Improvements in Coin-freed Sale Machines.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 17th Jan., 1898
Complete Specification Left. 20th Aug. 1898-Accepted 22nd Oct. 1808
Date of Application, 17th van., 1898
Complete Specification Left. 20th Aug. 1898-Accepted 22nd Oct. 1898
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Coin-freed Sale Machines.
I, ALFRED BRIGNALL, 23, Temple Street, Newington Causeway, in the County of
Surrey, Carpenter and Joiner, do hereby declare the nature of this invention
to be as follows:-
My invention relates to an improved apparatus for the automatic sale and deli-
very by the insertion of a coin of such articles as packets of sweets, tobacco,
matches and other like goods, the objects and advantages of which are, that by
reason of the goods sold being delivered from the upper end of the machine, the
said machine may stand upon or near the ground and be about counter height,
instead of in some elevated position as hitherto, the said machine being also con-
structed and arranged that after the insertion of the necessary coin and the with-
drawal of the drawer, the article purchased, although automatically thrown from
the drawer, cannot be secured by the purchaser until the drawer has been again
pushed back, which provides that each purchaser must place the machine in order
for the next purchaser before he or she can obtain the article so purchased.
My invention consists of a long wood or other case having a glazed front
through which the articles on sale may be seen, the said case being divided longi-
tudinally by a wood or other partition into two compartments, the upper end of
which said partition carries a pulley or pulleys, over which pass a cord or cords,
suspending at one end a counterbalance weight or weights in the back compart-
ment, and at the opposite end a platform in the front compartment, upon the latter
of which is piled the goods on sale. The upper end or top of the case is provided with
a suitable coin slot, beneath which the case contains a pair of spring jaws, which
normally engage with the back end of an inverted drawer, of such capacity as to
receive the first or upper of the articles on sale.
The insertion of a coin in the said slot, when slightly pressed in a downward
direction, pushes apart the said jaws, and allows the said inverted drawer to be
withdrawn, which deposits the upper one of the pile of articles on sale into a cup
or receiver pivotally mounted upon the front of the case, beneath the said with-
drawn drawer, and until the said drawer is returned to its normal position by the
customer, the said article cannot be taken from the cup, such return of the drawer
causing its back end to again make contact with the said jaws and release the coin,
which falls through a suitable chute to the bottom of the case into a locked recep-
tacle therefor.
The top article when so removed is immediately replaced when the drawer is
returned, by the next or top one of the pile remaining, the whole being fed up
to the said drawer by means of the before mentioned weight or weights, a suitable
locked aperture being provided through which the saleable stock may be re-
plenished or renewed.
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page_text: Improvements in Coin-freed Sale Machines.
I, ALFRED BRIGNALL, of 23, Temple Street, Newington Causeway, in the County of
Surrey, Carpenter and Joiner, 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 relates to an improved apparatus for. the automatic sale and
delivery, by the insertion of a coin of such articles as packets of sweets, tobacco,
boxes of matches or vestas, and other goods packed in like manner, the objects and
advantages of my said invention being that by reason of the goods sold thereby
being delivered at the upper end of the machine, the said machine may stand
upon or near the ground with its top about counter high, instead of in some
elevated position as generally obtains with such machines as hitherto made and
used, the said machine being also constructed and arranged that after the inser-
tion of the necessary coin and the withdrawal of the drawer containing the article
purchased, the said article, although automatically thrown from the said drawer
cannot be secured by the purchaser until the drawer has been again pushed back
into its original. position, which provides, that each purchaser must place the
machine in order for the next purchaser before he or she can obtain the article
so purchased.
In order that the general construction of my said invention and the manner of
its operation may be fully understood I have hereunto appended a sheet of draw-
ings, of which,
Fig. 1 is a front elevation, while Fig. 2 is a back elevation with the back board
removed for the purpose of showing some of the internal mechanism.
Fig. 3 is a vertical section taken upon the line AB of Fig. 1.
Fig. 4 is a plan or top view, while Fig. 5 is an under plan view of the drawer,
when detached from the machine.
Figs. 6 and 7 are enlarged views of the coin operated "mechanism hereinafter
explained.
My invention consists of a long narrow wood or other case A, having
a removable back B, and a glazed front C through which the packets
of articles D on sale
be
may
seen, the said case A being divided
vertically or longitudinally by a wood or other partition E, thus providing two
compartments F and F. The upper end of the partition E carries one or a pair
of pulleys G, preferably a pair as shewn and over these pass a cord H, which sus-
pends in the compartment F¹ a counterbalance weight or weights J, and in the
compartment F a platform K, upon the latter of which is piled the packets of
goods D on sale.
The upper end or top L of the case A is provided with a suitable slot M for
the reception of a coin of predetermined value, which for the purposes of explana-
tion and illustration is assumed to be a penny, and beneath the said slot, and at
the top of the compartment F¹, I provide a pair of metallic jaws N and N¹, each
provided with a spring such as O, the free ends of which abut against the sides
of the case A, and tend to force the said jaws towards each other. The upper
end of the case carries an inverted drawer P, provided with a suitable handle R
by means of which it may be withdrawn, the said drawer having a glass bottom,
(or more correctly speaking top since the drawer is inverted) S, and at its back
end a projection T upon which is formed a pair of shoulders a and a¹ which nor-
mally engage with the jaws N and N' as at Fig. 5, the said jaws thereby prevent-
ing the withdrawal of the drawer until the said jaws are pushed farther apart.

page_text: The capacity of the drawer P is such as to conveniently receive when pushed in
the upper one of the pile of packets D, as illustrated by Fig. 3, the said packets
being fed up thereinto by the action of the weight or weights J.
The upper end of the back of the case is provided with an extension piece V,
in which is formed a pair of holes 6 and 61 by means of which the apparatus may.
be screwed upon any suitable vertical surface, such for instance as the front of a
counter, the lower end of the said case being provided with feet or pins c and c
for entering holes in the ground or floor and steadying the lower end and the
manner of the operation of the apparatus is as follows.
The front of the apparatus is hinged at d and provided with a lock at e, and
by raising the said front and pulling down the platform K, the latter may be
loaded with the packets D as at Fig. 3, and when the downward pressure upon
these is released the weight or weights J immediately raises the platform K and
places the upper one of the pile D up into the inverted drawer R as shewn in the
same figure.
To obtain one of the said packets D a coin would be inserted in the slot M,
and by a slight downward pressure upon the said coin until this rests upon the
projection T of the drawer R, the jaws N and N¹ would be forced apart as at
Fig. 6, thus freeing the said projection T, when the inverted drawer R may be
withdrawn, such withdrawal of R carrying out with it the topmost of the pile of
packets D, which would fall out therefrom into a cup shaped receiver W, (pivot-
ally mounted upon the case A,) as shewn by dotted outline in Fig. 3, the back
end of the drawer while so withdrawn by resting upon the next packet of the
pile, prevents these from rising until the drawer is returned, the said cup being so
formed that, notwithstanding that the customer may see the packet purchased
lying therein the same cannot be taken while the drawer is out.
By reason of the centre of the coin having been pushed below the extensions f
and f upon the jaws N and N' when first inserted, the pressure of the springs (
serve to force the coin in a downward direction directly the projection T is re-
moved by the withdrawal of the drawer, until the said coin rests upon shoulders 9
and upon the said jaws as at Fig. 7, so that when the customer pushes back
the drawer R in order to obtain the packet in the cup W, the back of the drawer T
would collide with the so lowered coin and push this out of the jaws N and N¹,
when the coin would fall into a chute X in the compartment F and be led into
the bottom of the case A, to be collected when next the case is recharged, and
such return of the drawer would place the extension T again between the said
jaws, and these closing behind the shoulders a and a¹ the apparatus would be
thereby again placed in position for the reception of another coin in purchase of
another packet D, and when the said drawer is so returned the next top packet 1)
would enter the said drawer as before by the power of the weight J.
Although I have described and shewn a weight J for operating the upward
feed of the packets D, it is obvious that I may obtain the same effect by the use
of a spiral or other spring or springs, and since the apparatus as described and
shewn is adapted to carry one pile of packets D) only, it is also obvious that any
number of the said machines may be placed and fixed side by side in the front of
a counter, stallboard or other convenient place, each charged with packets D
containing different articles.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is:
1st. The herein described machine or apparatus for the automatic delivery of
packets of goods by the insertion of a coin, the said goods being fed upwardly
by the force of a weight or weights spring or springs and delivered at the upper
end of the machine, substantially as herein set forth and shewn.
2nd. In a coin freed apparatus, the combination of a case such as A, divided
into compartments F and F', the former containing the packets of goods on sale
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page_text: piled upon a platform, such as K connected to a weight or weights such as J or a
spring or springs in lieu of such weight or weights, for feeding the said packets
in an upward direction into an inverted drawer R, the said drawer being kept
locked by a pair of spring jaws N and N¹ until released by the insertion of a
coin in a slot M, with means such as a cup or receiver W for preventing the
withdrawal of the purchased packet until the drawer is replaced and relocked,
such replacement of the drawer operating to release the said coin, substantially
as herein described and shewn.
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1
DOLL
C
1000
GEO, THOS. HYDE,
1, Broad Street Buildings, London, E.C.,
Agent for the Applicant.