Year: 1888

page_text: Date of Application, 4th Apr., 1888
Complete Specification Left, 30th Jan., 1889
Complete Specification Accepted, 2nd Mar., 1889
I WILLIAM THOMAS WHITEMAN of No. 7 Staple Inn in the County of Middlesex
Patent Agent do hereby declare the nature of this Invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates more particularly to machines for weighing persons and
delivering to them tickets printed with their weight on the introduction of proper
coins or tokens into the machines but it also has reference at least in part to coin
controlled weighing machines generally whether the weight is or is not printed upon
tickets or otherwise.
The object of the invention is to provide a machine which will not only weigh
persons for a coin or coins but will furnish additional attractions to interest amuse or
entertain them at the same time.
The new or improved machine has an upright standard which contains and supports
the balancing mechanism of the weighing scale and outside of the said standard
a movable platform connected with the said balancing mechanism as customary in coin
controlled weighing machines but instead of having the said standard made of opaque
material it is glazed at least in front so as to expose more or less of the works at all
times to inspection and it also is or may be provided with a mirror at the back
to reflect said work. The works themselves may be of any suitable description
provided they or such parts of them as are exposed-are-locked until released by the
introduction of a coin or token but the invention especially includes an exposed
balancing mechanism having a counterpoise composed of a series of connected weights
or other appliance or appliances whose balancing effect increases automatically and
progressively with the motion and means such as described in application for Patents
Nos. 9779 and 9780 dated July 12th 1887 and the application of even date here with
No. 4994 for conveying the pressure of the object weighed to said counterpoise. It
also specially includes an exposed clock work and an exposed ticket printing and

page_text: delivery mechanism (or either of them) with or without having the balancing
mechanism exposed. It also specially includes a clockwork or other apparatus
actuated by stored power and exposed to view and operating to release the lock or
detent of the balancing mechanism which mechanism is also exposed to view the
means for effecting the release being exposed or not as desired.
"
The new or improved machine also has a music box or automatic musical instrument
which is arranged to play a tune whenever a weighing takes place. The music box
or musical instrument need not he exposed to view and may be combined with the
balancing mechanism exposed to view or not but its use forms a special feature of
invention when it is exposed to view in the glazed case or standard of the weighing
machine also when it is operated by a clockwork or power which effects the release of
the balancing mechanism and the printing and delivering the tickets (or either
these operations) or which operates any other suitable weighings controller
whether the music box and the balancing mechanism (or either of them) are or are
not exposed to view. By "weighings controller" is meant in general a device or set
of devices which directly or indirectly controls the weighings either in the balancing
of the objects weighed or in the indication or disclosure of the results and whose
operation depends more or less upon the application or removal of some force outside
the gravity of the object weighed. Such "weighings controllers" are known in
various forms and operating in various modes. It is preferred to have the "weighings
controller operated by a clockwork or other power driven mechanism which is
temporarily released by the introduction of coins or tokens and which is or may be
the same clockwork or power driven mechanism that operates the music box or
musical instrument as before indicated but the combination generally of the weighing
scale weighings controller coiu motor and music box or musical instrument so that on
the introduction of a coin a weighing takes place and a tune is played during or about
the time of weighing is included in the invention.
"
The new or improved weighing machine has or may have a gong to be rung by the
clockwork when the weighing is concluded.
The standard of the machine is or may be made of a metal top metal uprights
and a metal base with glazed sides in the form of doors or otherwise and the
balancing mechanism and other machinery is or may be supported by the top and
uprights of the metal frame or partly by them and partly by the money box and
the bottom of the standard.
The standard is or may be divided vertically by a partition behind which the
weight for driving the clockwork and parts connected therewith is or would be
placed so as to conceal it from view and the mirror before referred to is or
might be placed on the front of this partition.
Dated this 4th day of April 1888

page_text: I, WILLIAM THOMAS WHITEMAN, of No: 7 Staple Inn, in the County of Middlesex,
Patent Agent, do hereby declare the nature of this invention for IMPROVEMENTS IN
COIN CONTROLLED WEIGHING MACHINES (a communication to me from abroad by
the United States Machine and Inventions Company, of Now York, in the United
States of America, Manufacturers) 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 more particularly to machines for weighing persons and
delivering to them tickets printed with their weight; on the introduction of proper
coins or tokens into the machines, but it has also reference at least in part to coin
controlled weighing machines generally, whether the weight is or is not printed upon
tickets or otherwise.
The object of the invention is to provide a machine which will not only weigh
persons for a coin or coins, but will furnish additional attractions to interest, amuse or
entertain them at the same time.
The new or improved coin controlled weighing machine has an upright standard
which contains and supports the balancing mechanism of the weighing scale, and
outside of the said standard a movable platform connected with the said balancing
mechanism, as customary in coin controlled weighing machines; but instead of having
the said standard made of opaque material, it is glazed at least in front so as to expose
more or less of the works at all times to inspection, and it also is or may be provided
with a mirror at the back to reflect said works. In stating that more or less of the
works is to be exposed, it is not to be understood that the bare exposure of a single
part such as a pointer which indicates the weight, is within the invention, for in the
old machines which have an opaque standard the weight is indicated by a pointer
placed like the hands of a clock behind a glass door or cover, but it is to be understood
that, of the works placed inside the standard and performing some operation
necessary to a complete weighing, so much must be exposed as to exhibit the
movement and conjoint or connected operation of parts composing the said works.
The works themselves may be of any suitable description, provided they or exposed
parts thereof operate only on the introduction of a coin or token; but the invention
especially includes an exposed balancing mechanism which is locked until a coin
or token has been introduced, and which has a counterpoise composed of a series
of connected weights (or other appliance or appliances whose balancing effect increases
automatically and progressively with the motion) and means such as described in my
applications for patents Nos. 9779 and 9780 dated July 12, 1887, and No. 4994 dated
April 4, 1888 (or of other suitable description) for conveying the pressure of the
person or object weighed to the. said counterpoise. It also specially includes an
exposed clockwork and an exposed ticket printing and delivery mechanism (or either
of them) with or without having the balancing mechanism exposed, the said clockwork
being locked until a coin or token has been introduced, and the said ticket printing
and delivery mechanism being operated by such clockwork, or at least by stored
power which is not allowed to act until a coin or token has been introduced. The
invention also specially includes a clockwork exposed to view and operating to release
the lock or detent of the balancing mechanism, which is also exposed to view, the
intermediate means for effecting the release being exposed or not as desired. In case

page_text: the exposed clockwork and exposed ticket printing and delivery mechanism (or either
of them) are employed with an exposed balancing mechanism, the exposed works are
then operated in part by the direct pressure on the platform of the person weighing
and in part by stored power, this combined operation of powers imparting a special
interest and attraction to the machine. The exposure, in the glazed standard of a coin
controlled weighing machine, of works operated in part by the direct pressure on the
platform and in part by stored power, is included generally in the invention and would
also be effected irrespective of the precise nature of the parts operated by the stored
power, and also irrespective of the control by coins of the balancing mechanism,
whose parts are operated by direct pressure on the platform of the weighing
machine.
The new or improved machine also has a music box or automatic musical intrument
which is arranged to play a tune whenever a weighing takes place. The music box
or musical instrument need not be exposed to view, and the balancing mechanism or
other machinery with which said music box is or may be combined, may be exposed
to view or not; but the use of the music box or automatic musical instrument forms a
special feature of invention when it is exposed to view in the glazed case or standard
of the weighing machine with or without having the balancing mechanism exposed.
Its use also constitutes a special feature when said music box, whether exposed to
view or not, is operated by a clockwork or power which effects the release of the
balancing mechanism and the printing and delivery of the tickets (or either of
these operations) or which operates any other suitable "weighings controller," the
balancing mechanism or the works generally being exposed to view or not as may be
desired.
By "weighings controller" is meant in general a device or set of devices, which
directly or indirectly controls the weighings either in the balancing of the objects
weighed or in the indication or disclosure of the results, and whose operation depends
more or less upon the application or removal of some force outside the gravity of the
object weighed. Such " weighings controllers" are known in various forms, and
operating in various modes. It is preferred to have the "weighings controller"
operated by a clockwork or other mechanism driven by stored power which is
temporarily released by the introduction of coins or tokens, and which is or may be
the same clockwork or power driven mechanism that operates the music box or
musical instrument as before indicated; but the invention includes the combination
generally of a weighing scale, "weighings controller," "coin motor" and music box
or automatic musical instrument, so that on the introduction of a coin a weighing
takes place and a tune is played during or about the time of weighing. By "coin
motor" is intended a lock or detent which is released by a coin or coins, or other
contrivances whose condition or operation is affected by the operation of a coin or
coins, such "coin motors" being known in a variety of forms for various purposes.
The new or improved weighing machine has or may have a gong to be rung by the
clockwork when the weighing is concluded.
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The standard of the machine is or may be made of a metal top, metal uprights, and
a metal base, with glazed sides in the form of doors or otherwise, and the balancing
mechanism and other machinery is or may be supported by the top and uprights of
the metal frame, or partly by them and partly by the money box and the bottom of
the standard.
The standard is or may be divided vertically by a partition behind which the weight
for driving the clockwork and other parts to be driven by stored power, is or would be
placed so as to conceal it from view; and the mirror before referred to is or might be
placed on the front of this partition.
In the accompanying drawings which form part of this specification, what is
considered the best mode of applying the principle of the invention is illustrated.
Fig. I is a front view of a machine constructed in accordance with the invention,
Fig. II a front view on a larger scale in sectional elevation of the same machine
partly broken away, Fig. III a vertical section in elevation looking to the right of
Figs. I and II, and Figs. IV and V detail views on a still larger scale.

page_text: The balancing and the ticket printing and delivery mechanism shown, form part of
the subject matter of my application for patent of even date herewith No. 4994.
In the balancing mechanism the lever A, such as in ordinary platform scales
supports the platform Z of the weighing machine, is connected by the rod B (see
Figs. I, II and III) with the lower end of a steel band B¹ which is wound on the
axle C of a drum G, so that when the platform is depressed the band is drawn down
and the drum G is turned. The counterpoise I is formed of a chain or series of
connected weights as described in my application No. 9779 dated July 12, 1887, the
top weight being conuected through the stirrup E with the steel band H whose upper
end is fastened to the drum G, so that as the latter is turned the weights I are lifted
in succession until the weight on the platform Z is balanced thereby. The bearing
for the drum G is formed by journals 1 which rest upon bearing surfaces 2 between
the stops 3 but normally out of contact with them. The journals aro free to roll back
and forth between the stops 3 and are capable of turning in contact therewith, when
their rolling motion is arrested.
The standard of the weighing machine, in which are placed the counterpoise I and
connections E, H, G, C, B1, B of the balancing mechanism, is composed of the metal
top Z, the corner uprights Z of metal whose lower ends are fastened to the metal
base Z', and the front, back and sides which enclose and protect the works therein.
The front Ehas its upper part 95 made of glass so as to expose the works inside the
standard, the said works appearing through the glass is represented in full lines in
Fig. I. The sides 165 and 166 are preferably also glazed. When therefore the
balancing mechanism moves under the pressure on the platform Z", the operation of
the aforesaid counterpoise and connections is seen by the person standing on said
platform. Behind the balancing mechanism is a mirror 97, supported by a vertical
partition 96, in which mirror the parts of the balancing mechanism, moving and when
at rest, are reflected, the reflection being visible through the glass 95 of the front E to
a person on the platform Z. The balancing mechanism is supported by the cross
pieces D on which the bearing surfaces 2 for the journals 1 are formed, said cross
pieces D, resting at the ends on flanges of the top Z.
In the ticket printing and delivery mechanism the band K, of soft rubber
strengthened by a strip of cloth, has type 13 (Fig. IV) in front and holding teeth 14
at the back, opposite the spaces between the type, and is adjusted by the drum G in
front of the reciprocatory printing finger 16. It is connected with a flexible band K'
which is wound on and unwound from the drum G so as to raise and lower the
printing band K as the said drum is turned in one direction or the other and thus to
bring the proper type 13 in front of the printing finger 16. The type 13 are inked
by the roller Q (Fig. IV) and the type or printing band K is guided by the rollers Q!
and Q the latter of which may be adapted also to ink the type as they are drawn
over it by the motion of the balancing inechanism.
The tickets to be printed with the results of the weighings are supplied from the
card box P which is supported by the arms 25 (Fig. 1) attached to an upright Z¹¹ and
whose bottom is formed by the piece 250 (see Fig. 1V) in connection with the
roller S. A curved discharge passage 29, formed between the periphery of the
roller S and the stationary concave 30, extends from the back of the card box P down
in front of the printing finger 16. The concave 30 is provided with an opening 31
through which an appropriate type 13 may be pushed by the printing finger, in
order. to make an impression on the card in the lower end of the discharge
passage 29. The bottom card is pushed from the card box into the discharge
passage 29 by the reciprocatory pusher R, whose thickness is that of a card. It
has depending side flanges 32 (see Fig. IV) so that it is impossible for a card to
get under the pusher. The discharge passage 29, when the machine is in use,
contains several cards, which are pushed through each by the card behind when
the pusher R advances, the roller S rotating with the card, so that there is but
little friction. The pusher R is fastened to arms 33 on the front, and the printing
finger 16 to arms 34 on the rear of the printing lever L, pivoted at 35 (Fig. II)
to the card box. When therefore the printing lever L is moved forward, the printing

page_text: finger 16, pushes the type 13, representing a number, against the lowest card in
the passage 29 and when the printing lever is moved back the type is allowed to
retire, and the pusher R thus forces the bottom card from the box P into the
passage 29, and discharges the newly printed card leaving a fresh one in its place
for the next impression. The newly printed card descends through the spout 100
and passes through an opening 99 in the glass 95 on to the outside shelf 101, from
which it is taken by the person weighing.
The lower end of the printing form or band K (as in my application 4994 of 1888)
carries a weight 21 which is guided in the tube 24 and this weight is or may be
connected by a belt 115 with the block 116 (Fig. II) on the stirrup E, said belt being
guided by pulleys 117 and 118, and passing up through the hollow post 8 inside the
counterpoise weights I. The pulley 117 is mounted on a shaft under the weights I
and the pulley 118 is or may be fast on the shaft of fan F¹ so that the movement of
the balancing mechanism causes the rotation of the fan F¹ by means of the belt 115
and is consequently moderated by said fan. As a further means of moderating
the motion of the balancing mechanism, a fan F1 on each side of the drum G is
or may be provided but is not necessary. The shaft 119 of each fan F" is journalled
in stationary bearings and is provided with a pulley or friction wheel 120, (see
Figs. II and III) which makes contact with the drum G and is revolved thereby
whenever the drum G rolls to that side.
As in all my applications No. 9779, and No. 9780 of 1887 and No. 4994 of 1888,
the ticket printing and delivery mechanism is operated by a coin controlled clock-
work, that herein shown being also shown in my application No. 4994 of 1888.
The connection between the clockwork and the printing mechanism is made by the
crank pin 36 on the shaft 37, said pin working in the slot 380 in the lower end
of lever L. The clockwork consists of a shaft 37, geared by a fast pinion 38 and
fast spur wheel 39 to the shaft 40 on which is a loose drum 41, provided with a
ratchet wheel 42 which is engaged by the pawl 43, carried by a disk fixed on
shaft 40, so that the drum 41 can be turned independently of the shaft 40 for
winding. It is wound through the shaft 125 and bevel gears 126 and 127. The
weight T (Fig. III) which furnishes the power to move the clockwork and parts
operated thereby, is suspended in loops of the wire 44, which has one end fastened
at 45 (Fig. III) to the cross piece 450 in the top Z, runs around the pulleys 46,
47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, and 54 and the distributing wheel 133 and is wound upon the
drum 41. The descent of the weight tends to rotate the shafts 37 and 40 in the
direction of the arrows (Fig. IV). The distributing wheel 133 turns freely on the
plain shaft 136, and is also capable of sliding lengthwise of said shaft.
To control the clockwork by coins, there is an escapement lever W. (Fig. III)
fulcrumed on the rock shaft 60, said lever W having a tooth 61, which engages
an arm 62, fast on the shaft 37, and prevents the clockwork from running until
the escapement lever is moved back and the tooth 61 withdrawn from the path of
the arm 62. The lever W is so weighted that it tends to swing forward and place
the tooth 61 in the path of the arm 62. The ends of a cross piece 630, fastened
to the lever W act as stops to limit this forward motion by contact with the
frame 64, by which the various parts of the mechanism driven by the weight T are
supported. The lower end of the escapement lever W is just below the lower end
of the coin spout ✗, which directs a proper coin against said lever W, so as to
release the mechanism driven by the weight T. The coins after acting on the
escapement lever, are each received in one of the compartments of the coin holder M,
which is revolved by the spur wheel 150, Fig. If, engaging the wheel 39, and
which after exposing the coins for a time to view discharges them into the money box 78.
The weight printing and ticket delivery mechanism and the clockwork are both
exposed to view through the glass 95 of the front E* of the standard, the ticket
printing and delivery mechanism being supported by the frame Z, Z" of the standard,
and the clockwork by the money box 78 which rests upon the base.
The weight T not only operates the ticket printing and delivery mechanism, but it
also drives the cylinder O of a music box, so that the latter plays a tune during the

page_text: printing and delivery of each ticket. This cylinder is mounted on a shaft 128
journaled in bearings of a bed plate 129, which is fastened to the frame 64, and is
geared to the shaft 37 by means of the spur pinions 130 and 131, Fig. V. The
cylinder is of any ordinary or suitable form, and it plays by acting on the teeth of a
metallic comb, O as well understood. It is or may be provided with the ordinary
means (of which the spiral compression spring 132 is part) for shifting the cylinder to
play a different tune at each revolution, and it is connected by the ordinary train of
gears (not shown) with a regulating fan U Fig. I, such as commonly used in music
boxes. This fan regulates both the music box and the ticket printing and delivery
mechanism. In order that the sound of the music may be louder outside the case of
the machine, a sound conveying block 135 (wood will answer) is interposed (see
Fig. III) between the glass front 95 of the case and the frame which supports the
music box.
The weight T also furnishes the power to ring a bell 137, at the end of the printing
operation. The hammer 138 is carried by an elastic arm 139, which is fixed at its
lower end (see Fig. IV) to the frame 64 of the clockwork or mechanism driven by
the weight T, and carries near its middle a projection 140, inclined on its rear face and
terminating abruptly at the bottom. This projection is normally in the path of the
pin 141 which is carried around with the shaft 37 (see Figs. II and IV) and when
near the end of its rotation moves over the projection 140 pushing it out and moving
the hammer 138 away from the bell 137. When the pin 141 reaches the lower end
of the projection 140, it suddenly releases the same whereupon the elasticity of the
arm 139 throws the haminer 138 against the bell or gong 137. This bell may of
course be omitted.
The weight T lastly, as in my aforesaid application No. 4994 of 1888, furnishes
power to withdraw the detent N (shown in dotted lines in Fig. II) which, when the
machine is not in use, engages the locking plate 84, fastened to the side of drum G,
and until withdrawn prevents the balancing mechanism from moving when a person
steps on the scale platform. The detent N is mounted on a stud 79, carried by the
bracket 80, and is turned so as to release the locking plate 84 by a pull on the cord or
wire 85, which is connected with an operating lover arm 86, on the lock or detent N.
The lower end of the wire 85 is connected with the rear end of a bent lever 151,
which is fulcrumed on the shaft 60, and whose front end is lifted by the action of a
small plate 152, attached to and rotating with the arm 62, against the pin 153, which
projects from one side of the lever. If it is not desired to hold the balancing
mechanism until it is released by a coin, the detent N and parts for operating the same
may be omitted.
When a person desires to use the machine, he steps upon the platform Z. If
the detent N is not used, the balancing mechanism responds to his weight on the
platform and he sees the motion of parts through the glazed front 95, and also if the
mirror 97 be used the reflection of parts therein. If the detent be used the balancing
mechanism remains stationary until a coin is introduced.
The person weighing introduces a proper coin through the slot 98 into the coin
spout X, which releases the clockwork, and the latter releases the detent N if used,
and operates the cylinder O of the music box and after running a suitable time prints
and delivers a ticket. The clockwork is then arrested until a new coin is introduced.
The clockwork, music box, and ticket printing and delivery mechanism are exposed
to view through the glass 95 of the standard and the reflection of them in the
mirror 97 (if this be used) is also visible so as to furnish additional attractions in the
way of interest, amusement or entertainment during the weighing operation.
I make no claim herein to the subject matter of my applications for patents Nos.
9779, 9780 and 9781 dated July 12, 1887, and No. 4994 dated April 4, 1888.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is:
1. In a coin controlled weighing machine having an upright standard which

page_text: contains the balancing or balancing and other mechanism, and also having outside of
said standard a movable platform connected with said balancing mechanism, the
employment of a glazed front to said standard so as to expose the works in the stan-
dard to the view of a person on the platform, substantially as described.
2. In a coin controlled weighing machine, having an upright standard which
contains the balancing or balancing and other mechanism, the employment of a
mirror behind the works in connection with a glazed front to the standard through
which the works and the reflection of the works in the mirror are visible to one
standing on the platform, substantially as described.
3. A new or improved coin controlled weighing machine having adjacent to the
movable platform an upright standard with glazed front and a balancing mechanism
locked by coin freed contrivances exposed to view in said standard, the balancing
mechanism being composed of a series of connected weights, or other counterpoise
whose counterbalancing effect increases progressively, and means for conveying the
pressure from the said platform to the said counterpoise, the said new or improved
machine being with or without a mirror in the standard which reflects said balancing
mechanism so that the reflection is visible through the said glazed front, substantially
as described.
4. A new or improved coin controlled weighing machine having adjacent to the
movable platform an upright standard with glazed front in which the balancing
mechanism is placed and having also in said standard a clockwork and a ticket printing
and delivery mechanism (or either of them) which are operated by stored power
and coin controlled and are exposed to view through the front of said standard, the
said new or improved weighing machine being with or without a mirror in said standard,
substantially as described.
5. In a coin controlled weighing machine having a movable platform and an
upright standard in which are placed the balancing mechanism connected with said
platform, and a clockwork and a ticket printing and delivery mechanism operated by
stored power, the employment of a glazed front to the standard, with or without a
mirror back of the balancing and other mechanism, in connection with an arrange-
ment of the parts in said standard such that the balancing mechanism,
and either or both the clockwork and the ticket printing and delivery mechanism are
exposed to view throngh said glazed front with or without the reflection of the same
in the mirror being visible also, the said clockwork and ticket printing and delivery
mechanism being locked until a coin or token has been introduced and thereupon
automatically commencing and continuing to run for a limited time under the
influence of the stored power in the sight of the person weighing, substantially as
described.
6. In a coin controlled weighing machine having adjacent to the movable platform
an upright standard and a balancing mechanism in said standard connected with said
platform and provided with a lock or detent, the employment in connection with each
other of a glazed front to said standard, with or without a mirror back of said
balancing mechanism, and a coin controlled clockwork which is driven by stored power
and operates to withdraw said detent and release the balancing mechanism on the
introduction of a coin or token, the said balancing mechanism and the said clockwork
being both exposed to view through said glazed front, substantially as described.
7. A new or improved coin controlled weighing machine having adjacent to the
movable platform an upright standard with glazed front and in said standard works
exposed to view through the said glazed front and operated in part by the direct
pressure on the said platform and in part by the stored power, that part which is
operated by stored power being held by a lock or detent until a coin or token has been
introduced, substantially as described.
8. The new or improved coin controlled weighing and weight printing machine in
which the ticket printing and delivery is effected by stored power, comprising a
standard with glazed front and upright partition substantially as illustrated in the
accompanying drawing and described with reference thereto, and works substantially
as illustrated in said drawings and described with reference thereto exposed to view

page_text: in said standard, and in part driven by a weight behind said partition, said machine
being provided with a movable platform in front of said standard, connected with the
balancing mechanism in the standard, and being with or without a mirror on the
front of said partition and with or without a lock or detent to the balancing mechanism,
substantially as described.
9. The employment in a coin controlled weighing machine, of a music box or
automatic musical instrument so constructed and arranged, that it plays a tune when-
ever a weighing takes place, substantially as described.
10. The employment in a coin controlled weighing and weight printing machine in
which the ticket printing and delivery mechanism is operated by stored power, of a
music box or automatic musical instrument driven by the same, or simultaneously
operating, stored power so that the said box or instrument plays a tune during the
printing and delivery of a ticket, substantially as described.
11. The new or improved coin controlled ticket delivering weight printing machine,
or other coin controlled weighing machine, in which the works are exposed to view
behind the glazed standard of the machine, and a music box also thus exposed to
view, plays a tune whenever a weighing takes place, substantially as described.
12. In a. weighing or weighing and weight printing machine having a coin freed
weighings controller" operated by stored power, the employment of a music box
driven by such stored power, substantially as described.
13. The combination of an upright standard with or without a glazed front and a
mirror (or either of them), a base, a balancing mechanism comprising a movable
platform at the base and a counterpoise and connections in the standard, a "weighings
controller," a "coin motor and a music box, or automatic musical instrument,
substantially as described.
"
14. The new or improved coin controlled weighing and weight printing machine,
with music box, and exposed works, substantially as illustrated in the accompanying
drawings and described with reference thereto.
15. The combination of a weighing scale, a "weighings controller," a "coin motor"
and a music box or musical instrument, so that on the introduction of a coin or token.
a weighing takes place and a tune is played during or about the time of weighing,
substantially as described.
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page_text: Date of Application, 4th Apr., 1888
Complete Specification Left, 30th Jan., 1889-Accepted, 2nd Mar., 1889
I WILLIAM THOMAS WHITEMAN of No. 7 Staple Inn in the County of Middlesex
Patent Agent do hereby declare the nature of this Invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates more particularly to machines for weighing persons and
delivering to them tickets printed with their weight on the introduction of proper
coins or tokens into the machines but it also has reference at least in part to coin
controlled weighing machines generally whether the weight is or is not printed upon
tickets or otherwise.
The object of the invention is to provide a machine which will not only weigh
persons for a coin or coins but will furnish additional attractions to interest amuse or
entertain them at the same time.
The new or improved machine has an upright standard which contains and supports
the balancing mechanism of the weighing scale and outside of the said standard
a movable platform connected with the said balancing mechanism as customary in coin
controlled weighing machines but instead of having the said standard made of opaque
material it is glazed at least in front so as to expose more or less of the works at all
times to inspection and it also is or may be provided with a mirror at the back
to reflect said work. The works themselves may be of any suitable description
provided they or such parts of them as are exposed are locked until released by the
introduction of a coin or token but the invention especially includes an exposed
balancing mechanism having a counterpoise composed of a series of connected weights
or other appliance or appliances whose balancing effect increases automatically and
progressively with the motion and means such as described in application for Patents
Nos. 9779 and 9780 dated July 12th 1887 and the application of even date herewith
No. 4994 for conveying the pressure of the object weighed to said counterpoise. It
also specially includes an exposed clock work and an exposed ticket printing and

page_text: delivery mechanism (or either of them) with or without having the balancing
mechanism exposed. It also specially includes a clockwork or other apparatus
actuated by stored power and exposed to view and operating to release the lock or
detent of the balancing mechanism which mechanism is also exposed to view the
means for effecting the release being exposed or not as desired.
"
The new or improved machine also has a music box or automatic musical instrument
which is arranged to play a tune whenever a weighing takes place. The music box
or musical instrument need not be exposed, to view and may be combined with the
balancing mechanism exposed to view or not but its use forms a special feature of
invention when it is exposed to view in the glazed case or standard of the weighing
machine also when it is operated by a clockwork or power which effects the release of
the balancing mechanism and the printing and delivering the tickets (or either
these operations) or which operates any other suitable weighings controller"
whether the music box and the balancing mechanism (or either of them) are or are
not exposed to view. By "weighings controller" is meant in general a device or set
of devices which directly or indirectly controls the weighings either in the balancing
of the objects weighed or in the indication or disclosure of the results and whose
operation depends more or less upon the application or removal of some force outside
the gravity of the object weighed. Such "weighings controllers" are known in
various forms and operating in various modes. It is preferred to have the "weighings
controller" operated by a clockwork or other power driven mechanisin which is
temporarily released by the introduction of coins or tokens and which is or may be
the same clockwork or power driven mechanism that operates the music box or
musical instrument as before indicated but the combination generally of the weighing
scale weighings controller coin motor and music box or musical instrument so that on
the introduction of a coin a weighing takes places and a tune is played during or about
the time of weighing is included in the invention.
The new or improved weighing machine has or may have a gong to be rung by the
clockwork when the weighing is concluded.
The standard of the machine is or may be made of a metal top metal uprights
and a metal base with glazed sides in the form of doors or otherwise and the
balancing mechanism and other machinery is or may be supported by the top and
uprights of the metal frame or partly by them and partly by the money box and
the bottom of the standard.
The standard is or may be divided vertically by a partition behind which the
weight for driving the clockwork and parts connected therewith is or would be
placed so as to conceal it from view and the mirror before referred to is or
might be placed on the front of this partition.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Coin Controlled Weighing Machines.
I, WILLIAM THOMAS WHITEMAN, of No. 7 Staple Inn, in the County of Middlesex,
Patent Agent, do hereby declare the nature of this invention for IMPROVEMENTS IN
COIN CONTROLLED WEIGHING MACHINES (a communication to me from abroad by
the United States Machine and Inventions Company, of New York, in the United
States of America, Manufacturers) 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 more particularly to machines for weighing persons and
delivering to them. tickets printed with their weight, on the introduction of proper
coins or tokens into the machines, but it has also reference at least in part to coin
controlled weighing machines generally, whether the weight is or is not printed upon
tickets or otherwise.
The object of the invention is to provide a machine which will not only weigh
persons for a coin or coins, but will furnish additional attractions to interest, amuse or
entertain them at the same time.
The new or improved coin controlled weighing machine has an upright standard
which contains and supports the balancing mechanism of the weighing scale, and
outside of the said standard a movable platform connected with the said balancing
mechanism, as customary in coin controlled weighing machines; but instead of having
the said standard made of opaque material, it is glazed at least in front so as to expose
more or less of the works at all times to inspection, and it also is or may be provided
with a mirror at the back to reflect said works. In stating that more or less of the
works is to be exposed, it is not to be understood that the bare exposure of a single
part such as a pointer which indicates the weight, is within the invention, for in the
old machines which have an opaque standard the weight is indicated by a pointer
placed like the hands of a clock behind a glass door or cover, but it is to be understood
that, of the works placed inside the standard and performing some operation
necessary to a complete weighing, so much must be exposed as to exhibit the
movement and conjoint or connected operation of parts composing the said works.
The works themselves may be of any suitable description, provided they or exposed
parts thereof operate only on the introduction of a coin or token; but the invention
especially includes an exposed balancing mechanism which is locked until a coin
or token has been introduced, and which has a counterpoise composed of a series
of connected weights (or other appliance or appliances whose balancing effect increases
automatically and progressively with the motion) and means such as described in my
applications for patents Nos. 9779 and 9780 dated July 12, 1887, and No. 4994 dated
April 4, 1888 (or of other suitable description) for conveying the pressure of the
It also specially includes an
person or object weighed to the said counterpoise.
exposed clockwork and an exposed ticket printing and delivery mechanism (or either
of them) with or without having the balancing mechanism exposed, the said clockwork
being locked until a coin or token has been introduced, and the said ticket printing
and delivery mechanism being operated by such clockwork, or at least by stored

page_text: power which is not allowed to act until a coin or token has been introduced. The
invention also specially includes a clockwork exposed to view and operating to release
the lock or detent of the balancing mechanism, which is also exposed to view, the
intermediate means for effecting the release being exposed or not as desired. In case
the exposed clockwork and exposed ticket printing and delivery mechanism (or either
of them) are employed with an exposed balancing mechanism, the exposed works are
then operated in part by the direct pressure on the platform of the person weighing
and in part by stored power, this combined operation of powers imparting a special
interest and attraction to the machine. The exposure, in the glazed standard of a coin
controlled weighing machine, of works operated in part by the direct pressure on the
platform and in part by stored power, is included generally in the invention and would
also be effected irrespective of the precise nature of the parts operated by the stored
power, and also irrespective of the control by coins of the balancing mechanism,
whose parts are operated by direct pressure on the platform of the weighing
machine.
The new or improved machine also has a music box or automatic musical instrument
which is arranged to play a tune whenever a weighing takes place. The music box
or musical instrument need not be exposed to view, and the balancing mechanism or
other machinery with which said music. box is or may be combined, may be exposed
to view or not; but the use of the music box or automatic musical instrument forms a
special feature of invention when it is exposed to view in the glazed case or standard
of the weighing machine with or without having the balancing mechanism exposed.
Its use also constitutes a special feature when said music box, whether exposed to
view or not, is operated by a clockwork or power which effects the release of the
balancing mechanism and the printing and delivery of the tickets (or either of
these operations) or which operates any other suitable "weighings controller," the
balancing mechanism or the works generally being exposed to view or not as may be
desired.
"
By "weighings controller" is meant in general a device or set of devices, which
directly or indirectly controls the weighings either in the balancing of the objects
weighed or in the indication or disclosure of the results, and whose operation depends
more or less upon the application or removal of some force outside the gravity of the
object weighed. Stich"
weighings controllers' are known in various forms, and
operating in various modes. It preferred to have the "weighings controller"
operated by a clockwork or other mechanism driven by stored power which is
temporarily released by the introduction of coins or tokens, and which is or may be
the same clockwork or power driven mechanism that operates the music box or
musical instrument as before indicated; but the invention includes the combination
generally of a weighing scale, "weighings controller," "coin motor" and music box
or automatic musical instrument, so that on the introduction of a coin a weighing
takes place and a tune is played during or about the time of weighing. By "coin
motor is intended a lock or detent which is released by a coin or coins, or other
contrivances whose condition or operation is affected by the operation of a coin or
coins, such "coin motors" being known in a variety of forms for various purposes.
The new or improved weighing machine has or may have a gong to be rung by the
clock work when the weighing is concluded.
The standard of the machine is or may be made of a metal top, metal uprights, and
a metal base, with glazed sides in the form of doors or otherwise, and the balancing
mechanism and other machinery is or may be supported by the top and uprights of
the metal frame, or partly by them and partly by the money box and the bottom of
the standard.
The standard is or may be divided vertically by a partition behind which the weight
for driving the clockwork and other parts to be driven by stored power, is or would be
placed so as to conceal it from view; and the mirror before referred to is or might be
placed on the front of this partition.
In the accompanying drawings which form part of this specification, what is
considered the best mode of applying the principle of the invention is illustrated.

page_text: Fig. I is a front view of a machine constructed in accordance with the invention,
Fig. II a front view on a larger scale in sectional elevation of the saine machine
partly broken away, Fig. III a vertical section in elevation looking to the right of
Figs. I and II, and Figs. IV and V detail views on a still larger scale.
The balancing and the ticket printing and delivery mechanism shown, form part of
the subject matter of my application for patent of even date herewith No. 4994.
In the balancing mechanism the lever A, such as in ordinary platform scales
supports the platform Z of the weighing machine, is connected by the rod B (see
Fig. I, II and III) with the lower end of a steel band B₁ which is wound on the
axle C of a drum G, so that when the platform is depressed the band is drawn down
and the drum G is turned. The counterpoise I is formed of a chain or series of
connected weights as described in my application No. 9779 dated July 12, 1887, the
top weight being connected through the stirrup E with the steel band H whose upper
end is fastened to the drum G, so that as the latter is turned the weights I are lifted
in succession until the weight on the platform Z is balanced thereby. The bearing
for the drum G is formed by journals 1 which rest upon bearing surfaces 2 between
the stops 3 but normally out of contact with them. The journals are free to roll back
and forth between the stops 3 and are capable of turning in contact therewith, when
their rolling motion is arrested.
The standard of the weighing machine, in which are placed the counterpoise I and
connections E, H, G, C, B1, B of the balancing mechanism, is composed of the metal
top Z, the corner uprights Z of metal whose lower ends are fastened to the metal
base Z, and the front, back and sides which enclose and protect the works therein.
The front Ehas its upper part 95 made of glass so as to expose the works inside the
standard, the said works appearing through the glass is represented in full lines in
Fig. I.
The sides 165 and 166 are preferably also glazed. When therefore the
balancing mechanism moves under the pressure on the platform Z1, the operation of
the aforosaid counterpoise and connections is seen by the person standing on said
platform. Behind the balancing mechanism is a mirror 97, supported by a vertical
partition 96, in which mirror the parts of the balancing mechanism, moving and when
at rest, are reflected, the reflection being visible through the glass 95 of the front E to
a person on the platform Z. The balancing mechanism is supported by the cross
pieces D on which the bearing surfaces 2 for the journals 1 are formed, said cross
pieces D, resting at the ends on flanges of the top Z.
In the ticket printing and delivery mechanism the band K, of soft rubber
strengthened by a strip of cloth, has type 13 (Fig. IV) in front and holding teeth 14
at the back, opposite the spaces between the type, and is adjusted by the drum G in
front of the reciprocatory printing finger 16. It is connected with a flexible band K'
which is wound on and unwound froin the drum G so as to raise and lower the
printing band K as the said drum is turned in one direction or the other and thus to
bring the proper type 13 in front of the printing finger 16. The type 13 are inked
by the roller Q(Fig. IV) and the type or printing band K is guided by the rollers Q¹
and Q the latter of which may be adapted also to ink the type as they are drawn
over it by the motion of the balancing mechanism.
The tickets to be printed with the results of the weighings are supplied from the
card box P which is supported by the arms 25 (Fig. 1) attached to an upright Z" and
whose bottom is formed by the piece 250 (see Fig. IV) in connection with the
roller S. A curved discharge passage 29, formed between the periphery of the
roller S and the stationary concave 30, extends from the back of the card box P down
in front of the printing finger 16. The concave 30 is provided with an opening 31
through which an appropriate type 13 may be pushed by the printing finger, in
order to make an impression on the card in the lower end of the discharge
passage 29.
The bottom card is pushed from the card box into the discharge
passage 29 by the reciprocatory pusher R, whose thickness is that of a card. It
bas depending side flanges 32 (see Fig. IV) so that it is impossible for a card to
get under the pusher. The discharge passage 29, when the machine is in u-e,
contains several cards, which are pushed through each by the card behind when

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the pusher R advances, the roller S rotating with the card, so that there is but
little friction. The pusher R is fastened to arms 33 on the front, and the printing
finger 16 to arms 34 on the rear of the printing lever L, pivoted at 35 (Fig. II)
to the card box. When therefore the printing lever L is moved forward, the printing
finger 16, pushes the type 13, representing a number, against the lowest card in
the passage 29 and when the printing lever is moved back the type is allowed to
retire, and the pusher R thus forces the bottom card from the box P into the
passage 29, and discharges the newly printed card leaving a fresh one its place
for the next impression. The newly printed card descends through the spout 100
and passes through an opening 99 in the glass 95 on to the outside shelf 101, from
which it is taken by the person weighing.
The lower end of the printing form or band K (as in my application 4994 of 1888)
carries a weight 21 which is guided in the tube 24 and this weight is or may be
connected by a belt 115 with the block 116 (Fig II) on the stirrup E, said belt being
guided by pulleys 117 and 118, and passing up through the hollow post 8 inside the
counterpoise weights I. The pulley 117 is mounted on a shaft under the weights 1
and the pulley 118 is or may be fast on the shaft of fan F¹ so that the movement of
the balancing mechanism causes the rotation of the Fan F¹ by means of the belt 115
and is consequently moderated by said fan. As a further means of moderating
the motion of the balancing mechanism, a fan F" on each side of the drum G is
or may be provided but is not necessary. The shaft 119 of each fan F¹¹ is journalled
in stationary bearings and is provided with a pulley or friction wheel 120, (see
Fig. II and III) which makes contact with the drum G and is revolved thereby
whenever the drum G rolls to that side.
As in all my applications No. 9779, and No. 9780 of 1887 and No. 4994 of 1888,
the ticket printing and delivery mechanism is operated by a coin controlled clock-
work, that herein shown being also shown in my application No. 4994 of 1888.
The connection between the clockwork and the printing mechanism is made by the
crank pin 36 on the shaft 37, said pin working in the slot 380 in the lower end
of lever L. The clockwork consists of a shaft 37, geared by a fast pinion 38 and
fast spur wheel 39 to the shaft 40 on which is a loose drum 41, provided with a
ratchet wheel 42 which is engaged by the pawl 43, carried by a disk fixed on
shaft 40, so that the drum 41 can be turned independently of the shaft 40 for
winding. It is wound through the shaft 125 and bevel gears 126 and 127. The
weight T (Fig. 111) which furnishes the power to move the clockwork and parts
operated thereby, is suspended in loops of the wire 44, which has one end fastened
at 45 (Fig. III) to the cross piece 450 in the top Z, runs around the pulleys 46,
47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, and 54 and the distributing wheel 133 and is wound upon the
drum 41. The descent-of-the-weight tends to rotate the shafts 37 and 40 in the
direction of the arrows (Fig. IV). The distributing wheel 133 turns freely on the
plain shaft 136, and is also capable of sliding lengthwise of said shaft.
To control the clockwork by coins, there is an escapement lever W (Fig. III)
fulcrumed on the rock shaft 60, said lever W having a tooth 61, which engages
an arm 62, fast on the shaft 37, and prevents the clockwork from running until
the escapement lever is moved back and the tooth 61 withdrawn from the path of
the arm 62. The lever W is so weighted that it tends to swing forward and place
the tooth 61 in the path of the arm 62. The ends of a cross piece 630, fastened
to the lever W act as stops to limit this forward motion by contact with the
frame 64, by which the various parts of the mechanism driven by the weight T are
supported. The lower end of the escapement lever W is just below the lower end
of the coin spout X, which directs a proper coin against said lever W, so as to
release the mechanism driven by the weight T. The coins after acting on the
escapement lever, are each received in one of the compartments of the coin holder M,
which is revolved by the spur wheel 150, Fig. II, engaging the wheel 39, and
which after exposing the coins for a time to view discharges them into the money box 78.
The weight printing and ticket delivery mechanism and the clockwork are both
exposed to view through the glass 95, of the front E* of the standard, the ticket

page_text: printing and delivery mechanism being supported by the frame Z, Z" of the standard,
and the clockwork by the money box 78 which rests upon the base.
The weight T not only operates the ticket printing and delivery mechanism, but it
also drives the cylinder O of a music box, so that the latter.plays a tune during the
printing and delivery of each ticket. This cylinder is mounted on a shaft 128
journaled in bearings of a bed plate 129, which is fastened to the frame 64, and is
geared to the shaft 37 by means of the spur pinions 130 and 131, Fig. V. The
cylinder is of any ordinary or suitable form, and it plays by acting on the teeth of a
metallic comb, I as well understood. It is or may be provided with the ordinary
means (of which the spiral compression spring 132 is part) for shifting the cylinder to
play a different tune at each revolution, and it is connected by the ordinary train of
gears (not shown) with a regulating fan U Fig. 1, such as commonly used in music
boxes. This fan regulates both the music box and the ticket printing and delivery
mechanisın. In order that the sound of the music may be louder outside the case of
the machine, a sound conveying block 135 (wood will answer) is interposed (see
Fig. III) between the glass front 95 of the case and the frame which supports the
music box.
The weight T also furnishes the power to ring a bell 137, at the end of the printing
operation. The hammer 138 is carried by an elastic arm 139, which is fixed at its
lower end (see Fig. IV) to the frame 64 of the clockwork or mechanism driven by
the weight T, and carries near its middle a projection 140, inclined on its rear face and
terminating abruptly at the bottom. This projection is normally in the path of the
pin 141 which is carried around with the shaft 37 (see Figs. 11 and IV) and when
near the end of its rotation moves over the projection 140 pushing it out and moving
the hammer 138 away from the bell 137. When the pin 141 reaches the lower end
of the projection 140, it suddenly releases the same whereupon the elasticity of the
arm 139 throws the hammer 138 against the bell or gong 137. This bell may of
course be omitted.
The weight T lastly, as in my aforesaid application No. 4994 of 1888, furnishes
power to withdraw the detent N (shown in dotted lines in Fig. II) which, when the
machine is not in use, engages the locking plate 84, fastened to the side of drum G,
and until withdrawn prevents the balancing mechanism from moving when a person
steps on the scale platform. The detent N is mounted on a stud 79, carried by the
bracket 80, and is turned so as to release the locking plate 84 by a pull on the cord or
wire 85, which is connected with an operating lever arm 86, on the lock or detent N.
The lower end of the wire 85 is connected with the rear end of a bent lever 151,
which is fulcrummed on the shaft 60, and whose front end is lifted by the action of a
small plate 152, attached to and rotating with the arm 62, against the pin 153, which
projects from one side of the lever. If it is not desired to hold the balancing
mechanism until it is released by a coin, the detent N and parts for operating the same
may be omitted.
When a person desires to use the machine, he steps upon the platform Z. If
the detent N is not used, the balancing mechanism responds to his weight on the
platform and he sees the notion of parts through the glazed front 95, and also if the
mirror 97 be used the reflection of parts therein. If the detent be used the balancing
mechanism remains stationary until a coin is introduced.
The person weighing introduces a proper coin through the slot 98 into the coin
spont ✗, which releases the clockwork, and the latter releases the detent N if used,
and operates the cylinder O of the music box and after running a suitable time prints
and delivers a ticket. The clockwork is then arrested until a new coin is introduced.
The clockwork, music box, and ticket printing and delivery mechanism are exposed
to view through the glass 95 of the standard and the reflection of them in the
mirror 97 (if this be used) is also visible so as to furnish additional attractions in the
way of interest, amusement or entertainment during the weighing operation.
I am aware of Everitt's specification No. 16433 of 1884 and I do not claim any-
thing described and claimed therein. Also I make no claim herein to the subject

page_text: matter of my applications for patents Nos. 9779, 9780 and 9781 dated July 12, 1887,
and No. 4994 dated April 4, 1888.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is:
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1. In a coin controlled weighing machine having an upright standard which
contains the balancing or balancing and other mechanism, and also having outside of
said standard a movable platform connected with said balancing mechanism, the
employment of a glazed front to said standard so as to expose the works in the stan-
dard to the view of a person on the platform, substantially as described.
2. In a coin controlled weighing machine,, having an upright standard which
contains the balancing or balancing and other mechanism, the employment of a
mirror behind the works in connection with a glazed front to the standard through
which the works and the reflection of the works in the mirror are visible to one
standing on the platform, substantially as described.
3. A new or improved coin controlled weighing machine having adjacent to the
movable platform an upright standard with glazed front and a balancing mechanism
locked by coin freed contrivances exposed to view in said standard, the balancing.
mechanisın being composed of a series of connected weights, or other counterpoise
whose counterbalancing effect increases progressively, and means for conveying the
pressure from the said platform to the said counterpoise, the said new or improved
machine being with or without a mirror in the standard which reflects said balancing
mechanism so that the reflection is visible through the said glazed front, substantially
as described.
4. A new or improved coin controlled weighing machine having adjacent to the
movable platform an upright standard with glazed front in which the balancing
mechanism is placed and having also in said standard a clockwork and a ticket printing
and delivery mechanism (or either of them) which are operated by stored power
and coin controlled and are exposed to view through the front of said standard, the
said new or improved weighing machine being with or without a mirror in said
standard, substantially as described.
5. In a coin controlled weighing machine having a movable platform and an
upright standard in which are placed the balancing mechanism connected with said
platform, and a clockwork and a ticket printing and delivery mechanism operated by
stored power, the employment of a glazed front to the standard, with or without a
mirror back of the balancing and other mechanism, in connection with an arrange-
ment of the parts in said standard such that the balancing mechanism,
and either or both-the-clockwork-and-the-ticket printing and delivery-mechanism are
exposed to view through said glazed front with or without the reflection of the same
in the mirror being visible also, the said clockwork and ticket printing and delivery
mechanism being locked until a coin or token has been introduced and thereupon
automatically commencing and continuing to run for a limited time under the
influence of the stored power in the sight of the person weighing, substantially as
described.
6. In a coin controlled weighing machine having adjacent to the movable platform
an upright standard and a balancing mechanism in said standard connected with said
platform and provided with a lock or detent, the employment in connection with each
other of a glazed front to said standard, with or without a mirror back of said
balancing mechanism, and a coin controlled clockwork which is driven by stored power
and operates to withdraw said detent and release the balancing mechanism on the
introduction of a coin or token, the said balancing mechanism and the said clockwork
being both exposed to view through said glazed front, substantially as described.
7. A new or improved coin controlled weighing machine having adjacent to the
movable platform an upright standard with glazed front and in said standard works
exposed to view through the said glazed front and operated in part by the direct

page_text: pressure on the said platform and in part by the stored power, that part which is
operated by stored power being held by a lock or detent until a coin or token has been
introduced, substantially as described.
8. The new or improved coin controlled weighing and weight printing machine in
which the ticket printing and delivery is effected by stored power, comprising a
standard with glazed front and upright partition substantially as illustrated in the
accompanying drawing and described with reference thereto, and works substantially
as illustrated in said drawings and described with reference thereto exposed to view
in said standard, and in part driven by a weight behind said partition, said machine
being provided with a movable platform in front of said standard, connected with the
balancing mechanism in the standard, and being with or without a mirror on the
front of said partition and with or without a lock or detent to the balancing mechanism,
substantially as described.
9. The employment in a coin controlled weighing machine, of a music box or
automatic musical instrument so constructed and arranged, that it plays a tune when-
ever a weighing takes place, substantially as described.
10. The employment in a coin controlled weighing and weight printing machine in
which the ticket printing and delivery mechanism is operated by stored power, of a
music box or automatic musical instrument driven by the same, or simultaneously
operating, stored power so that the said box or instrument plays a tune during the
printing and delivery of a ticket, substantially as described.
11. The new or improved coin controlled ticket delivering weight printing machine,
or other coin controlled weighing machine, in which the works are exposed to view
behind the glazed standard of the machine, and a music box also thus exposed to
view, plays a tune whenever a weighing takes place, substantially as described.
"
12. In a weighing or weighing and weight printing machine having a coin freed
weighings controller" operated by stored power, the employment of a music box
driven by such stored power, substantially as described.
13. The combination of an upright standard with or without a glazed front and a
mirror (or either of them), a base, a balancing mechanism comprising a movable
platform at the base and a counterpoise and connections in the standard, a" weighings
controller," a "coin motor" and a music box, or automatic musical instrument,
substantially as described.
14. The new or improved coin controlled weighing and weight printing machine,
with music box, and exposed works, substantially as illustrated in the accompanying
drawings and described with reference thereto.
15. The combination of a weighing scale, a "weighings controller," a
" coin motor "
and a music box or musical instrument, so that on the introduction of a coin or token
a weighing takes place and a tune is played during or about the time of weighing,
substantially as described.
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