Improvements in Coin Freed Apparatus.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 9th Sept., 1891
Complete Specification Left, 4th June, 1892-Accepted, 9th Sept., 1892
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Coin Freed Apparatus.
We, JOHN MACINTOSH MACKAY MUNRO, of 136 Bothwell Street, Glasgow,
Electrical Engineer, and MUNRO'S ELECTRICAL MANUFACTURING COMPANY
LIMITED, 9 Holland Place Glasgow aforesaid, do hereby declare the nature of this
invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates especially to the delivery to the public of insurance tickets
by means of coin freed mechanism, but it may also be used for tickets or coupons for
railways, tramways, or admission to exhibitions and such like purposes. It can be
used also to deliver receipts for money deposited, thus acting as an automatic
savings bank, the receipts being of course redeemable at certain offices at sight: or
at fixed dates.
The apparatus is freed by a coin which releases a detent. The delivery may be
accomplished entirely automatically, but is preferably worked as follows. A.
plunger or handle is (after being set free by the coin) pushed in (or pulled out.or
round) by hand. This plunger being geared to rollers embossed to grip the end of
a roll of paper conveniently placed within the apparatus, turns these rollers so as
to push the paper forward and out at an opening provided for its exit, and also at
the right moment works a guillotine to cut off the part protruding, which part
being taken possession of by the person making use of the machine, forms the
insurance or other ticket desired. Instead of using a guillotine, the tickets may be
perforated either beforehand, or by the rollers or other mechanism of the machine
and the ticket so held close behind the perforations that it may readily be torn off
without risk of injury to the succeeding ticket. Such printing or other marks as
may be desired may be on the ticket paper before it is put into the machine, but a.
distinguishing mark such as the date is preferably embossed or otherwise printed. on
the ticket. by the delivery rollers or accessory rollers, provided for this purpose.
When it is used as an automatic savings bank it may when desired instead of
delivering a ticket imprint a stamp on a slip or leaf of a book placed in a slit
provided for that purpose.
Dated this 8th day of September 1891.
BOTTOMLEY & LIDDLE,
154. St. Vincent Street, Glasgow. Applicants' Agents.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Coin Freed Apparatus.
We, JOHN MACINTOSH MACKAY MUNRO, of 136 Bothwell Street, Glasgow,
Electrical Engineer, and MUNRO'S ELECTRICAL MANUFACTURING COMPANY
LIMITED, 9 Holland Place Glasgow aforesaid, 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 :-
Our invention relates especially to the delivery to the public of insurance
tickets by means of coin freed mechanism, but it may also be used for tickets or
coupons for railways, tramways, or admission to exhibitions and such like purposes.
It can be used also to deliver receipts for money deposited, thus acting as an
automatic savings bank, the receipts being of course redeemable at certain offices
at sight or at fixed dates.
The apparatus is freed by a coin which releases a detent. The delivery may be
accomplished automatically, but is preferably worked as follows. A handle is,

page_text: after being set free by the coin, turned round by hand. This handle being geared
to rollers embossed to grip one end of a roll of paper conveniently placed within
the apparatus, turns these rollers so as to push the paper forward and out at an
opening provided for its exit, and also at the proper moment works a guillotine to
cut off the part protruding, which part being taken possession of by the person
making use of the machine, forms the insurance or other ticket desired.
In order that our invention may be properly understood and readily carried into
effect we have hereunto appended two explanatory sheets of drawings in the
several figures of which corresponding parts are marked with the same letters of
reference.
Figure 1 is a front elevation of the apparatus.
Figure 2 is an end view thereof.
Figure 3 is a detached back view of the slot in the casing.
Figure 4 is a plan of the coin freed mechanism.
We will first describe the arrangement for unlocking the apparatus to enable the
ticket to be delivered.
The coin is placed in a slot A in the outside casing of the apparatus, geen in the
detached view Figure 3, and as this is being done it presses against a rod B having
a cross bar at its other end. When this rod B has been pushed in a certain
distance this cross bar gets released from back end of arms C and C' and the coin
being still pushed in, the arms C and C' are opened out. As this operation is
taking place a projection c, on the arm C presses against one end D of a rod
pivoted at d, thus lowering the end D but raising the other end D' out of a detent
or slot a in a cam E keyed to the shaft G and unlocking it. In order to ensure
that the apparatus cannot be unlocked unless by the pre-arranged coin an upward
projection d, is fixed on D' underneath back end of C'. This prevents D³ from
being raised out of the slot a, until both arms C, C¹, are opened out sufficient to
enable the coin to drop into the hopper H. The coin then falls down the hopper
into a box or other receptacle to receive it, and the rod B and arms C, C¹, return
to their normal position by means of springs I, J, K, respectively. To prevent
the locking again of the apparatus before the ticket or card has been delivered, we
provide a catch L, which prevents the end D of the rod from rising until the
operation has been completed. The release of the end D to lock the apparatus will
be hereafter described.
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We will now proceed to describe the arrangement for the delivery of the ticket
or card. After the apparatus has been unlocked as hereinbefore described, the
handle M is turned round, and the shaft G, being geared to the rollers N, N',
turns these rollers, which being embossed to grip a roll of paper O¹ placed in the
apparatus, pushes the paper forward, and as this is being done a guillotine P is
raised up by means of the projection Q fixed to the shaft G until it rests against
lever O. The handle is still turned until one revolution has been completed, when
the lever O gets released from the guillotine P by the spring pulling it against D¹
while it is falling into the detent or slot a in the cam E, and it by its own weight
falls, cuts off the ticket and returns to its normal position and is retained there by
means of the spring catch was seen in Figure 1, the ticket falling through a
shoot R and being delivered to the party who has placed the coin in the slot. The
end D of the rod during this operation having been released from the catch L by
means of the pin S fixed to the shaft G, the end D¹ of the rod falls into the notch
or detent abg in the cam E and so locks the apparatus until another coin has been
pushed in in a similar manner.
To prevent any person from pulling out the coin after having unlocked the
apparatus and before it has passed into the box, we provide small knife-edge
springs T in the inside of the slot in the casing so that when the coin has been
pushed in a certain distance these knife-edges press against the coin and so prevent
it from being pulled out.
To prevent the handle being turned in the opposite direction to that which was
intended a pawl and ratchet U is connected with the barrel N',

page_text: Instead of using a guillotine the tickets may be perforated either beforehand, or
by the rollers or other mechanism of the machine, and the ticket so held close
behind the perforations that it may readily be torn off without risk of injury to the
succeeding ticket. Such printing or other marks as may be desired may be on the
ticket paper before it is put into the machine, but a distinguishing mark such as
the date is preferably embossed or otherwise printed on the ticket by the delivery
rollers.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is :-
1. The general arrangement, combination and operation of the parts constituting
our apparatus for the delivery of an insurance or other ticket, substantially as
described and shewn on the accompanying sheets of drawings.
2. The general arrangement, combination and operation of the parts for locking
and unlocking the apparatus, substantially as described and shewn on the
accompanying sheets of drawings.
3. The general arrangement, combination and operation of the parts for the
delivery of the ticket or card, substantially as described and shewn on the
accompanying sheets of drawings.
4. The knife edge springs at back of slot in casing as and for the purposes
hereinbefore described and shewn on Figure 3 of the accompanying sheets of
drawings.
Dated this 3rd day of June 1892.
BOTTOMLEY & LIDDLE,
154, St. Vincent Street, Glasgow, Applicants' Agents.