An Improved Coin-in-the-Slot Cabinet for Licensed Victuallers and the like, taking both Pennies and Halfpennies.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 11th Oct., 1899
Complete Specification Left, 22nd Nov., 1899-Accepted, 20th Jan., 1900
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Coin-in-the-Slot Cabinet for Licensed Victuallers and
the like, taking both Pennies and Halfpennies.
FREDERICK FORD, Isle House, 67, Margate Road, Southsea, Hants, Insurance
Agent, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
A cabinet witli a bent glass top admitting light. A moveable cue rests on a
bridge and passes through the right wall reaching a receptacle on the inside of
the left wall of the cabinet. The cue is pulled out to its full extent, a penny is
dropped in, and the player by means of the cue endeavours to pass the coin over
the bridge into the receptacle or check till beyond. If he fails it falls off into
a drawer screened off by two screens fixed at an incline from inside back and
front of this cabinet. If successful it passes into the receptacle or check till
and the player informs the publican who on satisfying himself that the winning
coin is genuine presents a cigar or cigarette according whether it is a penny or
halfpenny that has been played, and then pulls out a stop gap allowing the coin
to fall into locked drawer below.
An Improved Coin-in-the-Slot Cabinet for Licensed Victuallers and
the like, taking both Pennies and Halfpennies.
I, FREDERICK FORD, Isle House, 67, Margate Road, Southsea, Hants, Insurance
Agent, 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 consists of a cabinet with a bent glass top admitting light and
allowing inspection of the interior. In the top is a vertical slot for the admission
A moveable cue
of the coin which falls into a small receptacle directly below.
with handle outside the cabinet is arranged to pass through this receptacle and the
wall of the cabinet and is made long enough to reach a horizontal slot in a
receiver on the opposite side of the cabinet. When operated, the cue is drawn
back and a coin is dropped through the top slot into the receptacle, the bottom
of which is level and open to the bar or bridge along which the coin has to travel.
The player endeavours by means of the cue to push the coin over the bridge into
the horizontal slot which communicates with the receiver or check-till beyond.
If he fails to accomplish this the coin falls off into a drawer screened off by two
screens fixed at an incline from inside back and, front of the machine,

page_text: If successful it passes into the receiver or check till and the player informs
the publican who on satisfying himself that the winning coin is genuine presents
a cigar or cigarette according to whether it is a penny or halfpenny that has been
played and then pulls out a stop allowing the coin to fall into the locked drawer
below.
I will now describe my invention with reference to the accompanying drawings,
in which
Fig. 1, shews a front elevation of the machine.
Fig. 2, shews an end view of same.
Fig. 3, shews a transverse section of Fig. 2 on line y, y.
Fig. 4, shews a transverse section of Fig. 1 on line 2, 2
Fig 5, shews a sectional plan view with a coin being pushed across the
bridge.
Fig. 6, shews three sections enlarged of the bar & cue taken respectively on
lines 1-1, 2-2, 3-3, Fig. 3.
a is the cabinet provided at the top with one or more glass panels a¹ for
admitting light.
Across the upper part of the cabinet there extends a bridge or bar b; at one
end of the bridge there is fixed a coin receiving box c having a slot communi-
cating with the bridge and at the other end of the bridge there is fixed a coin
shoot d. A coin slot e is arranged in the top of the cabinet over the box c.
When a coin is dropped through the slot e it falls flat in the box e and the
player then endeavours to push it across the bridge into the coin shoot d by
a movable cue f, which is previously drawn out of the cabinet to its full length
and is prevented from being withdrawn altogether by a stop f¹. This cue works
freely in its bearing 2 so that it can press the coin from either side.
it.
The front of the coin box is slotted for the passage of the coin & the cue behind
The
If the player fails the coin falls off the bridge onto the curved shelves g
which guide the coin into the locked drawer g¹, the player thus loosing it. Should
he succeed in pushing it across the bar the coin passes through a slot in the
coin shoot d and dropping down same is exhibited behind a glass panel h.
proprietor after ascertaining that the coin is genuine pulls out the plate i, which
allows the coin to fall into the locked drawer and the player is given a cigar
or cigarette as the case may be.
To make the task difficult, the bridge varies in cross section from a flat surface
to a narrow ridge upon which the coin must be kept balanced as it progresses
as shewn by sections 1 & 2, Fig. 6.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said in-
vention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is
1. A coin in the slot cabinet containing a bridge or bar over which coins
can be pushed by means of a movable cue, with arrangements for receiving
and inspecting said coins as herein described and set forth.
2. A cabinet with slot e for receiving coin, in combination with a cue f,
bridge, receptacle c, slotted receiver d, and shoot d, glass panels a¹,
shelves g,
glass panel h, and drawers gas herein described and set forth.
Dated this 22nd day of November 1890.
S. S. BROMHEAD,
Agent for Applicant
33, Cannon Street, London, E.C.