Automatically Delivering Cigars, Cigarettes, Sweets, or other such like Small Parcels.
Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 1st Dec., 1887
Complete Specification Left, 30th Aug.. 1888
Complete Specification Accepted, 9th Nov., 1888
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Automatically Delivering Cigars, Cigarettes, Sweets, or other such
like Small Parcels.
EDWARD THOMSON Engineer 16 Torbay Road Kilburn London N.W. do hereby
declare the nature of this invention to be as follows :-
My Invention is designed to deliver from a Box either cigarettes, cigars, sweet-
meats or any kind of package upon payment of the necessary coin.
For this purpose I make a shoot into which the coin is placed and the coin falls
between two stops, one of these stops is a fixture, the other is fitted upon what I shall
call the actuating arm this arm is pivoted at one end above. the stop and is capable of
moving away from the fixed stop when the coin is forced through between them-
upon the other end is fitted a pin which is made to move first a bar pivoted upon its
centre and this bar actuates two slides moving in opposite directions. On these slides
are fitted two pins or other devices the object of which is to grip or lock the last but
one package in the case and prevent its coming out of the Box.-The further move-
ment of the actuating arm pin then moves another arm which is pivoted at one end
and at the other end having a slot or other suitable device for opening a trap upon
which trap the last package is resting and which trap when opened allows the package
to fall out--I can also obtain the same locking and opening of trap by means of a
tooth wheel geared into two racks one on each side and by revolving this wheel the
racks will move inwards and grip the package-or I may move the slides of the
locking device by means of two cranks actuated by a bar capable of moving in one
direction at the same time, a further movement of which can be made to open either
a slide or trap for the delivery of goods.
Dated this 1st day of December 1887.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Automatically Delivering Cigars, Cigarettes, Sweets, or other such
like Small Parcels.
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I, EDWARD THOMSON, of 16 Torbay Road, Kilburn, in the County of Middlesex,
Engineer" 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 is designed to deliver from a box, either cigarettes, cigars, sweetmeats,
or any kind of package upon payment of the necessary coin..
For this purpose I make a shute I, see Figure 5 into which the coin is placed after
passing through the slot A¹ in the side of the frame, and the coin falls between two
stops, Land J one of these stops is a fixture, the other is fitted upon what I shall
call the actuating arm H this arm is pivoted at one end above the stop and is capable of
noving away from the fixed stop when a coin is forced through between them, upon the
other end is fitted a pin which pin is made to move first a bar pivoted upon its centre
and, this bar actuates two slides S, S, moving in opposite directions, upon these slides
are fitted pins U, U, or other device the object of which is to grip or lock the last but
one package, cigar, cigarette or the like in the case and prevent it coming out of the
box, the further movement of the actuating arm pin then moves another arm which is
pivoted at one end, and at the other end having a slot or other suitable device for
opening a trap upon which said trap the last package, cigar, cigarette or the like is
resting, and which said trap when opened allows the package, cigar, cigarette or the
like to fall out, as in figure 5.
If preferable I can also obtain the same locking of package and opening of trap by
making a toothed wheel, a, geared into two racks S₁, S¹, one on each side and by
revolving this wheel the racks or ratchets will move inwards and grip the package
by raising the lifting bar N as in figure 4. or I may move the slides of the locking
device by means of a crank actuated by a bar capable of moving in one direction or
by a plate C, having curved slots at the same time a further movement of the bar N
can be made to open either a slide or trap or other suitable device for delivering the
goods, as in figure 6.
And in order that my invention may be thoroughly understood, I now proceed to
describe the accompanying drawings thereof, reference being had to letters and
figures marked thereon.
Figure 1. represents the elevation of the back portion of the interior mechanism
after the back plate is removed.
The hinged cover at top marked A when open releases the front door and allows
the articles to be passed down into the case, and to secure the door the lid is locked at
the side marked B. The coin marked K.is put in the slot A, and passes down the
shute I and rests against the fixed stop L so that by pressing inwards the plunger E,
the actuating arm H carrying the pin J working in a slot forces the coin between the

page_text: fixed stop L' and a projecting stop N¹ on the lifting bar N thereby lifting the bar N
upwards; the coin having passed through drops into a box O, and the necessary
springs draw the apparatus back into its normal position. The lifting bar when
forced upwards by the aforesaid motion works the lever arms R, R, which draw the
slides S, S, inwards, the spike or pins U, U, being then forced into the ends of
the cigar, cigarette or the like. The lifting bar is connected at the bottom with the
hinge W, of the trap V, by pivot C, and opens the trap as the lifting bar rises.
The arrows indicate the travel of the coin, in its descent into the box O.
Figure 2. denotes the front elevation of the case to a smaller scale.
Figure 3. represents the side view.
Figure 4. is a view of the ratchet slide bars, worked by the toothed wheel a.
The driving pinion is operated on by the action of raising the lifting bar N.
Figure 5. represents the mechanism of the apparatus when constructed to force the
plunger downwards from the top, to drive the coin between the two stops, and thus
putting the machine into action.
Figure 6. is a view of a plate with curved slots to work the slide bars inwards, by
raising the lifting bar N. Like letters refer to like parts in each of the figures.
A the top lid. B the outer case. C the glass frame. D glass. E plunger.
F spring. G back of inner case. H actuating arın. I shute. J pin. K coin.
I fixed stop or buffer. M spring. N lifting bar. Û cash box. P cross lever.
Qcurved lever. R, R lever arms. S, S, slides with the spikes or pins. U, U, pins
or spikes. V trap. W hinge. ✗ receptacle. Y hinge. A slot for coin.
B¹ lock.
arm to trap. a, the toothed wheel to work the ratchet slide bars S¹. 6 the driving
pinion. S¹, S, the ratchet slide bars with the spikes. L' fixed stop. N¹ projecting
stop. lower arm to open trap. C³ plate with curved or straight slots.
Having now fully described the nature and object of my invention and the
manner in which the same is to be performed, I claim as new and novel the
following
--
First: The combination of the apparatus, to permit the delivering automatically
from a box, either cigars, cigarettes, sweetmeats, or any kind of package upon
depositing the necessary coin in the slot at the side of the case, substantially as herein
described and according to the accompanying drawings.
:
Secondly The combination of the apparatus, and the mechanism of the actuating
arm being capable of moving away from the fixed stop when a coin is forced through
between them, to work the pin at the other end, to first move a bar, pivoted upon its
centre which bar actuates two slides moving in opposite directions, and the two pins
on the said slides, to grip or lock the last but one, cigar, cigarette, package or the
like, and to prevent any more coming out of the box than the one at the bottom of
the tier, substantially as herein described and according to the accompanying
drawings.
:
Thirdly I claim the mechanism of the actuating arm, to force the gripping pins
into the object before the lever arm connected to the trap comes into action, so that
by this means the one at the bottom falls through the trap only, as the last but one is
held by the grip of the two pins, one at each end of the object, substantially as herein
described and according to the accompanying drawings.
:
Fourthly I claim the advantage of my invention over all others now in use, as it
will deliver packets of tobacco, sweets, and the like, of any shape or size, substantially
as herein described.
Dated this 30th day of August 1888.
EDWARD THOMSON,
Applicant.