Improvements in Coin Freed Apparatus.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 18th Mar., 1892
Complete Specification Left, 18th Jan., 1893-Accepted, 18th Mar., 1893
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Coin Freed Apparatus.
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I, STUART DIXON STUBBS Ross, Gentleman, of 28 Martins Lane, in the
City of London, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention for improvements in coin freed apparatus has for its object to
provide a simple arrangement whereby the weight of the coin is utilised to release
a delivery slide which must then be operated by hand to deliver the article and
deposit the coin in the coin receptacle: and consists essentially in causing the
weight of the coin to remove an arm out of the teeth of a rack attached to the
slide, the backs of the teeth being inclined sufficiently to cause them to remove
the arm out of the way when the slide is replaced.
The coin is guided down a suitable shoot or guide onto the horizontal arm of
an L shaped lever and its weight causes the vertical arm of the lever to be drawn
out of the teeth of a rack attached to a slide so that the slide can be withdrawn.
As soon as the slide is withdrawn, the coin drops into the coin receptacle and the
lever assumes its normal position. The slide can then be replaced, the inclines on
the back of the teeth moving the vertical arm of the lever out of the way during
the passage of the tooth.
Dated this 18th day of March 1892.
WHEATLEY & MACKENZIE,
40, Chancery Lane, London, Agents.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Coin Freed Apparatus.
1, STUART DIXON STUBBS Ross, Gentleman of 28 Martin's Lane, in the
City of London 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 for improvements in coin freed apparatus has for its object to
provide a simple arrangement whereby the weight of the coin is utilized to release
a delivery slide which must then be operated by hand to deliver the article and
deposit the coin in the coin receptacle; and consists essentially in causing the
weight of the coin to. remove an arm out of the teeth of a rack attached to the
slide, the backs of the teeth, being inclined sufficiently to cause them to remove
the arm out of the way when the slide is replaced.
The coin is guided down a suitable shoot or guide on to the horizontal arm of
an shaped lever and its weight causes the vertical arm of the lever to be drawn
out of the teeth of a rack attached to a slide so that the slide can be withdrawn.
As soon as the slide is withdrawn the coin drops into the coin receptacle and the
lever assumes its normal position. The slide can then be replaced, the inclines on
the back of the teeth moving the vertical arm of the lever out of the way during
the passage of the tooth.
In the accompanying two sheets of illustrative drawings:-
Figure 1 is a sectional side elevation of a coin freed apparatus, for delivering
printed cards or articles, constructed according to this invention.
Figure 2 is a part back elevation, the back of the case being supposed removed,
and Figure 3 is a part sectional plan of the same.
The apparatus is shown applied to a machine designed to enable a person to
obtain a card on which is a delineation of character corresponding to the colour of

page_text: his hair, on the insertion of a predetermined coin in a slots which is marked to
indicate the said colour. The apparatus is provided with a number of
compartments a corresponding to the different colours of the human hair it is
desired to delineate, for example say six and each containing a number of cards on
each of which is printed the character corresponding to the colour for that
compartment. The bottom of each compartment a is closed by a slide 6 on
which the cards rest. The front of each compartment a is closed at its lower end
by a strip c, the distance between the bottom of the strip c and the top of the
slide 6 being not less than the thickness of the card to be delivered. In order that
this distance can be readily regulated to the thickness of the cards or to the
different thicknesses of cards, an adjustable tongue d is fitted on the strip c in front
of each compartment. Each slide 6 is kept to its seat in the frame e by means of
the conical or countersunk headed screw f fixed in the frame e and fitting the
bevelled slot g in the slide. The forward motion of the slide is limited by the
screw or by the projection / rivetted to the underside of the slide 6 and working
in the open ended slot i in the frame e. The slide 6 is provided with a small lip?
which when the slide is in its normal position is just behind the back of the
compartment and whose height is less than the thickness of one of the cards so
that when the slide is pulled forwards it draws with it the lowermost card that can
then be taken by the person in the usual manner; the column of cards above it
falling the thickness of the removed card on to the slide. The slide is then pushed
back ready for the next operation.
The slide 6 is locked in its normal position as shown by means of the L shaped
lever in which is pivotted at its angle on the screw n fixed in the frame e and whose
vertical arm engages by gravity with ratchet teeth o formed on the side of the
tail p. projecting from the rear of the slide, the said teeth preventing the slide
being drawn out but being inclined at the rear so as to allow the slide to be forced
inwards at all times. The horizontal arm of the lever m projects into a shoot r
leading to the slot or openings so that a coin inserted in the slots falls down the
shoot on to the said horizontal arm and depresses it thus forcing the vertical
arm out of gear with the teeth o, the coin finally resting on the tail of the slide
and being kept against the horizontal arm, so as to keep it depressed, by the pin t
fixed to the frame e. The slide b can then be drawn out and when the teeth o have
been drawn past the vertical arm of the lever, the coin is opposite a slot, recess or
indent in the slide and is free to full into the coin receptacle y. The levers m
work between the frame e and a bar z which help to keep the coin in place.
The apparatus can be designed to deliver articles or packets without departing
from the nature of this invention.
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. In a coin freed apparatus holding the delivery slide locked in its normal
position by means of a lever normally engaging in a recess or tooth in the slide
and adapted to be disengaged by the weight of a predetermined coin acting
directly on it, substantially as described.
2. A coin freed apparatus for delivering articles substantially as described with
reference to the drawings.
WHEATLEY & MACKENZIE,
40, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Agents.