Improvements in Coin-freed Apparatus.
Year: 1894

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Coin-freed Apparatus.
I, GEORGE WILLIAM LOWCOCK of 2 St. James' Square, Manchester, in the
County of Lancaster, Electrical Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this
invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to coin-freed apparatus for the sale and delivery of articles
and more particularly to that class and form of apparatus described and illustrated
in the Specification of Letters Patent granted to me No. 4184 dated the 3rd March
1892. The objects of this invention are to provide means for closing the entrance
to the coin shoot to prevent the insertion of a second coin until the article paid for
by the first has been delivered, and to close the delivery aperture except during
the act of delivery in such a manner as to prevent any withdrawn article being
re-inserted or any partially withdrawn article being pushed back.
In an apparatus constructed according to this invention the coin shoot has a lever
or bar pivoted at or near one of its sides this lever or bar being so shaped and
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formed that its lower end projects into the path of the coin or coins.
the arrival of the predetermined coin at the bottom of the shoot the lower end of
the bar is displaced, and its upper end is moved so as to close the entrance to the
shoot.
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Below the bottom of the shoot projects one end of a rocking lever pivoted to the
delivery slide, its other end engaging with the frame work of the apparatus.
weight of the coin tilts the lever, disengages its other end from the frame, and
leaves the slide free to move.
The apparatus or device for preventing the re-insertion of a withdrawn or
partially withdrawn article, consists of a lever or a transverse shaft furnished with
two arms one end of the lever or one of the arms projecting across the delivery
aperture, and the other, which is furnished with a returned end or other retaining
device, into the path of the lower end of the coin shoot lever. The arm which
projects across the delivery aperture is capable of being moved out of the way by
the issuing article but is returned by a spring or counterweight after the article is
withdrawn and effectually closes the passage against the return of the article. The
re-insertion of a partially withdrawn article is provided against by the employment
of a strip of spring metal or a spring controlled plate one end of which is secured to
the apparatus. The free end of the plate gives way before an issuing article but
remains in contact with the surface thereof and immediately grips it upon any
attempt at re-insertion.
The coin arriving at the bottom of the shoot partially closes the entrance by
displacing the lower end of the pivoted lever or bar and comes to rest upon and
depresses the projecting end of the rocking lever and thus releases the slide. The
slide is now moved to effect delivery and the end of the rocking lever engages with
and drives before it the lower end of the bar or lever which is pivoted within the
coin shoot and moves its upper end, which is suitably formed bent or returned, so as
to inore completely close the entrance, at the same time allowing the coin to fall
into the coin receptacle. The issuing article depresses the end of the lever or arm
which projects across the aperture and raises the other end or arm carrying the
locking device into the path of the lower end of the coin shoot lever or bar and thus
prevents its return and the consequent opening of the entrance to the shoot until

page_text: the article having been entirely withdrawn allows the lever or arm to return to its
original position.
Dated this 23rd day of January A.D. 1894.
WILLIAM E. HEYS,
Agent for the Applicant.
Improvements in Coin-freed Apparatus.
I, GEORGE WILLIAM LOWCOCK of 2 St. James' Square, Manchester, in the
County of Lancaster, Electrical Engineer, 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 coin-freed apparatus for the sale and delivery of articles
and more particularly to that class and form of apparatus described and illustrated
in and by the Specification of Letters Patent granted to me No. 4184 dated the
3rd March 1892. The objects of the present invention are to provide means for
closing the entrance to the coin shoot so as to prevent the insertion of a second coin
until the article paid for by the first has been delivered, and to close the delivery
aperture, except during the act of delivery, in such a manner as to prevent the
re-insertion of any withdrawn or partially withdrawn article.
I will describe my said invention with reference to the accompanying drawings in
which :-
:-
Figure 1 represents a vertical longitudinal section, and
Figure 2 a plan of a coin-freed apparatus constructed according to this invention
for the sale and delivery of tickets and intended for use on tram-cars and
the like.
Figures 3 to 14 inclusive represent details.
In the apparatus to which my improvements are applied, there is a lever or
pivoted bar so formed that normally the lower end of the bar is in the path of the
coin and the coin cannot pass out of the shoot until the lower end of the lever has
been displaced. But, the displacement of the lever brings its upper end into the
path of an inserted coin, and it follows that a second coin cannot be effectively
inserted into the shoot until the first has passed from it. This construction is
described in my former Specification.
According to my present improvements, I arrange at the bottom of the coin
shoot B, one end, C, of a lever D), pivoted at d to the delivery slide E, and having
its opposite end e counterweighted and engaging in a slot F, formed in a bar z fixed
upon the apparatus. This lever is shewn in the front elevation in Figures 3 and 4,
in inverted plan in Figure 10, in cross section in Figure 11, and in Figure 12 in the
opposite elevation to that shewn by Figures 3 and 4.
The means or devices for preventing the re-insertion of a withdrawn or partly
withdrawn article, consists of a transverse spindle carrying two arms GH, of
which G normally projects across the delivery aperture, so as to prevent the
insertion of an article, and H is provided with a projection 4, capable of engaging
with the bottom end of the coin shoot lever A fulcrumed at a. The arm H is shewn
in elevation in two positions in Figures 3 and 4, and both of the arms are shewn in
the inverted plan Figure 10 and in elevation in Figure 11. The return of the
arm G after the delivery of an article, may be effected by means of the spring g
and the re-insertion of a withdrawn or partly withdrawn article may be additionally
prevented by means of the flat spring I, Figure 13, the upper end of which is
fastened to the box, and the lower end of which is in the path of an article delivered
from the apparatus. The lower end may be slotted as shewn by the figure, to make

page_text: room for the tip of the arm G. The lower end of the spring and the tip of the arm
both readily give way for the delivery of an article, but if it be attempted to push
it back or to re-insert a withdrawu article, each of them tends to prevent it.
Either device alone is generally effective, but in combination they are certain in
a tion.
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When a coin arrives at the bottom of the coin shoot, it falls upon and displaces
the end C of the lever D, thus liberating the opposite end of that lever from the
fixed slot F. This unlocks the slide E, which can now be pushed forward to effect
delivery of the article. During this motion, the lever end C engages with the
lower end of the coin shoot bar A. and pushes it into the position shewn by the
dotted lines Figure 4. Also the article y being protruded through the delivery
slot, as shewn by Figure 1, depresses the arm G, and consequently raises the arm H
until its projecting part à engages with and holds the bar A, as also shewn in-dotted
lines Figure 4. The movement of the lever end C with the slide, permits the coin
to fall into the receptacle below, and brings the upper end of the bar A into the
path of any coin which may be attempted to be inserted into the coin shoot as
indicated by Figure 4, the upper end of the bar being bent or re-curved so as to
prevent the entrance of the coin. The bar is held in the position indicated by the
dotted lines Figure 4, so long as the article y remains partly protruded froin the
delivery slot. So soon however as the article is removed, the spring forces
the arm G upwards and releases the arin H from engagement with the bar A, which
is then restored to its original position by the spring S, and another coin can be
introduced. If then, it be thought advisable to provide means for the inspection of
the introduced coin to ascertain its goodness, a thunb stop, T, may be employed as
shewn by Figure 5 in sectional elevation. This thumb stop is pivoted at t and is
provided with a pin P projecting into the coin shoot in the path of the coin. This
pin will hold the coin in front of a small window provided at the back of the
apparatus for the purpose, through which it may be inspected. When the person
in charge of the apparatus is satisfied with the coin he depresses the thumb stop,
whereupon the coin will fall through the shoot. A small springs may be arranged
at the back of the stop to return the pin into the path of a following coin.
Figures 6 and 7 represent in partial side elevation, and Figures 8 and 9 in plan,
the device which is represented in elevation in the upper part of Figure 1, for
preventing or indicating any tampering with the apparatus after it has been closed.
This device consists of a light sliding rod V carried in the bearings uu and
normally forced in the forward direction by the spring W. This rod carries at its
front end a pin az and is engaged by the trigger Y, when drawn back as shewn by
Figures 6 and 8. When the front vertically sliding door of the apparatus is closed
a part of the door depresses the tail of the trigger, releasing the bar and causing
the pin thereon to project forward. In the door, in front of the pin there is a small
window across which a paper disc may be stretched. The pin will consequently
penetrate this disc, and if the door be closed, it will tear it and the fact will be
immediately apparent through the window.
Figure 12 represents in elevation, the end c of the lever D locking the slide to
the bar z, as already described. Figure 14 is a similar figure shewing the position
of the end c after it has been liberated and the slide has been moved forward.
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 :-
1. In a coin-freed apparatus, a lever upon one end of which the coin falls at the
bottom of the shoot, and the other end of which engages temporarily with a slot or
recess in a fixed part of the apparatus, constructed and arranged substantially as
and for the purpose herein before described and as illustrated by the accompanying
drawings.
2. In a coin-freed apparatus, the combination and arrangement with the fron
end of the lever described in the preceding claiming clause, of a downward

page_text: projecting part of the coin shoot side bar, substantially as and for the purpose
herein before described and as illustrated by the accompanying drawings.
3. In a coin-freed apparatus the two arms G H fixed upon a common axis and
operated by the protrusion of an article for delivery from the apparatus, sub-
stantially as and for the purpose hereinbefore described and as illustrated by the
accompanying drawings.
4. In a coin-freed apparatus, a spring I, extending over the delivery orifice,
arranged and operating substantially as and for the purpose herein before described
and as illustrated by the accompanying drawings.
5. In a coin-freed apparatus, the arm G normally pressed by a spring into the
path of an article being delivered from the apparatus, constructed and arranged
substantially as and for the purpose herein before described and as illustrated by the
accompanying drawings.
Dated this 21st day of November A.D. 1894.
WILLIAM E. HEYS,
Agent for the Applicant.