Improvements in Apparatus for Delivering Goods in Exchange for Coins.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 31st Oct., 1894-Accepted, 1st June, 1895
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Apparatus for Delivering Goods in Exchange for
Coins.
We, FILIPPO ORIGGI and GIULIO CAIMI, both of Via Meravigli No. 2,
Milan, in the Kingdom of Italy, Manufacturers, 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 is intended principally for delivering objects to purchasers by the
mediation of a figure or image and on the insertion of a coin into a passage way
provided therefor, and it consists also in the means hereinafter described for
operating a coin-freed machine on the above principle.
The machinery comprises distinct contrivances namely;-(a) The apparatus for
effecting the fall of the object upon the small plate or the receiver carried by the
figure or in any other suitable manner in connection with said figure.
apparatus for delivering the object to the purchaser.
(b) The
The apparatus or machinery delivering the object to the figure consists of a
circular box S the periphery of which is divided into a number of very small cells
in which the objects to be delivered are placed; the lower half of said periphery
is surrounded by a sheath C which prevents objects from falling out. On to the
box a cog or pin wheel R is solidly fixed and also a pulley d upon which is wound
a chain or a cord charged with a weight so that it tends to revolve the box in the
direction of the arrow when it is free to turn on its axis; however it is prevented
from doing so by the rod e retaining the box by its pointed end intervening between
the pins of the wheel R.
On introducing a certain coin into the orifice of the chute 9, 9, the coin in
falling strikes the small plate r¹ of the lever r counterpoised at n, thus allowing
the lever to describe an are having its centre at g and causing the rod e, crossed by
said lever, to move downwardly.
The rod e will, on starting, allow the wheel R to rotate, but not to advance for
more than the breadth of one cell or partition, since it becomes stopped again by
the pawli which is rocked on its pivot and thus set in action by a small pin fixed
cn the rod e. As each of the cells in the drum S arrives in its turn in coincidence
with the orifice made for the purpose in the box C, one of the objects will fall
from the drum S by its own weight, and passing down the inclined chutes will be
thrown upon the tray p.
The lever L is employed for the only purpose of accom-
panying the object for a short distance in order to avoid the shock which would
result from a too rapid fall.
After having struck against the pallet r¹ the coin falls into the small box
arranged for this purpose and the lever will take up again its initial position
under the simultaneous impulse of the spring m, fixed at the bottom of the
lever e, which spring had been bent downwardly by the downward movement of
the rod e.
The apparatus or machinery for causing the figure to deliver the article to the
purchaser is composed of a motor Z (the actuative force of which may be a spring
device or electricity or otherwise). On the axis of this motor a fork is fixed
on which a horizontal beam a is pivoted in such a manner as to be capable of
scillating in a vertical plane, while at the same time following the rotary movement
of the motor.
At one of the extremities of the beam the receiving mechanism for the object
s fixed; at the other extremity an adjustable ball provides a counterbalancing
veight.

page_text: The receiving mechanism is composed of a vertical rod at the top of which is
a horizontally extending arm 1 to which is fixed the small receiving plate P, while
at the bottom of said rod a laterally projecting or radiating arm t is provided
which carries at its centre a recessed plate t' for limiting the rotary movement of
the arm and therefore of the rod I by engagement with its recess t² of a catch or
stopt fixed on the beam a, on which latter is likewise fixed the extremity of a
spiral spring the other extremity being fixed on the rod which is pivoted below
in such a manner as to revolve on its axis vertically to the beam.
A catch e is fixed in such a position as to interrupt the movement of the beam,
when the small plate P has arrived exactly beneath the chute s.
Supposing an object to fall out on to the plate p, the weight itself of such object
presses down the beam and the mechanism at this end of the beam and the arm t
becomes disengaged by escaping beneath the catch v, whilst by the effect of the
spring which had been brought into tension by the introduction of the arm into
the catch v, the small plate in the position P, by describing a quarter of a circle
will take up the position p, the horizontal beam being released from catch u will
start its movement in the direction indicated by the arrow in order to stop as soon
as the catch is struck by arm t said catch being diametrically opposite to v, at
the point of delivery.
As soon as the object is lifted off the small plate by the purchaser, the plate and
mechanism at that end of the beam being discharged will rise again, until the
arm t escapes above the catch which causes the release of the balance beam
whilst with regard to the small plate an analogous movement takes place to that
before described at its starting from the position under chute s; when the catch
is reached the beam stops again until another object has dropped upon the plate,
and so on.
The rod is masked with the figure carrying the plate, and all the remaining
mechanism may be hidden from view by artificial and ornamental structures or
scenery not shown in the drawing. The figure may come out and pass in by two
doors made in the direction of the line y, y of Fig. 3.
The quarter revolution which the small plate is intended to perform, has for its
object to cause the figure to advance naturally and turn to the front to deliver the
object whatever it may be.
The rotary movement of the motor may be moderated by the resistance of a
pallet fixed on to the beam and plunged into a circular vessel V arranged below.
Lastly, to prevent discharge of an article from drum S by introducing the coin
before the plate P has returned to the starting point, there may be provided the
arbor which is journalled to revolve on its axis in bearings h¹ and carries an
arm 2 adapted to engage into a slit made across the coin-chute 9 and to be with-
drawn by the action of an upwardly extending lever k arranged on the arbor has
soon as the rear end of the beam d has arrived against and displaced said lever k
which will only take place when the plate is at the starting point.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what we
claim is ;-
1. The herein described coin operated apparatus for delivering an article to a
figure by which it is transferred to the purchaser.
2. The mechanism for operating the figure and giving to the same the turning and
locomotive movements herein described.
Dated this 31st day of October 1894
HERBERT HADDAN & Co.,
18, Buckingham Street, Strand, London, W.C.,
Agents for the Applicants.