Improvements in and Relating to Coin Freed Gramophones or the like.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 14th Apr., 1899
Complete Specification Left, 13th Jan., 1900-Accepted, 10th Mar., 1900
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and Relating to Coin Freed Gramophones or
the like.
I, BELFORD GRANT ROYAL, of 31, Maiden Lane, Covent Garden, in the County
of London, Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
This invention is designed to provide means for enabling gramophones to he
put into operation for a certain time, or limited use, on the deposit of a coin say a
penny-and for this purpose I enclose the operative portion of the gramophone, or
the like, in a locked case together with the mechanism for controlling the setting in.
operation of the operative mechanism, and a place of deposit for the coins. In
some cases I connect one of the moving parts of the controlling mechanism to any
suitable known form of register so as to secure an additional record of the number
of operations of the gramophone, or the like, in addition to that afforded by the
presence of the coins."
The sound box and its travelling arm, as well as the horn and horn support, I may
leave exposed for adjustment. The revolving plate, and the tablet or "record"
with its sound producing surface markings, is also exposed.
In this case a slot is provided which admits of the entry of a coin of suitable
weight and size and below this slot is an open groove in a lever arm centred on an
axis which is mounted on a plate forming part of the framing. The opposite end
of this arm is counterweighted, so that it may replace the parts after coin has fallen
into the receptacle, and carries a click or pawl or a plurality thereof, loosely mounted
thereon so as to co-act with a ratchet wheel mounted on another axis mounted on
said plate, and operating the spring mechanism and being rotated by it.
This ratchet wheel is connected to or forms part of another wheel or disc having.
a tooth, or projection, on its edge adapted to actuate a star wheel mounted on the
first named axis. Below the star wheel, on the same axis, and so as to revolve
sympathetically therewith, is a disc on the upper face of which is an inclined surface, or
inclined surfaces or projections. These projections, in the rotation of the disc by the
star wheel as the latter is rotated by the tooth of the disc on the ratchet wheel under
the influence of the spring mechanism, come under certain projections forming part
of a locking means operating the slide which releases a catch below the holder for
the coin thereby allowing it to fall into the receiver, and controlling the retracting
of the slide until the revolutions of the parts have been completed.
This locking means is formed of arms (which may have rollers at their ends to
reduce friction) mounted to rock on centres carried by the plate said arms being
arranged to come into the paths of the inclines referred to and be raised by them,
so that parts of said arms engage projections on the slide and are locked thereby
in its respective positions. The slide has a normal tendency to be pressed outwards
by a spring.
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The projections, and parts operated thereby are so arranged that when the coin is
in the receptacle in the lever it is retained there until the operating mechanism for
the gramophone has been fully wound up and one of the projections on the disc trips
one of the locking arms on the slide bar, releasing this slide and admitting of the

page_text: handle end of such slide projecting from the case being pushed inwardly, such
movement releasing the coin from the holder in the lever arm and the lever arm
thereby losing its counterpoise at that end rises and at its other end lowers the clicks
into engagement with the ratchet wheel. This engagement prevents the driving
mechanism from being wound afresh until the coin is in this holder and the lever
depressed to release the parts. The inner end of the slide bar operates a brake which
prevents the rotation of the revolving plate carrying the record until such slide is
pressed in by the handle and this brake is withdrawn.
The brake may be withdrawn from the rotating plate, by means of an inclined end
of the slide pressing down the stem of the brake which presses up against said disc,
or it may be arranged in any equivalent manner.
The projections that work the slide locking parts may be mounted on the star
wheel itself and the coin tilted lever may at its counterweighted end directly actuate
an inclined part or equivalent device, to effect the withdrawal of a pawl from a
ratchet wheel to permit of the winding barrel being actuated.
The entrance to the coin holder may be protected against the introduction of a
wire to effect illicit operation of the coin holder lever so as to wind up the mechanism
without a proper coin, by making the coin in its passage take a devious course, by
reason of one of the opposite faces of the passage being formed corrugated, or of
inclined surfaces to a rocking plate. By means of this plate rocking on centres, as
soon as the coin has passed the entrance, such entrance, in the further progress of the
coin, becomes closed; and consequently any wire or the like would be nipped and its
passage to the lever arrested.
The tripping of the slide bar to effect its release from its locked position for holding
the brake free of the rotating plate may be effected by the operation of the projections
from the star wheel upon the same tilting lever, that locking said slide from being
pressed home to release the brake until the spring barrel is fully wound.
The governor of driving mechanism of the gramophone I form of a barrel and disc
mounted on a vertical spindle driven by the motive power by means of a tooth wheel
mounted on the same spindle and engaging the driven wheel of the train. This
barrel has connected with it a bar and the bar supports two or more counterweighted
arms centred thereon, the inner ends of these arms when the weighted ends are
raised by any sufficient increase of speed to the spindle, owing to the centrifugal force.
causing the weighted ends to fly outward and their inner ends press down the barrel
and disc and causing the latter to come in contact with spring controlled centred
rocking levers having friction pads; whereby the speed of the rotating part of the
mechanism is checked. The spring controlled arms and pads can be brought into
adjusted contact with the rotating disc by means of a hand adjusted projection
consisting of an internally screwed sleeve actuating a screwed stem to draw the levers
towards or from the disc in its normal position and so increase or diminish the extent
of expansion permitted to the weighted arms before the governor operates, and thus
the time of the instrument can be delicately regulated whilst the construction of
the parts can be made stronger.
Dated the Luh
1300
Improvements in and Relating to Coin Freed Gramophones or
the like.
I, BELFORD GRANT ROYAL, of 31, Maiden Lane, Covent Garden, in the County of
London, Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what

page_text: manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in
and by the following statement :--
My invention relates to certain improvements in coin freed apparatus for controlling
the use of gramophones, and other sound reproducing machines.
The improvements provide apparatus enabling gramophones to be put into
operation for a certain time or limited use, subject to the deposit of a coin-say a
penny and for this purpose I enclose the motor or operative portion of the
gramophone or the like, in a locked case together with the mechanism for controlling
the setting in motion of the motor or operative mechanism and a receiver for the
deposited coins. In some cases I connect one of the moving parts (as the coin lever
for instance) of the controlling mechanisin to any suitable known form of counter or
register, so as thereby to secure an additional record of the number of operations, in
addition to that afforded by the aggregation of the coins in the receiver; but
separately considered I make no claim to such a mechanism.
My invention is distinguished from other coin-freed mechanisins for controlling the
supply of musical and other like sounds or reproductions of articulate speech in that
the selections and manipulations of the "records" and parts for the reproduction of
the sounds are left accessible to the public, or the payer; and only the operating and
driving mechanisms are locked against general access; that is to say that the person
desiring the use of the gramophone, having duly deposited the proper coin and
wound up the mechanism, is not debarred from selection and manipulation of the
"record" and its co-operative sound producing parts, which parts are exposed to
view.
Amongst the objects to be attained by my invention are:-
Prevention of the insertion of a second coin into the holder, until the one already
in position therein has been released by the releasing mechanism.
Prevention of the starting of the rotation of the gramophone record until the
winding of the "motor" has been completed, thereby preserving the "record" from
mutilation.
Prevention of tampering with the "motor" by winding it up in the absence of the
pay coin in the holder.
Prevention of tampering with the coin operated lever by means of a wire or other
illicit instrument inserted down the coin entry.
Prevention of fraudulent repetitions of the operation of the apparatus by the
deposit of only one coin, said coin being prevented from leaving the holder, owing to
some adhesive matter applied to it before deposit, causing it to stick to the side of
the holder.
These various objects and others I attain by means of the mechanism illustrated in
the accompanying drawings, and to be described, in which :—
Fig. 1 shows a vertical section of the apparatus and so much of a gramophone as
will serve to explain my invention in its connection therewith.
Fig. 2 shows another vertical section of the controlling apparatus, with the parts
above the "record" removed, and the remaining parts in the position they assume
as soon as a coin has properly lodged in the "holder," and has by its weight tilted
the operative lever.
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Fig. 3 shows a plan view of Fig. 2.
Fig. 4 shows another plan view of the same parts as in the previous figure, but
showing them in the position they assume as soon as the coin is released from the
" holder."
Fig. 5 shows a vertical section, Fig. 6 a front view and Fig. 7 a plan view of the
device for guarding the coin entry against entrance of a wire to fraudulently
manipulate the coin holder lever.
Fig. 8 shows a side view and Fig. 9 an edge view of the governor, separately, for
regulating the speed of rotation of the "record" under the operation of the driving
mechanism.

page_text: Fig. 10 shows a side view and Fig. 11 an edge view of an alternative form of
governor that may be employed in place of that shown by Figs. 8 and 9.
Fig. 12 shows a inodification of the coin freed parts for effecting the operation
of the apparatus by the corporeal presence of the coin in the "holder" (instead of
effecting the freeing operation by the weight of the coin) for use in cases where coins
used are of too small a weight to be conveniently used, according to the method
previously described.
Figs. 13, 14 and 15 show detail views of the slide j, its lock, and the brake
separately, in three successive positions.
Fig. 1 is a sectional elevation of the forward end of my machine showing the
position the coin operating mechanism assuines when the said machine is tilted, and
Fig. 1 shows these parts in their horizontal position, and both these views show a
slight modification in the form of the coin holder entrance protecting device from
that previously shown in Figures 1 and 2 and in the construction of the lever arm ¹
and parts adjacent thereto.
Fig. 16 is a vertical sectional view through this modified device for guarding the
coin entry against the entry of a wire to manipulate the coin operating lever.
Fig. 17 is an external view of Fig. 16.
Fig. 18 is a view taken on the line a, b of Fig. 16 looking towards the left.
Fig. 19 is a view taken on the same line looking towards the right.
Fig. 20 is a plan view of the coin entry device.
Figs. 21, 22 and 23 are front, edge and plan views respectively of the weighted
cranked arın * hereinafter referred to.
The coin freed controlling mechanisin is, in my present invention, brought into
combination with the gramophone apparatus through the vertical spindle and record
supports thereof, the usual gramophone parts above such support being left, as already
stated, exposed.
The gramophone motor here shown is a usual type of spring driving mechanism
for the purpose and consisting of a spring a, connected at its outer end to the
casing a¹ and at its inner end to the winding spindle c, said spindle being rotatable
for winding, by means of a moveable key b. Said spring rests. on a plate a² (to
keep it in place) mounted on the axis c. Also affixed on this spindle c is the first
wheel a³, the teeth of which wheel engage those of the second wheel at and so on,
successively, the motive power of the spring is conveyed through gear wheels a³, a
and a to the gear wheel as affixed on the spindle e of the "record" support to which
motion has to be imparted. is another gear wheel also mounted on spindle e and
engaged by the teeth of a gear wheel of the governor mechanism provided to
control the speed of such rotations as will be described.
The governor d (referring to Figs. 8 and 9) consists of a framing d¹ supporting in
bearings above and below, the spindle on which is affixed the gear wheel d³ which
engages the gear wheel a on spindle e. On this spindle 2 is affixed the cross
arm which carries pins or axes for the weighted arms d³, d the inner ends of
which engage in slots do, do in a flanged barrel 7 applied on spindle d and held in
position thereon by said arms d³ and other arms do centred on pins de mounted in
the framing d. The arms are joined into one at the back and formed into an
upturned elbow piece 10, in a hole in the upper end of which is mounted a shouldered
stem the small end thereof being passed through said hole, through a coiled
spring d2 and by its screw threaded end 13 being engaged adjustably in a correspond-
ingly threaded hole in the framing, so that the distance apart of the arm diº and
the framing about the stem d may be varied, and thereby the amount of frictional
pressure exerted on the under side of the flange of the barrel d by the padded ends
of the arms do.
The operation of this governor d is as follows:-if the speed of the spindle e
exceeds that to which the device is adjusted, the arms d by the excessive rotatory
inotion communicated as described, fly outwardly, under the centrifugal force; and
their opposite ends exert a pressure on the barrel sufficient to overcome the
spring interposed between the flange of barrel and the wheel d³, bringing that

page_text: flange into frictional contact with the arms d and impeding the revolutions thereof.
Or the ordinary form of governor, such as shown by Figs. 10 and 11 may be used,'
in which the weights do are thin steel springs connecting the arm d* to the barrel d'.
The flying out of the weights bending the springs and bringing the flange in
contact with the brake arms.
In order to prevent any improper operation of the winding apparatus to the
spring motor by rotating the record table, directly by hand, in the opposite
direction to that in which it is driven for use with the gramophone parts,
mount
on the spindle e a ratchet wheel e¹ and engaging therewith is an appropriately formed
end (properly padded to avoid any discordant noise) of an arm e centred at e¹
to the plate and this arm is kept to its work, on the ratchel wheel e¹, by
a slight spring e connected to the plate hand to said arm. By this device the
spindle e can only be turned in the direction of the arrow e, any rotation of the
table is by the construction of the parts harmless in the said direction, even when
effected by hand.
fis the record support mounted removable on the spindle e, but so as to rotate
therewith. indicates the "record" bedded frictionally on the support f and fa
indicates the pin engaging the record and the other usual parts of the gramophone
for conveying the vibrations and sounds produced to the horn, partially seen at f
resting on usual supports. f indicates a series of cells for "records" formed in the
casing g enclosing the controlling coin freed mechanism.
In this casing g, is the coin slot h leading to the coin holder. This entrance to
the coin holder is protected against the insertion of a wire, or strip in order to
illicitly operate the lever h¹ (to be described) so as to free the winding mechanism,
by a cover o and within the cover by trapping device, which is shown separately by
Figs. 5, 6 and 7, said cover being secured to the casing, as by screws, and is provided
with a coin slit of size to admit a coin of the proper size.
Within the cover o, upon
the casing, over the entry h, is (as shown more clearly by Fig. 2) affixed the
stationary plate o¹ having side flanges o2 which are pierced to support the ends of
the cross spindle o³ which carries on it the bent plate of between which plate of and
plate o¹ each coin has to pass, the coin first passing in through the free space left
between the jaw o and the opening in the side of plate o at 0%, until the coin
clears the angle o5 and then tilting said plate of inwards at top until it enters the
hole of, the coin, in falling, pressing out the end o7 from the other hole os of
plate o clearing a passage for the coin until the coin is free and falls into the
holder below. Any wire, directly it presses the end o¹, becomes trapped by the
upper end of 04.
In Figs. 1; 1, and 16 to 20 inclusive the cover o as shown is formed in two
parts for convenience of access to the interior thereof, the sides of o² supporting
spindles 03.
The operation of the parts of the arrangement Figs. 1, 1 and 16-19 is sub-
stantially the same as those parts marked with like letters of reference and already
described.
The coin passing into the space between the tilting plate of whilst the passage
between 0 and 6 is free and then by its weight resting on the inclined part of the
plate of is tilted closing the upper passage of o and opening the lower one 07 08 (see
dotted lines Fig. 17) releasing the coin and when the coin has fallen clear the parts
resume their normal position as seen in Fig. 16. Any wire, or the like, by keeping
the top of plate of tilted back and the passage 05 06 open prevents the part o' from
being pressed back and the passage between o' and os from being cleared.
Below the coin entry h is a holder into which the coin drops and is temporarily
held until it has, by its weight, (referring now to Figs. 1, 2, 3 and 4) performed its.
function of releasing the locking means which prevents the winding mechanism from
being operated.
This locking device is constructed as follows:-the holder is mounted on a lever
arm hinged to the support h2mounted on plate h³ mounted on the spring case a¹
and forming part of the framing. At its opposite end, this lever h¹ is weighted, at h+,

page_text: so that, on the coin falling into the reservoir, here shown as a drawer h, the lever
may be replaced in its locking position. The plate has also affixed in it a stem h
which forms an axis for an oscillating pawl, which engages normally with the
teeth of the ratchet wheel c¹ mounted on the upper end of the spindle c above
the bearing thereof in the plate, and prevents said spindle from
being turned by the handle b. As soon however, as the lever h¹ is tilted and its
weighted end is raised, the pawl he is drawn free of the teeth of wheel c¹, by the
loop s on the lever sliding up the staple shaped connection " connected to said
pawl and drawing it away.
To prevent the lever from being tilted or moved relatively to the pawl ko so as
to free the winding apparatus in the absence of a coin by tilting the entire apparatus,
as shown by Fig. 1ª a weighted swing cranked arm * is mounted on the hinge pin h².
This arm as the apparatus is inclined (see Fig. 1a) swings, to the front of the
machine bringing the crank of the arm under the lever h¹ and thereby preventing
that lever from sinking relatively to the line of plate h³.
This ratchet wheel c¹ is formed with, or connected to, another wheel or disk i below
having recesses and a pin forming a tooth, adapted to engage the teeth of the star
wheel mounted on the axis, the wheel & performing one complete revolution to
each operation on the wheel i².
The winding mechanism of the arbor c having been freed from its lock by the coin
and coin lever, the winding up of the spring motor having been completed
and the star wheel 12 having been fully rotated, such rotation will have brought one
of two projections fixed thereon-viz. it with its inclined side foremost under the
pin projecting from the side of a latch jo mounted on a hinge pin ji affixed in the
side of the slide j. By the passage of this incline at under the pin j¹ it lifts it and
thereby the latch j freeing the inner end thereof from its abutment against the
stop on the plate permitting said slide bar to be pushed inwardly against the
pulling strain of the spring 10, connected at opposite ends to the said slide and to
the plate h³, so as normally to force out said slide bar. This pushing inwards of the
slide bar presses its inclined end upon the pin projecting from the brake
plunger which slides in the tube and is kept normally pressed up against the
revolving disc f, by the coiled spring located in the said tube below the plunger k,
causing the pin to release the plunger from its frictional contact with the disc f
and permit its revolution and the consequent operation of the gramophone to be
effected.
This inward movement of the slide j by a pin 2, shifts one end of an arm ja on
which is formed a book or claw jt, said arm j³, claw and an arm or flat plate j³ with
its hooked end jox forming the coin holder, referred to, when they are in the relative
positions represented by Fig. 3; but, as soon as the slide j displaces arm, its
claw, by its grip on the coin, pulls it away from the parts j5 and jox even should
it be smeared with adhesive matter, and the coin drops free into the drawer
below.
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As soon as the spindle e has run its full number of revolutions and the wheel work
has resumed its original position bringing the star wheel also back to its starting
position the other projection j previously referred to, mounted thereon, is pressed
with its inclined surface under the pin j, that pin again lifts the latch and releases
its outer end (see Fig. 15) which during the time the inclined end ja was
engaged with the spring brake plunger k, was engaged with the stop, already
referred to; and, as soon as this latch j is free from the stop ket, it flies back to
the position shewn in Fig. 3 and releases the brake k allowing it to resume its
frictional pressure on the disc f preventing revolution.
The effect of this retention of the slide bar j, by the latch and stop and the holding
back of the brake plunger, is to permit the "record " to complete its revolutions with
the disc and then automatically, by the release of the latch and the springing
back of the slide bar j, to reset the parts for another coin freed operation.
Referring to Fig. 12 which shows a modification in the parts for holding and dis-
charging the coin used as the operative link in the train of mechanism, adapted for

page_text: use where the weight of the coin is too small to be efficient as a motive power to
tilt the lever ¹ of the previously described arrangement. Herein, the said articulated
holder 3,,, jox is replaced by a claw holder mounted on the end of a slide
rod 1, having its bearing in a hole in the casing and being provided with a
handle 3, a spring r causing said rod to be constantly tending to project from the
casing as shown. Any pressing in of the slide rod without a coin in holder 7 will
be inoperative; but, as soon as a coin is in position in said holder r, the coin when
pressed towards the end s¹ of the lever s comes in contact therewith and turns it on
its centre pin s² bringing said hooked end s¹ into engagement with the hooked pro-
jection on the slide (which is in other respects a counterpart of the slide j of
Figs. 1, 2, 3, 4, 13, 14 and 15). This engagement is just sufficient to hold the
ends of lever 8, in that position, during the winding operation on the spindle c,
as already detailed. This movement of levers draws the opposite end 83 thereof out-
wards and, by reason of its connection to the pawl h by the staple shaped connec-
tion ho affixed to said pawl (substantially as shown in Fig. 2), that pawl he is drawn
free of the teeth of the ratchet wheel c¹, and the winding can be effected. As soon
as the winding has been completed, the slide bar is pushed in-with the result that
the hook parts s¹ and t¹ are removed from engagement, levers under the influence
of spring flies back to the position indicated by the full lines, the arm carrying
the pin 3 moves to the right and meeting the coin in the holder pushes it out
therefrom causing it to fall into the reservoir-the drawer h below. The inclined
end js performs the same functions in connection with the brake and is retained by
latch parts, as seen in Figs. 13, 14 and 15, and already described, so that repetition
is unnecessary. The form of the holder in front elevation is shown by details
Figs. 24 and 25 with the absent and present "coin " respectively, also the slot
into which the arm s is entered idly when no coin is present to cause engagement.
Access to the interior of the case may be obtained, by removing the upper por-
tion g of the casing g.
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. Apparatus for controlling the operative mechanism of a gramophone or like
mechanism for the reproduction of sounds so that the reproduction of sound can only
be produced for a limited period upon the deposit of a coin-said deposit enabling
the operative mechanism to be put in action, the main feature of which is that the
coin of appropriate value upon being lodged in a holder serves to bring about the
unlocking of the spindle said spindle being that one whereby the motor mechanism
is put in active condition or the spring wound up, the sound producing devices are
held out of operation until the winding operation has been completely effected, the
sound producing devices are released for operation, their controlling mechanism held
out of operation until the sound producing devices have completed their task when
the controlling mechanism is reset automatically, ready for a fresh sequence of
operations; preferably so arranging the parts that the record support and the
exchangeable "records" and sound producing and magnifying parts being exposed
and accessible to the public whilst the coin-freed controlling and motor parts are
concealed, or protected from general access, substantially as described and shown by
the drawings.
2. Apparatus for carrying out the operation referred to in the 1st Claim: the main
feature of such apparatus being that motor apparatus whereby the main spindle of a
gramophone "record" supporting platform is rotated is enclosed within a casing
inaccessible to the public, and is held inoperative by control mechanism, until by
the deposit of a coin in a holder a lock is released which until then held a ratchet
wheel on the main winding spindle from winding up the motor spring, the function
of which is to actuate wheel work which gives rotatory motion to the vertical spindle
supporting the platform on which is secured the "record" of a gramophone"
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page_text: or like sound producing device, substantially as described and shown by the
drawings.
3. Apparatus for carrying out the operation referred to in Claim 1: the main
feature of such apparatus being a coin-freed mechanism for holding inoperative the
winding mechanism of the spring motor, parts of which mechanism prevent opera-
tion of the "record" platform until the winding is complete, and other parts to
release the hold on such platform on the winding being completed and release the
coin from the holder, such parts also bringing about the resetting of the coin freed
apparatus, whilst a controlling device or governor actuated by the spindle of the
platforin and gearing automatically checks the speed of revolution of the said plat-
form, and a spring actuated pawl coacting with a ratchet wheel on the platform
spindle to prevent the illicit rewinding of the mechanism by reversing the direction
of revolution of such platform, substantially as described and shown by the
drawings.
4. Apparatus for the performance of the coin freed control of " gramophone" or like
sound producing instruments referred to in Claim 1; the main feature of which is
the combination with the spring motor driven axis e of a "record" support, of a
governor constructed as shewn by Figures 8 and 9 the operation of which is to
bring frictional pressure to bear on a rotatory part of the governor immediate that
weighted hinged arms forming part of that governor are thrown outwards by the
centrifugal force developed by any excessive speed of revolution-that is to say speed
of rotation of the governed part in excess of that to which the governor is adjusted,
substantially as described and shown by the drawings.
5. Apparatus for the performance of the operations referred to in the 1st Claim ;
the main feature of which is that the insertion of a wire, or like illicit implement
designed to tamper with the coin-freed mechanism of the kind referred to, is
prevented from being effected through the coin entry slot by means of a rocking bent
plate acting with a fixed plate, so as to permit a properly sized coin to pass, but to
nip or trap a wire, substantially as described and shown by the drawings.
6. Apparatus for carrying out the operations set forth in the 1st Claim; the main
feature of which is a push or slide bar actuating the brake of the "record" support
to release it when a latch thereon is released by the operation of the coin freed
spring motor mechanism and to hold said brake out of operation until the spring
motor actuated record support has perforined its allotted number of revolutions,
substantially as described and shown by the drawings.
7. In a coin controlled talking machine, the combination with the winding shaft
of the motor, of a pivotted lever having a coin holding device at one end and
mechanism connected with the opposite end of said lever for preventing the winding
of the motor until a coin is deposited in the coin holding device, substantially as
described and shown by the drawings.
8. In a coin controlled talking machine, the combination with the motor, of a
pivotted lever having mechanism connected at one end with the winding shaft of
said motor for locking the same against rotation, a coin holding device on the
free end of said lever and means for releasing the winding shaft as the pivotted
lever is tilted by the weight of the coin, substantially as described and shown by
the drawings.
9. In a coin controlled talking machine, the combination with the winding
shaft of the motor, of a ratchet wheel secured on the upper portion of said shaft, a
pivotted pawl adapted to engage the said ratchet, a pivotted lever adapted to be
operated by the weight of the coin, and mechanism connecting the pawl and the
inner end of the pivotted lever, whereby the said pawl is released from its ratchet
as the lever is tilted, substantially as described and shown by the drawings.
10. In a coin controlled talking machine, the combination with the winding
shaft of its notor, of a ratchet wheel secured to the upper portion of said shaft,
a pivotted pawl adapted to engage the said ratchet, a lever pivotted to the motor
frame adapted to be operated, by the weight of the coin, an inclined staple having
one arm connected to the pawl, and its other arm loosely connected to the

page_text: pivotted lever whereby upon the tilting of the forward end of said lever the pawl
is withdrawn from engagement with its ratchet, and upon the return of said
lever to normal position, the pawl is thrown into engagement with its ratchet,
substantially as described and shown by the drawings.
11. In a coin controlled talking machine, the combination with the motor, of
a pivotted lever having mechanism connecting it at one end with the winding
shaft of said motor, for locking the same against rotation, a coin holding device
on the free end of said lever, means for releasing the winding shaft as the .
pivotted lever is tilted by the weight of the coi, and a weighted crank arm
pivotted at the fulcrum point of the coin lever, all substantially as and for the
purpose described.
12. In a coin controlled talking machine, the combination with the motor, of
means for preventing the winding of said motor until after the coin has been
deposited, and means for automatically releasing the record table upon the completion
of the winding of the motor, substantially as described and shown by the drawings.
13. In a coin controlled talking. machine, the combination with the motor
mechanism of means for preventing the winding of said motor until after the coin is
deposited, a spring brake adapted to bear against the record table, and lock it against
rotation, a push lever for operating the spring brake, and means for locking said push
lever against operation until after the motor has been wound up, substantially as
described and shown by the drawings.
14. In a coin controlled talking machine, the combination with the motor, means
for preventing the winding of said motor until after the coin is deposited, a spring
brake adapted to bear against the record table and lock it against rotation, a push
lever for operating the said brake, a locking device for preventing the operation of
the push lever until after the motor has been wound, means for automatically un-
locking said push lever, simultaneously with the starting of the motor for the purpose
described, substantially as described and shown by the drawings.
15. In a coin controlled talking machine, the combination with the motor
mechanism, of means for preventing the winding of said motor until after the coin is
deposited, a braking device adapted to bear against, and lock the record table against
the rotation, a push lever for operating the brake mechanism, a locking device for
preventing the operation of the push lever until after the motor is wound, means for
automatically unlocking said push lever immediately upon the completion of the
winding of the motor, the mechanism for holding the push lever in contact with the
record table brake, and means for automatically releasing said push lever and
returning the same to normal position, as the motor runs down, substantially as
described and shown by the drawings.
16. In a coin controlled talking machine, the combination with the motor
mechanism, of a pivotted lever adapted to be operated by the weight of a coin,
mechanism connected with said lever for locking and unlocking the winding shaft of
the motor, a single tooth wheel secured on the winding shaft, a star wheel journaled
on the motor frame adapted to engage the said single tooth wheel, an inclined lug
formed on the upper surface of said star wheel, a push lever for releasing the record
table, a locking device for said push lever, a pin projecting laterally from said locking
device adapted to be engaged and raised by the inclined lug on the star wheel, at the
time of completion of the winding of the motor, substantially as described.
17. The combination with the pivotted coin lever having mechanism for releasing
the winding shaft of the motor, of a push lever for releasing the record table locked
against movement until after the coin has been deposited and the motor wound up, a
coin holding device secured to forward end of the pivotted lever, an arm pivotted to
the push rod and to the coin holder, and a finger formed on said arm adapted to bear
against the coin and help hold it in the holder and to displace it when the push rod
operated, substantially as described.
18. The combination with a grainaphone, of a pivotted lever operated by the weight
of the coin for unlocking the winding shaft of the motor, a ratchet secured on the
turntable spindle, and a pawl secured on the frame of the motor adapted to engage

page_text: the teeth of said ratchet and prevent the turntable from being turned in a backward
direction to wind up the motor, substantially as described.
19. The combination with the turntable of a spring pressed plunger adapted to
bear against the under side of said table, a casing in which said plunger works,
a longitudinal slot provided in said casing, a pin carried by the plunger projecting
through said slot, a push rod adapted to engage the said pin and operate the
brake to release the turntable and means for holding the rod in contact with the pin,
substantially as described.
20. The combination with the turntable, of a spring pressed plunger, adapted to bear
against the underside of said table, a casing in which said plunger works, a longitudinal
slot formed in said casing, a pin carried by the plunger projecting through said slot,
a push rod having an inclined end adapted to engage the pin and depress the
plunger, means for locking the said push rod in engagement with the pin and means
for automatically unlocking the same as the motor is unwound, substantially as
described.
21. A coin receiver comprising a caseing having a slot in its upper end, a pivotted
tongue located in said casing having a flange on its lower end against which the coin
strikes as it enters the slot, and thereby causes the said tongue to swing on its
pivot and close the upper end of the slot until after the coin has been released,
substantially as described.
22. A coin receiver comprising an outer casing, having a channel in its central
portion, a slot of a size sufficient to admit a coin provided in the top of said casing,
a tongue located in the channel pivotally mounted in the side walls of the casing, a
flange formed on the lower end of said channel adapted to close the lower end of the
slot when the tongue is in normal position, a jaw forined on the upper edge of the
tongue adapted to close the upper end of the slot when the tongue has been tilted
by the weight of the coin, and a groove formed in the front wall of the channel into
which the jaw of the tongue rests when the said tongue is in an inclined position,
substantially as described.
23. The combination with the casing of a coin operated gramophone, a record table
adapted to project through an opening formed in said casing, reproducing mechanism
operatively connected with the record, a travelling arm for supporting the reproducing
mechanisin, and a wire guard for preventing the said reproducing mechanism from
being removed from the casing, substantially as described.
24. In a coin controlled talking machine, the combination of the reproducing
mechanism, a spring motor for operating the same, means for locking the winding
shaft of the motor against rotation, and means controlled by the coin for releasing
the said winding shaft, and allowing the motor to be wound up, substantially as
described.
WM. BROOKES & SON,
55 & 56, Chancery Lane, London, Agents for the Applicant.