Improvements in Automatic Delivery Boxes or Holders for Matches, Pins, or other Articles, and Applicable for Advertising.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 3rd Sept., 1889
Complete Specification Left, 3rd July, 1890-Accepted, 9th Aug.. 1899
Improvements in Automatic Delivery Boxes or Holders for Matches,
Pins, or other Articles, and Applicable for Advertising.
I, ROBERT CAMPION NEAL of 33 North Church Street in the Borough of
Nottingham, Commission Agent, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be
as follows:-
This invention relates to boxes or holders for automatically delivering one at once
matches pins or other articles and it has for its object improvements in such boxes or
holders so as to deliver its contents in a more perfect manner than heretofore.
In carrying out this invention in a box or casing of convenient size which may be
formed with a suitable base to stand on or so as to be attachable to a wall is a hopper
or receptacle the bottom of which falls towards the front at a sufficient angle to cause
the matches or other articles to fall to that part. The front of the hopper is formed
by an endless band or bands carried on rollers running in bearings formed in or
attached to the casing at or near the upper and lower part of the hopper.
The endless band or bands are provided at suitable intervals with hooks or
projections adapted for taking up one match or other article; the band or bands
may be operated by a knob or other arrangement secured on the end of one of the
rollers projecting through the casing. As the hooks or projections pass over the
upper roller the articles are delivered on to a shoot and passing through a slit
formed in the casing are delivered on to a ledge on the outside; when adapted
for matches this ledge may be provided with a roughened surface on which they may
be struck.
In some cases the endless band may be done away with and a single roller provided
with hooks projections or equivalent used instead; a ratchet wheel and pawl may if
desired be attached to prevent turning in the wrong direction.
An opening provided with a suitable door may be formed at the top or at any
other convenient part of the casing for filling the hopper or receptacle.
For the purpose of advertising the axis of each roller may be extended on the
outside of the casing and provided with rollers over which may pass endless bands
exhibiting advertisements or additional rollers may be used inside the casing over
which an endless band may pass and exhibit successive advertisements before an
opening in the casing provided with a glass front; in this case the rollers may be
driven by a band or other arrangement connecting them to the rollers delivering the
matches.
The apparatus may be adapted for delivering cigars or cigarettes.
By the foregoing arrangement by a slight turn of the knob on the outside of the
casing a match or other article is at once delivered, and as the articles are brought
up on the side of the hopper by the action of the band or roller, if the matches in
the upper part get cross-ways they do not interfere with or stop the delivery.
Dated this 3rd day of September 1889.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Automatic Delivery Boxes or Holders for Matches,
Pins, or other Articles, and Applicable for Advertising.
I. ROBERT CAMPION NEAL, of 33, North Church Street, in the Borough of
Nottingham, Commission Agent, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and
in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascer-
tained in and by the following statement :-
This invention relates to boxes or holders for automatically delivering, one at once,

page_text: matches, pins, or other articles; and it has for its object improvements in such
boxes, or holders, so as to deliver its contents in a more perfect manner than
heretofore.
In carrying out this invention, in a box or casing of convenient size, which may
be formed with a suitable base to stand on, or so as to be attachable to a wall, is a
hopper, or receptacle, the bottom of which falls towards the front, at a sufficient angle
to cause the matches or other articles to fall to that point. The front of the hopper
is formed by an endless hand, or bands, carried on rollers running in bearings
formed in, or attached to, the casing, at or near the upper and lower part of the
hopper.
The endless band, or bands, are provided at suitable intervals with hooks, or
projections, adapted for taking up one match, or other article. The band, or bands,
may be operated by a knob, or other arrangement, secured on the end of one of the
rollers projecting through the casing. As the hooks, or projections, pass over the
upper roller, the articles are delivered on to a shoot; and, passing through a slit
formed in the casing, are delivered on to a ledge on the outside. When adapted for
matches, this ledge may be provided with a roughened surface on which they may be
struck.
In some cases, the endless band may be done away with, and a single roller
provided with hooks, projections, or their equivalent, used instead. A ratchet wheel
and pawl may, if desired, be attached to prevent turning in the wrong direction.
An opening provided with a suitable door may be formed at the top, or at any
other convenient part, of the casing, for filling the hopper, or receptacle.
For the purpose of advertising, the axis of each roller may be extended on the
outside of the casing, and provided with rollers, over which may pass endless bands
exhibiting advertisements; or, additional rollers may be used inside the casing, over
which an endless band may pass and exbibit successive advertisements before an
opening in the casing provided with a glass front. In the latter case, the rollers may
be driven by a band, or other arrangement, connecting them to the rollers delivering
the matches.
The apparatus may be adapted for delivering cigars or cigarettes.
By the foregoing arrangement, by a slight turn of the knob on the outside of the
casing, a match, or other article, is at once delivered; and, as the articles are
brought up on the side of the hopper by the action of the band, or roller, if the
matches in the upper part get crossways, they do not interfere with, or stop, the
delivery.
In order that my invention, and the means by which the same is to be carried into
practical effect, may be thoroughly understood, I will now describe the same in
detail, referring in so doing to the accompanying figures which are to be taken as
part of this specification and read therewith.
Fig. 1 is a sectional side elevation taken on the line A-B of Fig. 3.
Fig. 2 is a transverse section taken on the line C-D of Fig. 1.
Fig. 3 is a front elevation part of the casing being broken away.
E is the casing; and E¹, a hinged lid. "F, F° are a pair of rollers, and F¹ an
endless band around them.
His the incline upon which the stock of articles-matches in the application of my
invention illustrated in the drawings-lie; and it is the weight of the articles per se
which suffices to roll them down the incline to the adjacent face of the band.
I, I are hooks arranged in lines across the band. Suitable cavities are cut in the
bottom edge of the incline to allow of the passage of the hooks.
J is a knob on one of the rollers by which it is rotated, and the band F
traversed.
K is the shoot upon which the articles drop one by one from the respective
lines of hooks, and down which they roll through the slit L in the front of the
casing.
M is a drawer into which any articles dropped down the shoot, and not used, may
be returned.

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 declare that what I
claim is :-
1. The combination of hooks, incline, and shoot, as set forth.
2. The combination of roller, incline, shoot, and advertisement bands as set
forth.
Dated tins or day by
PHILLIPS & LEIGH,
22, Southampton Buildings, Chancery Lane, W.C.,
Agents for the Applicant.
PHILLIPS & LEIGH,
22, Southampton Buildings, Chancery Lane, W.C.,
Agents for the Applicant.