Improvements in Coin Operated Automatons.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 17th Sept., 1889-Accepted, 30th Nov., 1889
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Coin Operated Automatons.
1 ARTHUR MUNROE PIERCE of No. 788 Quiney Street, Brooklyn, in the United
ates of America, Solicitor, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in
hat manner the same is to be performed to be particularly described and
certained in and by the following statement :-
My invention consists of two figures, each of which is articulated and supported
and upon concealed pivots at the back of the figure; each figure is arranged to be
erated by a common motor, and also by separate motors for producing different
ovements.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Coin Operated Automatons.
1 ARTHUR MUNROE PIERCE of No. 788 Quincy Street, Brooklyn, in the United
Sates of America, Solicitor, 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 :-
My invention consists of two figures, each of which is articulated and supported
b and upon concealed pivots at the back of the figure; each figure is arranged to be
operated by a common motor, and also by separate motors for producing different
movements.
In the drawings.
Fig. 1 is a front elevation with parts of the device shown in section.
Fig. 2 is a vertical cross section.
Fig. 3 is a detailed sectional view at line of Fig. 2.
Like numerals indicate corresponding parts. 1. is the main frame or case provided
with a platform 2 and glazed panel 3. 4,4 are two figures representing cocks standing
upon platform 2. 5 are the legs of the cocks pivoted upon a fixed pin 6 and connected
together with a cross bar bearing a finger 7. 'S is a spring which normally holds the
feet down upon the platform.
Within the neck are a series of blocks 9 hinged together at 10.
case,
11 is a cord fixed
to the outermost block and passing through perforations in the other blocks forming
back
the support for the neck. 12 is a horizontal shaft fixed to a yoke 13 in the
of the figure, and extending through the partition 14 into the body of the figure. The
yoke 13 is arranged to slide in ways 42 and has a downwardly extending stem 43
terminating in a foot 44. 15 is a tube or frame mounted upon shaft 12 the body of
the figure being secured thereto. 21 is a head secured to tube 15 perforated for the
passage of shaft 12 upon which it turns.
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Fixed in tube 15 are pulleys 16 and 17 over which cord 11 passes down beneath
the platform 2.
26 is a
22 is a toothed wheel secured to tube 15 the teeth of said wheel meshing with
rack 23 playing in supports 18. 24 is a slot in partition 14 through which tube 15
passes, and 25 is a slide through which said tube projects, covering the slot.
motor provided with a fly 27. 28 is a pivoted lever having an arm 29 terminating in
a finger 30 arranged to engage with a notched disc 31. Lever 28 is also provided
with a projection 32 engaging with fly 27.
33 is a wheel forming part of motor 26 having a cam rib 34 on one side and
studs 35 on the other. 36 is a vertical sliding bar, having a friction roller 37.
pivoted to its lower extremity which engages with the cam rib 34, a cross bar 41
is also secured to a slide 39 the extremities of said bar being secured to the two
vertical rack bars 23. 40 is a projection on bar 41 arranged to strike against
studs 35.
45, 45 are motors, each provided with a notched wheel 46 to the shaft whereof
is fixed an arm 47 48 is a fixed coin tube having at its lower extremity a sliding
extension 49 perforated for the passage of the arm of the lever 28. Extension 49
passes into a receiver 50 having an A shaped bottom 51 with a chute at cach side.
Pivoted at 53 are levers 54 each having an arm 55, terminating in a finger 56
designed to enter the notches in wheels 46. 57 are arms designed to engage with
the flies of motors 45.
The operation is as follows. A coin or token being introduced into chute 48
descends until it strikes lever 28 depressing said lever carrying the sliding tube

page_text: downwards when the coin will fall and rest upon the ^ shaped bottom of receiver 50
being held there by tube 49. The depressing of lever 28 releases: fly 27 and as the
motor acts the coin will draw bar 36 bearing arm 45 downwards its return movement
being accelerated by a-spring 58. This movement will cause the heads of the
figures to be simultaneously raised and lowered through the medium of cords 11.
The stud 35 on wheel 33 will raise arm 41 and racks 23 causing the bodies of the
figures to partially rotate while the shaft 12 whereon is fixed a finger 19 remains
stationary, as finger 7 passes finger 19 the legs and feet will be thrown outward
with a quick motion. These movements will continue until wheel 31 bas.completed
a revolution, when lever 28 returns to a horizontal position, permitting the coin to
drop into one of the branch chutes starting one of the motors 45.
When wheel 46 turns, arm 47 will pass from beneath foot 44 permitting the yoke 13
to drop and as it falls tube 15 will be caused to partially revolve through the medium
of rack 23 and toothed wheel 22 throwing the figure attached to that tube upon its
back upon the platform.
The slide 25 is carried downward and keeps slot 24 covered at all times. As
arm 47 returns to a vertical position it will raise foot 44 returning the figure to a
standing position.
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
al
1. In coin operated automatons, the figures of two cocks in a fighting attitude,
common motor adapted to actuate the necks and legs of both said cocks and an
independent motor for each cock, one of the said independent motors being arbitrarily
controlled by the weight of a coin and adapted to move the respective cock with which
it is connected.
2. In a coin operated.automaton two figures having their movable parts connected
to a common motor and their bodies each connected with independent motors, each
of said motors having a tripping lever adapted to be actuated by the weight of a
coin.
3. In coin operated automatons the figures of two cocks in a fighting attitude,
the necks of said figures being articulated as shown and described, and provided
with connections to a common operating motor.
4. In coin operated automatons, the figures of two cocks in a fighting attitude,
the legs of said figures being articulated and having connection to a common
operating motor independent of the other movable parts of the figures.
5. In coin operated automatons the figures of two cocks in a fighting attitude, the
movable legs and necks of said figures having independently operating connections
to a common motor.
6. The combination with two articulated figures each provided with an independent
motor of a coin chute having branches leading to the tripping lever beneath each
of said branches and adapted to control the movement of said independent motors.
7. The combination with the articulated figures each connected with a common
motor, and each provided with an independent motor of a coin chute terminating
in branches leading to the tripping levers of said independent motors and tripping
levers.
8. The combination of the coin chute the tripping lover connected with the
common motor the branches, below said chute and the tripping levers of the
independent motors beneath the branches.
9. A coin operated automaton in which is comprised two articulated figures
each movably supported upon independent horizontal pivots connected with
independent motors.
10. A coin operated automaton in which is comprised two articulated figures,
the movable parts of said figures having connection to a common motor, a movable

page_text: pivot for each figure having connection to an independent motor, a coin chute, a
lever controlling the common motor, branches of said coin chute and levers
controlling the independent motors arranged below said coin chutes.
11. The combination with two figures having their necks and logs articulated
as set forth, of a common actuating motor having connection with the figures, a
coin chute and a tripping lever adjacent to said chute and adapted to operate by
the weight of a coin.
12. In a coin operated automaton the combination with the actuating motor of
a figure having a neck composed of a series of blocks, hinged to each other and
a cord passing from the head through said hinged blocks and connecting with the
coin actuated motor.
13. In a coin operated. automaton, representing cocks in a fighting attitude
the combination with the legs pivoted to the body and normally held in a vertical
position by a spring, of connections between the legs and the coin controlled
actuating motor.
14. The combination with the coin. actuated motor of a vertically movable yoke
having connection with said motor, a horizontal shaft, carried by said yoke and a
tube mounted upon said shaft and supporting a figure.
15. The combination with a horizontal shaft of the tube journalled upon said
shaft, the figure fixed to said tube and the pulleys over which the cord connected
to the movable parts of the figure and the coin actuated motor pass, pivoted in
said tube.
16. The combination with the figures having an articulated neck, and a cord passing
thereform of an arm fixed to a vertically movable bar, bearing a pin engaging
with a cam wheel upon the actuating motor said cord being attached to the
movable bar.
17. In a coin operated automaton the combination with a wheel upon the coin
actuated motor provided on one side with a stud of a vertically movable lever
against which said stud is adapted to strike and connections between said lever
and the pivoted legs of the figures.
18. In a coin operated automaton the combination with the coin actuated motor
bearing a wheel having a cam upon one side and a stud or studs upon the other,
of connections to the articulated legs and necks of the two figures adapted to be
alternately actuated by the rotation of said wheel.
19. The combination with the coin chute of the horizontal lever projecting into said
chute, and provided with fingers one of which is adapted and arranged to enter a
notched disc upon the motor with which the sail lever is connected, and the other to
engage with the fly of the motor.
20. The combination with the fixed coin chute having a slidable portion of a
tripping lever projecting into the slidable portion and controlling the movement
of the motor.
21. The combination with the fixed coin chute having a slidable portion, of the
receptacle into which the slidable portion projects.
22. The combination with the fixed coin chute having a slidable portion of the
receptacle beneath said chute having an A shaped bottom and independent branch
chutes.
23. The combination with the fixed coin chutes having a slidable portion entering
a receptacle provided with an A shaped bottom and branch chutes, of levers
projecting beneath said branch chutes, and controlling the movement of independent
motors.
24. The combination with the coin controlled actuating motor, the yoke supporting
the horizontal shaft, rotatable tube and figure of the slotted partition, between said
yoke and figure and the slide over said slot.
25. The combination with the slidable yoke bearing the horizontal shaft, of the
1otatable tube mounted upon said shaft and supporting the figure and provided with a
toothed wheel, and the rack with which the teeth of said wheel mesh,

page_text: 26. The combination with a slidable yoke bearing the horizontal shaft supporting
the movable figure of the downwardly projecting stem of said yoke, terminating in
a horizontal foot, and the arm upon the motor adapted to engage with said foot.
Dated this 17th day of September 1889.
HERBERT & Co.,
18, Buckingham Street, Strand, London, W.C., Agents to Applicant.