Improvements in Apparatus for the Reception of Coin and the Automatic Delivery of Goods in Exchange therefor.
Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 6th May, 1887
Complete Left, 6th Feb., 1888
Complete Accepted, 9th Mar., 1888
Improvements in Apparatus for the Reception of Coin and the
Automatic Delivery of Goods in Exchange therefor.
I, ROBERT WILLOUGHBY VINING of 26 Cable Street, Liverpool Engineer, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention to be as follows :-
The general construction of the box and mechanism of my present invention are
similar to those described in the provisional specification accompanying the application
for Letters Patent of myself and one William Phillips Thompson No. 12,529 dated
October 2nd 1886.
The object of the present invention is to adapt the apparatus described in the
provisional specification to the delivery of post cards, photographs and other objects of
a similar nature.
To the clockwork described in the said provisional specification is connected a
slide on rollers if required, provided with preferably two spring cams of about the
thickness of the card or other article. As the slide moves forward under the
influence of the clockwork the claws draw out the lowest of the weighted pile of cards,
the claws being returned to their normal position by the clockwork after the card is
delivered.
To indicate when the last card is delivered I provide a slot in the case or hopper
which contains the pile and in the slot is a spring or equivalent which when the last
card is withdrawn, enters the hopper and closes the money slot of the case by a
shutter with which it is connected.
The slide and bottom of the hopper may be made semi-circular or curved instead of
flat if desired, and this apparatus may be adapted to deliver a variety of articles such
as match-boxes, sweets, packets of tobacco, books or pamphlets and the like.
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page_text: Improvements in Apparatus for the Reception of Coin and the
Automatic Delivery of Goods in Exchange therefor.
I, ROBERT WILLOUGHBY VINING, of 26 Cable Strect, Liverpool, in the County of
Lancaster, 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 relates to apparatus for receiving payments and delivering goods in
exchange therefor, and more especially to apparatus of that kind or class described in
the specification accompanying the application for Letters Patent of myself and
William Phillips Thompson, No. 12529, dated October 2nd, 1886.
The object of the present invention is to adapt the apparatus described in the said
specification to the delivery of post-cards, photographs and similar objects or articles.
In the accompanying drawing I have shown how my said invention can be
conveniently and advantageously carried into practice.
Figure 1 is a side elevation of one form of my improved apparatus, a part of the
casing being removed, and
Figure 2 is a plan of the said apparatus, the top or cover being removed.
Like letters indicate corresponding parts throughout the drawing.
A is the case or box of the apparatus, B is the receptacle for post-cards or the like,
C is the receptacle for the coin, D is the frame carrying the clockwork and other
parts of the device, E is the aperture for inserting the coin or coins into the apparatus.
a is a fusee or barrel containing a spring a similar to that used in clockworks.
b, bare metal plates provided with distance pieces and attached to the wood or
other frame which is preferably constructed so as to slide into the case or box A.
The fusee or barrel a is, moreover, provided with a spindle a² carried in suitable
bearings in the plates b, and a ratchet-wheel c, a pawld and a spring e for preventing
the spindle a from running back whilst winding up the said spring a'. The barrel a
las, moreover, a toothed wheel which, by means of the pinion g and the
intermediate toothed wheel fixed upon the spindle and carried by the plates 6 6,
and the pinion i, transmits motion to the crank spindle j also carried in suitable
bearings in the plates b, band having at one end an escapement wheel k gearing with
a suitable escapement 7, and at the other extremity a disc m and a crank n.
disc m ha a projection m¹ which normally engages with the catch o fixed upon the
spindle o carried by the plates b, 1. One extremity of the spindle o¹ passes through
the plate and the frame D, and has a lever p fixed upon the same, the extremity of the
said lever is situated directly under the chute q through which the coins pass from the
aperture E. The lever is normally supported by a spiral or other spring p¹ in
such a manner that the said catch o engages with the projection m¹ upon the disc m und
thus prevents the movement of the clockwork from-netuating. Upon inserting the
proper sized coin or coius into the apparatus through the aperture E, the said coin or
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page_text: coins pass down the chute and dropping upon the lever depress it, and thereby
elevate the catch o sufficiently to allow the projection m¹ to pass the same, and
therefore the disc m and the crank n to make one revolution. The crank n engages
in a slot in an arm or lever attached to the spindles which is carried by the
brackets fixed to the plate b, and in a suitable bearing provided in the frame D.
The upper extremity of the arm or lever is connected by means of a connecting
rod to a lugupon a slide piece arranged to move freely in slides . Thus
when the crank n makes one revolution it transmits through the slot r, the arm or
lever, and the connecting rod 2 reciprocating movement to the slide piece t, which
carries upon its upper surface a spring claw or claws t¹ projecting through the slot u
into the receptacle B for post-cards or other articles. The slide-piece t is provided,
moreover, on its under side with another lug or projection t' to which is fixed a cross
piece or cross bar to which bears against the side pieces of the door or shutter v.
The side pieces are pivoted at * to the slides t*, and the said slide or shutter v¹
is normally held in a closed position by a spring which bears against a pin *
upon the side piece v. When the slide piocet and the claw or claws t¹ are moved
forward during half a revolution of the crank n for the delivery of the post card or
other article, the cross piece or cross bar t³ bears against the inclined surfaces of the
side pieces and lowers the door or shutter v¹, thus permitting the post card, or other
article to be projected through the aperture sufficiently far to be easily extracted
by the person actuating the mechanism by means of the proper sized coin or coins.
The receptacle B is provided moreover with a sliding plate w which can be fixed by
means of the thumb nut w and the screw threaded stud w² in any position so as to
regulate the size of the aperture according to the thickness of the article to be
delivered. A plate or weight is placed upon the top of the post-cards or other
articles in the receptacle B. This plate or weight is provided with projections &
which bear against the brass strips 2 upon the said receptacle B, and with further
projections, which engage during the descent of the said plate or weight.c with
a bar y in the recess y' in the receptacle B. The bar У is attached to a spindle y
which passes through the frame D, and has fixed upon its other extremity an arm or
lever y³ connected to a disc y (which is pivoted behind the aperture E) by means of
a connecting rod y³. The disc y' has a portion y of its periphery cut away in such a
manner that when the said portion y is brought opposite the aperture É a coin or
coins can be passed through the same and pass down the chute y, and from thence on
to the arm or lever p releasing the clock work mechanism in the manner hereinbefore
described, and falling into the coin receptacle C. The arm or lever y³ is provided
with a spring y which acts in such a manner upon the same as to have a constant
tendency to keep the disc y* normally in such a position as to prevent the introduction
of coin through the aperture E, but the bar y is maintained in a vertical position by
the projections, x* and thus keeps the disc y in the other position, that is to say,
with the portion y towards the aperture E, until the last post card or other article
has been delivered from the receptacle B, when the bar is released from the
projections,, and the disc resumes its normal position, that is to say, closes the
aperture E.
If a coin or coins not of the proper size are inserted through the aperture E they
will not pass down the chute q but will fall into the receptacle placed underneath a
portion of the said chute 1, and through which the said improper sized coins are
arranged to drop.
I provide moreover a catch for locking the money or coin receptacle (which can
be actuated by means of a rod from the top of the case or box when the lid or cover
is open.
The lid or cover is also provided with a suitable lock for securing the same.
The slide and bottom of the hopper may be made semi-circular or curved instead of
flat if desired, and this apparatus may be adapted to deliver a variety of articles such
as match-boxes, sweets, packets of tobacco, books or pamphlets and the like.
The spring claw above described may be advantageously used in apparatus of the
kind or class herein referred to wherein the delivery slide or sliding piece is actuated
by hand or by other mechanism than that hereinbefore described.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed I wish it understood
that I claim:-
First. In apparatus for the purpose above specified, the use, in combination with a
suitable receptacle for the post-cards or other articles, of one or more spring claws or
equivalent devices attached to a sliding piece arranged to be actuated by means of
clockwork on the insertion of a coin into the apparatus, as and for the purpose
specified.
Second: The combination of a spring claw with a sliding piece for effecting the
delivery of the post cards or other articles.
Third. The improved means hereinbefore described for closing the coin-aperture
when the last post-card or other article has been delivered.
Fourth. The employment of a door or shutter for closing the aperture through
which the post-cards or other articles are to be delivered, and means whereby the
said dcor or shutter will be opened and closed in the reciprocating motion of the
sliding piece, substantially as, and for the purposes, set forth.
Fifth. The improved apparatus consisting of the parts constructed and combined
substantially as described with reference to the accompanying drawing and operating
as, and for the purpose, specified.
Dated this 6th day of February 1888.
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45, Southampton Buildings, London,
Agents for the Applicant.