A Combined Automatic Spirometer and Cigarette Delivery Machine.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 14th Apr., 1890
Complete Specification Left, 29th Oct., 1890-Accepted, 29th Nov., 1890
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
A Combined Automatic Spirometer and Cigarette Delivery
Machine.
I, IGNACY ILDEFONS KOWALEWSKI of 85 Gunson Street Oldham Road, in the
County of Lancaster in the City of Manchester Cabinet Maker do hereby declare the
nature of this invention to be as follows :-
I construct a wooden box about 18 ins. high and 9 wide and 7 deep in which near
the top I make the slot A. Fig. 1, a penny being placed in which slides down the
shute B B Fig. 2 into the guide C Fig. 2 and rests on the grooved end of the lever. D
Fig. 2 which is so constructed that the weight of the penny will raise the other end E
Fig. 2 out of the catch F Fig. 2 as shown by the dotted lines. G is a piece of wood
which I fix into the box as shown in Figs. 2 3. 4 upon which I fix an ordinary
bellows. The end E of the lever being raised as above described, allows the bellows
to fill when blown into and so by means of the rod I. I. Fig. 2 raise the crank J
which turns the roller L Fig. 2 through an arc, varying with the extent to which
the bellows are filled. To indicate the pressure of air in the bellows, I have on the
front of the box a dial B Fig. 1 the hand on which is turned by the cord and pulley
on its arbor M Fig. 2, which cord is fastened to the top of the bellows, to the other
end is attached a leaden weight N, Fig. 2 which by keeping the cord tight, turns the
pulley as the bellows rise and fall. To offer a resistance to the bellows being blown
open I fix a spiral spring O Fig. 2 one end to the upper flap and the other to the
bottom of the box. The dial B Fig. 1 is so graduated as to allow for the increasing
power of the spring as it is farther extended. P. Q. R. Fig. 3 is a receptacle with
a V shaped bottom for the supply of cigarettes. On the back portion of the bottom
is a metal plate entirely covering its surface from R to Q which plate is soldered to
the spindle S Fig. 2, and free to rise and fall at the other end R. The spindle is
turned by the crank T. Fig. 2 which receives its motion by its end sliding on the
crank J. as the machine is set in motion. By this means the cigarettes are slightly
disturbed each time and thus prevented from jamming and made to fall regularly
down the slot A. Fig. 5 and on to the step in the roller L Figs. 2 and 5. As the
machine is set in motion the upper portion of the roller moves forward and downward
and liberates the cigarette discharging it down the slide X and out of the machine.
Y. is a flexible tube fitted with a mouthpiece and continued to the bellows as shown
by the dotted lines in Fig. 3. Z. is an eliptical trap through which any coin of
smaller diameter than a penny will fall. It will be seen by Fig. 3. that when the
bellows are filled the guide C. moves towards the back of the box, releasing the penny
which falls into a drawer below. Æ Fig. 2. is a stop to prevent the lever D. falling
too low when weighted with the penny.
To prevent pennies being let down into the machine and withdrawn by means of a
string attached to them I have at the lower end of the upper part of the shute B. a
notch U. Fig. 4 across which underneath 1 place diagonally a sharp knife which cuts
the string immediately any attempt is made to withdraw the penny.
The advantages I claim are that persons using my machine will receive material
value for their money and also that a different test of the lungs is given, namely, that
of compression and not of capacity as in the ordinary spirometer.
March 21+ 1900

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
A Combined Automatic Spirometer and Cigarette Delivery
Machine.
I, IGNACY ILDEFONS KOWALEWSKI of 85 Gunson Street, Oldham Road,
Manchester in the County of Lancaster Cabinet Maker 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 and accompanying
drawings
My said invention consists of a novel apparatus for automatically registering the
strength of the lungs and at the same time releasing a cigarette on placing a penny
in the slot in the usual manner.
In filing my Provisional Specification I annexed a drawing of the apparatus but
since filing the same I have made some changes in the construction and disposition
of the parts which necessitate a fresh drawing although it will be understood that
I have made no change in the essentials of my invention.
The said fresh drawings are now annexed to my present Complete Specification
and I will proceed forthwith to describe the invention particularly with reference to
the drawings.
Fig. 1 (Sheet 1) is a front view of the case containing the apparatus.
Fig. 2 is a vertical section at right angles to Fig. 1.
Fig. 3 (Sheet 2) is a section of the box containing the cigarettes showing
particularly the method of releasing and delivering the same.
The outer case a is composed of wood or any other suitable material. Within the
case is a shute b communicating with a slit b in front of the case and leading into
a money drawer or receptacle beneath. Near the foot of the shoot and directly in
the path of a coin sliding down the shute is a wire c which is bent and pivotted at c'
and carries a back balance weight c² which tends always to keep the wire c in the
position shown in the drawings. The pivot spindle c¹ also carries a trigger or
triggers c³ which come opposite stepped blocks c. The pivot spindle c¹ is carried in
bearings on the top of the rising and falling end of bellows d.
It will be seen that so long as the wire c remains in the position shown in the
drawing the noses of the triggers crest against the bottom step of the block c¹ and
lock the bellows down. But if a coin is placed in the slit so as to slide down the
shute bit strikes the wire c and moves it so as to turn the pivot spindle c¹ and thus
shift the triggers clear of the steps in the blocks c. Then by blowing into the
bellows & through the mouth piece e and tube e¹, the bellows can be expanded against
the pull of the spring f lifting the wire c with its combined parts so as to free the
penny in the shute and allow it to fall into the receptacle beneath. When the person
ceases to blow, the bellows and parts are returned to their normal position the triggers
again abutting against the lower steps and so preventing the operation of the bellows
until a fresh coin is inserted. The second step in the block c is cut to prevent the
possible fraudulent working of the bellows by raising them again before the triggers
have quite caught upon the lower step. A dial y appears in the front of the case.
The spindle carrying the pointer extends across the interior of the case.
cord passes around the spindle h one end being fastened to an adjustable holdfast /³
secured to the top of the bellows, the other end carrying a balance weight h. When
the bellows rise the spindle is turned by the pull of the balance weight and the
pointer indicates the pressure in the bellows. When the bellows collapse the spindle
is returned to its former position. The box containing the cigarettes is marked i.
As shown most clearly in the sectional view Fig. 3 (Sheet 2) has an inclined or
hopper shaped bottom with an orifice at the foot through which the cigarettes fall
singly. The bottom cigarette rests on the sliding plate j. In the plate is cut a
hole and the plate is bent round to form a second slide. When the plate j is slid
forward the slide 2 cuts off the bottom cigarette from those above and supports them
while the bottom cigarette falls through the hole' upon the incline down which it
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page_text: rolls to the delivery orifice m where it falls into the curved shelf n from which it can
be removed by the purchaser. A glazed opening in the lid of the case shows
whether there are any cigarettes in the box. The binged flap p is moved at each
operation of the machine and stirs up the cigarettes and arranges them to fall properly
into the orifice at the bottom of the box. Another hinged flap q opens when the
bellows rise and close when they collapse. The means for operating these various parts
will be readily recognizable in Fig. 2. The lever r pivotted at and kept in its
normal position by the spring carries and operates the sliding plate and parts while
an arm ³ of the same lever works the stirring up flap p through a wire p¹. An arm r
also operates a bells by withdrawing and releasing the spring hammer s.
A peg
projecting from the back of the bell hammers' enters a horizontal _ shaped slot in
the arm. When the arm moves back with the lever the hammer s¹ is taken
back a short distance until the peg escapes from the vertical space of the ☐ shaped
slot and rebounds by the action of the flat springs against the bell s. The stroke of
the bell is simultaneous with the delivery of the cigarette. The other hinged flap q
is worked by a link q' from the bellows. The lever r is rocked by a rising and falling
prop hinged to the top of the bellows, the top of the prop being slotted and sliding
on a stud wo projecting from the side of the hox i, the inclined face t¹ of the prop t
operates on a projection t² to move the lever r forward while the spring pushes it
back and so effects the to and fro motion already described.
In case the purchaser should not wish to blow through the tube, I provide a handle u
pivotted at and connected by a slotted link u² to the top of the bellows. By
pulling down the handle after the insertion of the coin the same effect is produced as
by inflating the bellows and a cigarette is delivered in the manner already described.
When a straight coin shute is used as described I might fix a cutting edge in the
shute so as to sever a string by which a fraudulent person might let down a coin and
pull it up again after operating the wire c. If the shute were made zig-zag, no such
precaution would be necessary. The shute is made wide enough beneath to allow a
coin smaller than a penny for example a halfpenny to drop through without operating
the wire. The bell is not an essential part of the apparatus and may be omitted. The
outer case is neatly painted and decorated so as to attract attention and on the plate v
I paint directions for use.
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 :-
1) The general construction and combination of parts composing the improved
spirometer and cigarette machine substantially as described and illustrated.
2) In a combined spirometer and cigarette machine the employment of bellows in
combination with locking stops and triggers operated from a wire which is shifted
by an inserted coin so as to move the triggers and permit of the inflation of the
bellows, together with the means for operating the delivery and checking parts of the
cigarette box from the bellows, substantially as described and shown.
3) The improved arrangement of cigarette box and the means for agitating
and releasing the cigarettes singly on each operation of the bellows substantially as
described and shown.
Dated this 28th day of October 1890
DUTTON & FULTON,
1, St. James Square, Manchester, Agents.