Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 28th Feb., 1887.
Specification Accepted, 29th Mar., 1887.
I, CHARLES HENRY BINGHAM of the Town of Utrecht, Holland, Railway Manager,
do hereby declare the nature of my 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 automatic apparatus for effecting the sale of cigars,
cigarettes and other small articles and consists of a device by means of which cigars,
cigarettes or other articles for sale are delivered when a coin of certain value size and
weight is inserted in an opening or slot in the casing.
The inserted coin effects the release of a pawl or catch gearing into a recess or
cavity of a sliding lever or bar which can be so operated from the outside of the
apparatus that one of the cigars, cigarettes or other object is delivered. This slide
operates a roller with suitable cavity for receiving a cigar, cigarette or other object
which pass from the said cavity onto an inclined plane and from thence into a
receptacle outside the said apparatus. The slide interrupts the fall of the coin until
the slide is again operated the coin remaining visible behind a glass plate so as to
controll the action of the apparatus.
Figure 1 is a vertical section of my improved apparatus and
Figure 2 a like section of a slightly modified arrangement.
a is the casing which encloses the entire mechanism, the slot into which the coin
is inserted and the canal for guiding the coin. c is a two armed pawl lever with its
fulcrum at c. The coin descends onto the larger arm of the lever whilst the forward
arm which is given the shape of a pawl or hook gears into a corresponding recess or
cavity c² in the sliding rod d when the longer lever arm is freed from the coin thus
arresting all further movement of the slide until a fresh coin or coins is or are inserted
thus causing a depression of the longer arm of the pawl lever and a freeing of the
pawl from its gear with the cavity in the slide d. A disc or projection on the
upper surface of the slide d serves to operate the longer arm of the lever cand thus force
the pawl into gear with the recess c² of the slide d which can be operated from the
outside of the apparatus. The slide is arranged immediately behind a glass or other
transparent plate e and is provided with a recess d² into which the coin from the guide

page_text: groove or canal 61 falls and is retained there by the block f. The slide effects the
release of the object to be sold by operating on a pin or stud g¹ of the roller g and
causing a partial rotation of the same.
The objects for sale are arranged in a receptacle / which as represented in Figure 1
can end in an inclined guide way h¹ so that the cigars or other objects lay one behind
the other in the said guide way or the inclined guide way can be omitted so that the
cigars cigarettes or other objects come in direct contact with the roller or drum g
the cavity or recess in which is so arranged that only one cigar or cigarette can enter
the same at one and the same time as represented by Figure 2. The form of the
cavity or recess in the roller or drum can be varied according to the purpose required
and the object to be sold for instance Figure 1 shows an angular and Figure 2 an oval
cavity or recess. The angular form facilitates the delivery of the cigar or cigarette
into the guide way i and the receptable arranged outside the apparatus so that the
cigar, cigarette or other object is readily accessable to the purchaser.
The apparatus operates in the following manner
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The coin inserted through the slot depresses the longer arm of the lever c and
releases the pawl from the cavity or recess c³ when the slide d can be operated, the
roller or drum partially rotated and the object in the cavity or recess carried to fall
onto the incline or into the guide way i and from thence into the dish or receptacle i¹.
The stud or projection to the slide d only permits a gradual descent of the long arm
of the lever c by the friction existing between the top of the said stud or pin d¹ and
the lower curved surface of the lever c so that the said coin can only pass into the
canal or guide way when the lever c reaches the position as represented by Figure 2.
The slide can if desired be returned by means of an appropriate spring so that the
coin falls into a recess d2 of the same and remains visible in the same until the
apparatus is again set in motion and a coin inserted, whereupon the first coin falls out
of the cavity d² into the coin receptacle and the second coin after a completed
operation remains in the position in the slide recess d formerly occupied by the first
coin. The movement of the slide is limited by means of suitable stops k k¹.
Although I have only described and shown one modification of my improved
apparatus it will be evident to all acquainted with the art that the parts of my said
apparatus and the arrangements of the same can be varied in many ways without.
departing from the nature of my said invention.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said invention
and in what manner the same is to be carried into effect, I declare what I claim is :-
1. In automatic apparatus for the sale of cigars cigarettes and other articles, the
arrangement construction and application of the slide d which is firmly held in position
by means of the pawl or catch of a two armed lever c until the gear of the pawl and
the slide is released by a coin inserted in the apparatus depressing the long arm of the
lever so, that the slide d can be caused to operate a roller or drum g with cavity or
recess for one or more of the articles for sale and deliver the same into a receptacle
arranged at the outside of the apparatus, substantially as described in the foregoing
specification and shown in the accompanying drawings.
2. The construction and application of the slide d' with recess d in such manner
that the coin inserted remains visible through a small glass covered opening in the
casing until a second coin is inserted, substantially as described in the foregoing
specification and shown in the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 28th day of February 1887
PHILIP M. JUSTICE,
Associate Agent.