Improvements in Coin Freed Delivery Machines.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 10th Apr., 1893
Complete Specification Left, 10th Feb., 1894-Accepted, 10th July, 1894
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Coin Freed Delivery Machines.
CHARLES INGREY 60 Watling Street London E.C. Engineer, do hereby declare
the nature of this invention to be as follows :—
My invention relates to improvements in coin freed machines in which articles or
goods can be obtained after the insertion in a slot of coins of predetermined value,
and has particular reference to multiple machines in which more than one column
for containing articles is employed. The object of my invention is to produce
simplicity efficiency and economy and to provide mechanism which may be contained
in a small compass so that a number or cluster of columns for containing the goods
can be placed or grouped comparatively near together without necessitating a bulky
case for containing the mechanism.
In carrying out my invention I employ trays or slides having suitable recesses or
depressions for the reception of the lowermost articles in the columns.
The said trays or columns are mounted upon or are supported by pivot levers or
arms so arranged that when the trays are drawn out after the insertion of the coin
they take a radial motion. The trays or slides are retained in their position by a
hinged lever or frame provided at one extremity with a projection, or peg, or pegs
against which the lower edge of the inserted coin can come in contact, when the
tray is drawn forward.
The other extremity of the said lever is provided with notches or steps which
can engage with a stop attached to a part of the tray or slide or to an arm
carrying it.
When a proper coin is inserted in the money slot of the machine, the action of
pulling out the tray or slide & by the consequent action of the coin against the
beforementioned peg or pegs the said hinged lever is raised out of contact with
the stop.
During the forward movement of the tray after the coin has raised the hinged
lever, the notches in the latter are carried free from contact with the stop by means
of a suitable pin and bridge-piece, the coin in the meantime being liberated and
falling into a suitable receptacle beneath. On returning the tray to its normal
position the pin travels_beneath_the_said bridgepiece so that the notches engage
consecutively with the stop, and prevent at various stages the trays being drawn
forward. By this means any attempt to obtain an article without first fully
returning the tray or slide to its normal position and inserting a proper coin is
prevented.
April 10th 1893
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Coin Freed Delivery Machines.
I CHARLES INGREY of 47 Cannon Street in the City of London Engineer do
40 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:-
My invention refers to Improvements in Coin Freed Delivery Machines such a

page_text: set forth in my Provisional Specification of this application for Letters Patent, and
consists in the arrangements and apparatus therein described.
I will now proceed to describe my invention, reference being had to the
accompanying drawings, of which ;
Fig. 1. is an elevation of coin-freed machine in which a cluster of three columns
for containing the articles to be obtained after a coin has been inserted in
the slot.
Fig. 2. is a plan shewing the arrangement of three mechanisms.
Fig. 3. is an elevation of same.
Fig. 4. is a sectional plan shewing the position of the three columns.
Fig. 5. is a side elevation, partly in section, shewing one coin-freed mechanism.
Fig. 6. is a part plan of same at the line A. B. of Fig. 5.
Fig. 7. is a part end view shewing, in dotted lines, the position of the coin, when
ready to operate the mechanism.
Referring to Figs. 1 and 4, A. A. A are the columns for containing the
articles.
B B B the drawers or trays for receiving the undermost of the pile or
column.
C. C. C. Figs. 1. 2. 3 and 4 the handles for pulling out the said drawers after
the insertion of the predetermined coin in the money-slots D. D. D. D. D.
Figs. 2 and 4.
E. Figs. 2. 3 and 4 is a circular casing for containing the mechanism.
Referring to Figs. 2 and 3, B' B B are three drawers or trays; B¹ and B
being carried by radial bars or levers X. X' which are capable of turning upon a
vertical column or pin F. Figs. 1, 2 and 3. The drawer B is supported by radial
levers G, G, so that when the drawer B is pulled out, it travels horizontally in a
straight line.
When the drawers B' B¹¹¹ are pulled out, they travel in a curved path concentric
to the pin or column F.
The drawers are retained in their normal position by notched levers or
tumblers WW" W, Figs. 2 and 3. The arrangements in the three are identical
A description
in action, but are varied in shape to suit the motion of the drawers.
therefore of one mechanism will apply to all, viz. :-
H, Figs. 2 and 3 is a coin carrier into which the coin falls when passed through
the money-slot D, Figs. 2 and 4. The said carrier has a groove I, Fig. 2 at each
side, for guiding the coin.
When a coin is inserted it rests upon the two bridge pieces K. K, Figs. 2
and 3.
At one end of the notched lever or tumbler W1, Figs. 2 and 3 is a peg or pin L,
Fig. 2, the said lever being pivotted at M, Figs. 2 and 3.
The operation is as follows:-
A coin being inserted in the slot D, and the drawer B₁ being pulled forward, the
coin-carrier H travels with the drawer and forces the lower part of the coin against
the peg or pin L, thereby raising the notched lever W', away from the stop N,
Figs. 2 and 3, and allowing the drawer to be fully drawn forward, and the desired
article to be exposed; the coin in the meantime having travelled until it reaches
the end of the bridge pieces K, K, when it falls into a suitable cash receptacle Z,
Figs. 3 and 4.
When the drawer is being pushed back, the notches or steps P. P, Fig. 3 fall
consecutively over the stop N, and prevent the drawer being drawn forward again,
until it has been fully returned to its normal position, and another coin
inserted.
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Figs. 5. 6 and 7 more particularly shew the action of my invention, which, for
the sake of clearness, I will describe-
The articles to be delivered are contained in a column A, the lowermost falling
into the drawer or tray B'. The tray is connected to a bracket-piece S which is
formed with a web T terminating in a stop N.

page_text: In the normal position the drawer cannot be drawn forward by reason of the
stop N engaging with a notch P in the lever W'.
When a coin is inserted, and the drawer B¹ pulled forward, the coin travels at
the same time and the lower edge of the coin engages with the peg L and thereby
raises the notches P clear of the stop N.
To prevent the lever W' falling until the stop N is clear of all the notches, a
pin U is fixed to the lever W¹, and a flange R to the bracket S.
The forward movement of the drawer, when the lever W' is raised, causes the
said flange R to pass beneath the pin U and to retain the lever in the upward
position as shewn by dotted lines.
As the drawer BI is continued to be moved forward, the flange R is drawn clear
of the pin, and the lever W₁ therefore falls. On returning the drawer B₁ to its
normal position, the notches P engage successively with the stop N, thus
preventing, at several stages, the drawer B¹ from being again drawn forward.
It will be seen that by my improved arrangement of coin-freed mechanism, a
cluster or group of columns can be employed for containing the articles; thus
economising space, and rendering the machine compact in form and efficient in
operation.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is
The improved arrangement of coin-freed mechanism, substantially as described.
Dated this 5th day of July 04.
CHARLES INGREY,
By Le Fevre & Co.,
26, Bridge Row, Cannon Street, E.C.