Year: 1888

page_text: WILLIAM CHRISTMAS JOHN MILLER (commonly known as William Miller) of
13 Camera Square Chelsea in the County of Middlesex Joiner do hereby declare the
nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention is for an improved automatic delivery box, for delivering sweetmeats
or other merchandize in return for coins placed in slot provided for the purpose.
The principle on which this is to be effected is, that a wheel which may be placed
either perpendicularly or horizontaly, has in its outer edge, notches or recesses made
to fit the article to be delivered and as the wheel passes round under the slide or tube
of any shape containing the articles, one packet will fall by its own weight into, the
recess made for it in the wheel, and is thus passed on to the opening, to be
delivered..
The wheel is constantly kept in the position to turn towards this opening, by a
balance weight the cord suspending which is passed round the axle of the wheel
and over a pully.
On the outside edge of the wheel or on a disk or other contrivance which may
be placed on or connected with the axle of the wheel, there is an escapement, similar
to the escapent of a clock, and this escapement is actuated by two electric magnets,
the magnets being brought into action by the coin in passing through a slide, where
it makes contact between the magnets and the battery..
In the slide there are two or more points, at which contact is made, and at the
first contact one magnet acts so as to pull down one arm of the escapement, allowing
the wheel to turn through a portion of the way to the delivery opening, and at the
same time a lever arm is put forward to make the second contact. The movement
breaks the contact with the first magnet, and brings the second into operation, which
pulls back the lever arm, allowing the coin or coins to fall into the box, and with it
also pulling down the second arm of the escapement when the wheel goes fully round
its distance and delivers the article, all contact with the battery being broken as soon
as the coin falls into the box, the machine is ready to deliver the next article for the
next coin.

page_text: The advantage proposed in this machine amongst others, is the great difficulty of
choaking it on stopping its action, as all blanks of cardboad &c., pass freely through
without making any contact.
To more clearly discribe the nature of the invention, reference is made to the
accompanying drawings, in which Fig. 1 gives a sectional elevation showing the
entrance of the coin and the making of the first contact, and Fig. 2 the coin making
the second contact and the delivery of the goods.

page_text: I WILLIAM CHRISTMAS JOHN MILLER (commonly known as William Miller) of
13 Camera Square Chelsea in the County of Middlesex, Joiner 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 relates to apparatus for automatically delivering articles in exchange
for predetermined coins placed in a slot provided for that purpose.
The main features of the apparatus consist of a wheel which may be placed in either
a vertical or horizontal plane, and having in its periphery notches or recesses made to
fit the articles to be delivered.
As the wheel passes round under a slide or receptacle of any shape containing the
articles, one packet will fall by its own weight into the recess made for it in the wheel,
and as the wheel turns is passed on to the opening to be delivered. The wheel is con-
stantly kept in position to turn towards this opening by a balance weight or spring.
On the outside edge of this wheel, or on a disc, or other contrivance which may be
placed on or connected with the axle, there is an escapement analogous to the escape-
ment of a clock, and this escapement is actuated by two electro magnets which are
brought into action by the predetermined coin passing through a slide where it makes
contact between the magnets and the battery.
In the slide there are two or more points at which contact is made. At the first
contact one magnet acts so as to pull down one arm of the escapement, allowing the
wheel to turn through a portion of the way to the delivery opening, and at the same
time a lever arm is put forward to make the second contact. The movement breaks
the contact with the first magnet, and brings the second into operation, which pulls
back the lever arm allowing the coin or coins to fall into a box, and with it also pulling
down the second arm of the escapeinent when the wheel turns the balance of its
distance for a single delivery and delivers the article on to a chute, and as all contact
with the battery is broken as soon as the coin falls into the box, the machine is ready
to deliver the next article.
In order that the invention may be clearly understood reference is made to the
accompanying drawings which form part of this specification, and in which :-
Fig. 1 is a sectional front elevation.
Fig. 2 is a plan view.
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Side reational elevation

page_text: Fig. 4 is a plan view on the line - of Fig. 1.
Fig. 5 is a view on a larger scale, and
Fig. 6 is a view of a slightly different form of feeding-box or receptacle.
In the form shown in Figs. 1 and 3, receptacle A is mounted on a central shaft
turned one notch by a cord and weight a (or by a spring) when released by escape-
ment, which in turn is operated by pin wheel loosely mounted on or actuated
from the shaft B which carries the delivery wheel C. Said shaft is actuated. by a cord
and weight D (or by a spring) when the wheel C is released by its escapement E, the
motion of which is governed by the armature lever E and electro magnets G G'in
the manner hereinafter described.
One pole of an electric battery (not shown) is connected to the magnets G Gi the
other pole being connected to one side of the coin chute H, the other side of said chute
being in electrical connection with the magnet G, while magnet G is in like con-
nection with a catch lever reaching to the bottom of the chute H as most clearly
shown in Fig. 3. If a coin of the predetermined size be placed in the opening of the
chute H, the circuit is completed at that point through magnet G, which draws down
the end of lever F opposite to it, and thus through. rod fraises the hooked end of
escapement E so that it will catch and hold one of the pins e on wheel C, the
notch or catch on the other end of said escapement having released the pin e
next in order, and weight D having turned wheel C half a recess or notch toward
delivery. As the coin leaves the opening to the chute the connection is broken
through G and when said coin reaches the bottom of said chute the circuit is com-
pleted through catch lever and magnet G³, said magnet then attracting the other
end of armature lever F and drawing. it and rod and hooked end of escape-
ment down, when delivery wheel C turns to the delivery point where it is
stopped by the catch on said escapement coming into engagement with the pin e
next in order as shown in Fig. where the parcel I is shown as being delivered
down the slide provided for that purpose. As armature lever F is drawn down
by magnet G its outer end drops down catch lever which falls by its own
weight, permitting coin i to fall into the bottom of the box when the circuit
through the magnet is broken and the apparatus is ready for its next delivery.
The wheel C is shown as having eight notches or recesses, and if it be assumed
that each compartment of receptacle A holds 24 packets it will be evident that said
receptacle A only requires to be turned one compartment when wheel C has made
three revolutions, or in other words the gearing from shaft B to escapement b
requires to be as one to three in order that after the first 24 packets have been
delivered the receptacle A may be so turned as to enable the next compartment
containing a further 24 packets to be ready for delivery and so on until all the
compartments in receptacle A are empty.
In Fig. 6 the feeding box or receptacle A does not require to be turned but has
three or more compartments a¹, a², a³, from which the article is fed, as wheel C
revolves first from compartment a', and when this is exhausted, from compartment. a²
and so on. It will he evident that a larger sized coin than that determined upon will
not enter the chute H, and that a smaller one. or a cardboard or other non-
conducting disc will not complete the circuit or cause the apparatus to operate.
If wheel be placed in a horizontal plane an under fixed disc or plate may be
employed to hold the packets I in place, said disc or plate being cut away opposite the:
delivery chute so that as the wheel is turned the packets will fall from the fixed plate
and be delivered.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is
1st. In automatic delivery apparatus two or more magnets so connected with the
coin chute that on the insertion of a predetermined coin the magnets will operate an
escapement permitting the delivery of the article substantially as set forth.

page_text: 2nd. In automatic delivery apparatus the combination with the magnets of a pivoted
lever, the motion of which operates the escapement of the delivery wheel and also
actuates a catch lever so as to throw it into the path of the coin and subsequently allow
it to return to its normal position permitting the said coin to fall from the chute
substantially as set forth.
3rd. The general arrangement and construction of parts forming the improved
automatic delivery apparatus substantially as described.
Dated this 30th day of January 1889.
PHILIP M. JUSTICE,
55 & 56, Chancery Lane, London,
Agent for the Applicant.