An Apparatus for Preventing or Detecting the Use of Pieces of Lead, Iron, or other similar or Extraneous Substances instead of Coin in Operating Automatic Weighing, Measuring, Strength-testing, Electric, or other Automatic Supply Machines.
Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 2nd July, 1887
Complete Left, 31st Mar., 1888
Complete Accepted, 4th May, 1888
An Apparatus for Preventing or Detecting the Use of Pieces of Lead,
Iron, or other similar or Extraneous Substances instead of Coin
in Operating Automatic Weighing, Measuring, Strength-testing,
Electric, or other Automatic Supply Machines.
I WILLIAM ERNEST RICHARDSON of 25 Duke Street Doncaster in the County of
York Engineer do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
My invention has for its object the prevention or detection of the use of pieces of
lead, iron, or other similar or extraneous substances, in place of coin, for the purpose
of setting in motion the mechanism of automatic weighing, measuring, strength-
testing, or electric machines or apparatus, or any description of automatic supply
machine or apparatus constructed so as to supply goods, or for other benefit, on the
insertion of and in exchange for a coin or coins.
This invention consists in providing the automatic machine with a shoot or spout
inclined at such an angle that a coin or similar article will slide freely down it.
Immediately under the lower end of this spout a tilting board is arranged, which
being hung on centres at one end, and balanced, will yield to the weight of the coin
or other article until it is inclined at such an angle that the coin or other article will
slip off. The angle at which this will take place will depend upon the nature of the
coin or other article and also upon the roughness of the surface of the tilting-board.
If this surface be made sufficiently rough the inclination necessary to cause a com-
paratively hard and smooth coin to slip off will be much less than will be required
for pieces of lead or other softer or rougher or extraneous substance.
Attached to the underside of the tilting-board is a magnet by means of which the
extraneous metal pieces will be prevented from slipping off till the tilting-board has
reached a much greater inclination than necessary for the proper coins.
A shoot or tube leading to the mechanism which the coins are intended to operate
is placed so as to catch them as they slide off the tilting-board, but is so placed that
pieces of lead or iron and other comparatively rough or soft or extraneous substance
not sliding so freely off the tilting-board will be carried past the mouth of the shoot.

page_text: or spout and into a receptacle below the tilting-board, and will therefore not operate
the mechanism of the automatic machine to which this invention is applied.
In place of the tilting-board a roller or disk may be substituted having a rough
surface inclined at such an angle that a coin will slip over it but pieces of lead or iron
or other extraneous substance will cause the roller or disk to revolve and be thereby
carried into a separate receptacle.
The pieces of lead or other extraneous substances after leaving the tilting-board
can if required be caused to set in motion any suitable mechanism provided so as to
ring an alarum to aid in detecting the person who has put the extraneous article in the
machine.
An Apparatus for Preventing or Detecting the Use of Pieces of Lead.
Iron, or other similar or Extraneous Substances instead of Coin
in Operating Automatic Weighing, Measuring, Strength-testing,
Electric, or other Automatic Supply Machines.
I, WILLIAM ERNEST RICHARDSON formerly of 25 Duke Street, but now of
57 Spring Gardens, Doncaster in the County of York Engineer 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 in
writing and on reference to the accompanying sheet of drawings:
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My Invention has for its object the prevention or detection of the use of pieces of
lead iron or other similar or extraneous substances in place of coin for the purpose of
setting in motion the mechanism of automatic weighing measuring strength-testing
or electric machines or apparatus, or any description of automatic supply machines
or apparatus constructed so as to supply goods, or for other benefit, on the insertion
of and in exchange for a coin or coins.
This Invention consists in providing the automatic machine with a shoot or spout
inclined at such an angle that a proper coin, such as a penny, or other similar article,
will slide freely down it.
Immediately under the lower end of this shoot or spout a tilting board or swing
table is arranged, which being hung on a centre or centres at or near the lower rid
of the inclined shoot, and balanced, will yield to the weight of the coin or other

page_text: article until it is inclined at such an angle that the coin or other article will slip off
The angle at which this will take place will depend upon the nature of the coin or
other article and also upon the roughness of the top surface of the tilting board or
swing table. If this surface be made sufficiently rough the inclination necessary to
cause a comparatively hard and smooth coin to slip off will be much less than will
be required for pieces of lead or other soft or rougher or extraneous substance.
Attached to the underside of the tilting board or swing table is a magnet by means
of which the extraneous metal pieces will be prevented from slipping off till the tilting
board or swing table has reached a much greater inclination than necessary for the
proper coins.
A shoot or tube leading to the mechanism which the coins are intended to operate
is placed so as to catch them as they slide off the tilting board or swing table, but it
is so placed that pieces of lead or iron or other comparatively rough or soft or
extraneous substance not sliding so freely off the tilting board will be carried past the
mouth of the shoot or spout and into a receptacle arranged below the tilting board,
and will therefore not operate the mechanism of the automatic machine to which this
invention is applied.
In order that my said invention and its carrying out in practice may be fully
understood the working parts of my apparatus are shown on the accompanying sheot
of explanatory drawings, the letters of reference marked thereon corresponding with
the following description thereof, that is to say:
A, is the inclined shoot or spout down which the penny coin or other article slides,
-on insertion, onto the tilting board or swing table B. This tilting board or swing
table which is hung on a centre, or centres, 6, at the end a, of the inclined shoot A,
has its upper surface roughened by means of sand, emery, pulverized glass or any
suitable material fastened thereonto. C, is a weight by means of which the tilting
board or swing table is balanced and kept in a horizontal position but so that it will
yield to the weight of the penny coin or other article. D, is the shoot or tube leading
to the mechanism which the coins are intended to operate; and E, is the space or
receptacle for the other articles than pennies, such as pieces of lead or other extraneous
substances that may be put into the machine.
F, is the magnet attached to the underside of the tilting board or swing table B,-
G, is the front of the automatic apparatus through which the coin or other article is
put at a¹.
The action of this apparatus is, that on placing a penny in the opening a', at the
top of the shoot A, it will slide down the shoot onto the tilting board or swing table B,
which will be pressed down by the weight of the penny until the penny slips off and
passes down the shoot or tube 1), to the mechanism which the penny is intended to
operate. The tilting board or swing table will then return to its horizontal position.
The mouth of the shoot D, must be placed just below the lower end of the tilting
board or swing table when the latter is tilted to such an angle as to cause a penny to
slip therefrom. If a piece of lead or other comparatively soft rough or extraneous
substance be placed in the shoot A, the said piece of lead or other substance will slide
down onto the tilting hoard or swing table which will be pressed down till the piece
of lead or other substance slips off, in the same manner as with the penny, but owing
to the roughness of the surface of the tilting board or swing table and the comparative
softness of the piece of lead the latter will be carried past the mouth of the shoot or
tube D, before slipping off, and will consequently pass into the receptacle or space E.
If the article should consist of a piece of iron or steel (for example) it will be attracted
by the magnet F, attached below the tilting board or swing table B, and will also be
carried past the mouth of the shoot or tube D, before slipping off the tilting board or
swing table and will thus pass into the receptacle or space at E.
In place of the tilting board or swing table B, a roller or disk may be substituted
having a rough external surface and inclined at such an angle that a proper coin such
as a penny will slip over it, but pieces of lead, iron, or other extraneous substance
will cause the roller or disk to revolve and be thereby carried into a separate
receptacle.

page_text: The pieces of lead or other extraneous substances after leaving the tilting board or
swing table can if required be caused to set in motion any suitable mechanism
provided so as to ring an alarum to aid in detecting the person who has put the
improper or extraneous article in the machine.
The parts constituting my apparatus will be made of suitable strong metal or of
other suitable material.
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 peculiar combination and arrangement and the action of the working parts,
forming together a new automatic apparatus for the purpose of preventing and
detecting pieces of lead or other comparatively soft or rough substances being used
instead of proper coin in operating automatic weighing, measuring or other automatic
supply machines, substantially as hereinbefore described and as illustrated on the
accompanying drawing.
2. The combination of a tilting board or swing table (having its upper surface
roughened) with a magnet attached or placed in connection therewith, for the purpose
and substantially in the manner as hereinhefore described or set forth, and as shown
on the accompanying drawing.
Dated this 29th day of March 1888.
BRISTOW HUNT,
Aldine Chambers, High Street, Sheffield,
Agent for the Applicant.