Automatic Delivery of Goods in Exchange therefor.
Year: 1886

page_text: Automatic Delivery of Goods in Exchange therefor.
I CHARLES HENRY RUSSELL of 43 Bedford Row, London in the county of
Middlesex, Gentleman, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
This invention relates to an improved apparatus for the reception of coin and the
automatic delivery of goods in exchange therefor. By my improvements I arrange
the goods to be delivered one above the other in a compartment of suitable size and
shape. At or near the base of this compartment a shaft is placed in bearings capable
of revolution and provided with suitable projections upon which the lowest article
always rests. An aperture is provided for the introduction of coin or coins of proper
denomination, below which is placed a guide or shoot down which the coin fulls-
at the base of the shoot a revolving wheel is fitted, divided radially into a suitable
number of compartments. The wheel is counterbalanced and carries pins or
projections, or ratchet teeth, which take against the projection or teeth of the
aforesaid revolving shaft. A coin or coins of proper denomination being dropped
into the aperture, fall into the uppermost compartment of the revolving wheel,
causing its part rotation which transmits through the gearing teeth aforesaid,
sufficient part rotation to the shaft beneath the compartment containing the articles,
to allow one to fall out-whence it passes to a delivery aperture formed in the
casing of the apparatus, and the coin falls into a drawer beneath the wheel.
To prevent admission of coin when the storage compartment is empty a strip,
plate, or rod of suitable material is centred in a compartment placed between the
storage compartment and the money shoot. When any articles are contained in
the apparatus, the lower extremity of the strip, plate, or rod aforesaid, rests
through a slot formed in the back of the storage compartment, against the lowest
article contained therein, and its upper extremity is thus held clear of the coin
admission aperture and shoot. When the last article has been delivered, the lower
end of the strip, plate, or rod, moves forward through the slot and takes its place,

page_text: and the upper end then correspondingly passes into a similar slot formed in the
money shoot and closes it.
Any further coin then introduced slides down the face of the plate or strip, and
falls through the storage compartment out of the delivery aperture.
One or more compartments for storage may be arranged to continue the supply
when the first is empty and the apparatus may with advantage be constructed with
two or more storage compartments, admission apertures, and arrangements as
described, and having one money-drawer common to all.
The whole is enclosed in a casing and provided with a lock and indicator of any
suitable type if desired.

page_text: An Improved Apparatus for the Reception of Coin and the
Automatic Delivery of Goods in Exchange therefor.
I CHARLES HENRY RUSSELL of 80 Gray's Inn Road, London in the county of
Middlesex, Gentleman, 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 improved apparatus for the reception of coin and
the automatic delivery of goods in exchange therefor.
By my improvements I arrange the goods to be delivered one above the other in
a compartment of suitable size and shape. At or near the base of this compartment
a shaft (hereinafter called the delivery shaft) is placed in bearings capable of
revolution and provided with suitable projections upon which the lowest article
always rests. An aperture is provided for the introduction of coin or coins of
proper denomination, below which is placed a guide or shoot down which the coin
falls. At the base of the shoot a revolving wheel (hereinafter called the coin
wheel) is fitted divided radially into a suitable number of compartments. The coin
wheel is counterbalanced and carries pins or projections or ratchet teeth which take
against the projection or teeth of the aforesaid revolving delivery shaft. A coin or
coins of proper denomination being dropped into the aperture fall into the upper-
most compartment of the revolving coin wheel causing its part rotation which
transmits through the gearing teeth aforesaid sufficient part rotation to the delivery
shaft beneath the compartment containing the articles, to allow one to fall out,
whence it passes to a delivery aperture formed in the casing of the apparatus and the
coin falls into a drawer beneath it. To prevent admission of coin when the storage
compartment is empty a strip plate or rod of suitable material is centred in a
compartment placed between the storage compartment and the money shoot.
When any articles are contained in the apparatus, the lower extremity of the
strip plate or rod aforesaid rests through a slot formed in the back of the storage
compartment against the lowest article contained therein and the upper extremity
is thus held clear of the coin admission aperture and shoot. When the last article
has been delivered the lower end of the strip plate or rod moves forward through
the slot and takes its place, and the upper end then correspondingly passes into a
similar alot formed in the money shoot and closes it. Any further coin then
introduced slides down the face of the plate or strip and falls through the storage
compartment out of the delivery aperture.
I will now more particularly describe the invention by reference to the
accompanying drawings in which the figures represent internal elevations of the
front and side respectively of three modifications of apparatus constructed
according to this invention. Similar letters refer to similar parts in all of the
figures.
a is the external casing to which are or may be fixed lugs feet or other
convenient fittings; a plate b is fixed at a convenient distance from the front side
of the casing and a compartment 61 is thus formed, in which the articles to be sold
are stored,

page_text: About the base of the plate b the delivery shaft c is placed capable of
revolution in bearings affixed to plate or otherwise supported, and provided
with projections c upon which the lowest article always rests. A light spring
such as c³ may be fixed if desired acting upon the delivery shaft c to regulate its
rotation. The money admission aperture d is formed in the top of the casing a,
and at a distance below it not exceeding the diameter of the coin to be used a
money shoot e is fixed which may with advantage be bent cranked curved or
otherwise formed, to prevent the insertion of a straight wire knife blade or similar
thing to operate the apparatus for fraudulent purposes; below the foot of this
shoot the revolving hollow coin wheel f is placed its axle being centred upon a
suitable bracket fixed to the casing and the lower end of plate b; the coin wheel f
is formed of two plates or discs fixed together by internal radial arms and by this
means compartments g. g. are formed suited to the size of the coin to be used: ¿ is
the rocking plate or rod centred in suitable position upon the back of plate b with
its lower extremity passing freely through a slot cut in the plate 6; the lower
end is preferably formed bifurcated in which case alots j. j. are formed
accordingly as shown. The head of this lever i is formed of an inverted
V shape and works across the money admission aperture d. The head it is made
of sufficient weight to ensure a normal backward position of the rocking bar i as
shown in figures 4 and 6. Below the foot of plate b an inclined plane k is provided,
its upper part projecting forward far enough to leave just enough space for an
article to pass through; at the lower end of the plane k is formed the delivery
aperture provided with a holder Z.
According to the first modification shown in figures 1 and 2, the coin wheel fis
provided with a counterbalance weight such as f¹, and carries pins h. h. fixed upon
its outer face at suitable spaces apart so as to engage at the proper time with the
projections of the delivery shaft c. In practise I have found that the weight of
the articles is sufficient to rotate the delivery shaft c and in the modifications
shown in figures 3 and 4, 5 and 6, the weight of the articles is relied upon for this
purpose without requiring the aid of the pins upon the revolving coin wheel.
Therefore the pins are placed upon the axle of the coin wheel instead of upon its
face, and engage with a supplementary set of projections or teeth placed about the
central part of the delivery shaft c, and thus prevent its rotation except at the
proper times. In the apparatus illustrated in figures 3 and 4, the pins h are so
spaced, that when the coin wheel and its axle performs a part revolution, one of
the pins h is moved clear of that one of the said supplementary projections or teeth
with which it engages at the time, releasing delivery shaft c, and the weight of the
article resting thereon then causes it to make a sufficient part revolution to allow
the said article to fall to delivery aperture. In both the above described cases the
degree of part revolution of coin wheelf is determined by the retarding action of
the counterbalance weight f¹, assisted in some cases by the action of the light
spring c³.
;
According to the third modification of the above described arrangement shown
in figures 5 and 6, the revolving coin wheel rotates alternately in different
directions, and the projection on its shaft is such as to prevent the passage of
more than one article for each vibration, the degree of rotation being determined
by a stop n fixed to the back of casing a. In this case the counterbalance
weight f¹ is arranged to form the division between the compartments g. g, and so
adjusted and disposed that it is never central, but lies always at one side or the
other of the centre, consequently the open side of one compartment lies normally
below the foot of the shoot e, and the weight of the introduced coin will over-
balance the coin wheel.
The action of the apparatus is as follows:-The articles in compartment b¹
resting against the foot of the lever, maintain it in the position shown in figure 2,
with the lowest articles resting as shown on the projections c³ of delivery shaft c.
In this position the head is clear of the money admission aperture d, and a
coin introduced. passes over its back inclined face and falls down shoot into the:

page_text: uppermost compartment g. of the coin wheel f; the weight of the coin causes the
wheel to make a part revolution, and according to the first method, one of its
pins ŉ taking against projection c³, in part rotates the delivery shaft C, while
according to the second and third methods one of the supplementary projections
or teeth on delivery shaft c is liberated by the rotary movement of the pin h
engaging with it, and the delivery shaft is rotated by the weight of the article as
described. In every case the article falls off the projections c*, and rolling down
inclined plane k through the delivery aperture is deposited upon the holder l, and
at the same time the coin falls out of the compartment into the drawer or
receptacle o at the base of the casing a. When no more articles are contained in
the compartment b₁ the weight of the head causes the lever i to assume the
position shown in figures 4 and 6 when any further introduced coin will be
prevented passing to the mechanism and be diverted by the front inclined face
of through the aperture in plate band will fall down the compartment 6' and
through delivery aperture to holder land be thus returned to the operator. One
side of the casing is hinged and acts as a door being provided with suitable lock
and key.
One or more compartments for storage may be arranged to continue the supply
when the first is empty and the apparatus may with advantage be constructed
with two or more storage compartments admission apertures and arrangements as
described and having one money drawer common to all.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my inven
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what
I claim is
1. The improved apparatus for the reception of coin and the automatic delivery
of goods in exchange therefor constructed arranged and operating substantially as
hereinbefore described and illustrated.
2. The several modifications of my invention illustrated respectively in figures 1
and 2, 3 and 4, 5 and 6, and arranged to operate as herein before described.
3. The combination with a delivery shaft with its pins and projections of a
counterbalanced coin wheel with its compartments and projections arranged and
operating substantially as hereinbefore described and illustrated.
4. The modified forms of combination of counterbalanced coin wheel and delivery
device shown severally in figures 1 and 2, 3 and 4, 5 and 6.
5. In an apparatus for the reception of coin and the automatic delivery of goods
in exchange therefor, the use of a rocking bar such as i constructed and arranged
and adapted to take such a position when goods are contained in the apparatus as
to direct introduced coin to the delivery mechanism, but to alter its position
automatically on the delivery of the last article contained so as to close the money
shoot and prevent further introduced coin passing to the mechanism and to
divert it to be returned to the operator substantially as hereinbefore described and
illustrated.