Year: 1888

page_text: I HUBERT SAMUEL HEATH of 50 Penton Street N in the parish of Islington in the
County of Middlesex Engineer do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be is
follows
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My invention consists of a column or columns in which the articles are retained,
cake, and other articles the chief object of this invention being to obtain simplicity,
in the construction of this machine, and accuracy and durability in its operation
At the bottom of the column or columns, there is a frame or skeleton drawer, in
the front of this frame there is a plunger or piston, in horizontal position, in front
of the plunger or piston there is 1 cylinder also horizontal and between the plunger
and the cylinder there is a slot and i recess, which is to take the coin or coins, there
is an arm going from the plunger rod vertically through the top plite of the mechanism
on the rim is a crossbir, made a fixture which comes in contact with the bolts,
when no coin is in the machine, on the top of this aim there is a knob or small
handle, the cylinder cont uns two small levers, one at top the other at bottom, with
one und inside the cylinder or in any part of the cylinder I may feel disposed to
affix them, a crossbir is made fixture on the levers, and then working in a bearing,
on the outside of cylinder Attached to the crossbar is a double bolt, one on each side
made fixture they are so mechanically constructed that when the knob or handle
18 pulled towards you, on the top plate, at the bottom of the columns that brings
the plunger or piston, into contact with the coin, and the coin comes into contact
with the small levers, inside the cylinder causes the bolts to lift, and the coin to piss
through the cylinder to the other end, where it is retained in front of the public,
and seen through the gliss until the next coin is put in and the same action
performed, then the first coin drops into the till the articles falling down a shoot to
the front of the machine when the purchaser receives it the handle being returned
back to its position
DAL 101 J... ST 1000

page_text: An Improved Automatic Machine for the Delivery of Prepaid
Articles
I, HUBERT SAMUFL HEATH, of 50, Penton Street, Islington, in the County of
Middlesex, Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of the said invention, and in
what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described, and ascertained
in and by the following statement, reference being hid to the accompanying two
sheets of Drawings and to the letters and figures marked thereon, that is to say
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This invention relates to improvements in that class of automatic delivery machines
in which the articles to be purchased and delivered are contained in a column down
which they fall by gravity, and are withdrawn or released at the lower end thereof,
one by one, by means of mechanism which situated or released by the introduction
of a coin of a certain value by the purchaser, and the objects of the invention ire
to render the withdrawing or releasing mechanism more simple in construction,
accurate in working, and more durable thin the mechanism con monly employed for
these purposes
The drawings hereto annexed illustrate a machine of the kind above referred to
with my improvements applied thereto, and adapted for the delivery of cigarettes,
for example
Figure 1 is front elevation with the front plate removed, and Figure 2 is
vertical section taken on the line X X of Figure 1
casing
Similar letters of reference relate to like parts in all the figures of the Drawings
The machine is shown as a single column machine (the column A being broken
away in the middle to save space in the Drawing), adapted to be fastened agunst a
wall by the lugs A¹ The column is provided with the necessary guides for keeping
the cigarettes V in position, and may also be furnished with the usual moveible
transparent front for the purpose of ascertaining when the column is empty, and for
enabling the machine to be echirged The delivering apparatus is contained in a
B which forms the base of the column A is cylindrical guide of an
internal diameter approximating to that of the coin representing the price of the
article to be delivered This cylinder is fixed to the cross support D and may be
provided with longitudinal guide grooves C in which slide the guide projections or
fins E of piston or plunger E of slightly smaller diameter than the cylinder C,
as shown in the Drawings The piston or plunger E has slot or chambei I formed
therein to receive the coin The apparatus is shown with the parts in their normal
positions, the slot or chamber I in the piston or coin carrier E being in the same
vertical plane as the shit F through which the coin G is to be introduced
two guides placed behind the shit F for conducting the coin G into the slot or
chamber 1 in the piston or plunger, the lower edge of the coin resting on the
projecting part of the bottom of the cylinder The projecting flange C also
assists in guiding the coin Projecting through the top of the cylinder is a lever or
tappet J, the end of which is formed with an inclined plane or swell J¹ This lever
or tappet is fixed on the cross bar or axis K which is free to turn or pivot in
bearings L, and has fixed at each end thereof a bolt or arm M These bolts or
Hare

page_text: arms M act as balance weights to return the lever or tappet J into its normal
position against suitable stops J' after having been raised by the coin is hereinafter
explained, and also as stops to prevent the withdrawal of a cigarette when no coin
has been introduced Springs may be employed, as at O for example, to assist in
returning the bolts or arms M into their normal positions N is a rod or bur
connected at one end to the piston, plunger or coin-carrier E, and it the other end
to a frame or skeleton drawer P, the hollow part of which is directly under the
column A when the various parts are in their normal positions The 1od or bar N
carries a vertical arm Q which is furnished at the top with a knob or handle R the
stem of which passes through a slot S in the top plate of the casing B, and is free
to move backwards and forwards therein in the direction of the arrow The said
slot S is preferably covered from the inside by the cover plate l' which is attached
to and moves with the arm Q and handle R, being guided by the sides of the
guides H The front end of this cover-plite may be knife edged so as to cut or
shear off any thread, wire or other material which may be introduced, for felonious
purposes, through the slit F
The aim is provided with cross bar Q which
strikes against the ends of the bolts or aims M and prevents the withdrawal of the
frame or skeleton drawer P if no coin has been introduced
The action of the apparatus is as follows
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The parts being in their normal positions as shown in the drawings, a coin G is
dropped into the slit F and falls into the slot or chamber I in the piston or carrier E,
taking position approximately centril with the cylinder C, its lower edge resting
as before stated on the projection (,² If the handle or knob R is now driwn towards
the front of the machine the cover plate T, vertical arm Q, cross bar Q¹, frame or
sheleton di wer P, rod or bai N, ind piston or carrier E, are also moved in the
samo direction, the upper edge of the com comes into contact with and ruses the
end of the lever or tappet J which projects into the cylinder The raising of
the lever or tippet J causes the ends of the bolts or arms M to be raised likewise
out of the path of the cross bar Q on the aim Q until the said cross bar Q' has
passed under the ends of the sud bolts or irms M and the coin has passed the said
lever or tappet J, when the said bolts or arms M fall by grivity, or by the joint
action of gravity and of the spring O, on to the top of the cross bar Q¹ The piston
or cairier E caries the coin through the cylinder (, whi h icts as a guide thereto,
and when it arrives at the end of its stroke, somewhat beyond the end of the
cylinder (, the coin fill out of the slot or chamber I in the piston or carrier, into
the till U It will be understood hit during the forward movement of the parts as
above described the low most дarette V₁ in the column A is drawn forward also,
in the frame or sheleton driwer P, until the open part of the litter arrives over the
funnel or hopper W, when the cigarette fills and rolls into the position shown at V'
(Figure 2) whence it can be withdrawn by the purchaser, who then returns the bandle
or knob R, and with it the parts I, Q, Q, P, N and E, into their respective normal
positions in re udiness for another operation The ends of the bolts or arms Milso
fall or are forced by the spring O into the position shown in the drawing that is to
say, in front of the cross bu Q, as soon as the said cross bar returns beyond them,
then by preventing the further action of the apparatus until another coin is inserted
through the sht F into the slot or chamber I of the piston or curier E The part P¹
of the frame or sheleton drawer P_torms a temporary false bottom to the column of
Cigarettes while the said drawer P is being drawn forward In order to prevent
the successful employment of a disc of card-board or other similar yielding material
instead of a coin, I cut away the upper portion of the piston or carrier E corresponding
to the position of the lever or tappet J in the cylinder, and thus allow the said
lever or tappet J to crush or bend over the counterfeit disc, rather than yield thereto,
thereby preventing the said disc from raising the bolts or arms M to allow of the
passage of the cross bar Q¹
The front portion B₁ of the casing B is made removeable, for the purpose of
enabling the inoney to be collected from the till U, and may be provided with a pad-
lock or other fastening The usual moveable transparent front of the column A may

page_text: be locked in position by means of the screw pin Y (Figure 1) which is only exposed
when the front portion B¹ of the cising B is removed
In order to provide for the employment of a coin which may be to a certain
extent out of ships or battered, I sometimes split the cylinder longitudinally nt
soine suitable part of its circumference, in order to allow it to he sprung open to a
small extent to permit of the passage of such a coin through the cylinder by the
employment of additional force on the handle or knob R, and to spring back to its
original shape when such coin his passed through
I would have it understood that I do not confine myself to the cylindrical form of
the guide C is it is obvious that such guide may be made of any other form that will
ret un the coin in the slot or chamber of the piston or coin carrier E while the sud
coin icts on the releasing lever J, and while it is being pissed through the sud
guide
It is also obvious that instea of forming a slot or chamber I in the piston, to
receive the coin, the said piston may be left solid, the chamber to receive the coin
being in that case formed by the space between the piston and the end of the cylinder
or guide C, as shown in Figure 3 of the drawing, suitable literal guides C being
provided at the end of the guide C to guide the coin into a position more or less
Central with the sud guide C, and in order to prevent tilting of the coin by the
resistance of the swell J of the lever J, a stop E is placed at the lower edge of the
piston E, behind which the coin drops, and by which it is held while passing through
the guide C Thus stop is formed as a knife-edge at E to ensure that the coin shall
roll off it, to one side on the other, into the till U when the piston has carried it
through the guide C
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 whit 1
clum is
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First In automatic delivery machines the combination of the cylindrical or other
suitably shaped coin guide C, the piston, plunger or con-carrier É working therein
and pissing the coin through the sime, and locking or litching mechanism released
by the coin in its pissige through the said guide, substantially as herein before
described, and illustrated in the Drawings hereto annexed
Second In automatic delivery machines the combination of the cylindrical or other
suitably shaped coin-guide C the piston, plunger or coin-carrier E with or without
slot or chamber I therein to receive the com, the releasing lever or tappet J, the
stop bolts or aims M, the cross bar Q1, the frame or sheleton drawer P and means
for actuating the sud coin curier E and frame or sheleton drawer P, all arranged
and operating together substantially as heieinbefore described, and illustrated in the
Drawings hereto annexed
Third In automatic delivery machines of the kind forming the subject of the first
and second clum clauses hereof, the employment of the guide C split longitudinally
as herein before described, and for the purpose set forth
Fourth The improved automatic delivery machine constructed and arranged is
hereinbefore described, and illustrated in the Drawings hereto annexed
Dated this 12th day of March 1809
HS HEATH
Per WH Beck,
115, Cannon Street, London, EC,
Agent