Improvements in Machines for Automatically Delivering Papers, . Further Applicable as Advertising Devices.
Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 10th June, 1887
Complete Left, 10th Apr., 1888
Complete Accepted, 9th June, 1888
Improvements in Machines for Automatically Delivering Papers, .
Further Applicable as Advertising Devices.
I, FREDERICK LAWRENCE RAWSON, of 11 Queen Victoria Street, in the City of
London, Electrical Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
My invention relates to an improved machine for the automatic delivery of papers
or journals in return for a coin, and it is designed to effect such delivery by means of
mechanism which is allowed to operate by the dropping through a slot of a coin of
stated value. My invention is applicable in some cases to simultaneously operate an
arrangement or arrangements for advertisements, or showing a light which may
illuminate the same, or striking a bell attached to the apparatus or performing any or
all of these operations.
Over a frame which has lugs or cars formed on it, and on or before the insertion of
same into the machine, is folded a paper, and a series of these frames are contained in
a hopper. When a coin is inserted into the slot, it unlocks either by gravity or
release of a spring detent or in similar manner a handle, treadle or similar device,
which either acts on the frame of the bottom newspaper in the hopper, causing
the newspaper to emerge from the mouth, when it can then be removed by hand
while the frame remains in the machine, or merely allows a newspaper to be
withdrawn..
When the first named handle resumes its normal position, either by being pushed
back, or by the employment of suitable springs or weights, the now empty frame may
drop through a slot into the base of the machine, the frames being collected periodically,
to be packed and used over again, or else the frame may move, allowing another one
to be brought into place.
By another arrangement the papers are rolled or folded up tight to form a bundle,
and can be fastened by a slip of paper or by special methods of folding; and these aro
discharged from the machine either by gravity or by the pulling out of a drawer or
holder, the paper or the drawer being released by the mechanism set in motion or
allowed to be set in motion by the dropping in of the coin.

page_text: Again, the papers may be folded over wires which are attached to chains or
bands, and the mechanism is so arranged that these chains are permitted to move a
certain distance every time a coin is dropped in, thereby presenting one paper for
delivery.
Again, the papers may be folded and placed in a hopper, and may be pressed down-
wards or upwards by means of a weight or spring or similar device, being ejected
from the machine by the employment of catches, hooks or claws, which may engage
with the lowest or highest paper and cause it to protrude through or present itself to
an aperture when the catches are caused to move forward by means of a handle treadle
or equivalent device, which is unlocked by means of the coin mechanism; or the lowest
paper may rest in a drawer or similar holder which may be withdrawn on insertion of
a coin.
Again, distanc pieces may be arranged on a pair of endless chains, one on either
sido of the paper, so that the travel of the chains allowed or caused by the release of
the detent controlling the mechanism when the coin is dropped in, allows the paper to
project from or drop out of the apparatus.
Or the papers may be contained in a hopper, and supported at the bottom by one or
more pairs of deeply toothed wheels, in relation to which the frames over which the
newspapers are folded as hereinbefore described act as a rack. On the operation of
the coin release, these wheels advance angularly through the space of one tooth; upon
which the frame at the bottom of the hopper is released, and may either be drawn out
by a slide attached to a handle, treadle or other suitable device, or falls on to an inclined
slide and so is carried out by its own weight.
The operated mechanism by suitable connections may cause an endless band of
advertisements to travel, thus exhibiting a different advertisement at any suitable
aperture or part of the device, upon the insertion of each coin, and attention may be
drawn to this by the striking of a bell effected by suitable connections from any moving
part of the mechanism.
Again the advertisements may be caused to travel round a lamp, which is suitably
an electric lamp caused to be illuminated on the operation of the mechanism by the
mechanical closing of a battery circuit, and in the same manner the bell might be an
electric bell thus brought into action.
Dated this 10th day of June 1887
FELL & WILDING,
1, Queen Victoria Street, London, E.C.,
Agents for the Applicant.

page_text: Further Applicable as Advertising Devices.
I, FREDERICK LAWRENCE RAWSON of 11 Queen Victoria Street in the City of
London, Electrical 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 :—
My invention relates to apparatus for receiving payments and delivering value in
exchange therefor and more particularly to apparatus for the delivery of news-papers
journals or the like, upon the insertion of a coin or coins of the proper value and by
operating the apparatus from the outside thereof.
My said invention comprises various improvements hereinafter set forth.
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In the accompanying drawings I have shown how my said invention may bo
conveniently and advantageously carried into practice.
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Figure 1 is a side elevation showing one form of my apparatus one of the doors of
the box or caso being removed.
Figure 2 is a rear elevation, another of the doors and a portion of the box or cașe
being removed.
Figure 3 is a section on the line a, a, Figure 2.
Like letters indicate corresponding parts throughout the drawings.
A is the box or case of the apparatus. B is the aperture or slit for the insertion of
the coins. C is the handle for operating the apparatus. D is the hopper for
containing the papers or journals. E is the aperture through which the said papers
or journals are delivered.
a is a lever pivoted at to a bracket c fixed to the side of the machine. One
extremity of the lever a is provided with an extension a' the other extremity of the
said lever is provided with a counterweight a². The extension al projects, under
normal conditions, beneath an aperture d in a pocket d' which is hinged at d to the
lower extremity of the chute e. The lever a is moreover provided with a catch a³
which engages with the teeth on a rack f" attached to a slide g in the bottom of the
hopper D. The pocket d' is retained in position above the extension a' by the spring h.
The said pocket d' is provided with a catch against which a projection j upon the
slide will strike when the said slide is operated in the manner hereinafter described
thereby tilting the said pocket d' and tripping the coin which is introduced through
the aperture or slit B and passes down the chute e into the said pocket d' and rests
upon the extension a' directly beneath the aperture d in the said pocket.
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To prevent fraud, that is to say, to prevent the operation of the apparatus upon tho
insertion of a coin of improper value, the chute e is provided with a swivelling
part el pivoted at e and having two pins or projections 3. The swivelling part el is,
moreover, provided with a counterbalance e and is so arranged that, when a coin of
tho proper size and weight is introduced into the aperture or slit Band passes down
the first part of the chute e on to the swivelling part e¹ it is stopped by the pins.or

page_text: projections e³. The swivelling part el is then tilted so that the coin drops into the
second part of the chute e down which it passes into the pocket d¹. Should a coin of
too small a size be introduced into the aperture or slit B, it will pass between the
pins or projections of the said swivelling part e without tilting the latter and will
drop into the bottom of the box or case A, without actuating or releasing the
mechanism. If the coin be of the proper size but too light it will not tilt the said
revolving part e¹.
The newspapers or the like to be delivered are placed in the hopper D and are
folded over frames having lugs k¹. The frames k rest upon lugs m attached to the
side of the hopper D. Projections upon the slide g engage with the lowermost
frame in the hopper D when the said slide g-is.drawn out. The lugs k¹ upon the
frame & then leave the lugs m, and the said frame k rests upon projecting portions of
the slide g. The paper is removed from the lowermost frame k through the aperture E
through which the said paper projects when the slide g is drawn out. The remaining
frames are kept in position in the hopper D by stops g. Upon returning the slide,
the lugs of the frame are forced to leave the projecting portions of the slide g
by coming in contact with the lugs m and the empty frame drops into the space in
the bottom of the box or case A beneath the hopper D. Suitable doors are provided
allowing access to the said hopper and the space beneath the same, and to the operative
mechanism.
The operation of my apparatus is as follows, that is to say, upon inserting a coin of
the proper size and weight into the aperture or slit B, the said coin passes down the
chute e and dropping into the pocket d¹ depresses the lever a upon the extension a¹ of
which it bears thus disengaging the catch a³ from the teeth of the rack. The
slide g can then be drawn out by means of the handle Cand the paper folded upon
the lowermost frame k is then projected through the aperture E sufficiently far to be
removed by hand. The remaining or uppermost papers upon the frames & in the said
"hopper D are retained in position by the stops g₁ against which the lugs upon the
aid frames & bear, sufficient clearance only being provided between the stops gland
the slide for one of the frames & to pass at a time. The coin is tripped and falls
from the pocket d, and the empty frame falls into the space in the box or case A
beneath the hopper D in the manner hereinbefore described.
The empty frames are collected periodically to be packed and used over again..
It is obvious that I can somewhat modify the construction of my apparatus
without departing from the nature of my said invention.
In some instances instead of arranging the slide g to be moved back to its normal
position by pressing in the handle C, I can employ springs or weights for that
purpose.
In some cases I cause the mechanism by suitable connections to work an endless
travelling band of advertisements thus exhibiting a different advertisement at any
suitable aperture or part of the device upon the insertion of a coin of the proper
size and operating the apparatus. Provision is moreover made for drawing attention
to these advertisements by the striking of a bell effected by a suitable connection
from any moving part of the mechanism.
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 what
I claim is
First. The means for delivering papers journals or the like, comprising the frames
which contain the papers or upon which the said papers are folded and a hopper
having a slide into which the said papers and frames will successively fall and whereby
they may be withdrawn, all substantially as, and for the purposes, set forth.
Second. The combination, with the slide, of the pivoted lever extending beneath
the lower end of the chute and having a catch adapted to engage with a rack on the
said slide, substantially as, and for the purpose, set forth.
Third. The chute having the swivelling part provided with the pins, stops or
projections, and so arranged that a coin of the proper size and weight will tilt the said

page_text: swivelling part and fall through the chute to actuate or release the operativo
mechanism, whilst a coin of improper size or weight will pass over the said swivelling
part and fall into the box or case without actuating or releasing the said mechanism
substantially as hereinbefore described.
Fourth. The improved means for tripping the coin when the operativo mechanism
is actuated, comprising a pivoted pocket having a catch to be acted upon by a
projection upon the slide in the hopper when the said slide is actuated, substantially as
described.
Fifth. The improved apparatus consisting of the parts constructed and combined
substantially as described with reference to the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 9th day of March 1888.
F. L. RAWSON.
Haseltine, Lake & Co.,
45, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C.,
Agents for the Applicant.