Year: 1888

page_text: 1, JOSEF STEINDECKER of 34 Dammthorstrasse Hamburg, Germany, Merchant and
Manufacturer 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 :-
These improvements refer to apparatus for the automatic sale and delivery of goods
and are as hereinafter described.
The coin inserted into the apparatus drops upon a feathering lever which is provided
with flat springs that serve to hold the coin in the first instance. By the increased
load on the lever the latter is somewhat lowered whereby the slide or delivery appliance
is released.
By pulling out the latter or depressing a knob the coin is pressed through the flat
springs and the article delivered.
In the accompanying drawings figure 1 is an outside view of an apparatus con-
structed according to my invention, figure 2 a vertical longitudinal section, and
figure 3a vertical transverse section. Figure 4 is a plan section on line A A figure 2,
and figure 5 similarly on line B B figure 3. Figures 6 and 7 are front view and
transverse section through a double apparatus. Figure 8 is vertical longitudinal
section through part of an apparatus for the sale and delivery of round objects such
as cigars or cigarettes and the like, the acting parts being in the normal position of
rest, figure 9 is a similar section shewing the position of parts when delivering ;
figure 10 is a longitudinal section on line CC figure 9.
Referring first to figures 1 to 7, the coin inserted through the slot & to the hopper a,
drops into the lever c which is slotted according to the thickness and diameter of the
coin. The lever c is hinged at one end at d and supported by a spring e. It has also
in its lower part, two flat springs f, which press against each other and tend to nip
the coin between them. The front end of the lever c is provided with a hook or
catch g. The delivering slide or drawer containing the separate article to be
delivered, has on its underside a hook or catch k, behind which the hook g takes so as
to normally hold the slide in the in or locked position, when no coin is dropped into
the apparatus and resting in the lever c. But the hook k on the slide h will be released
so that the latter can be drawn out, when a coin of the determined weight and size
rests in or on the lever c being nipped by the two springs f, the thus loaded lever then
dropping sufficiently to cause the aforesaid release of the hook and slide h.
In order further along with the pulling out of the drawer or slide to cause the coin
to drop down out of the nip of the springs fand into the coin receptacle, the back of

page_text: the slide is provided with an arm m the hooked formed end n of which in the closed
position of the slide is against the back of the hopper a and permits the coin to drop
onto the lever c. But when the slide is drawn out the hook n comes against the back
edge of the coin and assisted by the weight of the latter forces it down from between
the springs and causes it to drop into the coin receptacle l. At the same time the
hook n also obstructs the passage or throat of the hopper a and prevents any other
coin from passing down until the slide is pushed back and the hooks / and 9 made
to catch into each other.
In the double apparatus figures 6 and 7 are shown two such mechanisms arranged
in one apparatus.
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The apparatus figures 8 to 10 is, modified so far that the loading of the lever c (also
provided with coin nipping springs /) with a coin of suitable weight and size releases
the delivery appliance and a round article such for instance as a cigar or cigarette falls
into a delivery gutter. The lever is in this case bent up at the end as at e¹ and has
there a catch or projection y which normally lies behind a catch or projection
the pusher so that when the lever c is not loaded the pusher can not be depressed.
The pusher is normally held up by a helical spring o and is at p jointed to a rod the
other end of which is jointed to a lever on the oscillating scoop s. This latter is
so placed relatively to the side wall of the supply hopper that in the normal position
figure 8 of the mechanism the lower end s² of the scoop prevents the article of sale
such as a cigarette from falling into the outlet passage the latter being then
narrowed in this place. But when the lever is loaded with the coin the catch g¹
releases the catch on the pusher so that the latter can be depressed whereby the
scoops assumes the position shown in Figure 9 in which the lower end s² of the scoop
releases the article of sale while its upper end s¹ at the same time stops the passage
from the supply hopper of the next following article of sale /. Thus only one article.
is delivered at a time. By the depression of the pusher the end of same will force
the coin down from between the nipping springs of the lever so that it drops into
the receptacle 7. The spring o then pulls the pusher back again. The passage is
again narrowed by turning the scoops into the position shewn in Figure 8 so that
another article of sale comes against the lower end s of the scoop, and the catch y'
again comes against the catch of the pusher as shown in figure S.
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 :-
First. In apparatus for automatic sale and delivery of goods the lever provided
with springs for holding the coin paid into the apparatus whereby the lever is loaded
so that a catchy thereon releases a catch on the delivery slide or drawer which
when pulled out presses the coin down from between the springs and into the coin
receptacle by means of a hook n substantially as set forth.
Second. In apparatus for automatic sale and delivery of goods the lever e having a
catch for locking the pusher which latter is released when the lever is loaded
whereby the pusher turns or shifts a scoops for normally holding an article of sale
so that the latter is released while the upper end of the scoop by entering a passage u
stops the down passage of the next following article of sale substantially as set forth.
Third. The constructions of automatic sale and delivery apparatus shewn on the
drawings.