Improvements in and relating to Coin Receiving Game and Coin-freed Delivery Apparatus.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 29th Nov., 1899
Complete Specification Left, 1st Oct., 1900-Accepted, 17th Nov., 1900
Improvements in and relating to Coin Receiving Game and Coin-freed
Delivery Apparatus.
We, FRANK HUMPHRIS, of 13, Netherwood Road, West Kensington Park, and
GEORGE HENRY FORSTER, of 8, Percy Road, Shepherd's Bush, both in the County
of Middlesex, Watchmakers, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to
be as follows:-―
This invention relates to coin game apparatus of the kind in which an inserted
coin falls into projecting mechanism operated from outside the case containing
the apparatus and by which it may be projected into suitable receptacles inside
the case.
In such apparatus as heretofore constructed the coin has been projected
either by the recoil of a spring acting on a lever one end of which is outside the
case, or by means of a shatt rotatable by a handle outside the case, or by means
of a piston reciprocated within a cylinder from the outside of the case, and it is
the object of this invention to provide projecting mechanism for apparatus
of the class herein before referred to which, while being thoroughly efficient
for its purpose, is cheaper to construct than similar mechanism as heretofore
made. A further object of the invention is so to construct the apparatus that
the coins are always in view, consequently it is much easier for the operator to
project the coins into the desired receptacle.
The apparatus comprises an outer case with a coin slit and a coin shoot of the
ordinary kind, down which latter the coin slides and drops on to a guide piece
in rear of which is one arm of a lever pivotted to some fixed part, or it may be
a block sliding in guides instead of a lever; this lever or block lies in the path
of a counterweighted lever connected by suitable mechanism to a handle outside
the case.
When the handle is operated the counterweighted lever is pressed on to the rear
of the lever or block aforementioned, the impact faces being preferably bevelled,
and the coin is thus projected forward from the guide piece into a suitable
receptacle or receptacles within the case. The receptacles are connected with
a till or drawer or with coin freed mechanism for delivering an article or for
delivering a token exchangeable for an article of given value.
0041 dow of Nawombor 1800.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and relating to Coin Receiving Game and Coin-freed
Delivery Apparatus.
We, FRANK HUMPHRIS, of 13, Netherwood Road, West Kensington Park, and
GEORGE HENRY FORSTER, of 8, Percy Road, Shepherd's Bush, both in the County
of Middlesex, Watch Makers, 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 coin-game apparatus of the kind in which an inserted
coin falls into projecting mechanism operated from outside the case containing
the apparatus and by which it may be projected into suitable receptacles inside
the case.
In such apparatus as heretofore constructed the coin has been projected either
by the recoil of a spring acting on a lever one end of which is outside the case,
or by means of a shaft rotatable by a handle outside the case, or by means of a
piston reciprocated within a cylinder from the outside of the case, and it is the
object of this invention to provide projecting mechanism for apparatus of the
class herein before referred to which, while being thoroughly efficient for its
purpose, is cheaper to construct than similar mechanism as heretofore made.
A further object of the invention is so to construct the apparatus that the coins
are always in view, consequently it is much easier for the operator to project the
coins into the desired receptacle.
In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 is an elevation of the apparatus with
part of the front removed, and Fig. 2 is a central longitudinal section of the
guide piece D.
The apparatus comprises an outer case A. with a coin slit B and a coin shoot C
of the ordinary kind, down which latter the coin J slides and drops on to an
inclined recess d on or in a guide piece D, in rear of which recess d is one arm
of a lever E pivotted to some fixed part at e; or a block sliding in guides may
be used instead of the lever E. In the example shown the guide piece D) is
made in the shape of an anvil, with the lever E mounted in a slot d¹ in the guide
piece 1), but this is not essential. The lever E (or the block) normally lies in
the path of a counterweighted lever F pivotted at f inside the case A and con-
nected by suitable mechanism, such as the rod G, to a handle H outside the
case A. When the handle H is operated the counterweighted lever F is pressed
on to the rear of the lever E or block aforementioned, the impact faces of the
levers E and F being preferably bevelled as shown at e¹ and fi and the coin J
is thus projected forward from the guide piece D into a suitable receptacle K
or within the case A. When the handle H is released the levers E and F
are returned to the initial position shown in the drawing by counterweights or
springs. The receptacle K is connected with coin-freed mechanism for deliver-
ing an article or for delivering a token exchangeable for an article of given
value, and the receptacle K is connected with a till or drawer.
If the coin J should fall short of the receptacle K, it will fall down the in-
cline L into the well M from whence it passes through an aperture in the case to
be returned to the operator.
If it should be shot beyond the receptacle K it will fall into the receptacle K¹
and then fall into a suitable till or drawer.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what
I claim is:-
1. A coin receiving game and coin-freed delivery apparatus comprising an

page_text: outer case having a coin slit and coin shoot, a guide piece situated beneath
the coin shoot and having a recess therein to receive the coin, a lever or sliding
block in rear of said recess normally in the path of a second lever, said second
lever being pivotted inside the case, an operative rod connected to said second
lever and passing through an aperture in the outer case and fitted with a handle
or knob whereby the coin may be projected from the guide piece, the two levers
being returned by springs or by gravity, and means for leading the projected coin
to coin-freed delivery mechanism or to the outside of the case, substantially as
and for the purpose herein before described with reference to the accompanying
drawing.
2. In coin-freed game apparatus, projecting mechanism consisting of a recessed
guide piece to receive the coin and a projecting lever or block in rear of said
recess acted upon by the impact of a second lever operated by a rod from outside
the case containing the apparatus, substantially as and for the purposes herein-
before described with reference to the accompanying drawing.
F. W. GOLBY,
Patent Agent, 36, Chancery Lane, London, W.C.,
Agent for the Applicants.