Improvements in Coin Freed Apparatus.
Year: 1891

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
[Communicated from abroad by STOLLWERCK BROTHERS, of Cologne-on-the-
Rhine, in the Empire of Germany.]
Improvements in Coin Freed Apparatus.
I, HENRY HARRIS LAKE of the firm of Haseltine Lake & Co. Patent
Agents 45 Southampton Buildings in the County of Middlesex 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 certain improvements in automatic delivery apparatus,
the object being to so arrange a multiple number of magazines for the packages as
to take up but little room and to so combine several rows of such magazines with a
delivery carriage common to them all and with a common delivery box for the same
that upon inserting a coin or a number of coins into one of a number of different
inlet openings the package or packages of the said magazines, will when the said
delivery carriage is drawn forward once by a button or handle provided for the
purpose, be all discharged simultaneously into the common delivery box provided
on one side of the apparatus.
The invention consists in a peculiar arrangement and combination of parts to
be more fully hereinafter described with reference to the accompanying drawings
in which
Figure 1 is a front elevation of the automatic delivery apparatus showing the
frame containing the rear row of magazines partly drawn out on one side.
Figure 2 is a side view of Figure 1.
Figure 3 is a vertical section on the line - Figure 1 and seen in the direction
of the arrow.
Figure 4 is a horizontal section on the line y-y Figure 3.
Figure 5 is a plan of a detail, showing the sliding carriage.
Figures 6, 64 and 6B are details on an enlarged scale showing the lower end of a
magazine with the device provided therein for conveying the coin when inserted
into the apparatus after the last package of a magazine has been delivered into
the delivery box to the outside of the apparatus and thus redelivering such coin to
its owner;
Figure 6 being a lateral section of the lower part of a magazine on a line such
as Figure 4.
Figure 6 a rear end view of such magazine with the rear wall thereof
removed &
Figure 6B a similar lateral view with the side wall removed.
In the various figures the casing usually surrounding the parts shown is omitted,
be of the usual and well known construction.
as it
may
a designates a frame in which are mounted two casings A and A', each containing
a number of vertical magazines b for the packages which are to be delivered from
the apparatus. The foremost casing A is rigidly attached to the frame a by means
of angle plates c or any other suitable devices whilst the rear casing A' is preferably
arranged to slide on a guide bar d provided on the frame, so as to admit of being
drawn out laterally by a handle into the position shown in Figure 1 to give access
to the several magazines for the purpose of inserting packages into the same.
the arrangement shown the foremost casing is provided with a row of four magazines
and the rear casing with a row of six magazines the lower ends of the foremost
row being arranged on a plane somewhat higher than the plane on which the lower
ends of the rear row of magazines are mounted. The bottons of each of the
magazines are formed by horizontal lateral rims or flanges partly closing the
In

page_text: lower ends of the magazines and serving as supports or guides for the packages
therein. On the lower end of the rear wall of each magazine is provided an
opening of approximately the same height as that of a package, the said opening
thus leaving the rear side of a package partly exposed to enable the coin, resting
in a slot of the sliding carriage in the rear of each magazine to engage the package
and to push it out of the magazine when the sliding carriage is drawn forward, as
will be more fully hereinafter explained. Towards the front of the apparatus the
magazines are partly closed by vertical lateral flanges the lower ends of which
extend downward to within such a distance of the lower end of each magazine as
to leave the lowermost package free to be drawn out of the magazine, but to prevent
the other packages from being drawn out at the same time.
The bottom flanges or supports of both the front and the rear row of magazines
are extended towards the front of the apparatus to such a distance as to allow the
package when drawn forward thereon to drop into the delivery box l arranged in
front as shown when the package is drawn out above the foremost end of the said
support. In front of and somewhat below the ends of the front row of supporting
flanges is arranged a vertical plate s and below the front ends of the rear row of
supporting flanges is provided an inclined plates both serving as guides for the
packages, as they drop down from the supporting flanges, and to convey them into
the common delivery box as will be readily understood.
Behind each of the magazines are provided vertical guide grooves o for conveying
the coins into the slots of the sliding carriage as will be more fully hereinafter
described. Of these guide grooves only the lower part is here shown, as it will be
readily understood, without being fully shown that these guide grooves may, in the
usual and well known manner, be extended towards the top of the apparatus so as
to terminate in suitable openings, arranged on the outer casing of the apparatus, for
inserting the coins, each of the said openings being, as usual, provided with a label
or sign indicating the contents of the respective magazine to which the opening
corresponds.
Below the rows of magazines is arranged the sliding carriage h, the same being
indicated in dotted lines in Figure 2, and being also shown in the plan view
Figure 5. It consists of the frame having two side parts mm connected by
means of the cross bars n and n¹. The said cross bars are arranged at different
heights to correspond to the heights of the two rows of magazines the bottoms of
which will, when the carriage is in its normal position, be slightly in front of and
directly above, the said cross bars n and n¹ respectively. The said cross bars are
provided with slots i and of a suitable size for the coins, employed, the said slots
extending through the entire thickness of the cross bars from top to bottom,
and being arranged at such distance from each other as to be directly in the rear of
the corresponding openings gl in the rear wall of each of the magazines.
The carriage his supported by means of the horizontal guide bars provided on
the frame a and extending into corresponding guide openings in each of the sides m
of the carriage. Each of the guide bars is surrounded by a spiral spring which
tends to hold the said carriage in its normal position within the apparatus and to
bring it back to this position after it has been drawn forward by a button or
handle w accessible from the outside of the apparatus and mounted on the end of a
horizontal bar forming part of the frame h.
Guide bars p are provided below each of the slots and the said guide bars
being rigidly attached at one end to the bars y provided on the frame a, and
extending horizontally below the carriage h and parallel to its line of movement,
thus serving to support the coin in the slots i and of the carriage so long as the
said carriage remains directly above the said guide bars. The guide bars of the
front row terminate directly above one of the guide grooves and the guide bars p
of the rear row directly above each of the openings t so that the coin, after having
passed the foremost end of the respective guide bar when the carriage is drawn
forward, will no longer be supported in its slot i or by the said guide bar, but
will drop down from the foremost row of guide bars into one of the guide grooves v

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whilst from the rear row of guide bars it will drop through one of the openings t
to be in either case, conveyed into the cash box u below. The top surfaces of the
guide bars are formed with a number of inclined cam surfaces alternating with a
corresponding number of vertical shoulders as in a rack bar, thus when the
carriage h is drawn forward the coin in the slots and will alternately ride over
each of the inclined surfaces and then drop down each of the shoulders to be caught
by the latter so that the carriage will thus be prevented from flying back into its
normal position in case it should happen to slip from the hand of the operator
before the package or packages is or are delivered.
The operation of the devices so far described is as follows: Supposing a coin
to have been inserted into one of the guide grooves o from an opening provided on
the outside of the apparatus in the usual and well known manner, such coin will
then drop from the lower end of the said guide groove into the respective slot i
or of the carriage immediately below and will be supported therein by the
guide bar p in such a manner as to project from the slot with its upper end, as
shown in Figure 3. Upon subsequently drawing the carriage h forward by its
button to the projecting portion of the coin will engage the rear and exposed side
of the lowermost package in the respective magazine so that the said package will
be drawn out from the latter. While being thus drawn forward it will slide on
the supporting flanges funtil it reaches the foremost ends thereof when it will
drop down therefrom and over the upper edge of the vertical plate s or down upon
the inclined plates and from thence in either case is conveyed into the delivery
box on the outside of the apparatus. At the same time the coin & supported in
the slot i or will have arrived at the foremost end of the supporting guide bar
and will drop out of the said slot. In dropping down from one of the slots of the
foremost row the coin will be received into one of the two guide grooves v
arranged on both sides of the centre of the apparatus and each extending in an
inclined direction downward to the sides of the apparatus and thence backward
into the cash box u so as to discharge the coin into the latter, whilst the coins
dropping down from the rear row of guide bars pand behind the upper edge of
the inclined plates will drop directly into the cash box u through one of the
openings t provided in the inclined plate s', the latter being attached with one end
to the rear wall r of the apparatus immediately below the slots i on the rear cross
bar n' of the carriage when in its normal position and extending thence in an
inclined direction towards the front side of the apparatus so as to abut against
the bottom of the delivery box 1.
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The openings provided in the inclined plates through which openings the
coins from the guide bars p of the rear row drop into the cash box below are
surrounded by upward rims or flanges t¹ the foremost portion of which serve as
supports for the inclined guide plate s" directly above the same.
When a coin is inserted into any one of the guide grooves o after the carriage
has already been drawn forward out of its normal position of rest then such coin in
falling out of the lower end of such guide groove o will first strike the guide bar p
immediately below, but not being supported on the same laterally it will roll down
from the same on one side dropping down upon the inclined plate s¹ and will slide
down along the same and between the flanges t¹ surrounding the openings t until it
finally drops into the delivery box to be thus redelivered to its owner.
The device by means of which a coin, inserted after the last package of a
magazine has been delivered, is discharged into the delivery box instead of being
retained in the cash box of apparatus is shown in detail in Figures 6. 6 and 6
It consists of a cast iron frame of approximately the same shape in horizontal
section as that of a package but of somewhat greater height so as not to be
capable of passing below the lower ends of the vertical lateral rims or flanges in
front of the magazines. At or near the rear end of such block and preferably at
some distance from the lower end thereof is movably suspended a flap capable
of being folded back against the horizontal part of the block between the side
parts of the latter. On a cross piece connecting the sides of the said block is

page_text: provided a stop" which prevents the flap from being turned up too far and
from thus being held in an inoperative position.
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The operation of the said block is as follows: The said block is placed on the
top package in a magazine as shown in Figure 6, in which position the flap is
folded into a horizontal position so as to lie on top of the package below. When
the last or topmost package has been discharged from the magazine and the
sliding carriage in drawing the said package forward has moved away from under
the block the flap of the latter finding no longer any support below will drop
down so as to be suspended in the line of movement of the carriage. The latter
in subsequently sliding back into its normal position will strike against the flap
and raise the same into the position indicated in dotted lines in Figure 6B in which
position the flap will lie on top of the slot i or i¹ of the carriage so as to entirely
cover such slot and to prevent the coin if now inserted into the guide groove o
from entering the said slot. Such coin will thus be arrested in the slot being
supported therein by the flap so long as the carriage remains in its normal
position.
When the carriage is subsequently drawn forward again the flap will drop into
its vertically suspended position and the coin being no longer supported by the
same will drop down in the rear of the carriage and striking the guide bar P below
will drop down from the same on to the inclined guide plate s¹¹ or s¹ and will thus
be discharged into the delivery box in the same manner as already described.
By thus suspending the flap z¹ at or near the rear side of the block z and at
some distance from the lower end thereof and by providing the stop the flap
is prevented from being held in an inoperative position in case it should be turned
back too far.
It is obvious that in a delivery apparatus constructed and arranged as above
described it would only be necessary to give a single pull at the knob or button w
of the apparatus, no matter into how many different openings, or into which of
them, coins may have been inserted to cause the packages of the respective
magazine to be actuated simultaneously and to be all discharged into one and the
same delivery box.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is.
First. An automatic delivery apparatus having a number of magazines mounted
with their lower ends in rows of different heights, the said magazines being so
combined with a delivery box common to all the magazines and with a common
delivery carriage having several stories with slots therein for receiving the coins
actuating the delivery of the packages from the magazines arranged directly
opposite to the several slots of the carriage, that upon once drawing forward the
delivery carriage as described after the insertion of a coin or coins into one or
more penings provided for the purpose one package each of the respective
magazine or magazines will all be simultaneously discharged into the common
delivery box substantially as described.
Second. In an automatic delivery apparatus wherein, upon drawing forward a
delivery carriage in which the coin is temporarily held, the packages are engaged
by the coin and discharged into the delivery box, the combination with a number
of magazines mounted in different heights, of a delivery carriage common to all
the magazines and constructed with several stories as described of a common
delivery box and of means as described for causing the carriage to actuate one or
more magazines simultaneously to discharge a package each therefrom, when the
delivery carriage is once drawn forward after the insertion of a coin or coins, sub-
stantially as and for the purpose described.
Third. In an automatic delivery apparatus actuated by the coin or coins inserted
therein, 'the 'combination, with a delivery carriage having several stories
described, of a number of magazines arranged above the same in such heights as
as

page_text: to correspond with the stories of the delivery carriage each of the said magazines
being opposite to one of a number of slots provided in the delivery carriage and of
means as described for supporting the coins in the said slots and for causing the
said coins to drop into the cash box below after the respective package or
packages have been delivered, substantially as and for the purpose described.
Fourth. In an automatic delivery apparatus actuated by the coin or coins
inserted therein, the combination, with a delivery carriage having several stories,
of a number of magazines as described arranged opposite to the slots in the
different stories of the delivery carriage, means for causing the coin or coins
inserted to fall into the respective slots and means as described for discharging
such of the coins as may drop behind the delivery carriage to be discharged into
the delivery box, substantially as and for the purpose described.
Fifth. In an automatic delivery apparatus as described the delivery carriage h,
having the side parts m, cross bars n and n arranged in different stories and
provided, respectively with slots i and i, the said delivery carriage being provided
with a knob w and arranged to slide on the guide bars l.
Sixth. In an automatic delivery apparatus as described the block z open at its
lower end and provided on or near its rear end at some distance from its lower end
with a movably suspended flap and with a stop ", substantially as and for the
purpose described.
Dated thi 00th day of Dovember 1801
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45, Southampton Buildings, London, Agents for the Applicant.