improvements in Apparatus for the Reception of Coin, and the Automatic Delivery of Goods in Exchange therefor.
Year: 1885

page_text: improvements in Apparatus for the Reception of Coin, and the
Automatic Delivery of Goods in Exchange therefor.
I CHARLES HENRY RUSSELL of 43 Bedford Row, London in the county of
Middlesex, Gentleman do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
This invention relates to certain improvements in apparatus for the reception of
coin and the automatic delivery of goods in exchange therefor, and has for its
object to provide an apparatus for the storage of goods for sale and for the
delivery of the same automatically upon the introduction into an aperture
provided for that purpose of a coin or coins of such value only as may be deter-
mined beforehand to represent the value of the said goods. The whole is enclosed
in a casing or box provided with suitable apertures for the introduction of the coin
and the discharge of the goods.
The apparatus may be made to store and deliver various kinds of goods,-but
for each separate class, the casing may be divided into two or more compartments;
one of these in which the goods are stored may be advantageously formed of a
hopper shape, so that goods will gravitate to the base thereof. At the base is
placed a corrugated roller mounted upon a motion shaft, passing through and
transmitting motion to whole of the working parts of the apparatus. The weight
of the goods causes them to descend and lie in the corrugations of the roller which
are of suitable shape to receive them. By a part revolution of the roller some of
the goods are carried round with it until one of the articles is opposite a delivery
aperture, when by the mechanism hereinafter described a spring ejector rod is
liberated and pushes one article out of the said delivery aperture. Above the said
roller another corrugated roller or equivalent device is placed for the purpose of
agitating the goods and preventing them jamming or bridging over the main
roller.
Rotary motion may be imparted to the shaft by pushing a knob affixed to the
end of a push rod projecting through the casing and terminating in a rack, gearing
with a pinion wheel fixed on the shaft; or by turning a cranked handle connected
by bevel wheel gearing to the said shaft.
In suitable position upon the shaft a cam is fixed, with which the back end of
the ejector engages. Upon the ejector a spiral spring is coiled and the figure of

page_text: the cam is such, and is so timed that on its rotation with the shaft it draws back
the ejector, compressing the spring until an article is opposite the delivery
aperture, when it liberates the ejector which at once springs out and ejects the
article.
The proper coin when placed in an aperture in the casing, passes down a
suitable inclined plane or planes, designed to return or reject any other coin or
substance than the one intended. It then falls into a balanced hopper shaped
vessel provided with a movable bottom and a projecting arm. An arm or lever is
also fixed to the shaft which engages with and opens the movable bottom of the
vessel at the proper time, allowing the coin to fall into a receptacle provided for
the purpose. The aforesaid arm of the balanced vessel actuates the locking
mechanism of the apparatus in order to prevent the possibility of obtaining more
than one article at a time. This is effected by means of a locking pin passing
through the arm and provided with a head to prevent it passing too far through.
When no coin is in the apparatus the arm of the balance is level and the locking
pin then engages with a projection on the barrel of the shaft thus locking it, and
preventing any action of the mechanism, but the weight of a coin introduced into
the balanced vessel raises the arm and withdraws the pin thus unlocking the shaft
and permitting actuation of the apparatus.
In order to prevent back action of the apparatus for fraudulent or other
purposes a ratchet wheel is fixed to the shaft in suitable position controlled by a
pawl and spring or by other suitable means.
When no more goods remain in the box a cover plate actuated by certain of the
working parts of the mechanism may be caused to stop the aperture for the
admission of coins.
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page_text: Automatic Delivery of Goods in Exchange therefor.
I CHARLES HENRY RUSSELL of 80 Grays Inn Road in the county of Middlesex
Gentleman do hereby declare the nature of my said 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 apparatus for the reception of
coin and the automatic delivery of goods in exchange therefor; and has for its
object to provide an apparatus for the storage of goods for sale and for the delivery
of the same automatically upon the introduction into an aperture provided for that
purpose of a coin or coins of such value only as may be determined beforehand to
represent the value of the said goods. The whole is enclosed in a casing or box
provided with suitable apertures for the introduction of the coin and the discharge
of the goods.
In the accompanying drawings Fig. 1 is an end elevation of the actuating
mechanism, Fig. 2. is a longitudinal section showing side elevation of the mechanism,
Fig. 3 is an elevation of the storage compartment containing the delivery device,
and Fig. 4 is an enlarged detail.
a is a compartment in which the goods to be delivered are stored the base of
which is formed preferably of a hopper shape or a hopper shaped receptacle may
be fitted into the compartment, and at or near the base a movable flap a¹ is hinged
and provided on its underside with a projection or projections a² which rests or
rest in a circumferential ratcheted groove or grooves in a roller b., so that at each
motion of the roller the flap a¹ is vibrated and thus jamming or bridging of the
articles is prevented. The roller is constructed with a longitudinal groove or
corrugation 6 of a suitable size and shape for the reception of one article. The
roller b is shown in Fig. 3. in its normal position with the corrugation b filling the
space at the apex of the base of the hopper so that one article constantly rests in
it. The roller b is mounted on a rotáry shaft c which passes through the back of
the storage compartment into the space containing the inechanism and is supported
in suitable bearings.
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By a revolution of 6 the article contained in b' is carried partly round and falls
into a receptacle 6 opposite to which a delivery aperture d is formed in the casing,
and the roller completes its revolution returning to normal position. The necessary
rotary motion is imparted to the roller b by its shaft by depressing an external
knob e affixed to the end of a push rode projecting through the casing The
lower end of el is provided with a rack e which gears with a pinion wheel f fixed
on a counter shaft f¹ carried in suitable bearings and capable of rotation in one
direction only by means of ratchet and spring stop pawl f' Fig. 4; or instead of
depressing e motion may be imparted to f by an external cranked handle and bevil
wheels, or any usual method of changing the direction of the external power
applied may be used to effect the same purpose. The counter shaft f¹ is provided

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with bevil wheel ƒ gearing with a second bevil wheel c¹ on shaft c and thus rotary
motion is imparted to c. The rod e¹ cannot be depressed until the mechanism is
released by the introduction of a suitable coin at the aperture g in the upper part
of the casing, the coin. passes down a shoot g¹ constructed on the same principle as
described in my specification No 12086. A.D. 1885. and falls into a hopper or tray h
situated at one extremity of a balanced lever h¹ whose other extremity is provided
with a counter balance weight h*: Upon h¹ a rod his fixed connected by a cord,
chain, or equivalent h to a locking pin provided with an arm at its top: On
the depression of h caused by the weight of the coin, h³ takes against ' and raises i
from a socket formed in a stop wheelj fixed to the end of the main shaft c and
with which the lower end of i normally engages: The stop wheel j is provided
with ratchet teeth and a spring stop pawl j' to prevent back action in the usual
manner: When the locking pin i is raised as described the stop. wheel is released
and the push rod is free to be depressed and c consequently rotated; a bent arm
or lever is fixed in suitable position on c, and on rotation of c, k takes against a
projection formed on the pivoted base plate 1 of tray h further rotation of c thus
opens and allows the coin to fall into a receptacle in the base of the box.
ensure an exact revolution of c a stop f³ is placed in suitable position on f" which
when a complete revolution is performed takes against a projecting arm e³ on e¹,
which at that time is depressed and further rotation of c is thus prevented: When
pressure is removed from e the bar el is returned to normal position by spring e³,
the pinion being allowed to rotate backwards by f'. To eject the article when
deposited as described in the receptacle 6* an ejecting rod m with enlarged head is
employed provided with a spiral or other spring such as m¹ and sliding in guides m².
The rod m is provided with a bent arm m³ which engages with a cam n fixed on
the main shaft c the figure of which is such that on rotation of c as described the
rod m is first withdrawn compressing spring m³, and at the proper moment
liberated, when by the action of spring m¹ it springs back to normal position
forcing the article in b² out of aperture d. By a modification of the above
described arrangement instead of forming one longitudinal corrugation as b' in
roller b I form two three or any convenient number as shown dotted in Fig. 3 and
1 cause the roller b to perform only a part revolution at each operation by timing
the gearing wheels f³ c¹ proportionately. When this modification is adopted the
number of arms k is made to correspond with the number of corrugations, so as to
open the base plate 1 of tray h and allow the coin to fall out at each action of the
apparatus. In some cases also I dispense with the ejector m and its actuating
mechanism and construct the base of the receptacle 62 at a suitable angle, instead
of horizontally as shown in Fig. 2, so that the article slides to the delivery orifice d
by gravity. To record the number of sales an indicator o of any usual type
provided with dials is fixed in convenient position adjacent to the push bar el and
upon the push bar a tappet arm o¹ is fixed which at each action engages with the
first wheel of the indicator, and causes the unit dial hand to register one sale. To
close the money admission aperture g when no more articles remain in the appa-
ratus a device is employed on the same principle as set forth in my specification
No 12184 A.D. 1885.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what
I claim is.
1. The actuating and controlling mechanism consisting of a balance device such
as is specified adapted when overbalanced by the weight of the coin to withdraw
a locking pin and release a rotary shaft in combination with the means of rotating
the said shaft when released substantially as and for the purposes set forth.
2. The combination with the main rotary shaft of the means of automatically
discharging the received coin from the receptacle containing it at the proper time
during each action of the apparatus substantially as described.

page_text: 3. The herein before described ejecting device and the means of actuating the
same automatically at each action of the apparatus substantially as and for the
purposes set forth.
4. The combination with actuating and controlling mechanism such as is specified
of a roller having one or more longitudinal grooves adapted to contain one article
and move it to the delivery aperture substantially in the manner and for the
purposes described and illustrated.
5. The combination of parts forming the hereinbefore described goods selling
apparatus constructed arranged and operating in unison with each other substan-
tially in the manuer and for the purposes described and illustrated by the
accompanying drawings.