AN IMPROVED APPARATUS FOR THE DELIVERY OF PREPAID GOODS
Year: 1885

page_text: We FREDERICK CHARLES LYNDE of 48 King Street Manchester, Civil Engineer
and JAMES LEES of Otago New Zealand now residing at Clarkesfield Oldham in
the county of Lancaster Sheepfarmer do hereby declare the nature of our invention
for AN IMPROVED APPARATUS FOR THE DELIVERY OF PREPAID GOODS, to be as
follows:-
This invention relates to an apparatus for the delivery of goods upon the proper
amount of money being placed within it. It consists of one or more locked boxes
in which the articles to be sold are placed. Each box is provided with a receiving
slide for the coin and a delivery slide or drawer for the articles.
The receiving slide on being drawn out presents on its upper surface a slit or slits
into which the coin or coins are to be placed.
The receiving slide on being pushed in again allows the coin to fall through an
opening into a recess in the delivery slide or drawer where it falls into an inclined
catch lever and below a projection or roof. The inclined catch lever is so arranged
as to allow the delivery slide or drawer to be drawn out a very short distance only
and then (if there is no suitable coin present) arrests its further opening.
But if
there is the requisite coin present in the recess as the delivery slide is drawn
forward it acts as a key and as it cannot rise in consequence of the projection or
roof above, it depresses the inclined catch lever and releases the delivery slide or
drawer, and allows it to be opened to the full extent and to deliver the article
purchased to the buyer.
The object of the receiving slide in place of the ordinary opening or slit in the
case, is to prevent the fouling of the apparatus by the insertion of extraneous
substances and to prevent also the admission of dust and rain and they are each
fitted with a balanced lever which only allows a coin of sufficient weight to pass
into the working parts of the apparatus. Any coin or other substance too light in.
weight to overbalance the lever cannot pass into the apparatus.
The articles to be delivered are placed one above the other in a receptacle above
the delivery slide or drawer and the latter is so shallow as only to withdraw one of
Price 8d1

page_text: such articles or a set of articles at a time, a vertical sliding shutter prevents the
extraction of a second article or set of articles until the delivery slide or drawer
has been completely closed and locked by the catch lever and another coin or coins
inserted to enable the movement of the delivery slide to unlock the same.
The delivery slide or drawer when shut is automatically locked by the balanced
lever and can only be unlocked by the operation above described. After the
delivery of the last article a falling bolt fastens the slides or drawers and at the
same time exhibits the word "Empty."

page_text: An Improved Apparatus for the Delivery of Prepaid Goods.
We FREDERICK CHARLES LYNDE of 48 King Street Manchester Civil Engineer
and JAMES LEES of Otago, New Zealand now residing at Clarkesfield Oldham in
the County of Lancaster Sheep Farmer do hereby declare the nature of our
invention for "AN IMPROVED APPARATUS FOR THE DELIVERY OF PREPAID GOODS
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 apparatus for the delivery of goods upon the proper
amount of money being placed within it.
The nature of our said invention will be readily understood on reference to the
accompanying sheet of drawings illustrative thereof and the following explanation
of the same.
Fig. 1. represents a front elevation (drawn partly in section) of our improved
apparatus as constructed for the delivery of post cards or other similar flat
articles which can be piled one above the other, and Fig. 2 is a transverse vertical
section of the same,
This is shown merely by way of illustration or example, as the same apparatus
with but slight modification as hereinafter explained, may be adapted for the
delivery of cigars, cigarettes or other articles or goods of various forms.
The apparatus consists externally of a locked box a, a (or boxes) in which the
articles to be sold (in this case post cards b, b) are placed. Each box a, a is
provided with a receiving slide c, c for the coin, and a delivery slide or drawer d, d
for delivering the post cards or other articles.
The receiving or coin slide c, c on being drawn out of the box a, a presents a
slit or notch e, e into which the coin or coins must be placed in a vertical position.
The coin slide c, c may also be made hollow at the back and provided with a
pneumatic piston c*, cx to prevent it from being drawn out or pressed in too
quickly.
As the receiving slide c, c is being pushed in again the coin is supported by the
fixed shelff, until the slide reaches the position shown in Fig. 2, when the coin
will fall past the end of the shelff, f into the recess g. g in the delivery slide d, d.
This delivery slide is ordinarily held in a locked position by means of a weighted
catch lever h, h (see Fig. 2) which is so arranged as to allow of the delivery
slide d, d being drawn out a very short distance only and then (if there is no
suitable coin present) arrest its further opening; but as soon as a coin of the
proper weight and size has been dropped through the recess or opening 3, g and
falls onto the forward end of the catch lever h, upon drawing out the delivery
slide d, d the coin is drawn under the shelf f f which forms a kind of roof and
prevents it from rising.
As the slide is still further drawn out the coin comes against the inclined part *
of the catch lever h, h raising the weighted end thereof and releasing the delivery
slide d, d allows it to be fully drawn out, and deliver the post card or other article
purchased, to the buyer. As soon as the recess g, g has passed the end of the
catch lever h, h the coin falls through into the cash drawer or receptacle i, i
beneath

page_text: In some cases we employ in connection with our coin receiving slide c, c a
balanced lever k, k (see detached view Fig. 3,) which will allow a coin of given
weight to fall, but which would sustain a coin of lighter weight.
The use of the coin receiving slide c, c in place of an ordinary opening or slit in.
the case will prevent the fouling of the apparatus by the insertion of extraneous
substances and also prevent the admission of dust and rain.
The articles to be delivered (in this instance the post cards b, b) are placed in a
pile one above the other (see Fig. 1) in a receptacle above the delivery slide or
drawer d, d and the upper surface of the latter is made with a recess, so shallow
as to withdraw only one (that is the lowest) of such pile of post cards or other
articles, each time that the delivery slide d, d is drawn out.
There is a vertical sliding shutter m, m which falls and prevents the extraction
of a second article until the delivery slide or drawer has been completely closed
and locked by the catch lever h, h and another coin or coins inserted to enable the
movement of the delivery slide d, d to unlock the same.
.
The delivery slide or drawer d, d when shut is automatically locked by the
inclined catch lever h, h and can only be unlocked by the operation above described.
After the delivery of the last card or article a bolt n, n falling into a recess locks
the coin slide c c and in some cases the falling of this bolt exhibits the word
"Empty" through a window in the casing or box.
When the articles to be delivered are of a cylindrical form such as cigarettes the
floor of the receptacle should be made in a sloping direction and a corresponding
recess or recesses be be made in the delivery slide d, d.
We do not bind ourselves to have the coin-slit exposed outside the box as the
coin may be inserted through an ordinary slit in the casing and conducted into the
coin slide by means of a channel formed for the purpose.
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
we claim is
The combination of parts forming our improved apparatus for the delivery of
prepaid goods constructed substantially as described and illustrated in the annexed
.drawing.
We also claim the use in apparatus of the kind hereinafter referred to of a coin-
receiving slide such as that described, and shown at c, c applied substantially in
the manner and for the purposes set forth.
•
Dated this 3rd day of July 1886.
L
.
FRED. C. LYNDE,
On behalf of myself and the late James Lees.