Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 19th July, 1887
Complete Left, 17th Apr., 1888
Complete Accepted, 15th June, 1888
I, ALICK CLAUDIUS SAVAGE, of Myrtle Villa, Redfield, Saint George's, in the
City and County of Bristol, engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention
to be as follows :-
This invention relates to appliances from which articles of various kinds aro
obtained by inserting coins of approximately uniform dimension and weight in an
orifice provided for their reception and by subsequently turning a knob or handle.
Such appliances are known as automatic supply boxes and are designed to contain
sweetmeats, boxes of matches, cigarettes or other articles.
Under this arrangement a coin on being inserted in an orifice provided therefor
drops into a cage wherein it rests on a fixed support. A knob or handle connected
with a spindle which extends into the box is then operated, and a cam carried upon
the spindle is thus brought to bear against the coin in the cage which is slightly
turned thereby on a pivot, and the coin having, by the movement of the cage, been
carried to the end of the support drops down into the box or into a drawer provided
for its reception. The handle or knob is now released and under the influence of
a spring the spindle is turned back and the cage returned by the back action of the
cam into its normal position ready to receive another coin. The support aforesaid
upon which the coin rests when inserted through the orifice may be serrated or
notched so that the coin can be moved by the cam in one direction only.
Formed in one piece with the cage or securely attached thereto is a quadrant or
lever which at the further or free end extends under the magazine or receptacle in
in which are contained packets of sweetmeats, pencils, boxes of pills, or ointment or
other articles which the appliance is intended to supply. The arrangement is such
that as the cage is being turned back on its pivot, as aforesaid, the quadrant or lever
so acts upon the undermost of the articles in the magazine as to impel it or cause
it to drop into the channel or shute through which the articles are delivered to the
operator. The article next above
prevented from following the first either by
the quadrant or by suitable stops.

page_text: Until the cage and quadrant have been restored to the normal position the orifice
through which the coins are inserted remains blocked. The orifice is similarly
blocked when the last remaining article has been withdrawn from the box. This is
effected by the use of a stop or equivalent device which prevents the quadrant from
being restored to its normal position after the last remaining article has been
withdrawn.
By employing a series of cams carried on the same or different spindles the same
receptacle may be adapted to supply articles of different kinds.
W. LLOYD WISE,
46, Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, W.C.,
Agent for the Applicant.

page_text: Improvements in Automatic supply boatD.
I, ALICK CLAUDIUS SAVAGE of Myrtle Villa, Redfield, St. Georges, in the city
and county of Bristol, 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 appliances from which articles of various kinds are obtained
by inserting coins of approximately uniform dimension, such as pennies, in an orifice
provided for their reception, and, by subsequently operating a knob or handle for
delivery of the goods. Such appliances are known as automatic supply boxes and are
designed to contain packets of sweetmeats, boxes of matches, cigarettes or other
articles.
Under the arrangement comprised in this invention the coin on being inserted in
an orifice provided therefor in the top of the box drops into a cage wherein it rests
on a fixed support. A knob or handle connected with a spindle which extends into
the box is then operated, and a cam carried upon the spindle is thus brought to bear
against the coin in the cage which is slightly turned thereby on a pivot, and the coin
having, by the movement of the cage, been carried clear of the support drops down
into the box or into a drawer provided for its reception. The handle or knob is now
released and, under the influence of a spring, the spindle is turned back and the cage
returned by the back action of the cam into its normal position ready to receive
another coin.
The support aforesaid upon which the coin rests when inserted through the orifice
may, if desired, be serrated or notched to further ensure movement in one direction
only of the coin.
the
Formed in one piece with the cage or rigidly secured thereto is a quadrant or lever
which at the further or free end extends under the magazine or receptacle in which
are contained packets of sweetmeats, pencils, boxes of pills or ointment or other
articles which the appliance is intended to supply. The arrangement is such that as
cage is being turned back on its pivot, as aforesaid, the quadrant or lever so acts
upon the undermost of the articles in the magazine as to impel it or cause it to drop
into the channel or shute through which the articles are delivered to the operator.
The article next above is prevented from following the first either by the quadrant or
by suitable stops.
Until the cage and quadrant have been restored to their normal positions the orifice
through which the coins are inserted remains obstructed by the upper face of the tail
of the quadrant. The orifice is similarly blocked when the last remaining article has
been withdrawn from the box. When the said last article has been delivered, a stop
superposed thereon in the magazine is received on the quadrant and prevents it, until
removed, from being restored to its normal position.
Referring to the accompanying sheets of drawings, Fig. 1 represents a front elevation
of a machine constructed in accordance with this invention. Fig. 2 is a vertical
section taken immediately behind the front of the box, the magazine being removed,
and Fig. 3 is a plan of Fig. 2.

page_text: The magazine A, Fig. 1, is represented as charged with match boxes a piled in
vertical succession therein, but it is to be understood that the machine is applicable,
with obvious modifications, to the supply of other kinds of articles or goods, the
principle of action being the same.
The coin, which is inserted as usual in a slot provided therefor in the cover b of the
box B, drops into the cage D, Figs. 2 and 3, formed on the front end of the quadrant L,
and rests on the support E fixed to one side of the box B.
The spindle F is then partially rotated to the left, the quadrant L turns on its
pivot in the direction indicated by the arrow, Fig. 3, and the left side of the cam f
iixed on the inner end of the spindle F is brought to bear against the right face of
the coin G.
The left face of the coin is thereby forced against the back of the tongue i of the
lever I pivotted on the support E. The tendency of the spring H to maintain the
limb of the lever I against the stop k is overcome and the coin is carried round by
the cage and when free of the support E it drops into the bottom of the box B.
Meanwhile the undermost match box in the magazine which is indicated at Fig. 3 by
the letter a and which rests on the shelf J fixed below the magazine to the back of the
box is being moved off the shelf to the right by the quadrant L working over the
face of the shelf. The match box having been carried on the guide J¹ clear of
the shelf J, which occurs simultaneously, or nearly so, with the dropping of the coin
from the support E, falls on to the shute N which is inclined from towards the top
of the back of the box B to the bottom of the front thereof and terminates in a
tray N' outside the front of the box on to which tray the match box passes through
the orifice O, Fig. 1, provided therefor.
Meanwhile the slot through which the coins are inserted in the box is obstructed by
the upper face of the tail of the quadrant L.
By the spring P anchored at one end to a hook p in the spindle F and at the
other to a hook p¹ fixed at one side of the box B, the spindle returns, when the
handle F is released, to its normal position and the right side of the cam acts
against the quadrant towards the tail thereof and so returns it to its normal position.
By the stop Qfixed to the quadrant the latter is prevented from moving beyond the
desired point, as the said stop bears against the rib r of the bracket R on which
the quadrant is pivotted.
If, instead of a coin, a disc of lead or other metal or substance more pliant or fragile
than a coin be inserted in the slot and be received in the cage D, the cam f acting
against such disc bends or breaks it, the resistance of the spring H being such as
to ensure this. The bent or broken disc then falls into the bottom of the
box B and the quadrant L is not operated to deliver a box of matches or other
article.
The box B is provided at one side with an aperture protected by a lock, for taking
out the coins received.
To prevent the mechanism from acting after delivery of the last remaining match
box, a metallic stop-block S is employed which is shewn in end view at Fig. 4.
Projecting from the underside of the stop is a tongue s. The stop is placed, tongue
downwards, on the uppermost match box in the magazine, and when in due course
said match box has been dislodged from the shelf J the stop S is received uper the
quadrant L and the tongue 8 of the stop enters the slot. t in the quadrant which
thereby becomes locked under the magazine against the sides of which the sto bears,
and until the stop is removed the quadrant is prevented from returning to its normal
position. The slot in the cover of the box is meanwhile obstructed by the upper face 5
of the tail of the quadrant as aforesaid.
To enable a coin to be visible after having passed free of the support E a window
may be provided in the front of the box and a shute fitted for conducting the coins
to the said window as shewn at Figs. 5 and 6. To the side of the shute U is hinged
a rod V which towards its upper end bears against the outer end of the left face of
the lever I that is to say at x, Fig. 3. The lower end of the rod V is bent, as shown,
and the rod is so balanced and arranged on its hinge that when allowed to swing free.

page_text: thereon by withdrawal of the limb ¹ of the lever I, the orifice between the lower end
of the shute U and the inner face of the front wall of the box B is unobstructed by
the lower end of the rod. As each coin is inserted and the machine operated, the
rod V is by withdrawal of the limb of the lever I allowed to tilt and clear the
orifice at the hottom of the shute U. When the coin has passed beyond the limb i of
the lever I, the rod V is returned to its former position and the coin is retained in
the shute. Thus each coin in turn remains at the bottom of the shute U and is visible
through the window W until another coin is inserted and the machine operated when
the coin in the shute falls through the orifice in the end thereof and is replaced by
that next thereto dropped into the box.
Instead of placing the goods in a magazine situated above the box B they may be
contained in a magazine placed below the box and be drawn up and presented to the
quadrant by means of a coiled spring placed inside a drum having a suitable
cord or band attached thereto and to a carriage placed below the lowermost
article. When the last article has been delivered, the quadrant is locked by the
carriage in a manner similar to that hereinbefore described with reference to
the stop S.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is
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1. An "automatic supply box " having a cage such as D pivotted as at 7 wherein,
by the partial rotation of a spindle such as F and cam f, a coin, to wit, a penny
dropped into the usual slot is, after overcoming the resistance of a spring such as H
acting through a lever such as I, carried free of a rest or support such as E and thus
discharged into the box, and a quadrant "such as L, either formed in one piece
with or rigidly secured to such cage, whereby the articles in the magazine are,
simultaneously with the dropping of the coin from the rest, or nearly so, in turn
dislodged from a shelf such as and delivered by an inclined shute such as N to
an external tray such as N' through an orifice at the front of the box, substantially
as hereinbefore described with reference to the accompanying sheets of drawings.
2. In combination with the spindle F and cam f, a spring such as P for returning
the spindle F, the cage D and the quadrant L to their normal positions after delivery
of each article, substantially as described.
3. The stop S with the notch or tooth s for locking the quadrant and cage after
delivery of the last remaining article in the magazine, substantially as described.
4. The combination of parts constituting the improved "automatic supply box,"
constructed, arranged and operating substantially as herein before described with
reference to the accompanying drawings.
NICHOLAS WATTS,
Applicant's Agent.