Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 17th Dec., 1895
Complete Specification Left, 17th Sept.. 1896-Accepted, 24th Oct., 1896
A communication from MAX NATHAN, of Wilmersdorf, near Berlin, Empire of
Germany, Sworn Stockbroker.
1, ALFRED JULIUS BOULT of 323 High Holborn in the County of Middlesex,
Chartered Patent Agent do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
The present invention has for its object to provide an apparatus which after it
has been released by the insertion of a coin or token thereinto automatically delivers
a newspaper, pamphlet or similar object, the apparatus consisting chiefly of a
receptacle-drum, driving gear for operating the drum, devices for stopping or
releasing it, an arrangement to prevent cheating and a suitable casing containing
the operative parts of the apparatus.
The drum is divided into any desired number of compartments which are used
for receiving the objects or goods to be sold and are closed by the lids or doors.
A ring or band usually holds the lids shut; at the lowest point of the drum,
directly over the goods outlet shoot the ring has a gap formed in it of the width
of one compartment. When, during the rotation of the druni, a compartment
comes opposite that gap, the lid of said compartment under the influence of its
own weight, and that of the object resting on it, turns upon its hinge downwards,
and the object drops from the compartment into the outlet shoot. At the next
release the drum turns to the extent of one compartment, whereby the lid of the
compartment last emptied is closed by the ring or band and at the same time the
lid of the next compartment comes over the outlet shoot.
The rotation of the drum is produced by clockwork which by means of an
arrangement for stopping, consisting of a cam and levers can be stopped or by
inserting a coin or token can be released. A spring barrel on one side operates
the drum through a toothed wheel, and on the other side, through several toothed
wheels and pinions, the before-mentioned cam and a fly, and the ratio of wheels is
such as to cause the drum to turn to the extent of one compartment at each
revolution of the cam.
In the front wall of the casing there is a coin slot of such dimensions, that only
a coin of certain size, for instance, a half-penny can be passed through it. The
coin after passing through the coin slot is free to roll down a coin shoot leading
from behind this slot to a tilting lever. To accomodate this lever the floor of the
coin-shoot is removed at one place and in its stead is placed a flattened arm of the
lever which is supported between centres, and so balanced by an adjustable weight
that it cannot be tilted by a coin of less weight than that for which the machine
has been previously adjusted. The coin drops through a funnel under the tilting
lever, and through a shoot on to the spoon-shaped end of a detent lever and presses
that lever down and finally falls into a coin receptacle. The downward movement
of the detent lever releases another lever upon which a spring acts so as to cause
a pin or projection, at the upper end of this lever, which pin is nominally guided'
in a groove of the cam to one side, after which the cam as well as the drum can be
turned by the clockwork. During this rotation the pin is guided at first in the
groove and afterwards bears directly on the circumference of the cam, till it is
forced to its original position by a cam projection. Meanwhile the detent lever
has again come into engagement and the cam is prevented from further rotation.

page_text: If a coin is inserted in the machine which is approximately the same size as,
but of less weight than that by which the machine is to be operated, it rolls on
over the tilting lever without operating it and falls down a shoot specially provided
for this contingency.
In order to ensure against the machine being operated by devices heavier than the
coins previously decided upon, for instance, discs of lead, there may be provided
in front of the tilting lever, a second tilting arrangement, which would let the lead
disc drop before it reaches the first-named tilting lever.
When the last object in the drum is sold, a projection or finger fixed to the
drum engages with an inclined surface of a lever so as to bring a shutter opposite
the coin slot. When, after this closing of the coin slot the clockwork is released
by hand, the projection or finger slides at the further rotation over the inclined
surface and the shutter returns to its normal position. Then the drum is ready
for filling again.
Dated this 17th day of December 1895.
BOULT & WADE,
Agents for the Applicant.
A communication from MAX NATHAN, of Wilmersdorf, near Berlin, Empire of
Germany, Sworn Stockbroker.
1, ALFRED JULIUS BOULT, formerly of 323 High Holborn but now
residing at 111, Hatton Garden, in the County of Middlesex, Chartered Patent
Agent, do hereby declare the nature of this iuvention and in what manner the
same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and
by the following statement :-
The present invention has for its object to provide an apparatus which after it
has been released by the insertion of a coin or token thereinto, automatically
delivers a newspaper, pamphlet or similar object, the apparatus consisting chiefly
of a receptacle-drum, driving gear for operating the drum, devices for stopping or
releasing it, an arrangement to prevent cheating and a suitable casing, containing
the operative parts of the apparatus.
In the accompanying drawings-
Figure 1 is an elevation of the machine with the side of the casing removed to
show the interior;
Figure 2 is a section on the line C D of Figure 3;
Figure 3 is a section on the line A B of Figure 1.
Figure 4 is a front view of the releasing arrangement, anti-cheating arrangement
and the coin shoot.
The drum E is divided into any desired number of compartments e, which are
used for receiving the objects or goods to be sold and are closed by the lids or
doors m.
A ring or band F usually holds the lids m shut; at the lowest point of
the drum, directly over the goods outlet shoot G the ring has a gap formed in it
of the width of one compartment. When, during the rotation of the drum, a
compartment, for instance compartment 1, (Figure 2) comes opposite that gap, the
lid m of said compartment under the influence of its own weight, and that of the
object resting on it, turns upon its hinge n downwards, and the object drops from
the compartment into the outlet shoot G. At the next release the drum turns
to the extent of one compartment in the direction of the arrow, whereby the lid m of
the compartment 1, last emptied, is closed by the ring or band F, and at the same
time the lid m of the next compartment 2 comes over the outlet shoot G.

page_text: The rotation of the drum is produced by clockwork H which by means of an
arrangement for stopping, consisting of a cam J and levers K L, can be stopped
or by inserting a coin or token can be released. A spring barrel o on one side
operates the drum E through a toothed wheel pand on the other side, through several
toothed wheels and pinions the before mentioned cam J and a fly M, and the ratio of
wheels is such as to cause the drum E to turn to the extent of one compartment
at each revolution of the cam J. In the machine represented in the drawing this
ratio is as 1:30.
In the front wall of the casing there is a coin slot 10 of such dimensions that
only a coin of certain size, for instance a half-penny can be passed through it.
The coin after passing through the coin slot is free to roll down a coin shoot leading
from behind this slot, to a tilting lever 12. To accommodate this lever the floor
of the coin-shoot is removed at one place and in its stead is placed a flattened arm
of the lever which is supported between centres and so balanced by an adjustable
weight 13 that it cannot be tilted by a coin of less weight than that for which the
machine has been previously adjusted. The coin drops through a funnel under
the tilting lever, through a shoot 14 on to the spoon shaped end t of a detent
lever L and presses that lever down and finally falls into a coin receptacle. The
downward movement of the detent lever L releases another lever K upon which
a spring acts so as to cause a pin 9 or projection at the upper end of this lever
(which pin is normally guided in a grooves of the cam J) to move to one side,
after which the cam J as well as the drum E can be turned by the clockwork.
During this rotation the pin q is guided at first in the groove and afterwards
bears directly on the circumference of the cam J, till it is forced to its original
position by a cam projection w. Meanwhile the lug u of the detent lever has
again come into engagement with the lug v, and the cam J is prevented from
further rotation by the projection r meeting the pin g.
If a coin is inserted in the machine, which is approximately the same size as,
but of less weight than that by which the machine is to be operated, it rolls over
the tilting lever without operating it and falls down a shoot 15 specially provided
for this contingency.
In order to ensure against the machine being operated by devices heavier than
the coins previously decided upon, for instance discs of lead, there may be provided
in front of the tilting lever a second tilting arrangement, which would let the lead
disc drop before it reaches the first-named tilting lever.
When the last object in the drum is sold, a projection or finger 16, fixed to the
drum E, engages with an inclined surface 17 of a lever 18, so as to bring a shutter
opposite the coin slot. When, after this closing of the coin slot, the clockwork is
released by hand, the projection or finger 16 slides at the further rotation over the
inclined surface 17 and the shutter returns to its normal position. Then the drum
is ready for filling again.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this said inven-
tion, as communicated to me by my foreign correspondent, and in what manner
the same is to be performed, I declare that what I claim is :-
1. A machine for automatic selling of newspapers and other objects, the
distinctive feature of which is an arrangement of a receptacle-drum, for receiving
the objects to be sold, divided into compartments provided with flap-valves, which
automatically open one after another over a delivery hole and automatically shut
after having been emptied.
2. A form of construction of the machine described in Claim 1, in which the
drum E is surrounded by a ring F, cut out at one place, so that the valves m
articulated on the drum and guided by the ring F, can open at that place by
reason of their own weight and of the weight of the object in the compartment
and the object can drop out of the drum, after which the valve is closed by the
ring F.
3. In the machine set forth in Claim 1 an arrangement for releasing, consisting

page_text: of two levers L and K and of an eccentric or cam J connected with clockwork
which is released by the dropped coin, whereby the drum E turns, while the
eccentric or cam and, through it, both levers come back into their original stopping
position.
4. In the machine described in Claim 1 an arrangement preventing the machine
working when a coin of smaller weight is thrown in, consisting of a tilting weighing
device placed in the bottom of the coin shoot, which weighing device ensures that
the clockwork shall be released only by coins of a certain weight.
5. In the machine described in Claim 1 an arrangement for closing the coin slot
when the drum is empty, consisting of a finger 16 fixed to the drum working a
lever 18, fixed on the casing, which lever is then placed in front of the coin slot 10
of the machine.
6. The combination and arrangement of parts constituting a complete coin-
freed apparatus substantially as described and illustrated in the accompanying
drawings.
Dated thig 17th day of Santamban
BOULT & WADE,
Agents for the Applicant.