Delivery of Prepaid Goods.
Year: 1886

page_text: Delivery of Prepaid Goods.
1 FREDERICK CHARLES LYNDE of 48 King Street Manchester in the County
of Lancaster Engineer do hereby declare the nature of my invention for IMPROVE
MENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF APPARATUS FOR THE DELIVERY OF PREPAID
GOODS 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 principally to such apparatus for the delivery of prepaid
goods as were described in an application for Letters Patent No. 11911 made by
the late James Lees and myself and dated October 7th 1885, and the object of my
present invention is so to construct the apparatus as to prevent the effectual
working of the same by means of discs or other pieces of lead, iron and steel or
other similar material instead of the proper coin.
The improvements consist in the application to the apparatus of a magnet or
magnets to attract withdraw or reject pieces of steel or iron, and of an incline and a
suitable forked table to prevent the working of the apparatus by leaden or similar
discs or pieces or by articles of the wrong size.
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My invention will be readily understood on reference to the accompanying sheet
of drawings.
Fig. 1. is a plan view of my improved slide shewing one method of applying a
magnet thereto."
Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional elevation of the same shewing also some of the
fixed parts of the apparatus.
Fig. 3. is a transverse section of the slide.
a, a represents the slide which is made with a slit (or slits) for receiving the coin
(or coins) to obtain the desired article.
The slide a, a works over a table b, b made with a forked end, or side
pieces 6, 6x which when the slide has been pushed in for a short distance allow
the coin or article placed in the slit to drop away, but if the coin or article is of
the right width these side pieces 6x, bx retain it partially in the slide a, a see
Fig. 3.
On the latter being pushed further into the apparatus the coin or other
article if of the right size is carried to a fixed incline c, c, and if of strong or stiff
metal or material it will rise upon this incline c, c and be delivered upon a balanced
or weighted lever e, e to test its weight; or direct upon the slide for other
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page_text: mechanism which delivers or causes the delivery of the article desired. If however
a piece of soft lead or other similar material has been inserted into the slot in the
slide a, a it will be bent by the fixed incline c, c and will tumble out of the said
slide a, a and not fall upon the balanced lever or on the slide f, for other
delivering mechanism. 9 g represents a magnet mounted upon a lever h, h¹ and
forming one side of the slit into which the coin is to be placed. The magnet g, g
is held in place by a spring i, i part of the slide a, a being recessed or cut away,
for the reception of the said spring i lever h, h¹ and magnet g. The lever h, h' is
mounted upon the slide a, a and moves inwards with it. As soon as the slide a, a
has been pushed a short distance into the apparatus the end of the lever h, h¹
comes against a fixed incline k which moves the magnet y away into the position
shown at Fig. 1. and dotted at Fig. 3. and the said magnet g will attract any disc
or piece of steel or iron if placed in the slit and allow it to fall away over the ends
of the side pieces bx, bx and prevent the effectual working of the apparatus.
The end a* of the pneumatic check forming part of the slide a, a might be
provided with a magnet see Fig. 2. (or magnets) which as it forms part of the
slit would retain a disc or piece of iron or steel and prevent it from from forming
a key to effect the delivery of the article desired.
In addition to an attracting magnet, a repelling one may be employed to assist
or accelerate the action of the former.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that 1 do
not claim the general application of magnets for this purpose but what I claim is
First. The improved apparatus for preventing the delivery of articles by other
means than by the proper coin substantially as hereinbefore described and
illustrated by the annexed drawing.
Secondly. The forked table for dropping undersized discs or other articles
wrongfully placed in the slide substantially as hereinbefore described.
Thirdly. The fixed incline c, c for bending discs or pieces of soft material.
Fourthly. The application to apparatus for the delivery of prepaid goods of a
magnet or magnets for retaining, withdrawing or rejecting discs or pieces of
attractable material or otherwise preventing them from effecting the delivery of
any article in the said apparatus substantially as hereinbefore set forth and shown on
the drawings hereunto annexed.
Dated this 1st day of September 1886.
CHARLES DAVIES,
Agent for the Applicant.