Improvements in Coin Freed Apparatus.
Year: 1895

page_text: Improvements in Coin Freed Apparatus.
We, WOLF HEILBRUNN and SIMON BLÜTH Proprietors of the Firm of
K. Heilbrunn Söhne, of 39 Kiebel Strasse, Berlin, Germany, 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 an improved mechanism for actuating coin-freed
apparatuses and consists of the parts hereinafter particularly described and pointed
out in the claims.
And in order to render the present Specification more easily intelligible
reference is had to the accompanying drawings in which similar letters of reference
denote similar parts throughout the several views:
Fig. 1 being a horizontal section through an apparatus constructed according to
the present invention, the parts being in position when the packet has been
projected out of the apparatus and the coin is just on the point of falling down
into the till;
Fig. 2 is a similar section with the parts in inoperative position; and,
Fig. 3 an enlarged detail view showing the operating pin in engagement with the
coin.
As the present invention relates to the operating mechanism only, this part only
of the apparatus is illustrated, the remaining parts being those generally known in
the art.
His the pull bar, by means of which the apparatus is operated, said bar being
coupled to a horizontally guided arm m having a series of pins 3t thereon, which
extend over a second arm n mounted to slide horizontally in the direction of
movement of the bar H. On the arm n are arranged the chutes g for the coin,
said chutes being partially closed at their lower ends by means of a spring pressed
lever f. The spring pressed lever f, which partially closes the lower ends of the
chutes is pivoted at to the bar or arm n and has a forwardly extending tongue f³,
which, when the bar n is coupled to the bar m and drawn out with the same by
means of the bar H, contacts with the front wall of the casing and said tongues
are thereby turned on their pivots and remove the closing lever f from under the
coin, so that the latter can fall through. Before however this takes place the top
part 2 of the coin has pushed the undermost packet of sweets or chocolate out so
that the same falls into the outlet and can be taken up by the buyer. It should be
understood that the packets of sweets or the like are arranged in vertical columns
against the wall of the apparatus one column being above each of the coin
chutes g in such manner that the coin when drawn back with the bar n will push
against the lowest packet of the column with its upper part 2 and force the same
out of the apparatus.
The bars m and n are coupled in the following manner: The coin funnel is of
such size as to allow the coin to project out of the same about half its diameter as
shown in side elevation at Fig. 3, when the bottom of said funnel is closed by
the spring pressed lever f. Thus when a coin is placed in the apparatus and falls
into one of the chutes 9 it remains standing on end as shown at Fig. 3. On pulling
out the lever H in the direction of the arrow Fig. 1, the bar m is advanced and
one of its pins st corresponding to the chutes g in which the coin is lying, will
contact with the extending half 2 of the said coin. Thus the bar n on which the
said chutes are arranged will be coupled to the bar m and be moved outwardly with
the same as shown in Fig. 1 until the tongues f' of the pivoted levers f strike the

page_text: front wall of the apparatus turning the closing spring away from under the funnel and
releasing the coin which can now fall down into the till. The bar m is returned to its
initial position by means of springs / and takes back the barn by means of any suitable
coupling device. During the passage of the barn from its initial position to the
front wall of the apparatus the coin pushes out the undermost packet of the column
above its chute with its projecting half.
The present invention may also be caused to set a musical box going, the bar n
being provided with an arm y for this purpose having a cord passing round a roll r
and connected at its end with the starting lever of a musical works, so that when
the lever or arm n is advanced the musical works will also be wound up and so set
going by means of the arm y and its connecting cord.
The musical works may also be set going alone without necessarily buying a
packet of sweets or the like, by making the coin chute of the said works,, smaller
than the rest and by removing the column of packets over the said chute. Thus
when a smaller coin is placed in the proper slot of the apparatus the same will fall
into the chute of the musical works g₁ and on pulling out the lever H the said
works will be wound up & so set going without however extracting a packet
from the apparatus, the operation being precisely the same as when extracting a
packet.
The two bars m and n are suitably guided horizontally by means of guide sleeves w
as shown at Fig. 1.
From the above description it will be seen that the coupling of the operative
bars m and n as also the displacement of a packet is performed solely by the coin
inserted without any further actuating mechanism whatever, so that coin freed
apparatuses of the present description can be made much more inexpensively
than those hitherto known, according to which a complicated delicate lever
mechanism is employed to free the packets or to effect the desired result. It will
also be evident in the present case that by inserting several coins simultaneously
into the various slots of the apparatus, several packets may be simultaneously
extracted from the same.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what we
claim is :-
:-
(1.) In a coin-freed selling apparatus, the combination of a horizontally sliding
bar n having thereon a series of coin chutes g to receive the inserted coin and
allow the same to project out of the said chute as specified, a horizontally sliding
bar m, having a series of pins to engage the coin of the bar n and actuate the
same and means for returning the parts to their initial position substantially as
described.
.
(2.) In combination with the device covered by Claim (1) an army on the bar n
and cord in connection with the same to actuate a musical works in the manner
and for the purpose substantially as described.
(3.) In combination with the device covered by Claims (1) and (2) a smaller
chute to operate the music works, the column of packets above said chute being
removed, so that the music works may be operated alone for a smaller sum
substantially as described.
(4.) In combination with the device covered by Claim (1) spring pressed levers f
to close the chutes g said levers having tongues f' to contact with the wall of the
apparatus and open the chute ends after the packet bas been displaced by the coin
in the manner and for the purpose substantially as described.
CASTLE SMITH,
"Invention" Office, 54 Fleet Street, London, E.C.,
Agent for the Applicants.