Improvements in or connected with Coin Operating or Automatic Delivery Machines, and in the Method of Preparing Postage Stamps for Delivery thereby.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 16th Apr., 1890
Complete Specification Left, 16th Feb., 1891-Accepted, 28th Mar., 1891
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or connected with Coin Operating or Automatic
Delivery Machines, and in the Method of Preparing Postage
Stamps for Delivery thereby.
We, BERNARD AMBROSE COLLINS, of 50, Glycena Road, Lavender Hill, in the
County of Surrey, Meteorologist, HENRY CURTISS FLEMING, of 2 and 3, Peter's
Court, St. Martin's Lane, Charing Cross, in the County of Middlesex, Engineer,
and JOSEPH FRAZER, of 57, Holborn Viaduct, also in the County of Middlesex,
Merchant, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
Our invention has for its objects; Firstly to prepare postage stamps in such a
manner that they will be effectually protected from atmospheric influence and
adapted for delivery by coin operating or automatic delivery machines and
Secondly to produce a simple and compact machine adapted to be attached to a
pillar letter box or arranged in any other situation and to deliver such prepared
postage stamps one at a time in exchange for a coin of corresponding value..
For this purpose according to the first part of our invention we place each
stamp within a separate note or memorandum book and we place each memorandum
book within an unsealed envelope so as to form a flat package of convenient shape
for delivery by the machine.
The stamp packages thus prepared are piled one upon the other within a tube or
guides located within the case of the machine and delivered by the mechanism
hereinafter described.
By this method of preparing the postage stamps they are separated one from the
other they are effectually protected against atmospheric influence, a package of
convenient shape for delivery by the machine is obtained whilst some of the leaves
of the note book form a good medium for advertising and thus the book constitutes
an independent source of revenue.
Furthermore a person wishing to send a hasty note or message through the post
can obtain a package from the machine write the message upon a blank page or
pages of the note book replace the note book within and seal the envelope and
address and dispatch the package in the ordinary manner of a letter.
According to the second part of our invention we construct the machine with a
long narrow case provided with a door at the front by opening which access may be
had to the interior of the machine in order to charge it with stamp packages and
within the machine and supported by brackets from the case or frame is a tube
within which the stamp packages are stored in a pile or column supported upon a
table.
This tube is at the front thereof and therefore immediately at the rear of the
door of the case formed with a slot or opening extending nearly the entire length
thereof and open at the upper end to facilitate charging and at the lower end it is
cut away at the front and rear in order to admit of the passage of the pusher and of
a stamp package whilst at the sides it extends downwards to the table and assists
to guide the bottom package of the pile as it is carried forward by the pusher.
The pusher which is of slightly less thickness than a stamp package has a given
traverse upon the table and such traverse is so regulated as to carry the package
forward until it projects a short distance through a slot formed in the front of the
case in position to be grasped and removed by the purchaser a small hood arranged
above the slot protecting the same against the weather.
The pusher receives motion from a slide or frame located beneath the table and
adapted to be moved forward in order to impart the necessary traverse to the

page_text: pusher by means of a rod which is at one end pinjointed to the frame and at the
other end passes through a hole in the front of the case and is provided with a
handle or pull whilst the frame or slide and pusher are returned to their normal
position by means of springs coiled around fixed guide rods and at one end taking
an abutment against the front of the case and at the other end acting against
brackets from the pusher which are formed with holes therethrough to run upon
the guide rods.
The slide or frame and pusher are locked against forward movement until a coin
of the proper denomination has been inserted in the machine by the following
means.
At the inner end of the slide or frame is mounted upon a centre of motion a
latch or lever shaped somewhat like a bell crank lever one arm thereof being
normally retained by its own gravity in a horizontal or approximately horizontal
position so as to engage a fixed stop carried by the framing.
The other arm of the latch or lever which projects downwards in an inclined
direction is forked for the purpose hereinafter described and normally rests against
or is located near to a vertical plate of the slide or frame between which and the
forked arm of the lever the coin is conducted and beneath the vertical plate is
arranged a horizontal plate or rest formed with an open sided slot in the edge
thereof of such dimensions that a coin of the maximum size conducted into position
will be held by the edges of the plate bordering the slot whilst a smaller coin will
pass freely through into the money drawer beneath.
In the same manner a coin of the maximum size will act upon the forked end of
the latch or lever and thus raise the opposite end clear of the fixed stop so that the
slide or frame and pusher may be moved forward when the coin will also be carried
forward beyond the rest by the vertical plate of the slide or frame and will then
fall into the money drawer whilst a smaller coin will pass between the horns of the
fork without actuating the latch or lever.
The pusher beneath the end of the coin shoot is formed with a slot therein to
allow of the passage of the coin into position behind the forked end of the latch or
lever and the rear wall of this slot is formed bevelled or inclined to constitute a
cutting edge whilst immediately above the pusher and held in close contact there-
with is
a plate formed with a corresponding slot therein whose front wall is
similarly inclined to act in conjunction with the cutting edge of the pusher so
that if an attempt be made to defraud the machine by means of a coin suspended
by a length of wire or cord such wire or cord will be severed by the cutting edges
and the coin will fall into the money drawer.
In order that the slot in the front of the case through which the stamp package
is projected may normally be closed to prevent the fraudulent abstraction of
stamp packages therethrough we employ a vertically moveable shutter which is
mounted in suitable guides and is pinjointed to the long arms of levers mounted
upon centres of motion carried by a fixed part of the machine the short arms of
which levers are provided with rollers which run in cam grooves formed in the
frame or slide and which cams are so timed as to suddenly lower or open the
shutter upon the first part of the forward movement of the drawer or slide and
thus retain it during the completion of the outward traverse thereof and to
suddenly raise or close the shutter at the termination of the inward traverse of the
drawer or slide.
The money slot is located beneath a hood at the front and top of the machine
and in order to close such slot and prevent the useless insertion of coin when the
store of stamp packages is exhausted we employ a shutter which is mounted upon
an axis of motion near to the money slot and is firmly held between guides and is
formed with an offset which is pinjointed to a vertically moveable rod which
descends nearly to the bottom of the reservoir or tube containing the packages and
is there formed with an offset whilst the weight or follower placed upon the pile of
stamp packages is provided with a stud or pin which passes through a slot formed

page_text: down the side of the reservoir or tube and when the weight or follower arrives at
or near the bottom of the tube engages the offset of the vertical rod depressing the
same and closing the shutter.
An arm or projection from the vertical rod is employed to enable the attendant
to return the shutter to its normal position when charging the machine with
stamp packages.
The money shoot is at its upper part formed with a flaring mouth to receive
the coin passed through the money slot and it is also at its upper part carried
towards the rear of the machine in the form of an incline and then descends
vertically to the cutting device herein before described whilst upon its front side it
is formed open or with flanges of a width sufficient to retain à coin of maximum
size but so as to allow a smaller coin to fall between them.
It will therefore be seen that by reason of the inclined form of the upper part
of the money shoot a coin of less than the maximum size or fragments of wood
metal or other matter inserted in the money slot will upon entering the money
shoot fall through the opening in the side thereof and any danger of the shoot
becoming choked will thus be avoided whilst a tray is provided to catch any such
small coins or matter and prevent them entering amongst the operative parts of the
machine.
Dated this 10th
.נ
J
A 1000
WHITE & WOODINGTON,
27, Southampton Buildings, London, Agents for the Applicants.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or connected with Coin Operating or Automatic
Delivery Machines, and in the Method of Preparing Postage
Stamps for Delivery thereby.
We, BERNARD AMBROSE COLLINS, of 50, Glycena Road, Lavender Hill, in
the County of Surrey, Meteorologist, HENRY CURTISS FLEMING, of 2 and 3,
Peter's Court, Saint Martin's Lane, Charing Cross, in the County of Middlesex,
Engineer, and JOSEPH FRAZER, of 57, Holborn Viaduct, also in the County of
Middlesex, 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:-
Our invention has for its objects firstly to prepare postage stamps in such a
manner that they will be effectually protected from atmospheric influence and
adapted for delivery by coin operating or automatic delivery machines and secondly
to produce a simple and compact machine adapted to be attached to a pillar letter
box or arranged in any other situation and to deliver such prepared postage stamps
one at a time in exchange for a coin of corresponding value.
For this purpose according to the first part of our invention we place each stamp
within a separate note or memorandum book and we place each memorandum book
within an unsealed envelope so as to form a flat package of convenient shape for
delivery by the machine.
The stamp packages thus prepared are piled one upon the other within a tube
or guides located within the case of the machine and delivered by the mechanism
hereinafter described.
By this method of preparing the postage stamps they are separated one from the
other they are effectually protected against atmospheric influence, a package of
convenient shape for delivery by the machine is obtained whilst some of the leaves
of the note book form a good medium for advertising and thus the book constitutes
an independent source of revenue.
Furthermore a person wishing to send a hasty note or message through the
post can obtain a package from the machine write the message upon a blank
page or pages of the note book replace the note book within and seal the

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envelope and address and dispatch the package in the ordinary manner
letter.
According to the second part of our invention we construct the machine with a
long narrow case provided with a door at the front by opening which access may be
had to the interior of the machine in order to charge it with stamp packages and
within the machine and supported by brackets from the case or frame is a tube
within which the stamp packages are stored in a pile or column supported upon a
table.
This tube is at the front thereof and therefore immediately at the rear of the
door of the case formed with a slot or opening extending nearly the entire length
thereof and open at the upper end to facilitate charging and at the lower end it is
cut away at the front and rear in order to admit of the passage of the pusher and
of a stamp package whilst at the sides it extends downwards to the table and
assists to guide the bottom package of the pile as it is carried forward by the
pusher.
The pusher which is of slightly less thickness than a stamp package has a given
traverse upon the table and such traverse is so regulated as to carry the package
forward until it projects a short distance through a slot formed in the front of the
case in position to be grasped and removed by the purchaser a small hood arranged
above the slot protecting the same against the weather.
The pusher receives motion from a slide or frame located beneath the table and
adapted to be moved forward in order to impart the necessary traverse to the
pusher by means of a rod which is at one end pin jointed to the frame and at the
other end passes through a hole in the front of the case and is provided with a
handle or pull whilst the frame or slide and pusher are returned to their normal
position by means of springs coiled around fixed guide rods and at one end taking
an abutment against the front of the case and at the other end acting against
brackets from the pusher which are formed with holes therethrough to run upon the
guide rods.
The slide or frame and pusher are locked against forward movement until
a coin of the proper denomination has been inserted in the machine by the following
means.
At the inner end of the slide or frame is mounted upon a centre of motion a
latch or lever shaped somewhat like a bell crank lever one arm thereof being
normally retained by its own gravity in a horizontal or approximately horizontal
position so as to engage a fixed stop carried by the framing.
The other arm of the latch or lever which projects downwards in an inclined
direction is forked for the purpose hereinafter described and normally rests against
or is located near to a vertical plate of the slide or frame between which and the
forked arm of the lever the coin is conducted and beneath the vertical plate is
arranged a horizontal plate or rest formed with an open sided slot in the edge
thereof of such dimensions that a coin of the maximum size conducted into position
will be held by the edges of the plate bordering the slot whilst a smaller coin will
pass freely through into the money drawer beneath.
In the same manner a coin of the maximum size will act upon the forked end of
the latch or lever and thus raise the opposite end clear of the fixed stop so that the
be moved forward when the coin will also be carried
slide or frame and pusher me vertical plate of the slide or frame and will then fall
forward beyond the rest by
into the money drawer whilst a smaller coin will pass between the horns of the fork
without actuating the latch or lever.
The pusher beneath the end of the coin shoot is formed with a slot therein to allow of
the passage of the coin into position behind the forked end of the latch or lever and
the rear wall of this slot is formed bevelled or inclined to constitute a cutting edge
whilst immediately above the pusher and held in close contact therewith is a plate
formed with a corresponding slot therein whose front wall is similarly inclined to
act in conjunction with the cutting edge of the pusher so that if an attempt be made
to defraud the machine by means of a coin suspended by a length of wire or cord

page_text: such wire or cord will be severed by the cutting edges and the coin will fall into
the money drawer.
In order that the slot in the front of the case through which the stamp package is
projected may normally be closed to prevent the fraudulent abstraction of stamp
packages therethrough we employ a vertically movable shutter which is mounted in
suitable guides and is pin jointed to the long arms of levers mounted upon centres
of motion carried by a fixed part of the machine the short arms of which levers are
provided with rollers which run in cam grooves formed in the frame or slide and which
cams are so timed as to suddenly lower or open the shutter upon the first part of
the forward movement of the drawer or slide and thus retain it during the completion
of the outward traverse thereof and to suddenly raise or close the shutter at the
termination of the inward traverse of the drawer or slide.
The money slot is located beneath a hood at the front and top of the machine and
in order to close such slot and prevent the useless insertion of coin when the store
of stamp packages is exhausted we employ a shutter which is mounted upon an
axis of motion near to the money slot and is firmly held between guides and is
formed with an offset which is pin jointed to a vertically movable rod which
descends nearly to the bottom of the reservoir or tube containing the packages and
is there formed with an offset whilst the weight or follower placed upon the pile of
stamp packages is provided with a stud or pin which passes through a slot formed
down the side of the reservoir or tube and when the weight or follower arrives at or
near the bottom of the tube engages the offset of the vertical rod depressing the
same and closing the shutter..
An arm or projection from the vertical rod is employed to enable the attendant
to return the shutter to its normal position when charging the machine with stamp
packages.
The money shoot is at its upper part formed with a flaring mouth to receive the
coin passed through the money slot and it is also at its upper part carried towards
the rear of the machine in the form of an incline and then descends vertically to
the cutting device hereinbefore described whilst upon its front side it is formed
open or with flanges of a width sufficient to retain a coin of maximum size but so
as to allow a smaller coin to fall between them.
It will therefore be seen that by reason of the inclined form of the upper part of
the money shoot a coin of less than the maximum size or fragments of wood metal
or other matter inserted in the money slot will upon entering the money, shoot fall
through the opening in the side thereof and any danger of the shoot becoming
choked will thus be avoided whilst a tray is provided to catch any such small coins
or matter and prevent them entering amongst the operative parts of the machine..
And in order that the said invention may be more clearly understood and readily
carried into effect we will proceed aided by the accompanying drawings more fully
to describe the same.
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS.
Figure 1 represents a front view of the memorandum or note book showing the
postage stamp in position.
Figure 2 is a similar view but representing the book open at a different place in
order to show the arrangement of the advertisement and memo pages.
Figure 3 is a view showing the book closed and partially inserted in its envelope.
Figure 4 is a face view of the complete package and
Figure 5 is an edge view thereof.
Figure 6 is a front elevation drawn to a reduced scale representing a machine
constructed according to our invention for delivering the said packages.
Figure 7 is a vertical longitudinal section thereof taken on the line 1-1 of
Figure 8.
Figure 8 is a vertical transverse section thereof taken on the line 2-2 of
Figure 7, and
Figure 9 is a horizontal section taken on the line 3-3 of Figure 7.

page_text: vical longitudinal section of the pusher and connected parts.
Figure 11 is a back elevation thereof.
Figure 12 is a plan thereof.
Figure 13 is a detail view of the means for actuating the shutter of the issuing
orifice and
Figure 14 is a plan of the shutter and connected levers employed to actuate the
same.
Figures 15, 16, and 17 are respectively a side view, a plan and a rear view of the
locking lever or latch.
In the several figures in which like parts are indicated by similar letters of
reference, Figures 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 represent the actual size of the book and
package Figure 6 is drawn to half scale whilst the remaining figures are drawn to
the actual size.
Referring to Figures 1 to 5 which illustrate the first part of our invention
1 represents the memorandum or note book within the cover of which is placed the
postage stamp 4, 2 represents an advertisement page and 3 represents a plain page
upon which memoranda may be written such pages 3 being alternated with
advertisement pages 2 throughout the book.
The memorandum book I thus prepared is placed in an unsealed envelope 5 as
shown more particularly at Figures 3, 4, and 5 and a flat package is thus formed
of convenient shape for delivery by the machine.
The stamp packages thus prepared and which are hereinafter lettered y are piled
one upon the other within a tube or guides located within the case of the machine
and delivered by the mechanism hereinafter described.
By this method of preparing the postage stamps they are separated one from the
other, they are effectually protected against atmospheric influence, a package of
convenient shape for delivery by the machine is obtained whilst some of the leaves 2
of the note book form a good medium for advertising and thus the book constitutes
an independent source of revenue.
Furthermore a person wishing to send a hasty note or message through the post
can obtain a package from the machine, remove the book 1 from the envelope 5
write the message upon one or more of the memorandum pages 3 of the note book,
replace the book within and seal the envelope 5 and address and dispatch the package
in the ordinary manner of a letter.
Referring to Figures 6 to 17 which illustrate the second part of our invention a
represents the case of the machine which is formed of a long narrow shape suitable
for attachment to a pillar letter box and is provided with a false back a* which is
shaped to the curve of a pillar letter box and is furnished with lugs a*1 to receive
bolts fastening upon the inside of the pillar box and by the aid of which it may be
attached thereto whilst the back of the case a is formed with holes for the passage
of bolts a*2 which screw from the inside of the case a into the false back a* thus
securely fixing the case a thereto.
By these means the machine may be readily removed for repairs or other
purposes and replaced without interfering with the pillar letter box.
The case a is provided with a door a' at the front thereof by opening which
access may be had to the interior of the machine in order to charge it with stamp
packages and within the machine and supported by brackets a² from the case a is a
tube & within which the stamp packages y are stored in a pile or column supported
upon a table c.
The tube b is at the front thereof and therefore immediately at the rear of the
door a¹ of the case a formed with a slot or opening extending nearly the entire
length thereof and which opening is of increased width at the upper end to
facilitate the charging of the tube b with stamp packages y and at the lower end it
cut away at the points 62 of the front and rear in order to admit of the passage of
the pusher d and of a stamp package y whilst at the sides it extends downwards to
the table c and assists to guide the bottom package of the pile as it is carried
forward by the pusher d.

page_text: The pusher d which is of slightly less thickness than a stamp package has a
given traverse upon the table c and such traverse is so regulated as to carry the
package y forward until it projects a short distance through a slot or issuing
orifice a formed in the front of the case a in position to be grasped and removed
by the purchaser as shown by the dotted lines in Figure 7 a small hood at arranged
above the slot as protecting the same against the weather.
C
The pusher has fixed to the underside thereof a sliding frame d¹ which is
generally located beneath the table c but at its sides runs in contact with and is
guided by the table c and this frame d' is adapted to be moved forward in order to
impart the necessary traverse to the pusher d by means of a rod which at its
inner end is attached to a transverse shaft d³ at its ends mounted with capability of
rocking in bearings in the sides of the sliding frame d' and at its outer end
passes through a hole as in the front of the case a and is provided with a handle or
pull d³.
The sliding frame and pusher d are returned to their normal position by means
of springs e coiled around fixed guide rods eat their outer ends fixed to the case a
and at their inner ends passing through apertures formed in brackets * from
the sliding frame d' such springs e at one end taking an abutment against the
front of the case a and at the other end acting against the brackets d* which run
upon the guide rods e¹.
The sliding frame and pusher d are locked against forward movement until
a coin of proper denomination has been inserted in the machine by the following
means.
At the inner end of the sliding frame d'and mounted loosely upon a pin or
centre of motion d carried by projections *** from the back wall d* of the
frame is a latch or lever de shaped somewhat like a bell crank lever one arm d³
thereof being normally retained by its own gravity in a horizontal or approxi-
mately horizonal position so as to engage the notched end of a fixed stop carried
by the case a.
2
The other arm of the latch or lever de projects downward in an inclined
direction and is forked or slotted at its edge for the purpose hereinafter described
whilst it normally rests against or adjacent to the vertical plate or back wall * of
the sliding frame between which and the forked arm d' of the latch or lever (1º the
coin is conducted and beneath the vertical plate or back wall d* is arranged a
horizontal plate or rest g which is fixed to the back of the case a and formed with
an open sided slot g' in the edge thereof of such dimensions that a coin of the
maximum size conducted into position will be supported by the edges g¹* of the
plate bordering the slot g' whilst a smaller coin will pass freely through into
the money drawer = beneath.
1*
In the same manner a coin of the maximum size will act upon the forked
arm of the latch or lever a and thus raise the opposite arm thereof clear of
the fixed stop f so that the sliding frame and pusher d may be moved forward
by means of the pull or handle d when the coin will also be carried forward
beyond the support formed by the edges g* of the rest g by means of the vertical
plate or back wall d* of the sliding frame and will thence fall into the money
drawer whilst a smaller coin will pass between the horns do* of the forked arm
of the latch or lever de without raising the arm d³ thereof clear of the fixed
stop f
The table c is formed with a slot c* therein beneath and in alignment with
the money shoot h to allow of the passage of the coin x into position behind the
forked arm of the latch or lever and the pusher d is formed with a corre-
sponding slot d** which is normally in similar alignment and the back wall of which
slot is bevelled or inclined to constitute a cutting edge whilst immediately above
the pusher d and held in close contact therewith is a fixed plate i also formed
with a corresponding slot therein the front wall of which is similarly bevelled
or inclined to act in conjunction with the cutting edge of the pusher d so that if an

page_text: attempt be made to defraud the machine by means of a coin suspended by a length
of wire or cord such wire or cord will be severed by the cutting edges and the coin
will fall into the money drawer z.
•
. In order that the slot a³ in the front of the case through which the stamp
package y is projected may normally be closed so as to prevent the fraudulent
abstraction of stamp packages therethrough we employ a vertically movable
shutter which is mounted in guides a carried by the front of the case a and is
formed with offsets furnished with studs or axes of motion which are fitted into
bearings formed in the long arms of levers j' mounted upon centres of motion j³
carried by brackets c' depending from the table c.
The short arms je of the levers j' are formed with laterally projecting studs or
axes upon which are mounted with capability of revolving trucks or rollers j' which
run in cam grooves do formed in the sides of the sliding frame d' so that as the
frame dis slidden out or in the short arms je of the levers will be raised or
lowered and consequently the shutter will be lowered or raised so as to uncover
or cover the slot a³ and these cams are so shaped or timed as to suddenly lower
or open the shutter and uncover the slot as upon the first part of the forward
movement of the sliding frame and thus retain it during the completion of the
outward traverse thereof whilst the package y is issuing through the slot a³ and
to suddenly raise or close the shutter at the termination of the inward traverse of
the sliding frame d'.
The money slot a' is located beneath a hood a8 at the front and top of the
machine and in order to close such slot a' and prevent the useless insertion of coin
when the store of stamp packages y is exhausted we employ a shutter k which is
mounted upon an axis of motion carried by the front wall a' of the hood as near
to the money slot a and is firmly held between guides k* and formed with an
offset to which is pin jointed the upper end of a vertically movable rod k³ which
descends through a guide b* to near the bottom of the reservoir or tube b containing
the packages y and is there formed with an offset whilst the usual weight or
follower placed upon the pile of packages y is provided with a stud or pin
which passes through a slot 3 forined down the side of the reservoir or tube and
when the weight or follower arrives at or near the table c at the bottom of the
tube engages the offset k of the vertical rod thereby depressing the same and
closing the shutter k.
An arm or projection k³ upon the vertical rod is provided to enable the
attendant to return the shutter k to its normal position when charging the machine
with stamp packages y.
The money shoot his at its upper end formed with a flaring mouth and it is
at its upper part carried towards the rear of the machine in the form of an incline h²
and then descends vertically to the cutting device hereinbefore described whilst
upon the front side it is formed open or with flanges 3 of a width sufficient to
retain a coin of maximum size but so as to allow a smaller coin to fall between
them.
It will therefore be seen that by reason of the inclined form 2 of the upper part
of the money shoot a coin of less than the maximum size or fragments of wood
metal or other matter inserted in the money slot a will upon entering the
money shoot fall through the opening in the front side thereof between the
flanges and any danger of the slot becoming choked will thus be avoided
whilst a tray m fixed to the case a is provided to catch any such small coins or
matter and prevent them entering amongst the operative parts of the machine.
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 method of preparing postage stamps for delivery by coin operating or
automatic delivery machines consisting in placing a postage stamp within a

page_text: memorandum book some of the pages of which display advertisements whilst others
are left plain and enclosing such book and stamp within an unsealed envelope
substantially as herein shown and described.
2. The combination of a memorandum book, a postage stamp and an unsealed
envelope substantially as herein shown and described and for the purpose stated.
3. In a coin operating or automatic delivery machine the combination of a table
upon which the packages to be delivered are supported, a sliding frame having a
pull or handle fixed thereto, a pusher fixed to the sliding frame and resting upon the
table a bellcrank latch or lever carried by such frame and one arm of which normally
engages a fixed stop and the other or depending arm of which is forked a vertical
plate forming the back wall of the sliding frame and between which and the forked
end of the lever the coin falls and a horizontal slotted rest upon which a coin of the
proper kind is supported all in manner substantially as herein shown and described
and for the purpose stated.
4. In a coin operating or automatic delivery machine the combination of a
sliding frame having a pull or handle fixed thereto a pusher fixed to the sliding
frame and provided with a slot therein the rear wall of which is formed with a
cutting edge a fixed plate located above such pusher and correspondingly slotted
and formed with a cutting edge and a money shoot to conduct the coin to such
slot all in manner substantially as herein shown and described and for the purpose
stated.
5. In a coin operating or automatic delivery machine the combination of a
pusher a sliding frame formed with cam grooves therein a lever or levers actuated
by such cams and a shutter connected with such lever for closing the issuing
orifice all in manner substantially as herein shown and described and for the purpose
stated.
6. In a coin operating or automatic delivery machine a money shoot formed bell
mouthed at the upper part and inclined towards the rear of the machine and
with an open front side provided with flanges in combination with a tray located
beneath such bell mouth all in manner substantially as herein shown and described
and for the purpose stated.
7. The general combination and arrangement of parts constituting a coin
operating or automatic delivery machine substantially as herein shown and
described and for the purpose stated.
Dated this 16th day of February 1891.
WHITE & WOODINGTON,
27, Southampton Buildings, London, Agents.