Improvements in Apparatus for Storing Packets of Sweets or other Articles, Receiving Payment therefor, and Delivering the · Packets or Articles when Paid for.
Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 13th Apr., 1887.
Complete Left, 11th Feb., 1888
Complete Accepted 29th Mar., 1888
Improvements in Apparatus for Storing Packets of Sweets or other
Articles, Receiving Payment therefor, and Delivering the
· Packets or Articles when Paid for.
:
We, JAMES DIXON CHURCHILL, of 37, Alexandra Road, Finsbury Park, in the
County of Middlesex, Engineer, and DANIEL JAMES CALLARD, of 20 and 22 Finchley
Road, St. John's Wood, in the same County, Confectioner, do hereby declare the
nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention has reference to apparatus in which goods (for example, packets of
sweets) can be stored, and from which apparatus such goods can be obtained, (say, in
the case of sweets) by first inserting the proper coin and afterwards turning a
handle.
The series of chambers is mounted upon a shaft on which is fixed a ratchet wheel
with a number of teeth corresponding to the number of chambers. On the same
shaft is freely mounted an arm that carries a pawl. This arm is connected by a rod
or link to another arm able to turn on a pivot and which carries two racks facing one
another but one somewhat in advance of the other.
A toothed sector mounted on a shaft, which I will call the driving shaft and which
extends through the outer casing of the apparatus and is there provided with a handle
for turning it, engages alternately with each rack in the course of a rotation, so that
if the handle be rotated the series of chambers will be partly rotated at each revolu-
tion of the handle a distance equal to the width of one chamber. The arm that
carries the racks is, or may be, one arm of a bell-crank-lever; the other arm is slotted
to receive a pin projecting from a plate or pusher arranged below the series of chambers
in a space in which it can be caused to slide to and fro as the lever arm is moved to
and fro

page_text: The said space terminates in a spout or inclined guide leading to an opening in the
outer casing of the apparatus through which goods are delivered on to a suitable
receptacle, which may be a shelf. The chamber from which the article is delivered
will be that which, at the time of the forward movement of the pusher, is situate over
the way in which the pusher travels, and the thickness of the pusher is about equal
to that of the article to be delivered. It is convenient to bevil or round the top
front edge of the pusher so that it may not catch against the article resting upon that
to be delivered.
Means are provided to prevent turning the handle to deliver a packet or article
until after a proper coin representing the value of the article has been placed in the
apparatus. An arrangement for this purpose is as follows:-
In the casing is an opening for insertion of coins, from this there is a shoot within
the casing. The shoot may or may not be formed with an opening through which
coins of smaller dimensions than the one properly representing the price of a packet
or article will fall before reaching the end of the shoot, and the arrangement may be
such that coins so falling may be recovered by a shoot placed in the machine, or the
coins of smaller dimensions may pass through an opening in the bottom of the pan
hereinafter referred to without unlocking the apparatus. Within the machine is
mounted a lever one arm of which is formed with a detent and the other arm is
furnished with a pan or receiver to receive coins descending the shoot. On the
driving shaft is mounted a wheel with a tooth and with two cams. There is also on
the driving shaft a ratchet wheel with which a detent engages so that the shaft can be
turned in one direction only. Assuming a proper coin to descend the shoot onto the
pan, the lever carrying the pan will be moved so that its detent will clear the tooth of
the wheel mounted on the driving shaft thereby allowing that shaft to be rotated. The
movement of the lever under the influence of the weight of the coin is arrested by a
spring coming in contact with a stop and the coin remains in the pan until one of
the cams before mentioned raises the one arm of the lever, in opposition to the spring
during the further rotation of the driving shaft thereby lowering the pan to discharge
the coin. To insure this discharge the bottom of the pan is made with slots, through
which fixed plates project when the pan is lowered thereby tilting the coin.
By the rotation of the shafts the pusher is caused to move forward to eject a packet
or article and is returned into position for the following stroke and also another
chamber is brought into position over the way in which the pusher travels and by the
secondly mentioned cam the lever that carries the pair is returned to the position in
which the driving shaft is locked and the pan is in position to receive another coin.
Instead of discharging a packet or article from each chamber in succession the
arrangement may be such that the packets or articles will be wholly discharged from
one chamber before commencing to discharge those from another chamber. The
driving shaft may have mounted on its outer end a disc carrying the handle for
turning the shaft, such disc having its edge protected by an enclosing ring fixed to
the outer case of the apparatus. Means are provided to prevent an insertion of a
coin after all the store of packets or articles has been exhausted. For this purpose a
door or slide is mounted on a weighted lever connected by a rod to one end of a
second lever, the other end of which is normally kept down by the weight above it,
of the packets or articles in store.
When the last packet has been withdrawn the weighted lever will be no longer
checked by this second lever, hence its attitude will be changed and so the door or
slide will be moved into position to prevent insertion of another coin. The pusher
instead of being worked as described may be operated by a crank or a disc with a pin
on the driving shaft.
According to a modification instead of placing the packets or articles in a series of
chambers they are placed upon a suitably guided table or shelf suspended to a cord
that passes over and under pulleys and carries a series of weights. Within the casing
of the apparatus a series of bifurcated brackets or shelves are fixed the arrange-
ment being such that as the weights descend they are removed from the cord one at
a time thus compensating for the reduction of weight upon the table or shelf due to

page_text: the removal therefrom of the packets or articles delivered. The weights act to keep
the uppermost packet or article against a plate or stop below which the pusher travels.
The pusher is operated by a cam on the driving shaft. The detent that locks the
driving shaft is not formed in one with the lever that carries the pan receiving the
coin but is on an arm that is connected by a rod or link to one arm of a kind of bell-
crank-lever that carries the pan. In other respects the arrangement is similar to that
before described.
Apparatus according to this invention as above set forth may be constructed in
various forms.

page_text: Improvements in Apparatus for Storing Packets of Sweets or other
Articles, Receiving Payment therefor, and Delivering the
Packets or Articles when Paid for.
We, JAMES DIXON CHURCHILL of 37 Alexandra Road, Finsbury Park, in the County
of Middlesex, Engineer, and DANIEL JAMES CALLARD of 20 and 22 Finchley Road,
St. John's Wood, in the same County, Confectioner, 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 has reference to apparatus in which goods (for example, packets of
sweets) can be stored, and from which apparatus such goods can be obtained, (say,
in the case of sweets) by first inserting the proper coin and afterwards turning a handle.
A series of chambers is mounted upon a shaft on which is fixed a ratchet wheel with
a number of teeth corresponding to the number of chambers. On the same shaft is
freely mounted an arm that carries a pawl; this arm is connected by a rod or link to
another arm able to turn on a pivot and which carries two racks facing one another
but one somewhat in advance of the other. A toothed sector mounted on a shaft,
which we will call the driving shaft and which extends through the outer casing of the
apparatus and is there provided with a disc wheel or handle for turning it, engages
alternately with each rack in the course of a rotation, so that if the handle be
rotated the series of chambers will be partly rotated at each revolution of the
handle a distance equal to the width of one chamber. The arm that carries
the racks is, or may be, one arm of a bell-crank-lever, the other arm of which is
slotted to receive a pin projecting from a plate or pusher arranged below the series
of chambers in a space in which it can be caused to slide to and fro as the lever
arm is moved to and fro. The said space terminates in a spout or inclined guide
leading to an opening in the outer casing of the apparatus through which goods are
delivered on to a suitable receptacle, which may be a shelf. The chamber from which
the article is delivered will be that which at the time of the forward movement of the
pusher, is situate over the way in which the pusher travels, and the thickness of the
pusher is about equal to that of the article to be delivered.
It is convenient to bevil or round the top front edge of the pusher so that it may
not catch against the article resting upon that to be delivered. Means are provided to
prevent turning the handle to deliver a packet or article until after a proper coin,
representing the value of the article, has been placed in the apparatus. An arrange-
ment for this purpose is as follows:
In the casing is an opening for the insertion of coins; from this there is a shoot
within the casing. The shoot may or may not be formed with an opening through
which coins of smaller dimensions than the one properly representing the price of a
packet or article will fall before reaching the end of the shoot, and the arrangement
may be such that coins so falling may be recovered by a shoot placed in the machine,
or the coins of smaller dimensions may pass through an opening in the bottom of the
pan hereinafter referred to without unlocking the apparatus. Within the machine is
mounted a lever one arm of which is formed with a detent and the other arm is
furnished with a pan or receiver to receive coins descending the shoot. On the driving
shaft is mounted a wheel with a tooth and with two cams. There may be also on the
driving shaft a ratchet wheel with which a detent engages so that the shaft can be
turned in one direction only. Assuming a proper coin to descend the shoot on to the
pan, the lever carrying the pan will be moved so that its detent will clear the tooth of

page_text: the wheel mounted on the driving shaft thereby allowing that shaft to be rotated.
The movement of the lever under the influence of the weight of the coin is arrested
by a spring coming in contact with a stop and the coin remains in the pan until one
of the cams before mentioned raises the one arm of the lever, in opposition to the
spring, during the further rotation of the driving shaft thereby lowering the pan to
discharge the coin. To insure this discharge the bottom of the pan is made with
slots, through which fixed rods or plates project when the pan is lowered thereby tilting
the coin. By the rotation of the shaft the pusher is caused to move forward to eject a
packet or article and is returned into position for the following stroke and also another
chamber is brought into position over the way in which the pusher travels and by the
secondly mentioned cam the lever that carries the pan is returned to the position in
which the driving shaft is locked and the pan is in position to receive another coin.
Instead of discharging a packet or article from each chamber in succession the
arrangement may be such that the packets or articles will be wholly discharged from
one chamber before commencing to discharge those from another chamber. The
driving shaft may have mounted on its outer ond a disc carrying the handle for
turning the shaft, such disc having its edge protected by an enclosing ring fixed to the
outer case of the apparatus. Means are provided to prevent the insertion of a coin
after the store of packets or articles has been exhausted. For this purpose a door or
slide is connected by levers and rods to one end of another lever, the other end of
which is normally kept down by the weight above it, of the packets or articles in
store. When the last packet has been withdrawn the levers and rods will be no
longer checked by the last mentioned lever, hence its attitude will be changed and
so the door or slide will be moved into position to prevent insertion of another coin.
The pusher instead of being worked as described may be operated by a crank or by a
disc with a pin on the driving shaft.
According to a modification instead of placing the packets or articles in a series of
chambers they are placed upon a suitably guided table or shelf suspended to a cord
that passes over and under pulleys and carries a series of weights. Within the casing
of the apparatus a series of bifurcated brackets or shelves are fixed the arrangement
being such that as the weights descend they are removed from the cord one at a time
thus compensating for the reduction of weight upon the table or shelf due to the
removal therefrom of the packets or articles delivered. The weights act to keep the
uppermost packet or article against a plate or stop below which the pusher travels..
The pusher is operated by a cam on the driving shaft. The detent that locks the
driving-shaft is not formed in one with the lever that carries the pan receiving the coin
but is on an arm that is connected by a rod or link to one arm of a kind of bell-crank-
lever that carries the pan. In other respects the arrangement is similar to that before
described.
Apparatus according to this invention as above set forth may be constructed in
various forms
Referring to the accompanying nine sheets of illustrative drawings
Fig. 1 is a plan of an apparatus according to this invention with the cover
removed.
Fig. 2 is a front view with the front side and chambers removed, and some of the
parts shewn in section.
Fig. 3 is a vertical section in line a-b of Fig. 2. with parts removed.
Fig. 4 is a vertical section in line c-d of Fig. 2. with parts removed.
A series of chambers 1 are mounted on plates 2 fixed on a vertical shaft 3. These
chambers have no bottoms, but their contents are prevented from dropping out by the
fixed plate 4 below them. At one place a recess 5 is formed in this plate the depth of
a packet of goods, and when a chamber comes exactly over this recess the contents
drop an amount equal to the depth of this recess, and the bottom packet is then forced
forward by a pusher, down the shoot and out at the opening 6.
On the shaft 3 is a ratchet wheel 7 having six teeth, and adapted to gear with the
pawl 8 carried by the arm 9.. This arm 9 is connected by the rod or link 10 to one.
arm of a bell-crank lever 11. This arm also carries two racks 12, 12, moving
Referring to the accompanying nine sheets of illustrative drawings
Fig. 1 is a plan of an apparatus according to this invention with the cover
removed.
Fig. 2 is a front view with the front side and chambers removed, and some of the
parts shewn in section.
Fig. 3 is a vertical section in line ab of Fig. 2. with parts removed.
Fig. 4 is a vertical section in line c-d of Fig. 2. with parts removed.
A series of chambers 1 are mounted on plates 2 fixed on a vertical shaft 3. These
chambers have no bottoms, but their contents are prevented from dropping out by the
fixed plate 4 below them. At one place a recess 5 is formed in this plate the depth of
a packet of goods, and when a chamber comes exactly over this recess the contents
drop an amount equal to the depth of this recess, and the bottom packet is then forced
forward by a pusher, down the shoot and out at the opening 6.
On the shaft 3 is a ratchet wheel 7 having six teeth, and adapted to gear with the
pawl 8 carried by the arm 9. This arm 9 is connected by the rod or link 10 to one.
arm of a bell-crank lever 11. This arm also carries two racks 12, 12, moving

page_text: together and gearing alternately with the sector wheel 13. This wheel is on the
driving shaft 14, which is provided with hand wheel 15 outside the box or casing.
When the driving wheel is rotated a reciprocating motion is imparted to the bell-
crank lever 11, and this motion is transmitted to the pawl 8, turning the wheel 7 and
the series of chambers through one sixth of a revolution for each revolution of the
driving hand wheel. At the same time the other arm 11* of the bell-crank lever
participates in the motion, and moves the pusher 16 to and fro across the recess 5:.
This pusher has a slot in it to enable it to pass the shaft 3, and also to serve as a guide.
At each rotation of the driving wheel a chamber is brought over the recess 5, a
packet drops into the recess, and is then forced forward and out of the apparatus ready
to be picked up by the purchaser, by the pusher 16.
In place of the pinion 13 and racks 12, 12, there may be used a crank disc 13ª
(Figs. 5 and 6) with a pin working in a slot 12" at the end of the arm 11.
The driving wheel, however, cannot be turned to deliver a packet until a coin of the
proper size and weight has been inserted into the slot 17. The coin slides down the
shoot 18 and falls on to the pan 19, its further progress being arrested by a fixed
guard 20. The pan 19 is at the end of a lever 21 pivoted at 22. The other end of
the lever carries a detent 23 which engages with a tooth 24" on a wheel 24 mounted
on the driving shaft.
Until the detent is raised the driving shaft cannot be turned forward; a ratchet
wheel and pawl (not shown) may be employed to at all times prevent it being turned
backwards. Or a plate 25 provided with two pins 25 and pivotted at 25 may be
employed. The pins 25" are located one at the inner and the other at the outer side
of a projecting rim 26 of a wheel 26ª fixed to the driving shaft and the arrangement
is such as to allow of free rotation of the driving shaft in the direction of the arrow
but of only a slight partial rotation in the opposite direction. On the wheel 24 there
are formed two cams 27 and 28.
When a proper coin enters the scale pan it raises the detent 23, until the spring 23ª
connected with it comes against a stop 23b. The driving wheel can then be turned,
and in the course of its revolution the cam 27 forces up the short arm of the lever 21,
and brings the pan 19 down until the fingers 29 pass through the slots 29ª and eject
the coin which falls into the bottom of the case. The second cam 28 then comes into
contact with a pin 23 on the detent and returns the lever 21 to the locked position
ready to receive another coin.
To prevent the chamber, from which a packet or article is to be discharged, being
carried beyond its proper position by the momentum of the series of chambers and
thus interfere with the proper descent of a packet or article into the path of the pusher
there may be fixed to the shaft 3 a plate 3ª (Fig. 5) provided with a series of notches
equal in number to that of the chambers and into which successively takes a spring
pin or stop 3 carried by a spring plate 3°. This spring plate is fixed at one end to
any convenient part of the apparatus and is connected to one end of a rod 3ª the other
end of which is slotted and embraces a pin 11ª secured to the arm 11 of the bell
crank lever. The arrangement is such that whilst the arm 11 is moving to the left to
partially rotate the chambers the pin or stop 3 acts against the periphery of the
plate 3" and will enter a recess therein when the chamber from which a packet or
article is to be discharged has been partially rotated to the required extent; whilst
just before the said arm 11 completes its movement to the right the pin 11ª acting
against the outer end of the slot in the rod 3d disengages the said pin or stop 3b from
the plate and releases the shaft 3. The shaft 3 and the plate 3ª may then be partly
rotated before the pin or stop 36 can move to the left sufficiently far to re-enter the
samo notch and it will consequently engage with the succeeding one and hold the next
chamber in position.
Figs. 5 and 5b show respectively in plan or top view and in elevation means
whereby the packets or articles may be wholly discharged from one chamber before
commencing to discharge those from another chamber, and for bringing a charged
chamber into position after the contents of a preceding chamber have been
discharged.

page_text: Figs. 5 are plan and sectional detail views drawn to a larger scale.
7 is a ratchet wheel fixed to the shaft 3; into it takes at intervals the pawl 8 carried
by the arm 9 which is operated by the link 10 as herein before described with reference
to Figs. 1 to 4. a is a disc connected to a toothed wheel by a sleeve c which is
loosely mounted on the shaft 3. It is formed with a notch or recess d into which a
spring pin 8 carried by the pawl 8 enters after a chamber has been exhausted of
goods. The parts d* of the disc adjacent to the notch or recess are rounded off as
shown to allow the spring pin to rise and travel on the top of the said disc when it is
reciprocated by the link 10, thus preventing the disc from being actuated thereby.
e is a second ratchet wheel connected to a toothed wheel f, both being loosely mounted
on the sleeve c. g is a second pawl carried by the arm 9 and adapted to act against
the ratchet wheel e when the link 10 moves to the right- and are toothed wheels
fixed to a countershaft & and engaging with the toothed wheels f and respectively.
The pawl 8 is normally held out of engagement with the ratchet wheel 7 by the
periphery of the disc a acting against the pin 8". The number of teeth in the ratchet
wheel e and the toothed wheels f, h, i, b, are so proportioned that the disc a makes one
rotation during the time the whole of the articles in one chamber are being discharged.
The position of the notch or recess d in the disc a when the last article is discharged
is such that the pin 8ª enters it when the arm 9 is at the limit of its movement to the
right, and thus enables the pawl 8 to engage with the ratchet wheel 7 by the action of
the spring. The next movement of the link 10 to the left is then imparted to the
shaft 3 through the pawl 8 and ratchet wheel 7 and the next chamber is brought into
proper position to have its contents discharged. During this movement the spring
pin 8ª rises to the surface of the disc a; on the return movement of the pawl 8, it will
be forced outward by that tooth of the ratchet wheel 7 against which it acts, and the
spring pin 8 will slip over the edge of the disc under the action of its spring and
again act against the periphery thereof.
In the arrangement shown in the drawings, the normal position of the pusher
is that which it occupies at the inner end of its stroke as shown in Fig. 1. In
this case when the driving shaft is unlocked and the disc wheel or handle is turned
to the right, the pusher will be first moved forward and eject the article deposited
from the chamber situate for the time being above the recess 5 and will afterwards be
returned to its normal position in which it will be held through the automatic locking
of the driving shaft by the action of the cam 28 on the detent 23. The movement
of the bell crank lever 11, 11*, when returning the pusher, causes the series of
chambers to partially revolve and bring another chamber into the delivery position.
It will be obvious that in lieu of this arrangement the locking mechanism may
be so arranged that the pusher will be locked when it reaches the limit of its outward
stroke, in which case the partial rotation of the series of chambers to bring another of
them into the delivery position will take place whilst the pusher is performing
its inward stroke.
In order to prevent annoyance to the public by the apparatus remaining
apparently in working condition after the store of packets has been exhausted, means
are provided for pushing a shutter 30 across the slot 17 as soon as the last packet
has been ejected. By this arrangement no more coins can then be inserted in the slot.
This slide or shutter is connected to one arm of a bell crank lever 31 connected by a
rod 32 to a second lever 32" which is connected to one arm of a third lever 33. The
other end 34 of the lever 33 passes through a slot in the plate 4, and lies under one
of the chambers, so that the weight of packets in that chamber presses on it, so long as
there are any left. As soon as the last is removed the end 34 of the lever will rise,
and the shutter 30 be placed over the slot 17.
The under side of the lower end of the shoot 18 may be notched or made V shape
as shown at 18" to prevent the pan 19 being repeatedly operated by a single coin or
other article attached to a flexible connector. In such a case after the coin or
article has acted once and depressed the pan, the flexible connector will pass into one
or other of the notches 18" and hold the said coin or article in such a position that it
will be clear of the pan and cannot be withdrawn from the apparatus..

page_text: Fig. 7-is a front elevation of modified. apparatus according to this invention, with
the front cover removed, and some of the parts in section.
Fig. 8 is a side elevation; also partly in section.
Fig. 9 is a sectional plan drawn to a larger scale.
In this modification the packets are placed on a table or shelf 40 suspended by a
cord or chain 41. The shelf is capable of rising and falling, and runs on a fixed
guide rod 42; it is provided with antifriction rollers 43, to enable it to move easily,
and may be further guided by rods 44. The cord or chain 41 starts from an eye 40"
in the shelf, and passes upwards and around a pulley 45 from whence it descends, and
is reeved around a grooved sheave 45 connected with a series of counterweights 46.
This end of the cord is then taken up and made fast to an eye 47. When the
apparatus is filled the shelf is depressed and there is placed upon it a pile of packets
reaching up to the plate 4. The counterweights always keep the pile against this plate,
and as the packets are expelled the counterweights sink, while the shelf rises. The
counterweights are rectangular plates, the upper ones being larger than the lower.
As they descend the upper plates are one by one arrested and left standing on double
arm brackets 46 which project from the side of the case, thus gradually reducing the
weight as the store of packets is reduced.
Under the plate 4 works the pusher 16 which is operated by a driving shaft 14
and driving wheel 15 as described in connection with Figs. 1 to 4. Upon the
driving shaft is a cam 48 with a groove in it which engages with a pin 49 in the
pusher 16, and forces it at each revolution across the top of the pile of packets,
pushing the uppermost one down the shoot to the opening 6.
To unlock the driving shaft a coin of proper denomination must be inserted in the
slit 17, and must run down the shoot 18 into the pan 19. This pan is carried on the
end of a lever 50, pivotted at 51, and having a second arm 52 connected by a rod 53
to a detent 54 which engages with a tooth 55 on a cam plate 55. This detent is
normally kept in engagement by a weight 56. The weight of the coin moves back
the detent, and leaves the driving shaft free to be turned by hand. The cam 57 then
forces back the detent 54 until the coin falls into the box 58 after which the cam 59
engages with a bowl or pin 23° on the detent 54 and replaces the pan with the
connected parts.
When the shaft 40 reaches the top of its travel it meets the rod 60 and pushes it
up, bringing the shutter 61 across the slit to prevent the insertion of more coins.
Rotation of the shaft in the wrong direction is prevented by means of a ratchet
wheel 62 fixed to such shaft and a pawl 63 fixed to the case or box. 64 is a pin
secured to the pawl; it is adapted to take against a stop 65 covered with india rubber
and prevent the pawl successively striking the periphery of the ratchet wheel during
the rotation of the driving shaft thus preventing noise. This arrangement may
be used in the apparatus shown in Figs. 1 to 4 in lieu of the plate 25 with pins 25°.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what
we claim is :-
1. Apparatus comprising a case or box, a series of chambers in which articles to be
delivered can be stored, a plate or pusher for delivering articles deposited in its path
from such chambers, a disc, wheel, or handle external to the said case or box and
mechanism substantially such as described whereby on the said disc, wheel, or handle
being (when unlocked) rotated one of the chambers will be brought into position to
deposit an article in the path of the plate or pusher and the plate or pusher will be
caused to deliver an article that has been so deposited from a chamber, as above
explained.
2. In apparatus for storing packets of sweets or other articles, receiving payment
therefor, and delivering the packets or articles when paid for and comprising a case
or box a series of chambers in which articles to be delivered can be stored, a plate or
pusher for delivering articles from such chambers, a disc wheel or handle external to
the said case or box and mechanism whereby on the said disc wheel or handle being

page_text: (when unlocked) rotated the plate or pusher will be operated to discharge an article
in exchange for a coin inserted in the apparatus, so arranging the said store chambers
in relation to the said disc wheel or handle that the series of packets or articles in
one chamber may be wholly discharged, before commencing to discharge those from
another chamber, the latter chamber being brought into the proper position by move-
ment of the said disc, wheel or handle when the first chamber has been emptied,
substantially as hereinabove described.
3. Providing in connexion with the external disc wheel or handle and with the
plate or pusher a bell crank lever one arm of which is connected to the said plate
or pusher and the other arm of which is operated from the external disc wheel or
handle through a driving shaft toothed sector and racks, or through a crank and
slot, substantially as described for the purposes specified.
4. In combination with the bell crank lever connected to the delivering plate or
pusher and operated as described from a disc wheel or handle the mechanism
substantially as described whereby a fresh chamber is moved into position for
delivery of an article during the retiring movement of the delivering plate or
pusher.
5. The combination and arrangement of parts substantially as described and
illustrated whereby when the pusher is in its normal position the disc wheel or handle
is locked, when a suitable coin is properly inserted into the machine the disc wheel
or handle is unlocked and when it is rotated the coin is discharged and afterwards
the disc wheel or handle is automatically arrested and again locked.
6. Apparatus substantially as hereinabove described with reference to figs. 1 to 4
of the drawings for storing packets of sweets or other articles, receiving payment
therefor, and delivering the packets or articles when paid for as above set forth,
whether the bell crank lever be actuated from the driving shaft by toothed sector and
racks or by crank and slot.
7. In an apparatus for storing packets of sweets or other articles receiving
payment therefor and delivering the packets or articles when paid for the use for
carrying and feeding to a pusher or delivering device packets or articles to be
delivered, of a shelf tray or table operated by weights acting through a cord or like
connection substantially as hereinbefore described with reference to Figs. 7 to 9 of
the drawings annexed.
8. The arrangement substantially as described whereby the weight acting to raise
and feed packets or articles to the pusher or delivering device referred to in claim 7
is periodically reduced in an automatic manner as the number of packets or articles
remaining upon the shelf tray or table becomes reduced.
9. In an apparatus for storing packets of sweets or other articles, receiving payment
therefor, and delivering the packets or articles when paid for the combination with
a shelf tray or table for carrying the packets or articles to be sold and impelled
constantly upward so as to hold the top article against a plate or stop of a pusher
arranged to be operated by a rotary disc, wheel or handle and locking mechanism that
normally locks the said disc wheel or handle but can be caused to unlock it when
acted upon by a coin inserted in the apparatus substantially as hereinabove described.
10. Apparatus substantially as hereinabove described with reference to Figs. 7, 8
and 9 of the drawings annexed, for storing packets of sweets or other articles,
receiving payment therefor and delivering the packets or articles when paid for.
TAIN A
HAAHH70 99817 TXXX
J. D. CHURCHILL.
W. Lloyd Wise,
46, Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, W.C.,
Agent for the Applicants.