Improvements in Coin Operating or Automatic Delivery Machines.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 24th Apr., 1890
Complete Specification Left, 26th Jan., 1891-Accepted, 7th Mar., 1891
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Coin Operating or Automatic Delivery Machines.
I, CORNELIS FREDERIK ALEXANDER RÖELL, of the Lyric Club, Leicester
Square, in the County of Middlesex, a Jonkheer of the Kingdom of Holland, do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
My invention relates to improvements in coin operating or automatic delivery
machines and has for its object to prevent the fraudulent abstraction of goods from
the machine.
For this purpose! conduct the coin by means of a shoot into an opening in a
sizing frame and which opening is tapered or contracted at its ends in such a manner
that it will retain a coin of the predetermined thickness and diameter but will
permit a coin of less thickness or diameter to pass freely through whence it will be
conducted by an inclined guide to the exterior of the machine.
The sizing frame is formed in two parts the outer one of which is mounted with
capability of slight movement upon one end of a spindle mounted with capability of
endway movement in bearings and whose other end passes through the case of the
machine and is provided with a press button or knob the parts being retained in
their normal position by means of a spring whilst the other part of the sizing frame
is fixed upon a spindle also mounted with capability of endway movement in bearings
and acted upon by a spring to keep the inner part of the frame normally in contact
with the outer part of the frame in position to intercept a coin of predetermined
size.
The outer part of the sizing frame is so mounted upon its spindle that upon the
spindle being pressed inwards to operate the machine as hereinafter more fully
described the spindle will have a slight traverse independently of the sizing frame
and thus if a disc of soft metal be fraudulently introduced into the machine the end
of the outer spindle will impinge upon the centre thereof and as the disc is only
supported at its edges by the inner part of the frame it will be more or less bent
before the resistance offered by the spring of the inner spindle is overcome; there-
fore as it is necessary in order to operate the machine that the inner part of the
frame should travel inwards a given distance it follows that a disc of soft metal will
not operate the machine.
Upon the return journey or outward traverse of the two parts of the sizing frame
with the bent disc held between them the inner part of the frame will near to its
normal position be arrested by an outer detent allowing the outer part of the sizing
frame to continue its traverse and the two parts becoming thus separated the
bent disc will be allowed to fall upon the inclined guide hereinbefore described by
which it will be conducted to the outside of the machine and the detent is then with-
drawn by a moving part of the machine permitting the inner part of the sizing
frame to resume its normal position.
If a proper coin be inserted in the machine it will be carried by the inward
traverse of the sizing frame over a shoot or guide of a weighing device at which
point the inner frame will be held by an inner detent whilst the outer part of the
sizing frame returns to its normal position thus releasing the coin and permitting it
to fall through the shoot or guide to the weighing device after which the detent is
withdrawn by the outward movement of the slide or pull with which it is connected
by any suitable device.
The coin is guided by the shoot or guide into a pocket upon the upper surface of
a horizontal weighing table which is supported upon a vertical upper rack rod by
means of a hinge joint in such manner that it is capable of being tilted as hereinafter
lescribed in order to discharge the coin into the money compartment.

page_text: The upper rack rod is provided upon one side thereof with a toothed rack which
engages a toothed wheel mounted upon a shaft or axis of motion and by the weight
of the coin upon the weighing table gives rotary motion thereto whilst upon its
other side the rack rod is provided with ratchet teeth which engage a pawl so that
the rack rod will be held at the lowest point of its depression until the pawl is
withdrawn as hereinafter described and thus any oscillation of the parts is
prevented.
Upon the shaft or axis of the toothed wheel is fixed a pinion which engages a
rack formed upon a lower rack rod which at its lower end is pinjointed to a latch
or bolt which normally locks the delivery drawer or pull and prevents the abstraction
of goods from the machine so that as the weighing table is depressed and rotary
motion is given to the toothed wheel the pinion will through the rack rod engaging
therewith disengage the latch or bolt from the delivery drawer or pull and permit
the machine to be operated.
The locking latch or bolt is mounted with capability of rocking or oscillating
upon an axis of motion and is at one end weighted to counterbalance the rack rods
and weighing table and it is at each end formed to engage a tooth or projection
upon the drawer or pull so that unless it be raised to and not beyond a horizontal
or approximately horizontal position one or other end thereof will engage the drawer
or pull and prevent the operation of the machine and it therefore follows that the
machine can only be freed by a coin of a given weight.
Upon the pull being moved forward in order to obtain the goods it comes against
a lever and through suitable connections knocks over the weighing table and
discharges the coin into the money drawer whilst at the same time it withdraws the
pawl from the upper rack rod thus permitting the weighing table and locking latch
or bolt to return to their norinal positions.
The pull or handle for giving motion to the drawer is normally held in its retracted
position by means of a spring and is capable of a certain degree of outward move-
ment without giving motion to the drawer so that in the event of a light coin or
disc being introduced into the machine and failing to disengage the locking latch or
bolt from the drawer and the pull being moved forward it will knock over the
weighing table and discharge the coin or disc into the money compartment.
A. knife or cutter may be arranged in connection with the sizing frame in order
to prevent the machine being defrauded by means of a coin suspended by a cord
or wire.
Dated this 24th day of April 1890.
WHITE & WOODINGTON,
27, Southampton Buildings, London, Agents for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Coin Operating or Automatic Delivery Machines.
I, CORNELIS FREDERIK ALEXANDER ROELL, of the Lyric Club, Leicester
Square, in the County of Middlesex, a Jonkheer of the Kingdom of Holland, 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 :-
My invention relates to improvements in coin operating or automatic delivery
machines and has for its object to prevent the fraudulent abstraction of goods from
the machine.
For this purpose I conduct the coin by means of a shoot into an opening in a
sizing frame and which opening is tapered or contracted at its ends in such a
manner that it will retain a coin of the predetermined thickness and diameter but
will permit a coin of less thickness or diameter to pass freely through whence it will
be conducted by an inclined guide to the exterior of the machine.
The sizing frame is formed in two parts the outer one of which is fitted with

page_text: capability of slight movement upon one end of a spindle whose other end passes
through the case of the machine and is provided with a press button or knob the
parts being retained in their normal position by means of a spring whilst the other
part of the sizing frame is also mounted with capability of endway movement and
acted upon by a spring to keep the inner part of the frame normally in contact with
the outer part of the frame in position to intercept a coin of predetermined size.
The outer part of the sizing frame is so fitted upon its spindle that upon the
spindle being pressed inwards to operate the machine as hereinafter more fully
described the spindle will have a slight traverse independently of the sizing frame
and thus if a disc of soft metal be fraudulently introduced into the machine the end
of the spindle will impinge upon the centre thereof and as the disc is only supported
at its edges by the inner part of the frame it will be more or less bent before the
resistance offered by the springs of the inner part is overcome; therefore as it is
necessary in order to operate the machine that the inner part of the frame should
travel inwards a given distance it follows that a disc of soft metal will not operate
the machine.
Upon the return journey or outward traverse of the two parts of the sizing frame
with the bent disc held between them the inner part of the frame will near to its
normal position be arrested by an outer detent allowing the outer part of the sizing
frame to continue its traverse and the two parts becoming thus separated the bent
disc will be allowed to fall upon the inclined guide hereinbefore described by which
it will be conducted to the outside of the machine and the detent is then withdrawn
by a moving part of the machine permitting the inner part of the sizing frame to
resume its normal position.
If a proper coin be inserted in the machine it will be carried by the inward
traverse of the sizing frame over a shoot or guide of a weighing device at which
point the inner frame will be held by an inner detent whilst the outer part of the
sizing frame returns to its normal position thus releasing the coin and permitting it
to fall through the shoot or guide to the weighing device after which the detent is
withdrawn by the outward movement of the slide or pull with which it is connected
by any suitable device.
The coin is guided by the shoot or guide into a pocket upon the upper surface of
a horizontal weighing table which is supported upon a vertical upper rack rod by
means of a hinge joint in such manner that it is capable of being tilted as herein-
after described in order to discharge the coin into the money compartment.
The upper rack rod is provided upon one side thereof with a toothed rack which
engages a toothed wheel mounted upon a shaft or axis of motion and by the weight
of the coin upon the weighing table gives rotary motion thereto whilst upon its
other side the rack rod is provided with ratchet teeth which engage a pawl so that
the rack rod will be held at the lowest point of its depression until the pawl is
withdrawn as hereinafter described and thus any oscillation of the parts is
prevented.
Upon the shaft or axis of the toothed wheel is fixed a pinion which engages a
rack formed upon a lower rack rod which at its lower end is pin jointed to a latch
or bolt which normally locks the delivery drawer or pull and prevents the
abstraction of goods from the machine so that as the weighing table is depressed
and rotary motion is given to the toothed wheel the pinion will through the rack
rod engaging therewith disengage the latch or bolt from the delivery drawer or
pull and permit the machine to be operated.
The locking latch or bolt is mounted with capability of rocking or oscillating
upon an axis of motion and is at one end weighted to counterbalance the rack rods
and weighing table and it is at each end formed to engage a.tooth or projection
upon the drawer or pull so that unless it be raised to and not beyond a horizontal
or approximately horizontal position one or other end thereof will engage the
drawer or pull and prevent the operation of the machine and it therefore follows
that the machine can only be freed by a coin of a given weight.
Upon the pull being moved forward in order to obtain the goods it comes against

page_text: to prevent the machine being defrauded by means of a coin suspended by a cord
or wire.
And in order that the said invention may be more clearly understood and readily
carried into effect I will proceed aided by the accompanying drawings more fully to
describe the same.
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS.
Figure 1 is a vertical longitudinal section taken on the line 1-1 of Figure 2
representing a machine constructed according to my invention.
Figure 2 is a vertical transverse section thereof taken on the line 2-2 of
Figure 1.
Figure 3 is a vertical longitudinal section thereof taken on the line 3-3 of
Figure 2.
Figure 4 is a front elevation thereof.
Figure 5 is a horizontal section taken on the line 4-4 of Figure 1.
Figure 6 is a horizontal section taken on the line 5-5 of Figure 1.
Figure 7 is a horizontal section taken on the line 6-6 of Figure 1.
Figure 8 represents a portion of Figure 1 drawn to an enlarged scale.
Figure 9 is a side view of the sizing device and co-acting parts separately.
Figure 10 is an end view thereof.
Figure 11 is a plan thereof..
Figure 12 is a vertical longitudinal section thereof taken on the line 7-7 of
Figure 11 and showing the two parts of the sizing frame separated for the sake
of clearness and
Figure 13 is an elevation of the inner face of one of such parts.
In the several figures of the drawings like parts are indicated by similar letters
of reference.
a represents the case of the machine which may conveniently be formed of
malleable cast iron, a represents the usual money slot into which a coin is to be
inserted by an intending purchaser and 6 represents a money shoot located at the
back of the slot a' and adapted to receive and convey the coin into the opening c²
of the sizing.frame c c.
The opening of the sizing frame c c¹ is tapered or contracted at its ends e³ in
such manner that it will retain a coin of the predetermined thickness and diameter
but will permit a coin of less thickness or diameter to pass freely through whence
it will be conducted by an inclined guide and slot a² to the exterior of the
machine.
The sizing frame is formed in two parts ce provided with bosses et mounted with
capability of sliding endwise upon fixed guide rods which traverse the machine
from front to back and the outer part c' of the sizing frame is fitted with capability
of slight endway movement limited by collars or stops c c in relation to one end
of a spindle e which passes through a bearing a to the outside of the machine
where it is protected by a shield a and is provided with a press button or knob
by means of which it may be operated whilst a spring c is employed to return the
spindle and the part of the sizing frame to their normal positions.

page_text: The inner part of the sizing frame is by means of strong springs c kept
normally in contact with the outer part thereof in position to intercept a coin of
the predetermined size whilst by reason of the manner in which the outer part of the
frame is fitted upon the spindle the latter will upon being pressed inwards to
operate the machine as hereinafter more fully described (in the absence of a rigid
disc or coin) have a slight traverse independently of the sizing frame and thus if a
disc of soft metal be fraudulently introduced into the machine the end of the
spindle which is shaped to a blunt point will impinge upon the centre thereof
and as the disc during such pressure is only supported at its edges by the inner
part of the frame it will be more or less bent before the resistance offered by the
springs of the inner part c is overcome; therefore as it is necessary in order to
operate the machine, as hereinafter more fully explained, that the inner part e of
the frame should travel inwards a given distance it follows that a disc of soft metal
will not operate the machine.
Upon the return journey or outward traverse of the two parts c c of the sizing
frame with the bent disc held between them the inner part c of the frame will near
to its normal position be momentarily arrested by an outer detent d which is by
means of a spring d' pressed upwards into position to engage the same, as shown
more particularly by the dotted lines in Figure 8, thus allowing the outer part el
of the sizing frame to continue its outward traverse and the two parts becoming
thus separated the bent disc will be released and allowed to fall upon the inclined
guide hereinbefore described by which it will be conducted to the outside of the
machine and the detent d will then be withdrawn by the outer part of the sizing
frame in its continued outward motion acting upon the inclined face thereof thus
permitting the inner part of the sizing frame to resume its normal position in
contact with the outer part e thereof.
If a proper and rigid coin be inserted in the machine it will be carried by the
full inward traverse of the sizing frame over a shoot or guide of a weighing.
device at which point the inner part e of the sizing frame will be held by an inner
detent e pressed upwards by a spring e whilst the outer part of the sizing frame
returns to its normal position thus releasing the coin and permitting it to fall
through the shoot or guide which is supported by the inclined guide to a
weighing device hereinafter more fully described after which the detent e will be
withdrawn by a vertical arm 3 mounted upon a bar e connecting the inner ends
of a double fever e and formed with a horizontal projection or flange e' overlapping
the detent e and which lever e² is mounted upon centres of motion and is at its
outer end connected by a bar ** and acted upon by the upper end of a vertical
bar which upon the outward movement of the slide or pull which it is
necessary to operate in order to obtain the goods will be raised as hereinafter more
fully described and thus through the double lever e² withdraw the detent e and
permit the inner part of the sizing frame to resume its normal position in
readiness for the next operation.
The coin is guided by the shoot or guide into a pocket y' upon the upper side.
of a horizontal weighing table which is supported by means of a hinge joint or
centre of motion 2 upon the upper end of a vertical upper rack rod g in such
manner that it is capable of being tilted or turned upon its centre of motion y² as
hereinafter described in order to discharge the coin. into the money compartment,
whilst the weighing table g is normally retained in a horizontal position by means
of a spring g at one end attached to an eye or offset from the table g located
beneath the centre of motion y and at the other end attached to an eye or stud g³
upon the rack rod g³.
*.
The upper rack rod is guided in its movements by means of headed pins
passing through a long slot a formed in a bracket a and is provided upon one
side or edge thereof with a toothed rack g' which engages a toothed wheel h
mounted upon a shaft or axis of motion carried by brackets a from the case a
and by the weight of the coin & upon the weighing table g the rack g' gives.

page_text: rotary motion to the wheel whilst upon its other side or edge the rack rod g³ is
provided with ratchet teeth which engage a pawl mounted upon an axis of
motion carried by the bracket and normally held by its counterweighted arm
in position to be engaged by the rack 98 as shown by the dotted lines in Figures 1
and 8 so that the rack rod will be held at the lowest point to which it is
depressed by the weight of the coin & upon the weighing table g until the pawl is
withdrawn as hereinafter described and thus any oscillation of the parts is pre-
vented and the movements of the parts are so calculated that the deadweight of the
coin plus the impact of its fall from the sizing frame upon the weighing table gives
the required depression to the rack rod g³.
Upon the shaft or axis of the toothed wheel is fixed a pinion ² which
engages a rack j formed upon a lower rack rod j which is kept up to its work by a
guide bar carried by the brackets as and which rack rod j is at its lower end pin
jointed to the inner end of a latch or bolt which latter is at that end formed with
a tooth which normally engages one of several ratchet teeth formed upon that
part of the delivery drawer or pull thus locking the delivery drawer or
pull and preventing the abstraction of goods from the machine so that as the
weighing table is depressed and rotary motion is given to the toothed wheel h¹
the pinion will through the lower rack rod engaging therewith disengage the
tooth of the latch or bolt from the delivery drawer or pull 11 and permit the
machine to be operated.
g
The locking latch or bolt k is provided with knife edge trunnions or centres of
motion which are mounted with capability of rocking or oscillating in bearings
formed in brackets a carried by the case a and is at its outer end weighted or
arranged by an adjustable weight k* to counterbalance the rack rods and weighing
table whilst it is formed with a tooth or projection 2 to engage a tooth or projection /
upon the drawer or pull* so that unless the locking bolt in the weighing
operation be raised to and not beyond a horizontal or approximately horizontal
position one or other end thereof will by its tooth or projection or engage the
teeth of the drawer or pull 11* and prevent the operation of the machine and it
therefore follows that the machine can only be operated by a coin of a given weight,
whilst upon a coin of the correct kind and weight being inserted in the machine the
locking latch or bolt k will be held disengaged from the drawer or pull * and the
latter can be moved forward in order to obtain the goods.
Upon the forward movement of the drawer or pull 71* a bracket or projection 1*2
upon the part * by its notch or recess *4 acts upon the tail m' of a lever m which
is mounted upon an axis of motion m³ carried by the brackets a and is by a
pin joint m³ connected to one end of the vertically movable bar n which is guided
by headed pins a* fixed to the bracket a and thus gives a sudden upward
movement thereto and this vertical bar n is provided with a stud or offset n' which
in the upward traverse thereof comes against a nose or projection * of the
weighing table g and knocks over or turns upon its axis such table thus discharging
the coin from the pocket into the money shoot q which conducts it into the
money drawer or compartiment and the extent of traverse of the vertical
bar is so arranged that this action will take place notwithstanding that the
weighing table g may be depressed more or less than the required distance by
spurious coins or discs of varying weight as indicated by the dotted lines in
Figure 8.
The same movement of the vertical bar n that knocks over the weighing table g
brings a cam or incline n² of the bar n against a nose or offset 3 of the pawl and
disengages it from the rack g³ thus permitting the weighing table g and locking
latch or bolt to resume their normal positions.
This movement of the vertical bar à brings a tooth upon the counterweighted
end of the pawl into engagement with a detent tooth upon the lower end of a
detent lever o which is mounted upon a centre of motion o³ carried by the bracket a®
and is normally held in the path of the tooth by a spring o³ whilst the upper

page_text: end os of the detent lever o is carried upward into a position to be acted upon by a
collar of the push spindle c at the next operation of the machine in order to
again free the pawl from the detento'.
The vertical bar n after disengaging the pawl from the rack and engaging
it with the detent o' continues its upward traverse and by its upper end acts upon
the bar at the outer end of the lever e disengaging the detent e from the inner
part of the sizing frame so that upon the complete inward movement of the pull
or drawer all the parts will have come to a position of rest.
C
l
That part of the drawer or pull to which is attached the handle /* is
fitted with capability of sliding upon the other part whilst the compound
drawer slides in guides a* upon a table a and the part is capable of slight
forward movement independently of the part such movement being limited by the
crosshead or projection *3 at the end of the part coming against the shoulder ³
of the part whilst the part * is normally held in its retracted position in relation
to the part by means of a spring which at one end takes an abutment against a
shoulder of the part and at the other end bears against the opposite end of the
crosshead or projection 13 of the part * and the part * is thus capable of slight
forward movement without giving motion to the other part of the drawer or pull
so that in the event of a light coin or disc being introduced into the machine and
failing to disengage the locking latch or bolt k from that part of the drawer or
pull and the part * of the drawer or pull being moved forward the vertical bar a
will knock over the weighing table and discharge the coin or disc into the money
compartment notwithstanding that the machine still remains locked against the
abstraction of goods.
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In order to prevent the machine being defrauded by means of a coin or disc
suspended by a cord or wire I employ a knife or cutters which works through slots
or openings formed in the money shoot band between fixed guides across the
path traversed by the coin and this cutter at its outer end is formed with a slot to
receive the upper end of a lever s² provided with a crosspin or studs to support
the cutters and this lever is mounted upon a centre of motion s' upon a bracket a
and is held in its normal position with the cutter retracted by means of a spring
whilst the lower end of the lever comes against the inner part of the sizing
frame and it therefore follows that upon the knob or push e being pressed inward
to operate the machine the cutter will be advanced so that a cord or wire
introduced into the machine will be severed so as to allow the coin to pass through
the machine, or bent so as to prevent the operation thereof.
The goods to be delivered are stored or piled in packets within a tubular
reservoirt and the column is supported upon the table a and a weight or follower t*
is placed upon the top of the pile as is common in this class of machine, and assists
the descent thereof as the packages of goods are one by one removed.
The lowermost package of the pile is at each operation of the machine projected
a given distance through a slot a in the front of the case a by means of a
pusher which forms part of or is fixed to that part of the drawer or pull
and partially surrounds the package to be delivered whilst it is guided by the
guides a hereinbefore referred to.
In order to prevent the useless insertion of coin into the money slot a' after the
delivery of the last package of the pile I employ a shutter u which is mounted
upon a centre of motion and normally held raised clear of the money slot a¹ by
means of a spring and to this shutter I connect the bent upper end of a vertical
rod which descends near to the table as and at the lower end is turned over
or horizontally bent so as to form a projection u which is encountered by a
corresponding projection of the weight or follower in its descent upon the
delivery of the last package by which means the vertical rod u³ is drawn down and
the shutter is caused to cover the money slot a'.
Although I have herein before shown and described the best means that I am at
present acquainted with for carrying my invention into effect I would have it
understood that I do not confine myself to the precise details thereof as it is.

page_text: evident that the same may be varied without departing from the peculiar character
of my invention; for example I may if desired dispense with the bending device in
connection with the sizing frame, or I may employ any suitable arrangement of
links and levers in lieu of the toothed racks and wheels for communicating the
movements of the weighing table to the locking latch or bolt or by modifying the
arrangement of some of the parts 1 may cause the column of packages to be
forced upwards to the underside of the table instead of resting thereon and
descending by gravity.
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. In a coin operating or automatic delivery machine a sizing frame formed with
an opening tapered or contracted at its ends and consisting of two parts normally
held in contact and capable of being traversed or moved end wise with a coin held
therein and of being separated to release the coin and means for effecting such
traverse and separation substantially as herein shown and described and for the
purpose stated.
2. In a coin operating or automatic delivery machine the combination of a frame
formed with an opening therein and consisting of two parts normally held in contact
with a spring pressure and capable of being traversed or moved endwise with a coin
held between them and of being separated to release the coin means for pressing
upon the coin or disc and effecting such traverse and means for holding and
releasing one of such parts at the extremity of such traverse and near to the
termination of its return journey substantially as herein shown and described and
for the purpose stated.
3. In a coin operating or automatic delivery machine the combination of a sizing
frame formed with an opening tapered or contracted at its ends and consisting of
two parts normally held in contact with a spring pressure and capable of being
traversed or noved endwise with a coin held between them and of being separated
to release the coin, means for pressing upon the coin or disc and effecting such
traverse and means for holding and releasing one of such parts at the extremity of
such traverse and near to the termination of its return journey substantially as
herein shown and described and for the purpose stated.
4. In a coin operating or automatic delivery machine the combination of a
vertically movable rod a weighing table mounted upon an axis of motion upon the
upper end of such rod and normally held in a horizontal position a balanced latch
or bolt formed at each end with a tooth or projection for locking a drawer or pull,
a drawer or pull formed with co-acting locking means, toothed wheels and racks or
their equivalent for communicating the movements of the weighing table to the
latch or bolt and a device actuated by the forward movement of the drawer or pull
for knocking over the weighing table and discharging the coin therefrom sub-
stantially as herein shown and described and for the purpose stated.
5. In a coin operating or automatic delivery machine the combination of a
vertically movable rod, a weighing table mounted upon an axis of motion upon the
upper end of such rod and normally held in a horizontal position, a balanced latch
or bolt at each end formed with a tooth or projection for locking a drawer or pull,
toothed wheels and racks or their equivalent for communicating the movements of
the weighing table to the latch or bolt, a drawer or pull formed in two parts one
part provided with teeth to engage the teeth of the latch or bolt and the other part
capable of slight independent forward movement and device actuated by such
independent forward movement for knocking over the weighing table and dis-
charging the coin therefrom substantially as herein shown and described and for the
purpose stated.
6. In a coin operating or automatic delivery machine the combination of a
vertically movable rod, a weighing table mounted upon an axis of motion upon the
upper end of such rod and normally held in a horizontal position, a toothed rack

page_text: upon one edge of such rod, a pawl normally engaging such rack, a balanced latch
or bolt at each end formed with a tooth or projection for locking a drawer or pull,
toothed wheels and racks or their equivalent for communicating the movements of
the weighing table to the latch or bolt, a drawer or pull formed in two parts one
part provided with teeth to engage the teeth of the latch or bolt and the other part
capable of slight independent forward movement and a device actuated by such
independent forward movement for disengaging the pawl from the rack and
knocking over the weighing table and discharging the coin therefrom substantially
as herein shown and described and for the purpose stated.
7. In a coin operating or automatic delivery machine the combination of a sizing
frame consisting of two parts normally held in contact with a spring pressure and
capable of being traversed or moved endwise with a coin held between them and of
being separated to release the coin, means for pressing upon the coin or disc and
effecting such traverse means for holding and releasing one of such parts at the
extremity of such traverse and near to the termination of the return journey, a
weighing table adapted to receive the released coin such table being mounted upon
an axis of motion upon the upper end of a vertically movable rod and normally held
in a horizontal position, a balanced latch or bolt for locking a drawer or pull, a
drawer or pull formed with co-acting locking means, toothed wheels and racks or
their equivalent for communicating the movements of the weighing table to the
latch or bolt, and a device actuated by the forward movement of the drawer or pull
for knocking over the weighing table and discharging the coin therefrom sub-
stantially as herein shown and described and for the purpose stated.
8. In a coin operating or automatic delivery machine the combination of a sizing
frame consisting of two parts normally held in contact with a spring pressure and
capable of being traversed or moved end wise with a coin held between them and of
being separated to release such coin means for pressing upon the coin or disc and
effecting such traverse, means for holding and releasing one of such parts at the
extremity of such traverse and near to the termination of the return journey, a
weighing table adapted to receive the released coin such table being mounted upon
an axis of motion upon the upper end of a vertically movable rod and normally held
in a horizontal position, a toothed rack upon one edge of such rod, a pawl normally
engaging such rack, a balanced latch or bolt at each end formed with a tooth or
projection for locking a drawer or pull, toothed wheels and racks or their equivalent
for communicating the movements of the weighing table to the latch or bolt, a
drawer or pull formed in two parts one part provided with teeth to engage the
teeth of the latch or bolt and the other part capable of slight independent forward
movement and a device actuated by such independent forward movement for
disengaging the pawl from the rack and knocking over the weighing table and
discharging the coin therefrom substantially as herein shown and described and for
the purpose stated.
9. The general combination and arrangement of parts constituting a coin-
operating or automatic delivery machine substantially as herein shown and
described.
Dated this 26th day of January 1891
WHITE & WOODINGTON,
27, Southampton Buildings, Chancery Lane, London, Agents.