Improvements in Apparatus for the Reception of Coin, and for the Delivery of Articles in Exchange therefor, chiefly Designed to be . used as a Toy.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 24th Dec., 1889-Accepted, 25th Jan., 180
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Apparatus for the Reception of Coin, and for the
Delivery of Articles in Exchange therefor, chiefly Designed to be
. used as a Toy.
1, GEORGES CARETTE, of Nuremberg, Bavaria, in the Empire of Germany, Manu-
facturer, 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 the reception of coin and for the delivery of
articles in exchange therefor, chiefly designed to be used as a toy.
Referring to the accompanying drawing,
Figure 1 is a vertical section of the apparatus shown half-open,
Figure 3 a similar section of the same shown closed whilst Figures 2 and 4 are
horizontal sections through the apparatus represented in Figures 1 and 3 respectively.
The improved apparatus comprises a box A which is divided by a vertical partition b,
so as to provide a separate space wherein the bars of chocolate or other articles c to be
sold or piled up. A horizontal partition d separates the said box into a larger upper
compartment a and a smaller lower compartment a¹. In the upper compartment a is
the above-mentioned space for the said bars or articles . Upon the horizontal
partition & works a slide or drawerf which is preferably made of sheet metal, the
front part of this slide or drawer being provided with a knob e whilst, the rear part g
is raised in order to form a projection for causing the advance of the lowermost bar e¹
which is to be delivered. At its rear end the slide or drawer is connected with an
upright piece having a slot in which the pin i of a lever k is adapted to slide. This
lever k oscillates upon a horizontal pivot o, and its rear arm carrying the aforesaid
pin slightly overbalances the front arm of the lever so that when the lever is in the
state of rest it will remain in the horizontal position (Figure 3). The lever kis
provided at its front end with a narrow slit which is shorter than the coin p to be
introduced into the apparatus.
This coin is inserted at the front of the box A into a suitable slit immediately below
the cover B, whence it drops into a vertical channel g, the interior dimensions of
which are slightly larger than the coin, and, having reached the lower end of this
channel, passes into the slit in the lever k thereby pressing the front arm of the
latter downwards whilst the pin irises, and through the medium of the slotted piece h
causes the slide or drawerf together with the lowest bar or article c¹ to advance. In
case the slide or drawer may not advance quite automatically the forward movement
can be effected by pulling the knob e whereupon the bar or article c¹ can be taken
out. On moving the said slide or drawer f back a fresh bar or article c will drop
upon the same, which bar or article can in like manner be removed after inserting a
coin into the channel g. In the state of rest, Figure 3, the slide or drawer f
cannot be pulled forwards, because the pressure of the pin i upon the slotted piece h
does not allow it. This pressure can only be overcome if the lever k is moved to a
certain inclined position (Figure 1) which is obtained by the insertion of the coin p.
When the bars or other articles c have been delivered by the apparatus fresh ones
can be introduced into the same by taking off the cover B, or by obtaining access to
the interior through one side. In like manner the coin p inserted can be removed by
taking off the lower part C or by opening a side wall.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inve::-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what 1
claim is :-
:-
An apparatus for the reception of coin and for the delivery of articles in exchange

page_text: therefor, in which, on inserting the coin p into the channel 9, the lever kis turned
from the horizontal position of rest (Figure 3) to an inclined position (Figure 1),
thereby either pushing out the slide or drawer for enabling the same to be pulled out,
substantially as described and represented in the accompanying drawing.
Dated this 24th day of December 1889.
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45, Southampton Buildings, London, Agents for the Applicant.