Improvements in Automatic Delivery Machines.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 29th Sept., 1894 Accepted, 10th Nov., 1894
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Automatic Delivery Machines.
I, ERNESTIENE PAULIENE WICKE, of Scheffel Strasse, 18, Dresden, Saxony,
Restaurateur, 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 relates to improvements in automatic delivery machines or
machines operated by the insertion of coins and has for its object the delivery of
eggs or other articles of a similar kind or shape, upon the insertion of a coin or coins,
the action of delivering the article being accompanied by a screeching or crowing
Round in imitation of the sound made by a hen (emitted from the apparatus
which in its exterior form is made to resemble a hen sitting upon or in a basket or
nest).
The outside structure or framework of this apparatus may be made of porcelain,
china, or stoneware, or it may be made of enamelled iron or any suitable metal or
other suitable material.
To explain in detail the nature of this invention, reference is made to the
accompanying drawings, in which :-
Fig. 1. is a part section, part elevation, of the completed apparatus.
Fig. 2. is a side elevation of the actuating mechanism.
Figs. 3 & 4. are details of the same.
Similar letters refer to similar parts of the respective figures.
As shewn in Fig. 1. the money slot a. commences in the comb of the bird and a
coin being inserted therein is carried down into the pocket b. attached to the end
of lever c. which being pivotted at e. is caused by the weight of the coin to trip the
pawl f. and thus actuato the crank g. through the axle h. This affects the bar K.
(see other figures) and disengages its terminating pin l. from the notched disc
wheel n. which derives its motion from the spring drùm m, through gear wheels of
suitable ratio as shown.
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The movement of the driving spring m. actuating this train of mechanism and
its accessories, the axle o. and the egg ejecting cams p. p¹ p³ p³ p* is controlled by
the action of the bar K. on the notched disc n. each release and subsequent
detention admitting of one fifth of a revolution of the axle and of each of its
cams.
The cams having each only a single notch and these notches being arranged
at 5. equidistant angular positions it is plain that in the course of their rotation the
eggs will be ejected from each hopper in rotation.
The effect, therefore, of inserting each coin in the slot a. is to release the clock-
work train one step, and cause a single egg to be ejected through its corresponding
flap r.
It will be noticed that by the use of the curved flaps r. on axles s. held in
position by springs t. on the hoppers.g. q' q' 9' 9' the eggs do not fall out
abruptly but are gradually emitted, thus preventing sudden concussion and
damage.
The air blast through the reeds producing the screech is effected by the bellows u.
which are operated from the disc wheel n. This wheel is fitted with projecting
side pins which successively raise the lever shown in proximity thereto and through
its axle and another crank and lever transfer the motion to the arm on the
spindle W. through the medium of which and the arm a. the bellows are drawn
out and inflated.

page_text: When' the disc wheel n. has rotated so far that the side pin becomes disengaged
from the lever a counterpoise weight will then come into play, compress the bellows
and emit a blast through the reed v.
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 automatic delivery machines the combination of a series of hoppers with
corresponding ejecting, cams arranged as described to deliver one article from each
hopper in rotation.
2. In automatic delivery machines the mechanism as described for producing
sounds in imitation of a crowing bird simultaneously with the delivery of each.
article.
3. The construction of automatic delivery machines substantially as described
and set forth.
Dated the 29th day of September 1894.