patent Agents, 53, Chancery Lane, London.