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Year: 1898

page_text: I, TOM FRYER, of 3, Pond Place, Fulham Road, London, Engineer, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to certain improved arrangement of appliances for opera-
tion with coin freed musical, dancing doll, and like amusement, and sale of
goods machine.
To carry my invention into practice, I fit a sliding or pull plate in guide
frames, said plate having edge notches or teeth the plate being limited in its
travel by stops and returnable by one or more springs. A part of the plate is
under the mouth of a coin receiver and of a suspended wedge which the coin
pushes clear but otherwise the plate is kept locked.
The plate has one end of a chain affixed, the other end being attached to a
quadrant, a portion of which has teeth in gear with a wheel for turning it. The
wheel is on an axle by which a spring can be operated, or a weight lifted and
which through a ratchet and pawl can give rotation to another axle from or by
which the barrel of a musical box can be turned, said axle being by gear in
communication with a speed flyer or governor.
In lieu of the musical box, a platform or other appliance can be operated for
dancing dolls which may by suitable appliances be made to go through a
quadrille or a waltz under a glass case within sight of the bystanders after the
insertion of a coin and a pull out of the plate first referred to."
The axle receiving motion from the quadrant or its equivalent has a pinion
gearing into a rack of a sliding bar and by which articles, such as cigarettes,
packets of sweets, or the like can be separated from a column and be made to
enter a pocket for delivery into a tray while the music is being played, or the
dolls are dancing.
The last named axle has a pin or stud arm projecting into the path of a lever
and this when the first named plate is pulled by a spring attachment removes
a pawl from the flyer and a peg from a hole in one of the gear wheels which then
rotates until another hole comes opposite the peg for the wheel to be stopped,
the coin having been discharged by an opening in the sliding plate when it has
been fully pulled out.
H. GARDNER,
Patent Agent, 166, Fleet Street, London,
Agent for the said Tom Fryer.

page_text: Improved Arrangement of Appliances for Operation with Coin Freed
Musical, Dancing Doll, and like Amusement, and Sale of Goods
Machine.
I, TOM FRYER, of 3, Pond Place, Fulham Road, London, Engineer, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the same is to be per-
formed to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:
This invention relates to certain improved arrangement of appliances for opera-
tion with coin freed musical dancing dolls, and like amusement, and sale of
goods machine.
To carry my invention into practice and as represented on the annexed draw-
ings Figures 1, 2, and 3 plan and part front elevations respectively I fit a sliding
or pull plate A in guide frames or studs B, said plate A having edge notches or
teeth C, the plate being limited in its travel by the stops B, and returnable by
one or more springs I). A part of the plate A is under the mouth of a coin
receiver and of a suspended wedge F which the coin F1 pushes clear but
otherwise the plate A is kept locked by its engagement in the teeth C.
The plate A has one end of a chain G affixed, the other end of said chain being
attached to a quadrant H, a portion of which has teeth I in gear with a wheel J
for turning it.
The wheel J is on an axle K by which a coiled spring L can be put in tension
(or a weight lifted) and which through a ratchet M and pawl N can give rotation
to another axle P from or by which the barrel of a musical box can be turned,
said axle P by the wheel Q being, by gear R, in communication with a speed
flyer or governor S.
In lieu of the musical box a platform or other appliance can be operated for
dancing dolls which may by suitable appliances be made to go through a
quadrille or a waltz under a glass case within sight of the bystanders after the
insertion of a coin in the receiver E and a pull out of the plate A first referred to.
The axle K receiving motion from the quadrant H or its equivalent has a
pinion T gearing into a rack U of a sliding bar V and by which articles, such as
cigarettes, packets W containing sweets, or the like can be separated from a
column and be allowed to drop into a tray X while the music is being played or
the dolls are dancing.
The axle K has a pin or stud arm Y projecting into the path of a lever Z and
this when the plate A is pulled by the spring attachment 1 removes a pawl a
from the flyer S and a peg 6 from a hole in the gear wheel Q which then rotates
until another hole comes opposite the peg 6 for the wheel Q to be stopped, the
coin having been discharged by an opening in the sliding plate A while it is
being pulled out.
The lever Z forms part of or is attached to a triangle or bell pull lever c
pivotted at the point d to the frame e and is in connection by the link f with the
pegged lever g pivotted at hand returnable by the spring which ensures the
peg riding against and slipping into a hole of the wheel Q as it arrives at
the peg b.
The operation is as follows: A coin being dropped into the receiver E falls
onto and removes the lower end of the lever F away from the tooth C of the
plate A.
The hand knob A¹ is then free to be pulled outwardly or if the bottom face of
the plate A be provided with teeth a pinion of a side motioned lever will cause

page_text: the plate A to move outwards and expand the spring D and will also draw upon
the chain and cause the quadrant H and wheel I to turn and this through
the pinion J on the axle K will wind up the spiral spring. L the rotation of the
axle K at the same time compels the pin Y to bear against the crook of the
lever Z and this through its connection with the parts c, f, g, will withdraw
the peg 6 from the hole in the wheel whereupon the spiral spring L begins to
recover its normal position by rotating the wheel Q and so cause the disc K
or it may be a bevil wheel on the second axle P to turn the barrel of a musical
box, actuate doll or other figures for visual amusement alone or in addition to
the music to be heard.
The speed of rotation of the wheel Q is determined by the angle of the flyer
blades S which are rotated by the gear R as will be understood by reference to
that part of the drawing accompanying this specification until the peg 6 drops
into the hole in the wheel Q to stop it. The wheel Q has motion in one direction
only by reason of the pawl N and ratchet wheel M and is the reverse of that of
the pinion J which wound up the spiral spring L.
When the hand knob A¹ or its equivalent side lever is acted upon as before
explained the pinion T by its teeth in the rack U draws back the rack U a
distance sufficient for a plain portion of the front plate to be removed from
under the pile or column of sweets packets W and a somewhat deep skeleton
frame m as part of the plate V and rack U to occupy the plate position.
This skeleton frame m forms a pocket into which the lower packet will fall
but so soon as the pull on the hand knob is released the axle K begins to reverse
its movement of travel through the action of the spiral spring L consequently as
the pinion reverses so does the quadrant H and takes up the slack of the
chain G and leaving the chain ready for a fresh pull by the hand knob A'.
With this movement the pinion T reverses the travel of the skeleton frame m
and gradually pushes the selected packet forwardly of the pile, so that at the
termination of the spiral springs motion the packet is released from the skeleton
frame and falls into the tray X for the delivery as aforesaid.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is:-
In a coin freed machine for the sale of goods and for operating musical barrels
and rotating dancing figures (dolls) in combination, the arrangement of appli-
ances represented on the annexed drawings and acting in the manner described.
The Uth day of October 1898
The 10th day of October 1898
H. GARDNER,
Patent Agent, 166, Fleet Street, London,
Agent for the said T. Fryer.
H. GARDNER,
Patent Agent, 166, Fleet Street, London,
Agent for the said T. Fryer.