Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 19th Feb., 1887
Complete Left, 19th Nov., 1887
Complete Accepted, 13th Jan., 1883
I FREDERICK FOSTER of Niagara Works Eagle Wharf Road Hoxton in the County
of Middlesex Engineer do. hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
:-
This invention relates to receptacles from which by the introduction of a coin of
a specified size such for example as a penny piece, articles offered for sale may be
obtained.
The object of my invention is to cause the prepaid articles to be delivered auto-
matically immediately upon the introduction of the coin without any further operation
on the part of the purchaser.
For this purpose I mount upon a horizontal axis a drum having upon its periphery
a number of recesses corresponding in size with the articles required to be delivered
from the apparatus.
By means of a pulley, weight and cord the said drum is capable of turning upon
its axis whenever a latch by which it is locked is released by means of an intending
purchaser introducing the required coin into the apparatus.
The articles to be delivered are arranged in a vertical channel above the drum and
pass one by one into the recesses in the drum as the same come into position by the.
revolution of the drum. Or they may be below the drum and be retained in position
tor feeding to the drum by means of pressure upon them exerted constantly by
arrangement of springs or a weight or weights attached to a cord or cords passing
over pullies.
The latch which prevents the operation of the apparatus except upon the intro-
duction of the required coin, consists of a bolt entering the side of the drum
horizontally at a point near the circumference.
The said latch or bolt is fitted in guides and is urged by a spring. It has a money
slit in it capable of passing the required coin but cut in such a position as not to
coincide with the money slit in the outer case of the apparatus. By this means a coin
being placed in the money slit will not fall through but upon slight pressure it will
(taking a support against a side guide) bring the money slit in the latch or bolt to

page_text: coincide in position with the money slit in the outer case and at the point at which
the outer edge of the coin is so nearly level with the surface at the money slit that the
coin could not then be withdrawn, the latch or bolt is released and the drum moves.
By the movement of the drum the latch or bolt is further withdrawn so as to release
the coin to allow it to fall into the money.till and allow the latch or bolt to detain the
drum by locking it at the next division. The money slit in the latch or bolt is such
that the part against which the coin operates to withdraw the latch or bolt is formed
as a knife edge against which the required coin is guided and at the sides of which
any thin article may pass.
The drum is to be enclosed by an outer casing in which an opening is made
through which the articles travelling upon the drum are alternately delivered and
received upon a small shelf or plate placed at a convenient height and angle for
delivering the prepaid article to the purchaser.
As the coin falls through to the till it comes in contact with a gong or bell so as
to call attention to the operation of the apparatus and attract bystanders.
Dated this 18th day of February 1887

page_text: I FREDERICK FOSTER of Niagara Works Eagle Wharf Road Hoxton 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 :—
This invention relates to receptacles from which by the introduction of a coin
of a specified size such for example as a penny piece articles offered for sale may be
obtained.
The object of my invention is to cause the prepaid articles to be delivered auto-
matically immediately upon the introduction of the coin without any further operation
on the part of the purchaser.
For this purpose I mount upon a horizontal axis a drum having upon its periphery
a number of recesses corresponding in size with the articles required to be delivered
from the apparatus.
By means of a pulley, weight and cord the said drum is capable of turning upon its
axis whenever a latch or bolt by which it is locked is released by means of an
intending purchaser introducing the required coin into the apparatus.
The articles to be delivered are arranged in a vertical channel above the drum and
pass one by one into the recesses in the drum as the same come into position by the
revolution of the drum or they may be below the drum and be retained in position
for feeding to the drum by means of pressure upon them exerted constantly by an
arrangement of springs or a weight or weights attached to a cord or cords passing
over pullies.
The drum is to be enclosed by an outer casing in which an opening is made through
which the articles travelling upon the drum are successively delivered and received
upon a small shelf or plate placed at a convenient height an angle for delivering the
prepaid article to the purchaser.
As the coin falls through to the till it comes in contact with a gong or bell so as to
call attention to the operation of the apparatus and attract by-standers.
In my provisional specification I have described an arrangement of bolt or latch
for releasing and detaining the drum as required but I have found the same not to
satisfactorily answer the purpose in practice especially from want of security against
operating the mechanism otherwise than with the required coin. In order therefore
to complete the apparatus it will be necessary to adopt any known or patented
arrangement for setting the drum in motion and detaining it as required and in order
that iny invention may be more fully understood I will proceed to describe a machine
made in accordance with the foregoing description reference being had to the
accompanying drawings in which Fig. 1 is a side elevation and Fig. 2 an end
elevation.
In both the figures the same reference letter indicates the same part.
The articles for sale are packed one upon the other in the vertical channel shewn

page_text: at A Figs. 1 and 2 the lowermost one resting in the recess B upon the periphery of
the drum C in readiness to be carried forward with the drum C when the same is put
in motion by the weight D attached by a cord passing over the pulley E.
The pulley E is connected with the drum by a ratchet wheel and pawl F so that
the weight D may be wound up without affecting the position of the drum C but will
rotate the drum C together with the pulley E when the weight D descends.
In order to wind up the weight D a key may be inserted at W Fig. 2 to fit on a
square part of the axle with which the pulley E with ratchet wheel F is rigidly
connected.
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
In automatic coin freed apparatus for the delivery of prepaid articles, a drum
arranged to receive and deliver successively one at a time articles or packets of
articles stacked one upon the other in a vertical channel substantially as described.
Dated this 19th day of November 1887.