Improvements in Coin Freed Mechanism for Race Games.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 15th May, 1897
Complete Specification Left, 15th Mar., 1898-Accepted, 14th May, 1898
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Coin Freed Mechanism for Race Games.
ANDREW GILLIGAN MACCULLOCH, 25, Great James Street, London, W.C., Inventor,
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
I provide an oblong case with glass front in which I place a platform made of
wood or metal upon which are fixed wood or metal rails, the platform is fixed upon
axle bearings. I provide small carriages upon which I place small metal horses or
figures, each carriage having two heavy wheels the spindles of which rest upon the
rails. A portion of the platform is cut out to receive a wood or metal roller with
metal bearings. Portions of the roller are cut out but equally balanced so that the
carriages passing over the roller cause it to revolve, sometimes causing portions of
the roller to protrude above the course, and causing an obstruction to some of the
carriages but varying according to the revolution of the roller.
The platform is weighted at one end so that the carriages remain there: until the
platform is lifted by a lever which I provide with a handle attached, and carried to
the outside of the case, the same handle being fixed by a lever having a ratchet tooth
at one end and a small platform at the other to receive a coin which passes through
a suitable shoot from the outside of the case and releases the handle.
Doted this 15th day of May 1807
ANDREW GILLIGAN MACCULLOCH, 25, Great James Street, London, W.C., Inventor,
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:
I provide an oblong case with glass front, in which I place a platform made of
wood or metal upon which are fixed wood or metal rails, the platform is fixed upon
axle bearings, I provide small carriages upon which I place small metal horses each
carriage having two heavy wheels the spindles of which rest upon the rails, a portion
of the platform is cut out to receive a wood or metal roller with metal bearings.
Portions of the roller are cut out but equally balanced so that the carriages passing
over the roller cause it to revolve, sometimes causing segment shaped portions of the
roller to protrude above the course, causing an obstruction to some of the
carriages, but varying according to the revolution of the roller. The platform is
weighted at one end, so that the carriages remain there, until the platform is lifted
by a lever, which I provide with a handle attached and carried to the outside of the
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page_text: case, the same handle being held by a lever, engaged in a cam, and a small platform at
the other end of the lever receives a coin which passes through a suitable shoot from
the outside of the case and releases the handle.
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Fig. 1 is an end view of one pair of rails showing the runner mounted on the rails
on the spindle of the heavy wheel. a is the rail, "b" the spindle "c," the
wheel "d" the framework and " e
"the figure.
Fig. 2 is a side view of the same.
Fig. 3 is a plan showing three lines of rail side by side with three runners in
various positions.
Fig. 4 is a side view showing the heavy wheel c on the rail actuated by contact
with one of the segment shaped portions of roller k.
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Fig. 5 is a longitudinal section of part of the platform showing the weight "g"
the axle bearing h the rails a and the relative position of the heavy wheel c and the
rollers k.
Fig. 6 is an end view of the bearings k, with break attachment.
Fig. 7 is a plan of the same with the centre j running on end bearings the 4
rollers being shaped alternately as shewn.
Fig. 8 is a plan of the axle bearing h running on the trunnions i.
Fig. 9 is a side view of the spindle m, with handle n, with square portion 1, to
which are attached the lever p and the cam o.
Fig. 10 is the end view of the same shewing the lever p, raised by the handle n,
to lift the platform.
Fig. 11 is the coin freeing apparatus q, being the money shoot r, the lever
releasing lifting lever by means of the cam o, s being the bottom of the platform.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is :-
1. The weighted platform with rails on axle bearings.
2. The shape of the heavy wheels and the spindles travelling on the rails.
3. The roller with metal bearings cut out in sections.
4. The lever lifting the platform attached to the handle.
5. The lever releasing the lever lifting the platforin.
6. The whole as described.