Improvements in and relating to Coin Freed Automatic Machines for Taking Care of Cycles left Temporarily.
Year: 1897

page_text: This Print is in accordance with the Original Specification as it stands after
Amendment (under Section 11 of the Patents, &c., Act, 1883), as required
by the decision of the Comptroller General of the 1st day of July 1898.
Date of Application, 1st Nov., 1897-Accepted, 12th Feb., 1898
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION (AMENDED).
Improvements in and relating to Coin Freed Automatic Machines for
Taking Care of Cycles left Temporarily.
I, EDUARD VON HAKEN, Gentleman, of 71, Schluterstrasse, Charlottenburg, in
the Empire of Germany, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in
what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascer-
tained in and by the following statement:
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This invention relates to coin freed automatic machines for securing cycles in
public places of amusement, hotel entrances and the like.
This invention consists in providing a swing lever which is released by the
deposit of a coin, the said swing lever having an auxiliary clamp, which, upon
release of the first lever can be attached to a bicycle or other article and fixed
thereon by padlock or like device, so as to hold the bicycle against the wall and
parallel therewith.
This invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings as follows,―
Figure 1 is a front elevation of the mechanism, and
Figure 2 is a vertical section at right angles to Figure 1.
Figures 3, 4, and 5 are details on a larger scale of the coin mechanism.
In carrying this invention into effect, as illustrated in the drawings a case or
box a fastened to any suitable post or wall, has embedded within it a long lever f
pivotted at 9 and this lever f has its bottom end f¹ formed into a semicircular
clamp and is there pivotted to the second portion f³, of the said clamp in such a
manner that when the long lever f is embedded in the box a the clamp cannot be
opened.
On one side of the box a is a slot c and slide d for the reception of the coin
which is delivered into a swing locking lever e, this swing locking lever is pivotted
at n on the box a, and it has attached to it at one end a projecting catch e¹, which
embraces when in a normal' position the catch h situated on the back of the swing
lever f. A projecting piece e³ is formed on one side of the lever e in the position
clearly shown in detail at Figures 3, 4, and 5 of the drawings and a pin e³ attached
to the swing lever f lies in the path of the upward travel of the piece es when the
lever e is moved. Again a cash receptacle 6 is fixed immediately underneath the
end of the swing lever e.
The operation of the hereinbefore described mechanism is as follows:-When
it is desired to attach say for instance a cycle, a coin is passed in the slot c and
falling down the shoot d drops into a shallow receptacle at one end of the lever e
and causes it to swing round a sufficient distance to withdraw the catch e¹ from
the catch h. placed upon the long lever f, the lever coming to rest by the project-
ing piece meeting the pin e³ and taking the position shown by dotted lines at
Figure 3. The lever f is now pulled out from the wall upon its pivot g and the

page_text: pin e above the projecting piece e being withdrawn from the path of the said
piece the lever c makes a further movement and the coin rolls out of x and is
deposited in the receptacle b. The cycle may now be attached by opening the
clamp f, f, and fastening in any suitable manner by a padlock through the
slot . It is evident that when removing the cycle; spring attachments such
as Figure 2 or the weight of the lever f may be so arranged as to automatically
return the mechanism to its normal position ready for the insertion of another
coin. The coin lever always assumes its first position as soon as the coin drops
into the receptacle as the end carrying the catch el is the heavier while a stop m
fastened to the box a regulates this position and further the inclined surfaces of
the catches e¹ and h cause them to lock upon closing the lever f.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I wish it to be understood
that I am aware that it has previously been proposed to employ coin freed mech-
anism to secure cycles in a rack or stand and I make no general claim to the use
of such mechanism for that purpose, but I declare that what I claim is:-
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1, In coin freed automatic machines for taking care of cycles the arrange-
ment of a lever pivotted.at one end and embedded in a suitable box, the said
lever having an auxiliary lever or clamp arranged in such a position that it
cannot be opened for the reception and locking thereon of cycles until a coin
inserted in a suitable slot and slide operates a pivotted lever placed in the box
and automatically releases a latch holding the first lever in position.
Jaccu
ULD
MARKS & CLERK,
18, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., and
13, Temple Street, Birmingham, Agents.
MARKS & CLERK,
18, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., and
13, Temple Street, Birmingham, Agents.