Improvements in or connected with Mechanism for Winding Up Coin Operating Mechanical Toys or Apparatus.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 6th July, 1892
Complete Specification Left, 6th Apr., 1893-Accepted, 24th June, 1893
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or connected with Mechanism for Winding Up Coin
Operating Mechanical Toys or Apparatus.
I, CORNELIS FREDERIK ALEXANDER RÖELL of The Lyric Club Leicester
Square in the County of Middlesex, a Jonkheer of the Kingdom of Holland
do hereby declare the nature of this invention a communication to me from abroad
by W. C. Olland of Utrecht in the Kingdom of Holland Scientific Instrument
Maker to be as follows
The invention relates to improvements in or connected with mechanism for
winding up coin operating mechanical toys or apparatus, and has for its objects to
prevent the winding thereof until a coin has been introduced into the machine to
prevent the overwinding thereof, and to prevent the rewinding thereof until another
coin has been introduced.
For this purpose a toothed wheel or winding wheel is employed which is provided
with a nearly complete circle of round teeth or pins projecting from one face
thereof, that is to say the circle is complete with the exception of a break or
opening therein, and this winding wheel is fixed upon a shaft mounted with
capability of revolution and to which is fixed one end of a spring motor which
furnishes the requisite motive power for the toy or apparatus.
In connection with this winding wheel is employed a pinion which is fixed upon
one end of a short shaft, the other end of which is through a universal joint
connected with the winding handle, and this pinion is at the desired times acted
upon by a spring finger normally held in its retracted position by a detent, which
is by suitable means connected with a lever which projects into the path of a coin
passing through the usual money shoot, so that upon the insertion of a coin, the
detent will be withdrawn, and the spring finger will throw the pinion into gear with
the exterior of the teeth or pins of the winding wheel.
If the winding handle be now turned the winding wheel through the universal
joint shaft and pinion, will be rotated until the pinion arrives at the break in the
teeth thereof, through which it will fall, when the winding will be discontinued and
the pinion and winding handle will run free, whilst at the same time a cam upon
the winding shaft is caused to act upon the spring finger, thereby compressing it
into engagement with its detent in readiness for the next operation.
Dated this 6th day of July 1802
WHITE & WOODI
27, Southampton Buildings, London, Agents.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or connected with Mechanism for Winding Up Coin
Operating Mechanical Toys or Apparatus.
I CORNELIS FREDERIK ALEXANDER RÖELL of The New Lyric Club
63 St. James's Street in the County of Middlesex a Jonkheer of the Kingdom of
Holland do hereby declare the nature of this invention, a communication to me
from abroad by W. C. Olland of Utrecht in the Kingdom of Holland Scientific
Instrument Maker and in what manner the same is to be performed to be particularly
described and ascertained in and by the following statement :—
The invention relates to improvements in or connected with mechanism for
winding up coin operating mechanical toys or apparatus and has for its objects to

page_text: prevent the winding thereof until a coin has been introduced into the machine,
to prevent the overwinding thereof and to prevent the rewinding thereof until
another coin has been introduced.
For this purpose a toothed wheel or winding wheel is employed which is provided
with a nearly complete circle of round teeth or pins projecting from one face
thereof that is to say the circle is complete with the exception of a break or
opening therein and this winding wheel is fixed upon a shaft mounted with
capability of revolution and is driven by a spring motor which furnishes the requisite
motive power for the toy or apparatus.
In connection with this winding wheel is employed a pinion which is fixed upon
one end of a short shaft the other end of which is through a universal joint connected
with the winding handle and this pinion is at the desired times acted upon by a
spring finger or lever normally held in its retracted position by a detent which is by
suitable means connected with a lever which projects into the path of a coin passing
through the usual money shoot so that upon the insertion of a coin the detent will
be withdrawn and the spring finger will throw the pinion into gear with the interior
of the teeth or pins of the winding wheel.
If the winding handle be now turned the winding wheel through the universal
joint shaft and pinion will be rotated until the pinion arrives at the break in the
teeth thereof through which it will fall when the winding will be discontinued and
the pinion and winding handle will run free whilst at the saine time a cam upon the
winding shaft is caused to act upon the spring finger thereby compressing it into
engagement with its detent in readiness for the next operation.
And in order that the said invention may be more clearly understood and readily
carried into effect I will proceed aided by the accompanying drawings more fully
to describe the same.
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS.
Figure 1 represents an end elevation of a winding mechanism constructed
according to my invention.
Figure 2 is a side elevation thereof.
Figure 3 is a vertical longitudinal section taken on the line 1-1 of Figure 1.
Figure 4 is a face view of the winding wheel separately drawn to a reduced scale
and showing the relative positions of the pinion and teeth or pins at the com-
mencement of the winding operation.
Figure 5 is a similar view showing the positions of the parts during the winding
operations and
Figure 6 is a similar view showing the relative positions of the pinion and teeth
or pins at the termination of the winding operation.
In the several figures like parts are indicated by similar letters of reference.
a represents the frame of the apparatus and represents the winding wheel which
is fixed upon a shaft at one end mounted in a bearing a formed in a bracket a
depending from the upper part of the frame a and at the other end similarly
mounted in a bearing which however is not shown.
Upon the periphery of the winding wheel b is provided a circle of teeth 6 which
engage a pinion e² fixed upon a short shaft cl which is mounted in suitable bearings
in a box c which contains a spring which is connected with the shaft c¹ and
constitutes the spring motor and this spring is wound up by a revolution or nearly
complete revolution of the winding wheel b in one direction and afterwards gives
motion in the contrary direction through the winding wheel and teeth to a
pinion coupled by a clutch d² with a shaft d which conveys the motion to the
figures or other objects to be actuated.
Or if desired the spring motor might be connected directly with the shaft b¹ and
that shaft might give motion to the figures to be actuated or the shaft & might be
employed for this purpose as herein before described.
Upon the winding wheel is provided a nearly complete circle of round teeth
or pins projecting from one face thereof that is to say the circle is complete with
is

page_text: the exception of a break or opening
teeth 63 is arranged a lining of metal b.
therein and upon the inside of the circle of
In connection with the teeth or pins 63 of the winding wheel is employed a
pinion e which is fixed upon one end of a short shaft e passing through an elliptical
shaped aperture a¹** in the bracket a' and which shaft is through a universal
joint connected with a sleeve e mounted in a bearing a* carried by a bracket a³
depending from the upper part of the frame a.
Upon this sleeve e arc fixed two ratchet wheels the one e' of which is
controlled against back action thus preventing back action of the pinion e by a
pawle whilst the other one ea is engaged by a pawl e' the office of which is to drive
the ratchet wheel and sleeve e in the winding up of the mechanism and the
pawl e is carried by an offset e from the winding crank e which is provided with a
handle e and is fixed upon a shaft e mounted with capability of revolution in the
sleeve e³.
By this construction the crank handle eo may be turned freely back or to the
left hand without giving motion in that direction to the ratchet wheel and
connected parts as the pawl e will slip upon the ratchet wheel whilst in the
normal position of the parts that is to say in the absence of a coin introduced into
the machine as hereinafter described it may be turned to the right hand with equal
freedom the pawl e' simply rotating the ratchet wheel e and pinion e without giving
motion to the other mechanism.
In connection with the pinion e is provided a horizontal lever f which at certain
times acts upon the shaft e¹ to raise the pinion e into gear with the pins or teeth //³
in the manner hereinafter described and this lever fat one end is mounted upon a
centre of motion and at the other end is pinjointed to a vertical link or
connecting rod f which at its upper end is pinjointed to one arm of a bell crank
lever mounted upon a centre of motion 3* and acted upon by a spring f³ and the
other arm of which at certain times engages a tooth g' of a detent lever g which
is mounted upon an axis of motion 9* and at one end is fitted with a counter-
weight. The lever g at its other end is pinjointed to the upper end of a link or
connecting rod g³ which at its lower end is pinjointed to a lever g* which at one
end is mounted upon a centre of motion g* carried by the lower end of a depending
bracket a³ and at the other end projects through an opening in the side of the
money shoot into the path of a coin a passing into the machine so that upon the
insertion of a coin the lever g will be depressed and the detent tooth will be
raised out of engagement with the arm of the bell crauk lever as indicated by
the dotted lines in Figure 2 thus permitting the spring to exert its force and
raise the arm of the bell crank lever when through the connecting link fand
lever the pinion shaft el will be raised until the pinion e engages the first tooth of
the circle of teeth or pins 63 as indicated more particularly at Figure 4 such tooth
being left uncovered by the lining for that purpose.
The coin c after depressing the lever g will pass away to the money compartment
and the lever g* will be restored to its normal position by the counterweight g² in
readiness for the next operation.
If the winding or crank handle e¹ be now turned to the right hand the pinion e,
the movements of which are to some extent controlled by the elliptical opening a¹**
in the bracket a¹ will roll up onto the outside of the ring of teeth 63 as indicated
more particularly at Figure 5, until the shaft e¹ finds a bearing in the contracted
part of the aperture a**, when further rolling motion will be prevented, and the
pinion e will be rotated; thus rotating the winding wheel until the break 6* in
the teeth & comes underneath the pinion e as indicated more particularly at
Figure 6, when the pinion e will roll off the teeth or pins & and through the break 6*
into the position indicated by the full lines in Figure 3, and by the dotted lines in
Figure 5, and the winding will be discontinued and the pinion e and winding
handle e will run free as herein before described, whilst during the rotation of the
winding wheel a came upon the face thereof comes against an arm or offset f³
from the lever and through the various connections compresses the spring ƒ³,

page_text: and brings the arm of the bell crank lever again into engagement with the
detent tooth g of the detent lever g in readiness for the next operation.
During the winding operation hereinbefore described, the spring within the box c
is through the pinion and shaft c¹ compressed as will be readily understood
without giving motion to the clutch shaft d whilst upon the pinion e rolling off the
teeth through the break the wheel will be released and will be driven in the
contrary direction by the spring motor, through the pinion and teeth 6, and will
consequently give motion to the clutch shaft and thus to the object or objects to
be set in motion as herein before described.
The office of the aperture a¹ in the bracket a' is to control the movements of
the pinion e and it will be seen upon reference more particularly to Figure 4, that
in the normal position of the winding wheel d when the spring motor is run down
the teeth or pins upon that side of the break 6 which it is necessary that
the pinion e should engage at the commencement of the winding operation occupy the
required position with relation to the aperture a¹** for that purpose, whilst at the
termination of the winding operation and as indicated more particularly at Figure 6,
the teeth upon the opposite side of the break occupy the required position to
enable the pinion e to roll off the teeth or pins b³.
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 combination with a coin operating machine a winding apparatus consisting
of a winding wheel provided with a broken circle of teeth or pins upon its face, a
pinion normally resting within the circle and fixed upon a suitably guided shaft
connected through a universal joint with a winding crank, a lever or finger actuated
by a spring or the like for raising the pinion into engagement with the pins or
teeth, a detent for holding the lever with the spring in compression a lever adapted
to be actuated by a coin passing through the money shoot for withdrawing the
detent and a cam upon the winding wheel for restoring the lever or finger and
co-acting parts to their normal positions substantially as herein shown and
described.
2. In combination with a coin operating machine, a spring motor or the like, a
winding wheel driven by the motor and provided upon its face with a broken
circle of teeth or pins, a pinion normally resting within the circle, and fixed upon
a suitably guided shaft connected through a universal joint with a winding crank, a
lever or finger actuated by a spring or the like for raising the pinion into
engagement with the pins or teeth, a detent for holding the lever with its spring in
compression, a lever adapted to be actuated by a coin passing through the money
shoot for withdrawing the detent and a cam upon the winding wheel for restoring
the lever or finger and co-acting parts to their normal positions substantially as
herein shown and described.
Dated this 6th day of Anril 1893.
WHITE & WOODINGTON,
27, Southampton Buildings, London, Agents.