Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 18th Apr., 1887
Complete Left, 18th Jan., 1888
Complete Accepted, 24th Feb., 1888
I, FERDINAND MOSSER, of 18, Leicester Square, in the county of Middlesex,
Merchant do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to the construction of an apparatus whereby in exchange for
a coin or the like inserted in the apparatus the muscular power of the person using
the apparatus will be indicated and an article or articles such as a cigarette, a cigar
or the like will be automatically presented.
For this purpose I make use of a suitable case in which I place a locking lever
which normally engages with a spring sliding bar extending outside the case and
which is pulled or drawn by the person wishing to test his muscular power; the
sliding bar carries a rack which engages with a pinion on the arbor of the indicator;
a slot and a shoot are provided for allowing the coin to be introduced into the
apparatus and conducted into such a position that it rests on and is supported by
the arbor of the indicator and the edge of a slotted plate on the spring sliding bar; the
locking lever is provided with a pin or projection situated in front of the coin in such
a position that when the spring sliding bar is operated the lever will be raised by the
coin and thereby release the sliding bar. The rear end of the spring sliding bar
carries a rod or rods extending downwards therefrom and bent at a right angle the
horizontal portion of each rod being opposite a tube or its equivalent leading outside
the case; between the said tube and the pendent rod is a box containing the articles
to be delivered; the box is formed with an opening in the front of a suitable size to
allow of the passage of one or more of the said articles and there is also an opening
in the back of the box to admit the pendent rod when the spring sliding bar is operated
so as to deliver one or more of the articles contained in the box through the tube and
outside the case of the apparatus.

page_text: By this construction a coin must be placed in the money slot of the apparatus by
the person wishing to test his muscular power the said coin will as hereinbefore
described unlock the spring sliding bar as the latter is pulled out and the power
exerted will be indicated and at the same time one or more of the articles in the box
will be delivered outside the apparatus.
G. F. REDFERN,
4, South Street, Finsbury, London,
Agent for the Applicant.
An Apparatus for Indicating Muscular Power and Delivering Goods
in Exchange for a Coin or the like.
I, FERDINAND MOSSER, of 18, Leicester Square, in the county of Middlesex,
Merchant, 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 the construction of an apparatus whereby in exchange for
a coin or the like inserted in the apparatus the muscular power of the person using
the apparatus will be indicated and in addition an article or articles such as a cigarette,
a cigar, or the like can be automatically delivered.
For this purpose I make use of a suitable case in which I place a locking lever
which normally engages with a spring sliding bar extending outside the case and
which is pulled or drawn by the person wishing to test his muscular power; the
sliding bar carries a rack which engages with a pinion on the arbor of the indicator ;
a slot and a shoot are provided for allowing the coin to be introduced into the
apparatus and conducted into such a position that it rests on and is supported by the
arbor of the indicator and the edge of a slotted plate on the spring sliding bar;
the locking lever is provided with a pin or projection situated in front of the coin in
such a position that when the spring sliding bar is operated the lever will be raised by
the coin and thereby release the sliding bar.
When in addition to indicating the muscular power of the person using the
apparatus, it is required to deliver an article or articles, the rear end of the spring
sliding bar carries a rod or rods extending downwards therefrom and bent at a right
angle the horizontal portion of each rod being opposite a tube or its equivalent
leading outside the case; between the said tube and the pendent rod is a box or boxes
containing the articles to be delivered; the box is formed with an opening in the

page_text: front of a suitable size to allow of the passage of one or more of the said articles and
there is also an opening in the back of the box to admit the pendent rod when the
spring sliding bar is operated so as to deliver one or more of the articles contained in
the box through the tube and outside the case of the apparatus.
In order to enable my invention to be fully understood I will proceed to describe
how it can be carried into practice by reference to the accompanying drawing in
which Figure 1 is a rear elevation partly in section of an apparatus constructed
according to my invention for indicating the muscular power exerted by the grip of
the hand and for delivering goods in exchange for a coin or the like; figure 2 is a
front elevation of the apparatus ; figure 3 is a central longitudinal section of the same
the boxes containing the articles to be delivered being removed for the sake of
clearness; figure 4 is a plan of the apparatus partly in section; figures 5 and 6 are
elevations drawn to a larger scale illustrating more clearly a portion of the interior
mechanism and its action; figure 7 is a plan partly in section of figure 6. Similar
letters in all the figures represent similar parts.
a
a is the case of the apparatus which is provided with a stand b whereby it can be
fixed in any suitable place where it is intended to be used; c is the locking lever
which is hinged at d to the frame e of the mechanism; fis the sliding bar carrying a
projection or stop 9 with which the locking lever c engages when the parts of the
apparatus are in their normal or closed position; the inner end of the sliding bar f,
is T-shaped and carries two spring-compressing rods g', g' working through holes in
the frame e; the springs h, h form the resistance to the force exerted when using the
machine; the sliding bar extends outside the case a where it is provided with a
handle adapted to be grasped by the fingers, a fixed bracket j serving as a
resistance for the palm of the hand whilst the fingers pull the bar f and compress the
springs h, h; k is the rack on the sliding bar f, and is the pinion on the arbor m, of
the indicating hand n, with which pinion the rack k engages; o is the dial outside the
case a, over which the hand n moves, the dial being marked with suitable divisions
and figures representing degrees of muscular force; the arbor m passes through
slot p in the sliding bar f and this slot allows of the bar being moved over the arbor;
q is the slot in the case a through which the coin is introduced into the apparatus
and is the shoot for conducting the coin onto the arbor m, by which arbor and the
edges of a slotted plate t on the bar f, the coin is then supported edgewise as shewn
in figures 3 and 5, u representing the coin; is the pin or projection on the locking
lever c which pin, when the coin is in the position just referred to, is situated
immediately in front of the coin as shewn in figure 5; directly however the sliding
bar is operated the coin bears underneath the pin v and raises the locking lever as
indicated in figure 6 and thereby releases the sliding bar; w, w¹ represent the rods
which are fixed to the sliding bar f and extend downwards therefrom and are bent at
a right angle as shewn clearly in figure 3; a and a¹ are the tubes leading outside the
case a as shewn in Figure 1, and situated opposite the horizontal portions of the
rods w and w; y and y¹ are the boxes containing the articles to be delivered, the said
boxes being placed between the tubes a, and x², and pendent rods w and w₁; the boxes
are placed in an outer case from which they can be removed and replaced through
an opening in the case a, closed by a door a¹ (figure 1) having a suitable lock so as to
allow of their being supplied with the articles b' to be delivered; c¹ in figure 1
represents one of the openings in the front of the boxes which is here shewn of a size
to allow of the passage of one of the said articles; d¹ is the opening in the back of
the box to admit the pendent rod w when the spring sliding bar fis operated, holes el
and f being made in the case z corresponding with the openings c¹ and d¹ to allow
of the delivery of the article through the tube and outside the case a.
By this construction the boxes y and y', having been supplied with articles, such
for example as cigarettes and cigars respectively, in order to make use of the apparatus
a coin must be placed in the money slot q, when it will pass as before described onto
the arbor m of the indicating hand n and edges of the slotted plate t as shewn in
Figure 5; the person desiring to test his muscular power can now do so as directly
the sliding bar f commences to move outwards the edges of the plate t, bearing

page_text: against the edge of the coin u will cause the latter to ride up over the arbor m; in
doing this the coin will bear against the pin v and thereby force the locking lever c
upwards into the position shewn in figure 6, the sliding bar f meanwhile having been
unlocked; as the sliding bar continues its outward movement the coin u will be
moved off its support m and will then fall through the sloted plate t, to the bottom of
the case a; in proportion to the extent of movement of the bar f, the hand n will be
moved over the dial o by the rack k operating the pinion thereby indicating the
amount of muscular power exerted; the sliding bar fin moving outwards will carry
with it the rods w and w¹ which I have shewn in the drawing made of unequal
lengths; by forming them in this manner it will be obvious that if only a moderate
amount of power be exerted only the longer rod w will deliver an article from its
box y; if however sufficient power be exerted the shorter rod w¹, will also deliver an
article from its box y¹ and the person using the apparatus will not only have had his
strength tested in exchange for a coin but will have had an article or articles presented
to him; upon releasing the handle i it is evident that the sliding barf will be carried
'back into its locked position by the springs h, h and cannot be again operated until
another coin has been inserted in the apparatus.
It will be obvious that the apparatus can be arranged to indicate the muscular
power exerted by a person when pulling in an upward or other direction or when
bringing or squeezing together two handles, it being only necessary to adapt
mechanism suitable for these operations to the spring sliding bar f. It will also be
obvious that instead of the springs h, h, cylinders containing compressed air may be
employed.
Although I have described and shewn my apparatus for indicating muscular power
combined with an arrangement whereby an article or articles is or are automatically
delivered when the apparatus is used for testing muscular power, it is to be
understood that I do not confine myself to its use in combination with such
arrangement.
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 manufacture and use of an apparatus so constructed and arranged that on a
proper coin or the like being inserted in the apparatus a person making use of the
apparatus for testing his muscular power will effect the automatic delivery of a
cigarette, a cigar, or other article, the muscular power exerted being at the same time
indicated substantially as hereinbefore described and illustrated in the accompanying
drawings.
2. The improved apparatus for indicating muscular power and delivering goods in
exchange for a coin or the like as hereinbefore described and illustrated in the
accompanying drawings.
3. In apparatus for indicating muscular power, the arrangement of mechanism
wherein a coin or its equivalent is employed to raise a locking lever and thereby
allow the apparatus to be used, in the manner substantially as hereinbefore described
with reference to figures 3, 5 and 6 of the accompanying drawings.
Dated the 18th day of January 1888.
G. F. REDFERN, & Co.,
4, South Street, Finsbury, London,
Agents for the Applicant.