A New or Improved Coin Freed Apparatus for Displaying Cards or the like.
Year: 1893

page_text: A New or Improved Coin Freed Apparatus for Displaying Cards or
the like.
I, FREDERIC JOHN FORSTER of 10 Royal Exchange Middlesborough York
Chartered Accountant 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 :-
This invention relates to a coin freed apparatus or machine for exposing to view
one or more desired cards or the like, upon the insertion of a coin or coins in a slot
or slots corresponding to the card or cards which it is desired to expose to view
and the same is carried out in the following manner reference being had to the
annexed drawings in which :-
Figure 1 is a sectional side elevation of an apparatus constructed according to
my invention.
Figure 2 front elevation, part of the casing being removed for purposes of
clearness.
Figure 3 plan view of same.
Referring to Figure 1, a is the outer casing, m is a bracket fixed to the support n.
To this bracket m are pivoted the levers L, L', L' to which the cards K, K¹, K'
to be exposed are attached by connecting cords or wires 1. To the other ends of
these levers the tippers f, and fare attached. These tippers, f¹, f' are
rectangular boxes open at the top and end f' and having an aperture in their
bottoms of a size to allow a coin of a less diameter than that desired to be used to
fall through, such, for instance as a half-penny when a penny is the desired coin.
g are levers pivoted at h to a convenient support and shaped approximately as
shown; the curved portion controlling the movement of same by coming into contact
with the support A when the mechanism is in operation. e is a bucket having a
hinged bottom e¹ controlled and normally kept in its closed position by a counterpoise 2.
This bucket e is carried by a lever c, pivoted at 1 to a support b and having a
counterpoise or weight d adjustably attached to same and adjusted by set screw v
& slot v is a curved stop piece or spring for opening the bottom e¹ of the
bucket e when at its lower position.
The working is as follows:-
When a coin is inserted in the tipper f through the aperture ;, the tipper f falls,
at the same time raising the card K to be exposed through the aperture 3, and the
edge of the coin strikes the lever g thus lifting the coin out of the aperture in the
bottom of the tipper f. The coin then falls into the bucket e and causes same to
fall until the counterbalance 2 comes into contact with the stop piece p thus
opening the bottom of the bucket e and allowing the coin to fall into the
receptacle through the aperture 8. The weight d now causes the bucket e to return
to its initial position, the tipper f is again raised through the bucket e striking and
operating the lever g and thus returning the card or shutter and so on.
Various objects may be displayed. I find it convenient to display a card having
numbers thereon on the front of the apparatus so that a number which may be
mentally thought of may be found by reference to key cards which are exhibited
by the insertion of a coin and so exposing the key cards as desired.
It will be
seen that as many cards as there are tippers may be employed and exposed upon
inserting a coin in the slot corresponding to the card it is desired to exhibit.
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page_text: 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 :-
:-
1. The combined arrangement and construction of the various parts substantially
as described and set forth herein.
2. In coin freed apparatus, one or more levers carrying shutters or cards at one
end and coin tippers or receptacles at the other; a tilting lever carrying a bucket
having a movable botton controlled by a counterpoise, said lever being controlled
by a counterbalance; a stop piece operating said movable bottom, all substantially
as described and illustrated herein and for the purpose set forth.
Dated this 2nd day of June 1893.
E. EATON,
Agent for Applicant.