Photographic or other Views and Matter of Public Interest.
Year: 1887

page_text: Photographic or other Views and Matter of Public Interest.
I, GEORGE HUGHES of 38 Chancery Lane, London, W.C. in the County of
Middlesex, Patent Agent (which Invention has been communicated to me from
abroad by Victor Bonnet and Hippolyte Lissagaray, Engineers, Armand Richard
and Alfred Richard Merchants all of the City of Paris and Republic of France, do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
I make and provide a Case or Cabinet of suitable size and material, of tasteful and
artistic appearance, in which I arrange suitable mechanism capable of giving
Automatic and alternate or consecutive action to the objects brought for a regulated
space of time within the observation or line of sight of the spectator or viewer, and
additional light is given thereto by means of reflectors or at night may be brilliantly
illuminated by means of the Electric or other suitable Light which may be softened
or toned down and diffused over and upon the object under view.
I mount or frame the Photographs, pictures or other matters of interest upon a
Drum or Wheel with hexagonal, octagonal or other form or shaped sides to form the
same, the said drum or wheel being provided with and mounted upon a central spindle
working upon a fixed bearing within the case, upon the centre of this spindle I like-
wise fix a wheel, drum or segment formed hexagonally, octagonally or otherwise as
agreed, and at or about each angle it is suitably slotted or grooved. Beneath the
aforesaid spindle I provide another horizontal spindle upon which a wheel, or cam,
with a projection or projections thereon take into the slots or grooves of the
Hexagonal, Octagonal or other form of drum or wheel; and upon the same spindle
1 fit a small spur or toothed wheel to which motion is given by a wheel of larger
diameter working upon another spindle in bearings provided and having a further
drum or wheel upon the same shaft, around which a sash cord or wire line works and
is led upwards and around a small guide roller or wheel at the back of the frame or
case to a horizontal spindle or shaft at or near the top of the same having a drum
or wheel thereon, around which the said sash or wire line passes and is connected

page_text: thereto, and a small knob is fitted projecting outside the case the connection of same
works in a radial slot or guide. The Money or Coin, when intended, to be inserted
in payment is put into a slot provided in the front of the case and falls into a bent
receptacle downwards and upon the longer arm of a pivotted or hinged lever being
thereby overbalanced and the shorter end of the same is caused to act upon another
or longer arm of a pivotted or hinged lever with which it was in contact, the shorter
end of which is connected to a thin vertical rod or spindle having at its further end
a lever or bell crank connection, which then releases the mechanism and permits the
person (who in this case inserted the coin) to move radially the small projecting knob
say from left to right in the semicircular groove, which causes one entire revolution
of the upper wheel and so causes the sash cord or wire line to he coiled thereon and
around the guide roller or rollers to the wheel or drum on the lower spindle whereon
it again further coils upon and raises at its end and from the lower part of the frame
or case a weight attached thereto, which by its balance or gravity then commences
its descent, and slowly causes the main drum to revolve and to exhibit for a
prearranged space of time according to the gear and proportion of the wheels or
drums which are thus caused to act intermittingly and exhibit the aforesaid objects
of interest to the Spectator or viewer who looks through a prism or prisms of glass or
reflector or reflectors which may largely magnify or otherwise and provision may
likewise be made for more than one person to view at a time when desired.
It may be so provided and arranged that a Battery may be contained within the
case or frame to create either Electrical light or power and that in the former by
moving the knob connection as described or otherwise so as to instantly create
a powerful light and may be so arranged with suitable apparatus to create and cause
the necessary action in somewhat similar manner to alternately exhibit to the Spectator
the desired views.
Dated 16th day of Doom 1007

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Photographic or other Views and Matter of Public Interest.
I GEORGE HUGHES of 38 Chancery Lane London in the County of Middlesex
Patent Agent (a communication from Victor Bonnet Hippolyte Lissagary, Armand
Richard and Alfred Richard of Paris), 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:-
This invention relates to an automatic coin freed apparatus for displaying series of
photographic or other views and matter of public interest which apparatus is to be
erected or placed in public thoroughfares as well as in places of public resort, whether
by day or by night such as theatres, railway stations, ball rooms, clubs public houses
and the like.
Our improved automatic apparatus is designed to expose to view in front of an
object glass or otherwise suitable photographs or drawings and various printed matter
reproducing the events and news of the day. This display is carried out by means of
a box or case at the end of which are arranged the drawings and texts which it is
desired to exhibit the said box or case being provided with one or more lenses or
reflectors lighted by daylight or by any other suitable lighting means such as electric
or gas light oil or spirit lamps or candle light. Inside the box or case is arranged
a mechanical apparatus or device for imparting the various motions necessary for
exchanging the views or drawings for lighting the objects exposed and for the storage
of the coin dropped. In this arrangement the weight p is the motor in the same
manner as in clockwork, this weight however could be replaced by another similar
motor.
The apparatus may be constructed of any suitable material and of any convenient
shape, it may also be artistically ornamented or provided with panels for advertising
or ornamenting purposes.
In the accompanying drawings Fig. 1 is a front elevation of an apparatus
constructed according to our invention. Figs. 2 and 4 shew respectively the front
and side elevations of the internal mechanism capable of producing the result
required. Fig. 3 is a horizontal section on line 1-2 of Fig. 2. The frame which
surrounds the mechanism is made of suitable shape to be conveniently located within
the decorated envelope adopted.
In the following description it will be assumed that the apparatus is intended to
display photographic views. These views are grouped around a hexagonal prism a
whose axis carries a star or Geneva gearing a¹. The tooth of a disc b actuates at each
revolution the gearing a imparting thereto the sixth of a revolution each time..
Upon the axis of the toothed disc b is a pinion 6' actuated by a wheel c six times
larger fixed upon the axis of a small grooved pulley c¹.

page_text: In the same vertical plane as the shafts of the preceding organs a bc, a¹ b¹ c¹ but
at the upper part thereof is a shaft d carrying a pulley & and a crank handle m.
The pulley winds or unwinds respectively a cord or chain e which being guided by
another pulley el surrounds the pulley c¹ and passes subsequently upon the guiding
roller e beyond which it is attached to a counter weight p.
Return motion after the button m has been moved froin left to right is carried out
under the action of the Counterweight p. The crank handle m can only be turned
by hand when a coin, say one penny piece, has been previously dropped through the
opening of a long channel o¹.
The Coin placed in the opening o falls along the channel upon the extremity of
the lever and causes it to oscillate upon the axis . In this motion, the lever arm
opposite the coin receptacle raises the lever which oscillating on its centre exerts
a sufficient pull upon the connecting rod h for the vertical arm of the crank lever h¹
to which it is connected to escape the shank of the stud m. The latter being now
freed is turned by hand in the direction of the arrow an angular distance corresponding
wo a complete turn of the drum a and hence to a revolution of the pinion c¹ and to
six revolutions of the pinion b. This drum a is caused to move with its shaft by
means of a ratchet and pawl arrangement which has no action upon the shaft during
the travel of the button m from left to right but which causes the same to rotate when
motion is imparted in a reverse direction by the Counterweight p so soon as the
stud m is released.
The views then pass successively before the object glass, their motion always taking
place in the same direction under the motive action of the Counterweight p. On its
return motion the stud m meets with the vertical arm of the crank lever and moves
it slightly so as to engage therewith.
The arms of the lever are unequal, the shortest of the two which carries at its
extremity a presser foot being the heaviest, so that after the swinging motion
occurring after the coin has been dropped it is brought back into its position by
reason of the difference in weight of its arms.. The presser foot then comes to rest
against the lever and passes below it when the latter is being shifted at the time
when the stud m engages below the stop of the crank lever h When the Coin is
released by the lever it finally drops in the drawer a.
The drawings or views pass successively in front of an object glass n through which
the spectator looks with either one or two oyes. These views are directly lighted by
reflection by means of lenses or reflectors upon which any suitable light may strike.
The inside of the apparatus may be lighted with the aid of pyrophorus for instance or
by means of two electric lamps lighted by means of a contact completed by the motion
of the crank handle m.
Fig. 5 and 6 show another modification in which the penny piece or coin inserted
at o drops within the paddles of a wheely placed at the bottom of the apparatus.
The prism a having six or more or less sides revolves upon an axis which is in a plane
perpendicular to that of the object glass n.
Motion is imparted by pulling at t in order to exert a tractive effort by means of a
cord na crank lever a second cord n¹ and a lever and links e upon the cord e
of the pulley e provided with Counter-weight & then by allowing the Counter-
weight p to act which will bring the pieces back to their position of rest. The Coin
falling at causes the wheel to turn and to trip a crank lever which is connected
to a lever fixed to the extremity of a piece s forming part of a lever s upon which
acts the antagonistical spring w; the levers is provided with a projection which
under the action of the spring w drops within the notch of a disc c³ or exerts a friction
thereon so as to maintain the mechanism in its normal position so long as a pull is not
applied to the piece t or to another equivalent device.
Other arrangements or mechanical contrivances may be devised in order to cause
the views to revolve in the manner above described or in any other manner while still
obtaining the practical result above mentioned which is an essential and characteristic
feature of our improved,automatic apparatus.

page_text: 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. In an automatic coin freed apparatus the arrangement of a prism or cylinder a
mounted upon an axis for displaying intermittently in front of an object glass n the
views with which its periphery is provided and which are lighted directly or by
reflection by means of lenses or reflectors r suitably placed to receive the light from
any suitable source for instance from an electric battery set in action by the crank-
handle m, the whole arranged and combined so as to only permit the rotation of the
prism or cylinder a and its lighting to take place when a suitable coin has been
previously dropped in a determined part o of the apparatus substantially as and for
the purpose required.
2. In an automatic apparatus such as above claimed the arrangement shewn in
Figs. 1, 2, 3, and 4 in which the coin inserted at o enables the crank handle m to be
rotated and thus automatically produces at equal intervals the partial rotation of the
prisma and the lighting of one or several electric lamps fed by an electric battery
substantially as and for the purpose described.
I
3. In an automatic apparatus such as above claimed the arrangement shewn in
Figs. 5 and 6 in which the Coin inserted at o acts upon a paddle wheel in order to
set the same in motion and to automatically permit the rotation of the prism or
cylinder a carrying the objects displayed and the lighting thereof to be effected
substantially as and for the purpose described.
4. In an automatic apparatus such as described and shewn, the use of hand or other
power for the production of the necessary motion for the change of views drawings
and the like as well as the lighting of the objects displayed and the storage of the
Coins substantially as and for the purpose described.
101
HUGHES, SON & Co.,
38, Chancery Lane, W.C.,
Agents for the Applicant.