Improvements in Coinfreed Wrist and Muscle Testing Machines, Parts of which are applicable to other Coinfreed Machines.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 18th Dec., 1890
Complete Specification Left, 6th Aug., 1891-Accepted, 12th Sept., 1891
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Coinfreed Wrist and Muscle Testing Machines,
Parts of which are applicable to other Coinfreed Machines.
I, JAMES GARROW, of 7 Miller Terrace, Rutherglen, in the County of Lanark,
North Britain, Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
This invention which relates to improvements in coinfreed wrist and muscle
testing machines, parts of which are applicable to other coinfreed machines, has for
its object to provide an automatic coin freed machine, which not only gives the
strength of the person using it in lbs. on a suitable dial, but delivers a cigar,
cigarette, or other article at a given point, also exhibits one or more advertisements
or pictures, as well as one or more good advices, or such like to the person using it,
the said machine may also be provided with an indicator or register which indicates
the number of times the machine has been used or operated on, so checking the
money received; the said indicator or register may also if desired be adapted to
other automatic machines.
In carrying out my said invention I provide a case, which may be made of wood,
iron or other material, having means provided in it for carrying the ends of the
spindles etc. their rear ends being preferably carried by means of a pillar or
column, cither formed on or attached to back of said case, as also a suitable money
drawer or box and means for withdrawing the same. At the outside front of said
case, I provide a suitable handle which is securely fixed to the front end of a
spindle or shaft carried in said case, and to which I securely fix a suitable shaped
crank having a recessed or checked part formed at its one end, and its other end
attached to a suitable rod which passes down and is adjustably secured at its lower
end to a suitable spiral or other spring the top end of which is securely held by
means of the said case. On the said spindle or shaft I mount a toothed quadrant
which gears into a corresponding toothed pinion fixed on the pointers spindle or
shaft, which has the said pointer fixed at its front end, in front of the dial, so as to
show the results; on said pointer's spindle I mount a half eccentric or cam, open or
grooved out along its periphery, so as to enable the lower end of a tail piece or
guide formed on or attached to the lower side of a suitable frame, which may
or may not be connected to the said eccentric, and which has two or more upright
standards for carrying the advertisements or such like, as also a central standard
or support having a hollowed out top so as to raise the cigar or other article up
through the centre of a suitable feeding box, which is preferably formed with
sloping bottoms and an inclined side or top, so that on the said central support
being raised up the required distance the article contained in its upper groove or
hollow is caused to pass down the boxes inclined top and so be delivered through a
suitable opening provided either in the front or end of said case, which is also
provided with one or more openings through which the advertisements or such like
may be seen, as also one or more openings through which the advices or such like
may be seen, the said advices being attached to and operated by a disc or semi-
circular disc mounted on said pointer's spindle and actuated by means of suitable
gearing from the crank shaft or spindle.
The whole arrangement being such that on the proper coin being inserted
through the money slot of the case, it is conducted by means of two grooved
bars placed at the required distance apart so as only to permit of the proper
coin being conducted to the platform on end of operating or locking lever, where
it rests on its edge until it depresses that end of said locking lever which is
pivotted near its other end to a horizontal spindle or stay, mounted in said case,

page_text: the said locking lever being provided at its other end with a suitable extension
or tail piece which fits into the recess or checked part on end of main crank,
the said locking lever being guided and prevented from travelling too far by
means of a suitable stay extending from underside of main crank, to which it
may be attached or formed on.
And lastly in order to indicate or register the number of times the said machine
has been used, I mount a suitable indicator or register either inside or outside, or
visible from outside of said case, and which consecutively registers either on a tape,
or ribbon of paper or other suitable material, or recorded on a series of dials,
through the medium of a one way acting lever operated by the said pointers spindle,
crank spindle or by the coin itself in the money shoot in such a manner as to work
the indicator or register. This latter part of my said invention I may also if
desired apply to other kinds of automatic coin freed machines.
Dated this 17th day of December 1890.
JOHNSONS,
115, St. Vincent Street, Glasgow, Petitioner's Agents.
· COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Coin Freed Wrist and Muscle Testing Machines,
Parts of which are applicable to other Coin Freed Machines.
I, JAMES GARROW of 7 Miller Terrace, Rutherglen, in the County of Lanark,
North Britain, Engineer, 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 which relates to improvements in coin freed wrist and muscle
testing machines, parts of which are applicable to other coin freed machines, has
for its object to provide an automatic coin freed machine, which not only gives the
strength of the person using it in pounds on a dial, but delivers a cigar, cigarette or
other article at a given point, exhibits one or more advertisements or pictures, and
if desired one or more good advices or such like to the person using it; the-said
machine may also be provided-with-an_indicator or register which indicates the
number of times the machine has been used or operated upon, so-checking the money
received.
In order that my said invention may be more readily understood¯and easily
carried into effect I will proceed to describe the same with reference to the
accompanying drawings, throughout which-the-same-reference-letters denote similar
parts. Figure 1, is an elevation, Figure 2, a sectional plan, taken on line 1. 2. of
Figure 1, Figure 3, a sectional elevation on line 3, 4 of Figure 2, Figure 4, a
transverse section on line 5, 6 of Figure 3, and Figure 5 a detail of my improved
machine as constructed to test the strength, deliver articles and display advertisements
or such like.
Referring to the said drawings 1 construct of iron, wood or other material a
case A. which has means provided in it for carrying the ends of the spindles etc.,
their other ends being carried preferably by an upright column or pillar a, which
may be either formed on or attached to the said case A or to its back plate a' ;
inside the said case a money drawer or box A¹ is placed, there being a door a²
provided in the case for placing or withdrawing the box when desired, the said
door a being provided with a lock or other sealing device. At the outside front of
Baid case A, I provide a suitable handle B Figure 5 which is securely fixed to the
front end of a spindle or shaft C which passes through into the interior of said case
where it is carried; the said spindle or shaft C is provided with a suitably shaped
crank D, which may be made in one with the said spindle as shown or securely fixed
to it, the said crank D is so formed at its one end as to permit of a bolt or rod E
passing through it which is adjustably connected at its lower end e, preferably as
shown, to the lower end of a spiral or other spring E', which has its top end held

page_text: by the coin itself in the money shoot L' in such a manner as to work the register or
indicator.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is
1st. The general arrangement, construction and combination of the various parts
constituting my improved wrist and muscle testing machine all substantially_as
and for the purposes herein before described and shown in the accompanying
drawings.
2nd. In coin freed wrist and muscle testing machines the combination therewith
of mechanism whereby I am enabled to cause the said machine to display advertise-
ments or such like and also to deliver cigars, cigarettes or other articles, substantially
as hereinbefore described and shown in the accompanying drawings.
3rd. The general arrangement and construction of the mechanism whereby coin-
freed wrist and muscle testing machines are caused to display advertisements or
such like, all substantially as herein before described and shown in the accompanying
drawings.
4th. The general arrangement and construction of the mechanism whereby coin-
freed wrist and muscle testing machines are caused to deliver articles, all
substantially as hereinbefore described and shown in the accompanying drawings.
5th. In coin-freed wrist and muscle testing machines the employment and com-
bination therewith of an open or grooved eccentric or cam H, substantially
as and for the purposes herein before described and shown in the accompanying
drawings.
6th. The arrangement and combination of the parts whereby the spring E' may
be adjusted, substantially as hereinbefore described and shown in the accompanying
drawings.
Dated this 5th an
1001
JOHNSONS,
115, St. Vincent Street, Glasgow, Applicant's Agents.

page_text: by means of the said case through the medium of a snug or projection a³, which
may be formed on or attached.to said case A, the other end of the said crank D, is
provided with a recessed or checked part d and guide stay d', which if desired may
be made separate and attached. Near the front end of said spindle or shaft C,
inside the case A, I key or otherwise secure a toothed quadrant F, which gears into
a corresponding toothed pinion F¹ fixed on the pointer's spindle or shaft G, the
said pointer G being fixed at the front end of said shaft and in front of the
indicating dial g so as to show the results; the said shaft G has also mounted on it
an open or grooved half eccentric or cam H, preferably shaped as shown so as to
enable a tail piece or guide pin h, to work in, the said tail piece or guide pin / being
attached to the lower side of a suitable frame J, which may or may not be other-
wise connected to said eccentric or cam, and which has two or more upright
standards, so as to carry one or more advertisements or pictures which are
suitably secured to the front of said frame; the said frame is also provided with a
central standard or support J', having a hollowed out top, so as to raise the
cigar or other article up through the centre of a suitable feeding box K which is
formed inside the said case A preferably near the top and having two sloping
bottoms k, and an inclined top or side k', so that, on the said support. being raised
up its hollow top piece j carries up one of the articles to be delivered, the said top
piece is preferably provided with guide pins or projections which work in two
grooves provided in the sides of the box K, the said grooves k³, being turned
round at their top ends, so as to partly upset the top piece and so cause the
article being thrown out on the top k¹, from whence it slides down through an
opening a provided in the side or front of the main case A, and if desired a small
receiving tray or ledge as may be provided.
The said case A is also provided with one or more openings a through which the
advertisements or such like may be seen.
The action of the foregoing arrangement is such that supposing the proper coin
is inserted through the slot L in said case A, it-is conducted by means of the two
grooved bars L placed at the required distance apart so as only to permit-of-the
proper size of coin being conducted on to the platform m provided on-the-one end
of the money or locking lever M which is pivotted to a horizontal-spindle or stay. M
mounted in the said case A, and having its other end m² so formed as to fit into the
recessed or checked part d of the main crank D; on the coin reaching the platform m,
it by means of its weight depresses the said platform m till it rests on the guide
piece or stay and so unlocks the end from the crank D-which-may-then-be-
turned by the operator through the medium of the handle B, which by means of
the eccentric or cam H, raises the frame J, which has the_advertisements or such
like, up through the opening a and so permits of them being seen; on the said
frame reaching the top of its travel which may be at any desired number on the
dial 9, say 120, it by means of the support J' delivers a cigarette or other article
to the operator, who is still enabled to further test his strength up as high as the 200
on the dial y, owing to the eccentric or cam H having a circled tail piece H' having
a radius equal to the full travel of the frame J, which is caused to resume its closed
position and other parts their normal positions, by the handle B, being let go, by
means of the spring E¹.
The said machines may also be so constructed as to display one or more good
advices or such like which are brought opposite openings provided in the front of
the case by means of the said advices being attached to and operated by a disc or
semicircular disc mounted on the said pointer's spindle G, and actuated by means
of suitable gearing from the crank shaft or spindle C.
I
In order to indicate or register the number of times the machine has been used,
may mount a suitable indicator or register either inside or outside or visible from
the outside of said case A, and which consecutively registers either on a tape, or
ribbon of paper or other material, or records on a series of dials, through the means
of a one way acting lever operated by the pointer's spindle G, crank spindle C, or