Improvements in or connected with Coin Freed Apparatuses for the Prepaid Automatic Delivery of Eggs.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 12th June, 1895
Complete Specification Left, 15th Jan., 1896-Accepted, 7th Mar., 1896
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or connected with Coin Freed Apparatuses for the
Prepaid Automatic Delivery of Eggs.
1, JACOB JUSSEM, Merchant of 2%, Chaussee-Strasse Berlin, in the Kingdom
of Prussia, Germany, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
This invention refers to an automatic egg-selling apparatus, the mechanism of
which consists mainly of a connected rod which is put into connection with a disc
containing the eggs, by means of and at the time of the insertion of the requisite
coin into the slot of the machine, the said disc is rotary, and at each revolution it
makes, an egg is delivered and an apparatus imitating the cry of a fowl is put into
action.
The main feature of this coin freed automatic egg delivery apparatus, is a
perforated rotary disc which delivers the eggs successively through said
perforation. Above said disc there are a number of fixed tubes containing the
requisite supply of eggs. The circular motion of the disc to a distance equal to a
distance of one hole from the other is caused by the insertion of a coin into the
apparatus which insertion connects a rod or other suitable contrivance with said
disc. In addition to the above, a double-armed lever is attached to the apparatus,
one arın, of which arrests the motion of the revolving disc, while the other arm
starts the mechanism which imitates the cry of a fowl.
Dated this 10th day of June 1895.
ROBERT KRAYN,
Attorney.
Improvements in or connected with Coin Freed Apparatuses for the
Prepaid Automatic Delivery of Eggs.
Jacob Jussem, Merchant, of 2", Chaussee Strasse, Berlin, in the Kingdom of
Prussia, Germany, do hereby declare the nature of my said 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 the type of coin freed apparatus in which a metal or
other egg, containing confectionery or other articles, is delivered automatically in
return for a coin inserted in the machine.
An apparatus for imitating the cry of a fowl may be set in motion at the same
time.
According to my invention I reduce the number of working parts and provide
a perforated rotary disc mounted under a number of fixed tubes, the latter acting
as a reservoir from which the eggs are taken, but which is firmly fixed to prevent
rotation. The movement of the perforated rotary disc is governed by a double
armed lever and I prefer to employ two or more spring pawls engaging in suitable
notches formed in the periphery of the disc for preventing the rotation of the disc
from being reversed.

page_text: And in order that my said invention may be particularly described and
ascertained reference is hereby made to the accompanying drawings, in which,
similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.
Fig. 1 is an elevation of the mechanism the outer case being removed.
Fig. 2 is a plan of the same a portion of the coin channel being removed for
greater clearness.
Fig. 3. is a plan and Fig. 4 is a section of the rotary disc.
a is the rotary disc mounted on a vertical spindle b firmly fixed to the base
board. This disc is formed with a number of perforations or openings c into
which the eggs drop from the fixed nest of tubes which is placed immediately
above the disc and firmly secured to the base board as shown to prevent rotation
there being one tube less than there are openings in the disc a as shown in Fig. 2.
The eggs are supported in the openings c of the disc by a plate e secured to the
base board, but an opening is provided in the plate to permit one egg to drop out
into a suitable receptacle for delivery to the operator.
The rotation of the perforated disc is effected by means of a spring pawl g
pivoted on an extension of the sliding plate à, the pawl engaging with one of the
notches or slots i formed in the periphery of the disc. The sliding plate carries a
spring catch or lock engaging with a projection or locking plate / fixed to the
slotted frame m which supports the sliding plate and to which the coin channel p
is fixed. A handle n is fitted to the sliding plate by means of which the
mechanism is operated from the outside of the case after the insertion of the coin,
while a springo is also fitted to return the sliding plate to its locked position
after the delivery of the egg. This part of the mechanism operates as follows:-
A coin, inserted in the slot, travels down the channel until it assumes the position
shown by dotted lines in Figs. 1 and 2, one edge of the coin resting against the
edge of the catch k. The handle is then pulled, the coin causing the catch to
become disengaged from the locking plate / whereby the sliding plate is liberated,
it being arranged that the coin shall fall into its receptacle at the end of the
outward motion of the plate h.
The rotation of the disc a is governed and controlled so as to take place in one
direction only by (preferably) two or more spring pawls or detents r, r, which
engage with the slots or notches i whereby the openings c in the disc, containing
the eggs for delivery, are caused to coincide with the opening in the supporting
plate e. A double armed locking lever s is fitted to one of the supports of the
reservoir or nest of tubes d, one arm of which is caused to enter the notches or
slots by the action of a spring for the purpose of preventing more than one egg
being delivered for one coin and to lock the disc a immediately after the egg has
been delivered. The other arm of the lever is acted upon by a projection t
formed on or attached to the slide h, this portion of the lever s being formed with
a wedge end as shown by dotted lines in Fig. 2. It will be understood that on
pulling the handle n of the slide h, the projection t comes in contact with the step
of the wedge end of the levers causing the latter to move aside and withdraw
the other end from the notch or slot i thereby releasing the disc. When the slide
has arrived at the end of its outward travel, the lever s is again allowed to lock
the disc, the projection t having travelled to the thin end of the wedge on the
lever s.
The apparatus for imitating the cry or cackle of a fowl may be of the ordinary
construction and is preferably operated by the slide h to which the bellows may be
connected, but I do not claim the addition of such apparatus as being any part of
my invention.
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 improved coin freed apparatus for the prepaid automatic delivery of

page_text: 2. In apparatus of the description aforesaid, the application and use of a
rotating perforated disc fitted under a fixed reservoir containing the articles to be
delivered, the disc being locked by a two armed lever and propelled by a spring
pawl connected with the operating mechanism, substantially as hereinbefore
described and shown by the drawings.
3. In apparatus of the description aforesaid, the combination, with a fixed
reservoir, of a rotating perforated disc locked by a two-armed lever and propelled
by a spring pawl, the latter being attached to a sliding plate fitted with a
connecting rod and handle and spring catch the withdrawal of which sliding plate
causes the two-armed lever to release the disc and also causes a partial rotation
of the disc for delivering the article, severally operating substantially as and for
the purposes described and shown by the drawings.
Dated 15th January 1896
GEO. DOWNING,
8 Quality Court, London, W.C., Agent.
GEO.
DOWNING,
8 Quality Court, London, W.C., Agent.