Improvements in Mechanism for Automatically Delivering a Single Cigar, Cigarette, or other Article, or a Measured Quantity of Liquid in Exchange for a of the of the,, or, or.
Year: 1888

page_text: Date of Application 21st July, 1888
Complete Specification Left, 17th Apr., 1889
Complete Specification Accepted, 25th May, 1889
Improvements in Mechanism for Automatically Delivering a Single
Cigar, Cigarette, or other Article, or a Measured Quantity of
Liquid in Exchange for a Coin of the Selling Value of the Cigar,
Cigarette, or Article, or Measured Quantity of Liquid.
I JOSEPH BREEDEN of New Mill Works Fazeley Street Birmingham in the County
of Warwick Manufacturer do hereby declare the nature of this Invention to be as
follows:--
My invention consists in constructing and arranging the parts of the said mechanism
in the following manner.
I will first describe my improvements in connection with mechanism for delivering
cigarettes.
The cigarettes are contained in a hopper the lower parts of the sides of which are
inclined to one another at an angle of about ninety degrees. The bottoms of the said
lower sides of the hopper are three or four inches apart. At a short distance below
the hopper is an inclined shoot or channel the dimensions of which are such that it
The upper end
will permit an inclined column of cigarettes readily to descend in it.
of this channel is under the middle of the hopper and its lower end terminates near
the front of the box over a fixed horizontal platform.
Between the bottom of the hopper and the top of the channel or shoot described is a
slide having an opening extending across its middle the said opening is of a breadth
about equal to twice the diameter of the cigarettes to be delivered. The upper faces
of the opening in the slide are inclined so as to make a very obtuse angle with each
other. That edge of the slot nearest the front of the machine is nearly vertical and the
distant edge is undercut the undercut being concave. This slide is pushed inwards by
pressure on the push bar and is returned to its normal position when pressure is
removed from the push bar by a spring. The said slide in its motion never closes the
communication between the bottom of the hopper and the shoot or channel its function
being to prevent bridging or wedging of the cigarettes and this it effects in the
following manner. When the slide takes its normal position the front edge of the slot
retires from the top of the channel or shoot and some of the cigarettes rest on the

page_text: horizontal surface on which the slide travels the back undercut edge of the slot
overhanging the top of the channel or shoot. When the slide is pressed inwards the
front edge of its slot pushes the cigarettes horizontally over the top of the channel, and
when the slide moves in the other direction the back undercut edge of the slide pushes
the cigarettes in the opposite direction over the top of the channel. Thus by the
motion of the said slide the lower cigarettes are carried to and fro over the top of the
channel which is thus kept full of cigarettes and by the motion described the bridging
or wedging of the cigarettes is prevented.
Between the bottom of the channel and the fixed horizontal platform over which the
bottom of the channel terminates is a small slide the rear part of which has a slot
suitable for the reception of a single cigarette. This small slide is connected to and
travels with the push bar. The front part of this small slide is flat or
plain so that
when the small slide is in its normal position its slot is under the bottom of the channel
and is occupied by a cigarette. When the push bar is pressed inwards the cigarette
in the slot in the small slide is carried forward over the delivery channel into which it
falls and is delivered from the machine the flat or plain part of the small slide coming
under the bottom of the channel or shoot and preventing the descent of the inclined
column of cigarettes contained in it. Thus each time the push bar is pressed inwards
and afterwards released a cigarette has been delivered from the bottom of the inclined
column of cigarettes and the lower stratum of cigarettes in the hopper has been pushed
backwards and forwards over the top of the inclined channel and the said channel kept
constantly full.
The horizontal opening at which the coin is introduced is situated near the top of
the box. The introduced coin slides down an incline and is guided into a vertical
position and is received on one arm of a lever the other weighted arm of which in the
normal position of the machine engages in a notch in the push bar and prevents the
said push bar from being pushed inwards until the weighted end of the lever has been
disengaged from the notch in the push bar. This disengagement is effected by the
introduced coin giving a preponderance to the arm of the lever on which it has fallen.
The push bar can now be pushed inwards and the delivery of a cigarette effected. The
motion of the push bar raises still further the weighted end of the lever and causes tho
coin to be liberated and fall.
To prevent too small a coin actuating the mechanism the incline down which the
coin descends has an opening of such a size as to permit of the passage through it of a
too small coin which diverted from the course a proper coin takes does not operate the
mechanism. The passage down which the coin descends has a serrated edge which
prevents the machine being tampered with by a coin attached to a string.
A glazed sight hole is made at the side or front of the box so that it can be seen
when the last cigarette has been discharged from the machine.
The bridging or wedging of the cigarettes may be prevented by causing the push
bar to give an angular motion to an axis carrying a vane or radial plato the said axis
being situated over the slot or opening at the bottom of the hopper. By the motion
of the push bar the said vane or radial plate pushes the cigarettes to and fro over the
said opening and thus maintains the channel under the hopper constantly charged
with cigarettes. Instead of giving an angular motion to the said plate it may be
attached to a sliding bar or rod and have a rectilinear motion given to it with the
same effect.
All the parts of the mechanism are attached to a vertical plate constituting the front
of the box containing and protecting the mechanism. By the removal of the said
front all the mechanism is withdrawn from the box for repairing or cleaning.
For the purpose of delivering a measured quantity of liquid (such for example as
wine or spirit) 1 retain the parts described for receiving the coin and causing it to
unlock the mechanism but in place of the parts described for delivering cigarettes
I substitute mechanism of the following kind.
The lever operated by the introduction of the coin engages in the normal state
of the mechanism with a tooth or projection near the bottom of a vertical sliding rod
raised by a coiled spring. The upper end of this rod has a rack with which a pinion

page_text: on the end of the plug of a tap gears. This tap is connected below the plug with the
vessel containing the liquid to be delivered and is connected above the plug with a
vertical measuring vessel preferably of glass. The " ways" in the plug of the tap
are so arranged that when the lever of the tap is pressed down by the attendant a
communication is opened between the measuring vessel and the vessel containing the
stock of liquid under pressure. The liquid then enters the measuring vessel and is
allowed to rise until it reaches the level of an overflow pipe when the attendant ceasing
to press on the lever of the tap the said lever assumes its normal position by the action
of the coiled spring on the vertical sliding rod. The communication with the stock of
liquid is thereby cut off and a communication at the same time opened with the filled
measuring vessel and a delivery pipe from which pipe the liquid is delivered into a
wine or other glass or vessel.
The descent of the sliding rod causes the coin lever to lock it and the parts are
restored to their normal positions. If by carelessness or design the attendant maintains
the pressure of his finger on the lever of the tap longer than is necessary for the
entrance of the required quantity of liquid into the measuring vessel the excess passes
down the overflow pipe into a receptacle provided for its reception not within the
control of the operator. A registering apparatus may be attached to the machine to
indicate how many measured quantities of liquid have been drawn from the machine.
Dated this 21st day of July 1888.
W. T. WHITEMAN,
Agent for the Applicant.

page_text: Improvements in Mechanism for Automatically Delivering a Single
Cigar, Cigarette, or other Article, or a Measured Quantity of
Liquid in Exchange for a Coin of the Selling Value of the Cigar,
Cigarette, or Article, or Measured Quantity of Liquid.
I JOSEPH BREEDEN of New Mill Works Fazeley Street Birmingham in the
County of Warwick Manufacturer do hereby declare the nature of my invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed to be particularly described and
ascertained in and by the following statement:-
My invention consists in constructing and arranging the parts of the said mechanism
in the following manner.
I will first describe my improvements in connection with mechanism for delivering
cigarettes.
The cigarettes are contained in a hopper the lower parts of the sides of which
are inclined to one another at an angle of about ninety degrees. The bottoms of the
said lower sides of the hopper are three or four inches apart. At a short distance
below the hopper is an inclined shoot or channel the dimensions of which are such
that it will permit an inclined column of cigarettes readily to descend in it. The
upper end of this channel is under the middle of the hopper and its lower end
terminates near the front of the box over a fixed horizontal platform.
Between the bottom of the hopper and the top of the channel or shoot described is
a slide having an opening extending across its middle the said opening is of a breadth
about equal to twice the diameter of the cigarettes to be delivered. The upper faces
of the opening in the slide are inclined so as to make a very obtuse angle with
each other. That edge of the slot nearest the front of the machine is nearly vertical
and the distant edge is undercut, the undercut being concave. This slide is pushed
inwards by pressure on the push bar and is returned to its normal position when
pressure is removed from the push bar by a spring. The said slide in its motion never
closes the communication between the bottom of the hopper and the shoot or channel
its function being to prevent bridging or wedging of the cigarettes and this it effects
in the following manner. When the slide takes its normal position the front edge of
the slot retires from the top of the channel or shoot and some of the cigarettes rest
on the horizontal surface on which the slide travels the back undercut edge of the slot
overhanging the top of the channel or shoot. When the slide is pressed inwards the
front edge of its slot pushes the cigarettes horizontally over the top of the channel
and when the slide moves in the other direction the back undercut edge of the slide
pushes the cigarettes in the opposite direction over the top of the channel. Thus by
the motion of the said slide the lower cigarettes are carried to and fro over the top of
the channel which is thus kept full of cigarettes and by the motion described the
bridging or wedging of the cigarettes.is prevented.

page_text: Between the bottom of the channel and the fixed horizontal platform over which the
bottom of the channel terminates is a small slide the rear part of which has a slot
suitable for the reception of a single cigarette. This small slide is connected to and
travels with the push bar. The front part of this small slide is flat or plain so that
when the small slide is in its normal position its slot is under the bottom of the
channel and is occupied by a cigarette. When the push bar is pressed inwards the
cigarette in the slot in the small sli le is carried forward over the delivery channel
into which it falls and is delivered from the machine, the flat or plain part of the small
slide coming under the bottom of the channel or shoot and preventing the descent of
the inclined column of cigarettes contained in it. Thus, each time the push bar is
pressed inwards and afterwards released a cigarette has been delivered from the
bottom of the inclined column of cigarettes and the lower stratum of cigarettes in the
hopper has been pushed backwards and forwards over the top of the inclined channel
and the said channel kept constantly full.
The horizontal opening at which the coin is introduced is situated near the top of
the box. The introduced coin slides down an incline and is guided into a vertical
position and is received on one arm of a lever the other weighted arm of which in the
normal position of the machine engages in a notch in the push bar and prevents
the said push bar from being pushed inwards until the weight end of the lever has
been disengaged from the notch in the push bar. This disengagement is effected by
the introduced coin giving a preponderance to the arm of the lever on which it has
fallen. The push bar can now be pushed inwards and the delivery of a cigarette
effected. The motion of the push bar raises still further the weighted end of the
lever and causes the coin to be liberated and fall.
The bridging or wedging of the cigarettes may be prevented by causing the push
bar to give an angular motion to an axis carrying a vane or radial plate the said axis
being situated over the slot or opening at the bottom of the hopper. By the motion
of the push bar the said vane or radial plate pushes the cigarettes to and fro over the
said opening and thus maintains the channel under the hopper constantly charged with
cigarettes. Instead of giving an angular motion to the said plate it may be attached
to a sliding bar or rod and have a rectilinear motion given to it with the same
effect.
For the purpose of delivering a measured quantity of liquid (such for example as wine
or spirit) I retain the parts described for receiving the coin and causing it to unlock
the mechanism but in place of the parts described for delivering cigarettes I substitute
mechanism of the following kind.
in
The lever operated by the introduction of the coin engages in the normal state
of the mechanism with a tooth or projection near the bottom of a vertical sliding rod
raised by a coiled spring. The upper end of this rod has a rack with which a
pinion on the end of the plug of a tap gears. Or the connection between the top
of the vertical sliding rod and the plug may be effected by a short arm on the hand
lever of the plug bearing against a roller on the said sliding rod. This tap is connected
below the plug with the vessel containing the liquid to be delivered and is connected
above the plug with a vertical measuring vessel preferably of glass. The "ways.
the plug of the tap are so arranged that when the lever of the tap is pressed down
by the attendant a communication is opened between the measuring vessel and the
vessel containing the stock of liquid under pressure. The liquid then enters the
measuring vessel and is allowed to rise until it reaches the level of an overflow pipe
when the attendant ceasing to press on the lever of the tap the said lever assumes its
normal position by the action of the coiled spring on the vertical sliding rod. The
communication with the stock of liquid is thereby cut off and a communication at the
same time opened with the filled measuring vessel and a delivery pipe from which pipe
the liquid is delivered into a wine or other glass or vessel.
The descent of the sliding rod causes the coin lever to lock it and the parts are
restored to their normal position. If by carelessness or design the attendant maintains
the pressure of his finger on the lever of the tap longer than is necessary for the
entrance of the required quantity of liquid into the measuring vessel the excess passes

page_text: down the overflow pipe into a receptacle provided for its reception not within the
control of the operator. A registering apparatus may be attached to the machine to
indicate how many measured quantities of liquid have been drawn from the machine.
I will now proceed to describe with reference to the accompanying Drawings the
manner in which my invention is to be performed.
Figures 1 and 2 represent in vertical section a portion of a box for delivering
cigarettes one at a time, the said box containing mechanism constructed according to
my invention for preventing the bridging or wedging of the cigarettes, Figure 1
representing the parts in the positions which they respectively occupy when the push
bar is in its normal position and Figure 2 representing the said parts when the push
bar is in its pressed inward position and a cigarette has been delivered from the store
in the box.
Figure 3 represents a back elevation of Figure 1 and Figure 4 represents a back
elevation of Figure 2, the said Figures 3 and 4 also exhibiting parts of the lever for
locking and releasing the push bar as hereinafter described.
The same letters of reference indicate the same parts in the several Figures of the
Drawings.
a a is the hopper containing the cigarettes to be delivered b is the inclined shoot or
channel situated between the bottom of the hopper and the fixed horizontal platform c
on which the push bar d works, the said push bar being pressed into its normal
position Figure 1 by the strong coiled spring e one end of the said spring bearing
against a shoulder on the push bar and the other end against the frame of the box (see
Figures 9 and 10). It will be seen by an examination of the Drawing that the upper
end of the shoot b is under the middle of the hopper a.
The parts for preventing the bridging or wedging of the cigarettes are as follows:--
Between the fixed inclined sides of the lower part of the hopper a and the shoot or
channel b is a slide working on the supports 626 carried by the fixed shoot or
channel b. The said slide fis worked from the push har d by the vertical connecting
piece or arm g. In the said slide is an opening extending across its middle the said
opening having a breadth about equal to twice the diameter of the cigarettes to be
delivered. The upper faces of the opening in the slide are inclined at /h the said
inclined faces making an obtuse angle with each other. The edge i of the said opening
is vertical and the other edge is concave and undercut. It will be seen by an
examination of the Drawing that whether the push bar d be in its normal position
Figure 1 or in its pushed in position Figure 2 the slide operated by it does not close
the communication between the bottom of the hopper a and the shoot or channel b
7 is a small or delivery slide at the bottom of the shoot or channel 6 the said delivery
slide having a rectangular slot or opening m in it suitable for receiving a single
cigarette. The small or delivery slide m is connected to and travels with the push
bar d. Under the slide is a delivery channel p down which the single cigarette
received in and delivered from the said slide passes to the outside of the box in the
usual way. The small receiving and delivery slide 1, m operated by the push bar
constitutes no part of my present invention.
:
The action of the parts for preventing the bridging or wedging of the cigarettes is
as follows: When the slide f is in its normal position Figure 1 the front edge i of
the slot or opening in the said slide has the position with respect to the top of the
channel or shoot b represented in the said Figure 1 and some of the cigarettes rest on
the horizontal surface or platform 6 on which the said slide f works, the back
undercut edge of the slot or opening overhanging the top of the channel or shoot b.
When the slide fis pressed inwards by the action of the push bar d as represented in
Figure 2 the front vertical edge i pushes the cigarettes horizontally over the top of the
channel or shoot 6 and when the push bar d makes its back or return stroke the back
undercut edge k of the slide pushes the cigarette in the opposite direction over the top
of the channel or shoot b. The lower cigarettes in the hopper are by the motion of
the slide thus carried to and fro over the top of the channel b which is thereby kept
full of cigarettes and the bridging of the cigarettes prevented.
It will be seen that when the push bar d is in its normal position Figure 1 the smal'

page_text: slide carried by it is under the bottom of the shoot or channel b and the slot mis
occupied by a cigarette, the column of cigarettes in the channel b being supported by
the fixed horizontal platform c. When the push bar d is pushed inwards as
represented in Figure 2 the small slide is carried forward and the cigarette in it is
brought over the delivery channel p into which it falls and is delivered from the box
the flat upper part of the said small slide coming under the bottom of the channel or
shoot band preventing the descent of the column of cigarettes contained in it.
Figure 5 represents in vertical section and Figure 6 a portion of the same in side
elevation, the arangement of my invention in which the bridging or wedging of the
cigarettes is prevented by a vane or radial plate having an angular motion given to it
by the motion of the push bar. On the top of the upright 9 carried by the push bar d
is a horizontal axis q2 which projects into the hopper a. The said axis carries a
vane or radial plate q3 capable of turning on the said axis the said axis and vane being
situated parallel to the top of the channel or shoot b. The said axis q' works in the
horizontal slot in the back of the hopper a. Connected to the vane or plate q³ and
outside the hopper is a short arm q* and also outside the hopper a are two pins or
stops a' a³.
When the push bar d is in its back or normal position Figure 5 the vane
or plate has the position represented in full lines in the said Figure 5 and on
pushing inwards the said push bar the vane or plate takes the position indicated in
dotted lines in Figure 5 by the arm qª striking against the pin as the said vane or
plate having an angular motion given to it on its axis q². When the push bar.d
makes its return stroke, the arm q' strikes against the pin a² and the said vane is
turned on its axis in the other direction. Thus, by the motion of the push bar d the
vane or radial plate q pushes the cigarettes to and fro over the opening to the shoot
or channel b and thereby maintains the said channel constantly charged with
cigarettes.
Figure 7 represents in section and Figure 8 in side elevation a portion of the same
the arrangement of my invention in which a sliding plate is used in place of the
angular vane or plate last described. In the said Figures 7 and 8 the sliding plate is
markeds and by the motion of the push bar d it has a reciprocating motion given to
it, the sliding plates occupying the full line position represented in Figure 7 when the
push bar is in its normal position and the dotted line position when the push bar is
pushed inwards for delivering a cigarette.
I will now describe the mechanism constructed according to my invention for
locking the push bar and causing the said push bar to be released by the introduced
coin.
Figures 9 and 10 represent front elevations of the said mechanism, Figure 9
representing the push bar locked in its normal position before the coin has been
introduced and Figure 10 representing the push bar unlocked by the introduced coin
and the coin liberated by the pushing in of the push bar to deliver a cigarette ;
Figure 3 represents a back elevation of the locking mechanism in the position
represented in Figure 9 and Figure 4 represents a back elevation of the locking
mechanism in the position represented in Figure 10. The same letters of reference
indicate the same parts in Figures 9, 10, 3 and 4.
arm t.
The coin lever by which the push bar d is locked and unlocked is marked t, t and
turns on the centre above the push bar d. The arm of the coin lever is weighted
and carries the locking shoulder and lifting shoulder to. The other arm t is made
of a box form for receiving and temporarily retaining the coin passed into the said box
It is open at its ends and is closed partly on one side by the plate t which
carries the spring to which guides the coin to the box arm of the lever. The coin
supporting bottom edge to of the arm t of the coin lever is only of the width or
thickness of a single coin so that when a coin has been introduced into the machine
and received in the box arm t other coins subsequently introduced into the
machine will fall through the said box arm of the coin lever into the money receptacle
below and the unlocking and holding in its unlocked position of the coin lever by
a succession of introduced coins and the fraudulent removal of the cigarettes is
thereby prevented. Near the front end of the push bar d is a notch or depression t

page_text: with which the shoulder t on the weighted arm t2 of the coin lever engages to lock
the said push bar when the latter is in its normal position, the lifting shoulder to
falling into the said notch as represented in Figure 9: u is a spring acting upon the
weighted arm 2 of the lever for pressing the said arm into the notch when the
push bar d has been pressed back by the spring e into its normal position. The coin
is introduced into the box at the opening near the top. The introduced coin slides
down the incline w into the vertical channel x in which it is guided by the spring c³.
The coin from the channel falls into the box arm t of the weighted lever the said
lever having the position represented in Figure 9 so as to lock the push bar d and
prevent it being pushed inwards. The weight of the coin received in the box arm t
of the lever depresses that arm and raises the weighted arm into the position
indicated in dotted liues in Figure 9. The locking shoulder on the weighted arm
of the lever is thereby disengaged from the notch & in the push bar and the latter
is free to be pushed inwards for delivering a cigarette. On pushing inwards the
push bar d the notch to acts against the lifting shoulder t and lifts the weighted
arm and the coin arm t is further depressed so as to cause the coin to be tilted
and liberated and fall from it into the money receptacle as shown in Figure 10. As
the weighted arm t' of the lever is lifted by the inward motion of the push bar d
the spring u is compressed ready on the return motion of the push bar to cause the
engagement of the weighted arm of the coin lever with the notch in and the
relocking of the push bar.
To prevent too small a coin actuating the mechanism, the incline w down which
the coin descends has an opening of such a size as to permit of the passage through
it of a too small coin which diverted from the course a proper coin takes does not
operate the mechanism. The passage to down which the coin descends has a serrated
edge at which prevents the machine being tampered with by a coin attached
to a string.
A glazed sight hole is made at the side or front of the box so that it can be
seen when the last cigarette has been discharged from the machine.
All the parts of the mechanism are attached to the vertical plate y constituting
the front of the box containing and protecting the mechanism. By the removal of
the said front all the mechanism is withdrawn from the body for repairing or
cleaning.
Figure 11 represents in back elevation partly in vertical section (with part of the
case removed) and Figure 12 in side elevation, mechanism constructed according to my
invention for delivering a measured quantity of wine or spirit or other liquid, the
vertical sliding rod of the mechanism being locked and the tap closed so as to cut
off communication between the vessel containing the store of liquid to be. unmeasured
and the measuring vessel; Figure 13 represents the same view as Figure 11 with
the vertical sliding rod released from the locking mechanism and raised by the action
of the tap lever and the tap opened so as to establish a communication between the
store vessel and the measuring vessel-the communication between the said
measuring vessel--and the delivery spout being closed.
Figure 14 represents a cross section taken through a part of the tap when the plug
is in the position represented in Figure 13 and Figure 15 represents a cross section
taken through another part of the tap when the plug is in the position represented
in Figure 11.
Figures 16 and 17 represent a series of the machines and appliances connected
therewith drawn to a smaller scale as hereinafter explained.
The same letters of reference indicate the same parts in Figures 11. 12. 13. 14. 15.
16 and 17.
a is the vertical sliding rod raised when at liberty to move into the position shewn
in Figure 13 by the coiled spring b.
The upper part of the said rod a is expanded and slotted at a² and carries an
anti friction roller a³. In the said slotted part a² of the sliding rod a the short
arm of the tap hand lever c works, the said arm 2 bearing against the roller a³.
The hand lever c is fixed on the outer end of the plug d of the tap and the partial

page_text: rotation of the said plug to open and close the tap is effected by the hand lever c, c
as hereinafter particularly explained. The lower end of the sliding rod a is toothed
at a and the said rod is held and locked in the depressed position Figures 11 and
12 by the toothed arm e³ of the weighted coin lever e, engaging with the toothed
end a of the said rod. The coin arm of the coin lever may be constructed in the
manner herein before described: fis the coin channel down which the coin, introduced
into the machine at the front slit or opening f, is conducted to the coin receiving
arme for tilting the coin lever and releasing the sliding rod a as represented in
Figure 13 g is the spring for aiding the return of the coin lever to its locking
position. The ascending motion of the sliding rod a is limited by the stop a³.
Below the tap is a vertical pipe in connection with the barrel or vessel
containing under pressure the store of the liquid to be delivered. The pipe h opens
into the passage in the fixed barrel k of the tap. In line with the said passage i
}
is a second passage in the barrel of the tap. The said second passage opens
Communication is
into the vertical glass measuring vessel m above the tap.
established and cut off between the two passages i and in the barrel k of the
tap by the cross liquid way n in the plug d. When the plug d is in the position
represented in Figures 11 and 12 the cross way n is situated at right angles to the
passages, and no liquid can pass between the store vessel and the measuring
vessel m.
When the plug d is turned through a quadrant by means of the hand
lever the passages and in the barrel k and the cross way n in the plug d
coincide as illustrated in Figures 13 and 14 and liquid can now pass through the
The measuring vessel m
pipe h, passages i, l, and way n to the measuring vessel m.
is emptied of its contents through the passage p in the barrel of the tap and through
the angular liquid way in the plug of the tap and the fixed delivery spout r on
the tap barrel k, the liquid delivered to the spout being received in a glass or
vessel placed for its reception beneath the said spout. When the parts are in the
respective positions represented in Figures 11 and 12 communication between the
vessel containing the liquid and the measuring vessel m is cut off and the angular
way in the plug has the position best seen in Figure 15; that is, the way q is
open at one end to the passage p of the measuring vessel and at the other end is open
to the delivery spont but when the plug d is in the position represented in Figures 13
and 14 and the liquid is entering the measuring vessel in the communication
between the said measuring vessel m and the delivery spout is cut off by the
changed position of the angular way 9 in the plug as seen in Figure 13.
In the axis of the glass measuring vessel m is an overflow pipes having a funnel
shaped head. By means of this overflow pipe the height of the liquid in the measuring
vessel is determined. The overflow pipe's opens into the lower pipe through the
passages t, t in the barrel of the tap and the annular way u in the plug. The lower
pipe is connected with a bottle or vessel into which any excess of liquid passing
down the said overflow pipe is collected as hereinafter described. The measuring
vessel m is covered by the loose fitting metal cap m' which is locked down so as to
prevent fraudulent access to the contents of the measuring vessel as hereinafter
described; is a registering apparatus (see Figure 12) operated by the arm w on the
sliding rod a, the said arm to acting upon one of the train of wheels of the said
registering apparatus. By means of the registering apparatus, which is of the
ordinary kind, the number of measured quantites of liquid drawn from the machine is
indicated.
The action of the machine is as follows:-
The parts being in the normal positions represented in Figures 11 and 12 the tap is
closed and communication between the store of liquid and the measuring vessel is cut
off, the sliding rod a being locked by the engagement of the notched or toothed
end a of the said rod, with the arm of the coin lever. In order to obtain a
measured quantity of the liquid in connection with the machine, a coin is introduced
into the passage and is delivered into the box arm e³ of the coin lever so as to tilt
the said coin lever and release the sliding rod a. The said sliding rod a can now be
raised by depressing the hand lever c into the position represented in Figure 13 and
B

page_text: indicated in dotted lines in Figure 12, the coiled spring b being compressed, the
raising of the sliding rod a causing its toothed end to hear against the curved head
of the coin lever arm e³ and further tilt or depress the coin lever and cause the coin
to fall therefrom.
.
By the depression of the hand lever c the plug d on the said handle is turned
through a quadrant and communication between the vessel containing the store of
liquid and the measuring vessel m is opened through the way n and passages i. 7 and
at the same time. communication between the measuring vessel m and the delivery
spout is cut off by the changed position of the angular way q. The liquid now
enters the measuring vessel m and is allowed to rise until it reaches the level of
the top of the overflow pipes when the attendant ceasing to press on the hand
lever c the said lever is made to take its normal position by the downward motion of
the sliding rod a, effected by the compressed spring, the motion of the said lever
giving a back rotation to the plug d. The communication with the store of liquid is
thereby cut off and a communication at the same time opened with the filled
measuring vessel m and the delivery spout r from which spout the liquid is delivered
into a wine or other glass or vessel. The descent of the sliding rod a causes the
coin lever to relock it and the parts are restored to the positions represented in
Figures 11 and 12. Should the attendant maintain the pressure on the lever c too
long the liquid in the measuring vessel overflows the pipes and passes by the said pipe
and the connections before described to a bottle or vessel not under the control of the
operator.
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I prefer to arrange a set of the liquid delivering machines side by side for delivering
different kinds of wines or spirits or other liquids and to lock the several caps of the
measuring vessels and the receptacles into which the coins pass and in which the
vessels for receiving the excess of liquid from the overflow pipes are contained
in the manner illustrated in end elevation in Figure 16 and side elevation in
Figure 17.
I support the set of machines on a counter or support a carrying the brackets y, y
on which the glasses are placed for receiving the liquid delivered by the spouts rrr.
Under each machine is a receptacle for receiving the coins and also for containing a
bottle or vessel (see Figure 16) into which the overflow liquid is conveyed by the
pipe The side of the set of receptacles below the machines is closed by the
hinged door or cover which is locked and which when unlocked can be turned down
upon its hinges to obtain access to the contents of the said receptacles.
The ends of the set of receptacles closed by the door or cover may be furnished
with glass panels through which the height of the liquid in the overflow receiving
bottles or vessels & can be seen.
For the purpose of locking down the caps m² m² of the set of machines, I use the
safety or locking horizontal bar shewn in Figure 17 for preventing fraudulent
access to the measuring vessels. This bar is jointed at one end to the top of the
upright or standard * and the other end is locked to a similar upright or standard at
the opposite end of the set of machines. To the safety or locking bar 3 the caps m³, m³
of the several measuring vessels of the machines are screwed so that the whole of the
measuring vessels are simultaneously covered and uncovered when the said bar is
depressed upon or raised from the said measuring vessels.
By a coin I wish it to be understood that I mean either a coin of the realm or
a token or check which may be sold and used in place of a coin.
The arrangements hereinbefore described and represented in Figures 1. 2. 3. 4.
5. 6 and 7 for preventing bridging or wedging may be applied to mechanism for
automatically delivering a single cigar or other article having a figure cylindrical or
nearly cylindrical but by varying the size and shape of the slide and passages
connected with the hopper the machines may be made to deliver articles of various
shapes.
The mechanisın herein before described and illustrated in the accompanying
drawings for locking and releasing the push bar and for preventing fraud may be
applied generally to imechanism in which the push bar is released by the introduced coin.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my inven-
tion and the manner in which the same is to be performed I declare that I claim
as my invention of "Improvements in mechanism for automatically delivering a single
cigar, cigarette or other article or a measured quantity of liquid in exchange for a
coin of the selling value of the cigar cigarette or article or measured quantity of
liquid
"
First. The construction and arrangement of the parts of the slide, situated between
the bottom of the hopper and the shoot or delivery channel and worked from the
push bar, herein before described and illustrated in Figures 1. 2. 3 and 4 of the
accompanying drawings for preventing. the bridging or wedging of the cigars,
cigarettes or other articles.
Secondly. The combination with the hopper of the vane or radial plate worked
from the push bar hereinbefore described and illustrated in Figures 5 and 6 of the
accompanying drawings for preventing the bridging or wedging of the cigars,
cigarettes or other articles.
Thirdly. The combination with the hopper of the reciprocating sliding plate worked
from the push bar hereinbefore described and illustrated in Figures 7 and 8 of the
accompanying drawings for preventing the bridging or wedging of the cigars
cigarettes or other articles.
Fourthly. The construction and arrangement of the parts of the coin lever and
notched push bar hereinbefore described and illustrated in Figures 3. 4. 9 and 10 of
the accompanying drawings for locking the push bar and for releasing the said push
bar by the introduced coin; also making the bottom or supporting edge of the coin
arm of the coin lever of a width equal to the thickness of a single coin for the purpose
and substantially as described and illustrated.
Fifthly. In a machine for delivering a measured quantity of liquid, the combination
of a vertical sliding rod raised by a coiled spring and having a notched or toothed
bottom end, with the toothed or notched arm of the coin lever for locking and
releasing the said vertical sliding rod, substantially as hereinbefore described and
illustrated in Figures 11. 12 and 13 of the accompanying drawings.
Sixthly. In a machine for delivering a measured quantity of liquid the combination
of a tap having ways and passages of the kind described and illustrated and opened
and closed on the lifting and depressing of the vertical sliding locking rod with the
combined measuring vessel, preferably made of glass and overflow pipe substantially
as hereinbefore described and illustrated in Figures 11. 12. 13. 14 and 15 of the
accompanying Drawings.
Lastly. The general arrangement or combination of the parts of a machine for
delivering a measured quantity of liquid hereinbefore described and illustrated in
Figures 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16 and 17 of the accompanying drawings.
Dated the Thirteenth day of April 1889.