Improvements in and relating to Apparatus for Receiving Coin and for Producing and Delivering Photographs in Exchange therefor.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 6th Aug., 1889
Complete Specification Left, 22nd Apr., 1890-Accepted, 6th Sept., 1890
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and relating to Apparatus for Receiving Coin
and for Producing and Delivering Photographs in Exchange
therefor.
I, THEOPHILE ERNEST ENJALBERT of 4 Rue St. Martin, Paris, in the Republic of
France, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
The photographic apparatus which forms the subject of this invention is an automatic
apparatus which seizes the plates and delivers them in a finished state after having
undergone all the photographic operations.
The mechanism is set in motion by means of a coin which is introduced into an
opening formed in any desired manner.
This improved apparatus which is hereinafter described for so-called ferrotype
processes, can also serve for any other photographic processes, either by dispensing
with certain parts, or by adding a number of the same parts which are similar and
specially adapted for the said processes.
The mechanism is enclosed in a case of any form, made either of wood or metal.
The external form does not disclose the interior arrangement. The apparatus is made
of any suitable wood or inetal and of any dimensions according to the size of the
photographs to be obtained. This interior mechanism is driven either by clockwork
or an electric machine, or any suitable motor.
The plates are held by electromagnets as hereinafter set forth, or in grooves or
slides fixed upon supports. These electromagnets can be replaced by ordinary
magnets.
This
The principal operations are effected in different cases which contain the substances
required for each of the several manipulations. The plates are superposed in a vertical
coluinn and are conveyed by a slide upon the movable support of the first case.
movable support carries the plate with it and causes the same to undergo the first
operations. It then transports the said plate opposite a fixed or intermediate support
for the passage of the same from the first to the second case. A slide pushes this
plate upon the intermediate support, and continuing its motion, upon the movable
support of the second case. The plate then undergoes the second operations, and so
on until it is delivered from the apparatus.
The arrangement of this improved apparatus enables four proofs to be obtained at
the saine time, these proofs succeed each other in the operations without coming in
contact in the same cases.
The apparatus is stopped automatically as soon as the plate, or the last plate if there
are more than one, is finished.
The apparatus constructed according to the aforesaid invention comprises boxes or a
vertical casing arranged upon feur interior standards, and containing the superposed
plates separated by frames which serve to receive them when they are fixed. The
plates are retained at their base in a groove and are pushed by a slide through the
inedium of a connecting rod or bar upon the plate of a movable support. The above-
mentioned slide moving backwards opens the base of the aforesaid casing and the
frane placed crosswise above the plate which has disappeared drops out of the
apparatus. The second plate retained in the grooves supports the following frame and
all the contents of the box. The connecting rod or bar is actuated by a cam wheel
which also sets two other connecting rods or bars in motion. One of these rods or
bars serves to operate the collodionizing device, and the other is designed to impart
motion to a slide by means of which the passage of the plates from one case to the
other is to be effected.

page_text: Two of the aforesaid connecting rods or bars are pivoted upon points. The two
levers in which they terminate, are actuated by electromagnets the passage of whose
electric currents is controlled by commutators, and they are accurately fixed upon
their points of attachment. These three connecting rods or bars have their point of
contact upon the said cam wheel at different distances so that their movement shall be
effected at the desired moment.
The apparatus comprises a fixed supporting plate; a inovable support adapted to
slide in grooves; a horizontal plane below which abuts and slides a piston; and a stop
for a lever.
A movable supporting plate is adapted to slide vertically and then-obliquely upon
the fixed support in grooves provided for this purpose. Upon the movable support is
secured a drop-counting device which comprises an air bulb of india-rubber. A piston
is supported by the said air bulb of the drop-counting device, and can slide in suitable
supports. Rollers fixed upon the above-mentioned movable support slide in the grooves
of the fixed support. A constant level of liquid is maintained in a reservoir which is
covered by a membrane of india-rubber. This reservoir is pierced at its centre for the
introduction of the drop-counting device. Provision is made for a lever having a hook
for retaining the aforesaid piston when it is at the lower end of its stroke.
The above-mentioned slide carries three squares upon each of which are secured two
catches, the object of which is to push the plates of the movable supports from the
left-hand side upon the movable supports on the right hand side by passing through
the fixed intermediate support.
A regular movement is imparted to the horizontal driving shaft through the medium
of any suitable electric motor arranged in the interior of the apparatus. The suid
shaft is for this purpose provided with a toothed wheel.
Cups are fixed upon the partitions which serve as brackets or bearings for the
aforesaid driving shaft.
Upon the driving shaft are fixed the aforesaid toothed wheel, a cam wheel, and dises
which are provided with a slot. Sleeves upon the said driving shaft are adapted
either to be held stationary or to take part in the motion of the same when required.
Upon these sleeves are fixed levers, toothed wheels and cams.
The said levers are pulled at their lower end by springs secured in recesses, and
prevent the turning movement of the said sleeve. When these levers are drawn by
the electromagnets fixed by means of squares upon a support which unites the above-
mentioned partitions, the upper part which is curved will engage with the slot formed
in the said disc and in its motion will carry away the said sleeve. The upper part of
the lever terminates in a head of insulating material which causes two horizontal
contact-pieces to recede from or approach each other. For operating the levers use is
made of electromagnets and contact-pieces arranged in a suitable manner.
The toothed wheel fixed upon the above-mentioned sleeve is divided so as to carry
with it a suitable chain which imparts motion to the commutators and dials. Cams
operate the sectors used in this arrangement through the medium of knife-edges
applied against their periphery by springs or weights.
This arrangement comprises supports, india-rubber pipes, sprinkling bulbs, electro-
magnets actuated by commutators, and levers which are curved at their lower part so
as to squeeze the india-rubber pipes. These parts are pivoted and are caused to bear
constantly upon the india-rubber pipes by means of springs.
Three contact-pieces upon the same insulator are placed in front of the levers fixed
upon the above-mentioned sleeves, in order that these levers shall act only at the end
of the rotary movement of the sleeves which support them. The partitions by which
the whole of the apparatus is divided into several cases or compartments, serve to
support the entire mechanism.
Four movable supports are each mounted upon an axis which is pivoted by means
of two points upon the said partitions. These axes are provided at one of their
extremities with a screw thread point carrying a pressing nut for adjusting its length.
At the other extremity is mounted a toothed wheel which gears with the section
bereinbefore referred to. The arms are fixed upon separating parts and terminate at

page_text: their upper extremity in an arc of a circle. The aforesaid movable supports have at
one of their extremities an electromagnet and at the other a counterweight.
When the first of these supports is in the position for receiving the plate which
comes from the box, the second dips into a vessel, and the other two are in the position
for receiving the plates. Besides being capable of oscillating downwardly, the
movable supports can turn upon themselves. The counterweight used possesses a
pinion gearing with racks when it eucounters them in its passage, and imparts a
rocking motion to the same.
Slots are formed in the
These racks are secured upon a drum of sheet inetal.
druin for the purpose of guiding one of the said supports by means of hooks when
the pinion passes upon the racks and when it leaves them, and for keeping the said
support in its place. The fixed supports serve as a medium for the passage of the
plates. They have grooves and are provided at the back of electromagnets. These
supports are fixed upon the said partition, the arrangement being such that the grooves
will allow the passage of catches. Funnels are provided for the renewal of the
washing liquid. These funnels are designed to conduct the liquids into a lower
reservoir by means of india-rubber pipes.
Vessels placed horizontally are fed by means of tubes which open at an inclined
angle to the surface of the liquid for maintaining the level constant.
The liquids are contained in reservoirs or flasks.
delivery of the finished plates from the apparatus.
An opening is provided for the
The commutating device employed in the improved apparatus is driven by a wheel
actuated through the medium of a chain from one of the above described wheels.
Each commutator corresponds to one of the cases.
As soon as the contact-pieces in their rotation encounter one of the terminals the
communication between them is interrupted, but the current will flow through the said
terminal.
The contact-pieces bear upon an ebonite wheel upon which two rings are secured.
The terminals conduct the electric current to an obturator or shutter, levers, connecting
rods, a disengaging device, cocks and other parts of the apparatus.
The terminal contact piece of the said obturator or shutter is triangular. It is
applied to a rectangular insulator which is caused to slide. A rack and pinion enable
it to advance towards and recede from the centre for the purpose of prolonging or
decreasing the time during which contact. takes place, whereby the time for taking a
photograph is also nugumented or diminished.
The obturator or shutter used in this apparatus may be of any construction, and is
adapted to remain open for a longer or shorter time as required. The pinion used in
this arrangement is actuated internally by hand through the medium of a knob, or by
a key from the outside.
A hand indicates upon the exterior dial-plate the various phases of the operation
effected in the corresponding case of the apparatus.
The aforesaid obturator or shutter is provided with two contact pieces which meet
at the moment when the photograph is taken, and which actuate an independent
electric bell.
The disengaging mechanisin by which the apparatus is set in action and, which
enables the various operations to be carried out, is actuated by means of a coin. This
mechanism comprises a lever suspended like a balance at its centre.
At one of the
extremities is arranged a receptacle designed to receive a coin that is counterbalanced
by a weight. The lever is traversed by a vertical rod which carries at its lower
extremity a knob connected to a wire." As the lever rocks it separates the two
contacts and allows the flow of the electric current through it to a coil. The upper
part of a rod carries a sector bearing inscriptions which may be read from the outside
When the lever rocks
through an opening according to the position of the said lever.
this sector obstructs the admission opening which corresponds to the said receptacle.
The lever rocks as far as a pipe which is designed to receive the coin in order to
convey it to the till.
The above-mentioned receptacle is separated from the last-mentioned pipe by means

page_text: of an obturator which is suspended through the medium of a journal, and is actuated
by electromagnets. Provision is made for batteries, accumulators or an electric motor
for the purpose of furnishing the electric current. The wire which passes through the
same leads directly to the batteries if a motor other than an electric motor is
employed.
Dated this Gib day of Annuai 1000
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45, Southampton Buildings, London, Agents for the Applicant.
Improvements in and relating to Apparatus for Receiving Coin
and for Producing and Delivering Photographs in Exchange
therefor.
I, THEOPHILE ERNEST ENJALBERT, of 4 Rue St. Martin Paris in the Republic of
France, 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:-
The present invention relates to a photographic apparatus by means of which a
person by simply introducing a piece of money can automatically obtain his photo-
graph which may be produced by the process called " ferrotyping" with damp
collodion; the apparatus however is applicable to processes other than "ferrotype."
In the accompanying drawings;--
Fig. 1 is
perspective view of the complete apparatus.
Fig. 2 a front elevation of the mechanism with the front casing of the apparatus
removed.
Fig. 3 is a section through a b of Fig. 2.
Fig. 4 is a section through cd of Fig. 2.
Fig. 5 is a section on the line ef of Fig. 3 showing the back of the front partition
of the apparatus and the shutter mechanism secured thereto.
Fig. 6 is a diagram illustrating the arrangement of the electric contacts and the
circuits which work the apparatus and the disengaging or releasing mechanism
operated by means of the piece of money.
Fig. 7 is a side elevation on a reduced scale of one of the sector levers each of
which works a movable support by means of a can.
Fig. 8 shows in front and side elevation, a head of one of the fixed or movable
supports, as made when glass plates are used.
The complete arrangement comprises a photographic apparatus which is operated
by electricity generated in any suitable battery or derived from any other source and
of a seat placed at a certain distance from the camera for the person who is to be
photographed as shown in Fig. 1.
All the mechanism is enclosed in a case the base of which contains the electric
battery or it may be accumulators of any suitable construction. This mechanism the
different parts of which are represented in detail in Figs. 2, 3, 4, 5, 7 and 8 is divided
into five compartments A, B, C, D, and E separated from one another by vertical
partitions 94 Fig. 2.
The compartment A contains the shoot or reservoir I composed of four vertical
standards and in which the rectangular plates of polished sheet iron are introduced
which plates are separated from each other by small copper or other metal frames
placed with reference to the plates cross-ways, and in such a manner that when a
plate froin the reservoir I is moved along by the driver or carrier 2, and when that
carrier moves back again the frame not being supported any longer falls into a shoot 3
which leads it outside the apparatus to the bracket or shelf 4. This frame will serve
to mount the finished photograph.
At the base of the compartiment A is a little electric motor 5 worked by the general
eurrent and which by means of suitable gearing causes the horizontal arbor 6 to rotate

page_text: which shaft transmits motion to the various operative parts of the apparatus. On
this shaft 6 is secured a grooved cam 7 which works the three oscillating levers 8, 9
and 10. Each of the levers 8 and 9 at its upper end has secured to it a fork which
by means of an electro-magnet 81 and 9' fixed on each of these levers is caused to
move in a plane perpendicular to that in which it is moved by the cam 7. The
lever 8 serves to work the driver or carrier 2 at the desired moment and the object of
the lever 9 is to control the supply of collodion.
The lever 10 operates the sliding bar 11 on which are secured the carriers 12 by
which the plates are passed from one compartment to another.
In the compartment B is effected the treatment with collodion of the plate which is
secured on the plate of the electro-magnet 86 of the support 13 after having been
brought to said electro-magnet by the carrier 2. This support 13 is carried in a
sleeve which is transverse on and integral with the horizontal shaft 14 which revolves
on centre points, of which one viz. ;-that marked 95 can be removed when it is
desired to remove the support 13. The mounting of the support 13 is such that not
only can it oscillate in a vertical plane but it can also rotate on its own axis.
This rotary movement of the support 13 is communicated by a pinion 15 which is
secured on its lower end and which during part of the vertical rocking movement of
the support round the axis 14 engages the fixed toothed racks 17. On the pinion 15
is carried one or more arins 16 which during the vertical rocking movement of the
support 13 engage the cam slots or grooves 171 of a preferably sheet iron guide 18.
The toothed rack 17 and can grooves 17' cause the support to revolve on its own axis
whilst oscillating on the axis of shaft 14. On this latter shaft is secured a pinion 19
gearing with the toothed sector 20¹ of a lever 20 which the cam 21 (Figs. 2 and 7)
causes to oscillate; this cam is fixed on the tubular shaft 22 which allows the shaft 6
to revolve freely within it or it may be thrown into gear so as to rotate along with the
shaft 6. On this shaft 22 is also fixed the toothed wheel 24 and on it is mounted a
When the electro-
lever 23 which is held against the cup 27 by the spring 27.
with the
magnet 25 attracts the lever 23, the lower end 23' of this lever engages
disc 26 secured on the shaft 6 and in consequence of which the shaft 22 turns. The
cup 27 in which the disc 26 rotates serves as a bearing and has at its upper part a
notch or recess with which the lever 23 engages when the shaft 22 is to be at rest.
The apparatus for treating the photographic plates with collodion comprises a fixed
supporting plate 28 having two partly inclined and partly vertical cam grooves 29.
This plate has a projecting arm or plate 281. On the face of the plate 28 slides a
movable plate 30 which, guided by the grooves 29, moves vertically and obliquely
when operated by means of a rod 31 jointed to a sector 32 which is worked by the
toothed bar 33 driven by the lever 9. The movable plate carries a drop measure 34
provided with a collapsible india-rubber bottle 35 surmounted by a piston and a
rod 35¹ This drop ineasure plunges into the basin 36 attacher to the bottle of
collodion 37 by an india-rubber tube 10 which brings the collodion to a uniform
height like in intermittent fountains. The basin 36 is covered with an india-rubber
membrane pierced in the centre, which only allows the point of the drop measure to
penetrate and thus prevents any evaporation.
The movable plate 30 carries on its side a pivoted hook or detent 38 which as is
herein after explained serves to arrest the piston 351 after the squeezing of the india-
rubber bottle. The arm or plate 38' screwed on the fixed plate 28 serves to disengage
the hook 38 at the desired moment.
Beneath the support 13 is a funnel 39 which receives the over-flow of collodion and
permits it to flow into the bottle 40.
The compartiment C serves for washing silver and for the plate to receive the
impression of the image; the support 41 is consequently in the axis of the lens. This
support 41 receives the plate which has collodion on it from one of the carriers 12,
and is rocked in a vertical plane by the same mechanism as the support 13, but it
does not revolve on its own axis. The said support plunges the plate in the silver
bath 42 and rises up afterwards in order to present this plate to the lens.
The compartiment D serves for developing the image; the support 43 is operated

page_text: like the support 13 by means of a pinion 191, sector 20¹ and cam 21 as shown in
Fig. 4.
This support 43 revolves on its own axis by means of its pinion 51 and
toothed rack 52. When it does not revolve, it is guided and held by the spring 53
and the two studs or projections 54 and 54' which fit into a notch or hole in the spring.
This same support receives the plate from a carrier 12, rises again and brings it under
the flattened tip or nozzle of a pipe 44. The necessary liquids are conducted by the
india-rubber tubes 45 and 46 which when no liquid is required to pass are compressed
by the pivoted arms 45' and 46' each acted upon by a spring 45". When the electro-
magnets 47 and 48 act, the arts 45', 46' are attracted and the liquid flows from the
flattened nozzle which is common to both of them. These liquids after having been
used flow into a funnel 49 and are conducted into a receiver 50.
The compartment E serves for fixing and polishing photographs: its support 51
receives the plates with the photographic impressions from the carriers 12 and
immediately afterwards the support takes up a vertical position & moves the plate
horizontally under the nozzle 52 (identical to the nozzle 44) which nozzle at this
movement opens & supplies the necessary quantity of polish to the plate. When
the operation is completed the supporting lever 51 which had retained its upright
position while the plate was thus being polished, is inclined forwardly by means
of a lever sector and cam similar to those used for operating the other supports,
the lower edge of the photo plate is inserted in and engages with the upper end
of the shoot 53 which conducts it to the bracket or shelf 54 furnished with a lamp 55
and the plate of which is preferably of thin perforated metal.
Having thus described the five compartments which contain the principal portions
of the mechanism the description of the mechanism at back of the front partition of
the apparatus i.e. the casing which supports the object glass or leus (Fig. 5) will next
be proceeded with.
All the mechanism fixed on this partition is operated by the general electric
current, by the means of contacts 56 which are so constructed as to allow the
portion 57 of the front partition which carries the object glass and its accessories
to be removed without detaching any wire. The portion 57 has a slit 58 (Figs. 1, 4
and 5) through which the pieces of money are introduced into the passage or
shoot 59. Underneath this passage is an oscillating or rocking lever 60 which
has a cup 61 into which the piece of money falls edgewise in order to cause the
said lever to rock and which cup is open at one side. The piece of money is
prevented from falling through the open side of the cup by the diaphragm 62 the
supporting arm of which is pivoted at 62 and which the electro-magnet 63 dis-
places at the desired moment in order to expose or uncover the open side of the
cup 61 to enable the money to fall into the passage 64 and thence into the box 65.
The obturator or shutter 66 placed behind the object glass or lens 67 is composed
of preferably sheet iron and in pivoted at 66 and worked by an electro-magnet 68
and the armature 69, which forms a lever. When the current passes through the
electro-magnet 68 the lever 69 is attracted and raises the obturator which falls again
by its own weight and closes the object-glass as soon as the current is interrupted.
When the obturator is raised it puts in contact the blades 71 by its arm or
projection 70 and thus completes the circuit through the bell 72 (Fig. 1) which is
thereby caused to ring and which continues to ring throughout the sitting.
Above the portion 57 of front casing of apparatus are four dials each having an
index or pointer. These four pointers indicate outwardly the operations which are
effected in the interior as well as the moment of the sitting. On the arbors of these
pointers are secured toothed wheels 74 operated by the before mentioned wheels 24
(Fig. 2) by means of chains which pass under pulleys 75 (Figs. 2 and 4).
Upon each of the arbors of the needles is fixed an insulating block 76 which has
two metal rings 77. The current arrives by the contact 78 to return by the contact 79
in consequence of the junction of the contacts 80. When revolving these contacts 80
encounter the terminals 81 which separate them and which receive the current in
order to send it to the different electro-magnets of the apparatus.
The dial 73 Fig. 5 is especially for the sitting. It has an adjustable contact 82

page_text: which is of conical or taper form; fixed on a plate 83 which is raised or lowered at
vill by the rack and pinion 84.
It is evident that the higher the contact 82 is raised the shorter will be the time
hat it is likely to be free from the needle and therefore so much less time will the
sitting last.
In Fig. 6 it is shown that the electricity is supplied to the apparatus by a generator M.
As has been explained above the releasing nechanism consists of an oscillating lever 60
on one end of which is the cup 61 for receiving the coin and which is counterbalanced
by the weight 601; this lever bears a plate on the face of which are written one
above the other the words "shut" and " " which are seen from the outside
open
through an opening in the front partition. When the lever is lowered, the word
shut" is seen and the plate 87 at the same time closes the slit 58 for introducing
the piece of money. The lever 60 carries across it a vertical contact connected with
a wire. The lever when swinging separates the two contacts 56 and directs the
electric current to the first electro-magnet 25; the motor 5 receives the return current
or the wire that leads from said electro-magnet proceeds straight to the battery if a
motor other than electric is used. It is evident that the current need not pass through
the electro-magnets 85 and 86 if they are replaced by permanent ones.
The portion of Figure 6 surrounded by dotted lines represents the entire arrange-
ment of mechanismn for working the apparatus. This mechanism is divided into four
longitudinal divisions the letters and numbers corresponding with those of the other
figures.
The first compartiment F shows the double contacts 88 in plan. These contacts 88
are also shown in Fig. 2 the saine figures of reference applying to corresponding
parts throughout the drawing. When the lever 23 Fig. 2 is attracted by the electro-
magnet 25 the head 90 made of insulating material withdraws from between the two
portions of the contact 88 which portions being endowed with spring action then
automatically draw close to each other and close the circuit; the triple contacts 89
operate in the same manner (see Fig. 3). The heads 90 of the levers 23 move in the
direction of the arrows. The third division H shows the levers 23 and electro-
magnets 25. The fourth division I represents the commutators or switches 73 and
the electro inagnets 85 and 86 of the movable and fixed supports. The whole of
Fig. 6 represents the apparatus as at rest.
The apparatus is completed by an arm-chair 91 Fig. 1 which chair is surınounted
by a screen and the seat of which is inclined to perimit persons of all figures to sit
comfortably and to lean their heads against the head-rest fixed in the centre of the
screen.
In the following description of the operation of the before described apparatus
special numerals and letters of reference are for convenience used to indicate the
various parts and electrical connections shown in Fig. 6 upon which Figure these
special letters only appear.
The person wishing to be photographed begins by introducing a piece of money
into the slit 58 Figs. 1; 4 and 5. This falls through the passage 59 into the cup 61
and by its weight causes the adjacent end of the lever 60 to descend and thereby to
bring the plate 87 to the back of the opening 58 and show that the box is closed.
When the lever 60 is thus operated the contact 56 which receives the current
from the source of electricity M is brought into communication with the electro-
This causes the
magnet 25 by the lever 60 through the medium of the wire b.
elect ro-magnet 2.5 to attract its lever 23 and so fixes the first sleeve or hollow shaft 22
on the shaft 6 so that it will revolve with it.
The current on leaving the electro-magnet 25 puts in motion the motor and
proceeds along the wire c to the binding-post 89 thence through the binding-post 89
it is conducted by the wire d to the switch 73, it then passes through the wire e to the
binding-post 89d from which it passes to the binding-post 89 and then through the
wire to the switch 73ª. It then passes through the wire g to the binding-post 89
and thence through the binding-post 89h and wire h it is conducted to the switch 73*.
From this switch the current passes through the wire to the switch 73° from which

page_text: it proceeds through the movable and stationary supports 85 and 86 to the motor 5
froin which it finally returns to its original source M.
It should be borne in mind that when the switch 73 causes the current to pass into
the coils 63 so as to release the coin, the lever 60 by altering its position modifies the
course of the current. It is at this moment that the contact 56* touches the contact 56b
so that the current is received by the wirej which is connected to the contacts 88,
88° 88° and 885. Now when any of these contacts are placed in connection by the
rising of the head 90 of one of the levers 23 the current is caused to pass along
the wire c and continue its course in the manner just described.
In the position of rest as illustrated at Fig. 6 the current is interrupted. It has
before been stated how it is caused to pass through the electro-magnet 25 so as to
perform its action in the first compartment at which time it does not pass through 25*,
25, and 25. But when the head 90 of the first of the levers 23 causes the contact 89¢
to touch the contact 89 for the purpose of disconnecting the latter from 89b the
current passes into the electro-magnet 25, and thus reaches the contact 89d without
passing through the switch 73. The same takes place when it is desired to cause the
currents to pass through the electro-magnets 25b, and 25°.
When the levers 23 are not attracted by their electro-magnets each of the heads 90
presses upon the longer or more extended of its pair of contact branches 88 and
thereby separating the two branches from each other interrupts the flow of the current.
When however any one of the levers 23 is attracted by its electro magnet the head
piece 90 of this lever releases the yielding contact 88 and thus enables the two
branches of the same to come into contact whereby the circuit is again restored.
When one of the levers 23 is about to complete one full revolution but before it
reaches the point at which the parting of the two contacts 88 will take place it
separates the two contacts 89 and 89 which up to that moment have remained in
connection and thereby directs the current through the contact 89° into the electro-
magnet 25.
In Figure 2 of the drawing the first of the lefers 23 is represented as being
inclined forwardly which accounts for its appearing to be too short to touch the
contacts 88 only part of its length being visible in said Figure. But the arrangement
of the contacts 88 and head-piece 90 of the lever is clearly shown in Figure 6.
The current supplied by the source of electricity M (Figure 6) is interrupted when
all the contacts 88 are separated.
When a coin is dropped into the machine the rocking lever 60 receives the current
and passes it on to the main circuit. When this takes place the electro-magnet 25
attracts its lever 23 and places the first of the series of contacts 88 into connection
so that when the coin is released and the lever 60 allowed to return to its normal
position no interruption takes place in the working of the apparatus as all the other
necessary connections and the final interruption are automatically effected in proper
succession by the apparatus itself.
The first sector 20¹ drawn along by its cam 21 causes the head of the movable
support 13 to he moved against the plate guide or reservoir I. At this moment the
first contact 81 which is behind the first. dial 73 directs the current into the electro-
magnet 81 and causes it to act on the forked part of the lever 8 which is just in
position for engaging with the hook or operating arm of the currier 2.
The operative
part of the cam 7 fixed on the shaft 6 then acts on the lower end of the lever 8 so that
by means of the carrier 2, the first or lowermost plate in the reservoir 1 will be moved
on to the head of the movable support 13 where it is retained by the electro-magnet 86.
The lever 8 returns to its original position and uncovers the lower end of the
reservoir and thus permits the metal picture frame which is no longer supported to
fall into the shoot 3 by which it will be conducted to the bracket 4. The second
contact 81 which is produced in the first dial directs the current into the electro-
nagnet 63 which thereby attracts the arm of the diaphragm 62 and consequently
discloses the edge of the cup 61 and causes the piece of money to fall through the
shoot 64 and into the box 65. The lever 60 returns them to its first position.
The third 81 contact of the first dial directs the current to the electro-magnet 91

page_text: which moves the forked part of the lever 9 into engagement with the rack bar 33
which through the sector 32 and rod 31 moves the drop measure from the basin 36
first vertically and afterwards obliquely as effected by the grooves 29 so that it will
move over the plate upon which the impression is to be taken. The rod of the
piston 351 encountering the horizontal plate 28' causes the piston to press on the
india-rubber bottle 35 and thus to eject the collodion from the drop measure on to
the plate, at this moment the hook 38 engages the edge of the piston and keeps it
pressed upon 35.
The lever 9 in returning to its original position causes the drop measure to descend
again and when the tip of said drop measure is plunged into the collodion in basin 36
the lower end of the detent 38 encounters the plate or arm 381 which disengages
the detent from piston 35 and the india-rubber bottle 35 resuming its original shape
sucks in a fresh charge of collodion.
The collodion having fallen on the upper surface of the photo plate the cam 21
engages the sector lever 20 and causes the support 13 to move in such a way as to
spread the collodion all over the surface of the plate and to discharge the overflow
into the funnel 39. In consequence of the oscillating movement produced by the
cam 21, the support 13 rocks several times and by its rotary moveinent levels the
layer of collodion while it is drying.
The support 13 thereupon takes a horizontal position. The cam 7 then operates
the lever 10 which drives the rod 11 in such a manner that the first of the carriers 12
causes the plate to slide from the movable support 13 past the fixed support 85 to
the movable support 41. The lever 23 as before described breaks the first current
by separating the coutacis 89 and 89° and directs this current into the second
electro-magnet 25 which disengages its lever 23 (fig. 6) the first lever 23 then
disengages itself.
The photo plate being on the movable support 41 this latter is plunged into a
bath of silver 42 by means of the second cain 21 and a sector lever.
This cam
having several operative projections the head of the support is moved in and out
of the bath several times. The same cam causes the support to be raised up again
to its horizontal position so as to present behind the object glass or lens the plate
that has now become sensitive.
The person about to be photographed warned by the index of the second dial which
points to the words "be ready-attention" places himself in the chair and does not
stir all the while that the index is passing the word ** sitting."
At this moment the commutator of the second dial sends a more or less prolonged
current into the electro-magnet 68 (fig. 5) which raises the shutter 66 from behind
the lens and sets in motion the bell 72.
After the shutter 66 has fallen again in consequence of the current ceasing the
cain 7 again actuates the lever 10 rod 11 and carriers 12 in such a manner that the
photo plate is moved from the support 41 past the fixed intermediate support 86 to the
support 43, and the third lever 23 like the preceding one is operated so as to engage
the third tubular shaft 22 with the central shaft 6.
In the latter two compartments D and E the movements are the same as those in
the preceding compartment. The movable supports 43 and 51 bring the photo plate
under the jets 44 and 52, the electro-magnets 47 and 48 attract the levers 45 and 46¹
in order to allow the liquids to flow at the right moment and for the necessary time
on to the photo plates. In the last compartiment the inovable support 51 introduces
the lower edge of the photo plate into the upper end of the shoot or conduit pipe 53
so as to completely detach the said plate which falls into the conduit pipe in order
to reach the bracket 54 on the perforated plate or diaphragm of which it is dried
by the lamp 55. The movable support 51 returns to its original position and the
lever 23 separates the two contacts SS which by interrupting all communication
causes the apparatus to stop. In consequence of these combinations the different
compartments, being independent of one another, can work simultaneously so that
the production of the photos can follow without interruption.

page_text: The electro-magnets 86 of the movable supports and of the fixed supports 85 can
be replaced by permanent magnets which will fulfil their functions.
This apparatus can serve equally well for all photographic processes. The heads
of the inagnets and the magnets themselves of the fixed and movable supports where
metal plates are not used are replaced by the sinall tables 92 furnished with grooves
in which slide the glass plates 93 as shown in figure 8.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
claim is;
1. In automatic photographic apparatus a releasing mechanism adapted to he
operated by a coin consisting of a rocking lever provided at its end with a cup one
side or edge of which is open and adjacent to a diaphragin carried on a lever or arm
which diaphragm when shifted by the action of an electro-magnet allows the coin to
drop from the cup into the shoot or passage leading to the money box the said
rocking lever being moreover fitted with a plate which covers or uncovers the said
money slot as required substantially as described and illustrated in the accompanying
drawings.
2. In automatic photographic apparatus a reservoir or magazine for containing
the photo plates so arranged as to allow of the alternate and crosswise superposition
of plates and frames so that when the lowermost plate is removed the frame which
was immediately above it will automatically descend into the delivery passage which
is to conduct it out of the apparatus substa itially as described and illustrated in the
accompanying drawings.
3. In automatic photographic apparatus an electrically driven shaft provided with
cams through the action of which a photo-plate is when required moved by a carrier
onto the first of the oscillating supports and then by other carriers onto the other
oscillating supports substantially as described.
4. In photographic apparatus such as described a series of oscillatory supports
each carrying a magnet at one end whereby the photo plate is retained upon it each
such support being capable of rocking in a vertical plane under the action of a cam
secured to the main shaft and a lever and toothed segment the said support receiving
at the same time a rotary motion on its own axis from a stationary rack with which
gears a toothed pinion arranged at one end of the spindle of each support and also
from one or more arms attached to the said pinion and engaging the cam slots or
grooves of a stationary guide substantially as described and illustrated in the accoin-
panying drawings.
5. In apparatus such as described a clutch mechanism consisting of a lever
attracted at a given moment by an electro-magnet so that its point or pawl will
engage a notch provided in a plate or disc whereby connection is established between
the clutch and the main shaft substantially as described and illustrated in the
accompanying drawings.
6. Mechanism for treating the photo plates with collodion consisting of a movable
piate fitted with a drop measure and an india-rubber ball surmounted by a piston,
such movable plate being operated by the main operating inechanism in such a
manner as to rise vertically when the drop measure has received a sufficient supply
of collodion and then to move obliquely so as to cause the drop measure to take up
its position above the support carrying the photo plate at which time the piston rod
comes in contact with a fixed stop and thereby compresses the india-rubber ball so
that the collodion is discharged upon the photographic plate the said piston being
during this discharge of collodion retained in position by a hook or detent but released
as soon as the drop measure resumes its original position substantially as described
and illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
7. Mechanism for detaching the plate from the last of the movable supports
consisting of a shoot or channel the upper part of which engages with the photo
plate when the last sapport is inclined so as to lower its head whereby the said

page_text: photo plate is set free and allowed to drop into the shoot or channel which
delivers it outside substantially as describe'l and shown in the accompanying
drawings.
8. In apparatus such as described the arrangement for drying the photo consisting
of a bracket carrying a lamp and provided at its top part with a thin perforated
diaphragin whereon lies the photo plate conveyed thereto after having gone through
the preceding stages of the process substantially as described and illustrated in the
accompanying drawings.
9. A shutter mechanism operated by an electro-magnet through the medium of a
forked lever such shutter being adapted when open to make electrical contact and
thereby sound a call or signal bell which continues to ring during the whole of the
exposure the duration of the exposure being adjustable by altering the position of a
conical or taper commutator or switch movable at will and through which passes
the current employed to excite the electro-magnet of the shutter mechanism sub-
stantially as described and illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
10. In apparatus such as described a series of dials or indicators each provided
with an index the arbor of which is connected by an endless chain with the main
shaft of the mechanism such arbors being also provided with co:nmutators or switches
adapted to make and break contact as required and the index hands being arranged
to indicate on their respective dials the various stages of the operation substantially
as described and illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
11. In apparatus such as described an arm chair having an inclined seat so as to
enable persons of any height or figure to assume the proper position for being
photographed by sitting higher or lower on the chair substantially as described and
illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
12. The combination and arrangement of parts constituting the complete automatic
photographic apparatus the whole operating substantially as described and illustrated
in the accompanying drawings.
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་་ 1000
W. P. THOMPSON & BOULT,
Agents for the Applicant.