Improved Coin-freed Mechanism for the Sale of Goods of Globular Form or of Goods in Globular Formed Cases.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 4th Oct., 1898
Complete Specification Left, 4th July, 1899-Accepted, 12th Aug.. 1899
Date of Application, 4th Oct., 1898
Complete Specification Left, 4th July, 1899-Accepted, 12th Aug.. 1899
Improved Coin-freed Mechanism for the Sale of Goods of Globular
Form or of Goods in Globular Formed Cases.
I, JOHN TWEEDY SCOTT, of Etherland House, Devonshire Road, Blackheath,
Kent, Merchant, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention has for object certain improved mechanism by which after
receipt of a predetermined coin it can be operated for the delivery of say an
apple, an orange, or sweets or the like in globular like cases which feed them-
selves, in succession to a bell or such like collector which the operator tilts and
empties into a shoot or tray for delivery.
For the purpose of this invention I prepare a box with a hole in the lid or top
above which is a spiral or other column; below the lid is a tube leading to about
level with a screen or guard, this being upon an axle and concentric therewith.
The axle has an inverted bell or like receiver into which the lower of the
superposed articles to be delivered has a lodgment. The axle has also a mutilated
or unevenly ratchet shaped toothed wheel into which a claw of a balance lever can
engage but be disengaged on a coin falling thereon. An outside handle or lever
on the axle can then be turned to tilt the bell or cup and discharge the lower
article, those above being held temporarily by the screen.
the axle to its normal position.
A spring returns
The ratchet like wheel on the axle has the teeth so shaped that after a partial
rotation the claw lever is lifted sufficiently high for the coin to be discharged
into the till and the wheel has stops to bear against a part of the frame to prevent
over travel.
Improved Coin-freed Mechanism for the Sale of Goods of Globular
Form or of Goods in Globular Formed Cases.
I, JOHN TWEEDY SCOTT, of Etherland House, Devonshire Road, Blackheath,
Kent, 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 has for object, certain improved mechanism by which after
receipt of a predetermined coin it can be operated for the delivery of, say, an
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page_text: apple, an orange or sweets, or golf, tennis, or racquet balls, or the like in globular
like cases which feed themselves in succession to a cup, a bell, or such like
collector which the operator tilts and empties into a shoot or tray for delivery.
For the purpose of this invention, I prepare a box with a hole in the lid or top
opening into a spiral or other, like column; leading to an inverted bell or like
receiver into which the lower of the superposed articles to be delivered has a
lodgment. The axle by which the bell or cup is carried has a mutilated or
unevenly ratchet shaped toothed wheel into which a claw of a balance lever can
engage but be disengaged on a coin falling thereon.
An outside handle or lever on the axle can then be turned to tilt the bell or cup
and discharge the lower article, those above being temporarily held. A spring
returns the axle to its normal position.
The ratchet like wheel on the axle has a tooth or lump so shaped that after a
partial rotation, the claw lever is lifted sufficiently high for the coin to be
discharged into a till and the wheel has stops to bear against a part of the frame
to prevent over travel.
My invention will be well understood by the annexed drawings.
Figure 1 part section of the casing.
Figure 2 part section of the casing at right angles to that shown at Figure 1.
Figure 3 side elevation of the claw and wheel appliances in their first or
normal positions.
Figure 4 similar side elevation but with the claw from the locking tooth of
the wheel by the weight of the inserted coin and termed the second position.
Figure 5 another similar elevation but with the wheel in the third position,
such as when turned by an outside knob or turn button for the discharge of the
coin and until a reverse turn of the button is effected either by hand or by a
spring.
A, casing with a glass top, the bottom being preferably of wood. B, spiral
tray into which apples, oranges, or other globular bodies, say, packets of sweets,
or the like, can be inserted when a top lid is opened, until the spiral tray B is
filled or partially so, the bottom one resting in the cup C from the end of the
shoot which forms the termination of the spiral tray B. The cup C is on an
axle E and is operable from outside the casing A by a handle or turn knob F
to give the cup C a semi rotation in one direction only, said cup and axle being
returnable by the spring G and in position for the reception of the globular article
directly above and so on in succession until all the globular articles are released
one by one, said globular articles rolling from the cup C into a chute H for ready
removal by hand. I, is a mutilated or part toothed wheel on the axle E which
becomes free from the claw J of the balance lever K by the weight of the coin
which when inserted through a slot of the casing A falls with sufficient power from
the coin tube L as to overbalance the lever K and hold it in the position shown
at Figure 4, the end M of the balance lever K then resting on a spring N which
becomes slightly depressed thereby.
The disengagement of the claw J from the wheel I permits of the hand knob
being turned until a stop P hears against one of the pedestals Qby which the
axle E and wheel I are carried, the wheel I moving in the direction of the
arrow.
As represented, I arrange a lump R on the side, or it may be on the edge, of
the wheel I and another lump S on the side or bottom edge of the lever K, so
that as the axle E is completing the rotatory movement the two lumps, R, S, come
into contact, whereby the end M of the lever K is further depressed for the coin
to slide freely therefrom and fall into the till T, as indicated at Figure 5, the
spring N being thereby further acted upon to return the lever K to position for its
claw to rest on the wheel I, over the teeth of which the claw J rides when the
spring G reverses the motion of the axle E and re-sets the appliances, the back
travel of the wheel I being limited by the stop pin U.
When soft skinned articles such as oranges are to be placed in the tray, a

page_text: grating kind or fork kind of plate can be attached to the axle to slide across the
path between the two lower oranges in order to prevent the cup C cutting into
the skin of the one next above it.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what
I claim is:-
1. The arrangement of coin freed mechanism represented on the annexed draw-
ings by which apples, oranges, and other globular articles such as golf, tennis,
racquet, and other balls, or articles in globular shaped cases can be fed from a
spiral tray B to a cup C for automatic delivery in single order after the deposit
of a predetermined coin falling on a lever and disengaging a claw Jfrom a
wheel, such as I, on the operation of a knob F and rebound of the lever K by the
spring N in combination with the reverse rotation of the axle E by the spring G
and the discharge of the coin by the lumps R, S, all as set forth.
2. As means for the intermittent disposal of globular shaped articles, or
articles in globular or spherical cases, a spiral trough or tube like holder down
which the articles can roll and from which they can be separated in succession
after receipt of a predetermined coin in the manner substantially as shown.
701
1000
H. GARDNER,
Patent Agent, 166, Fleet Street, London,
Agent for the said John Tweedy Scott.