An Improved Coin-freed Apparatus for the Delivering of Sea-water and other Liquids.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 24th Sept., 1891
Complete Specification Left, 18th June, 1892-Accepted, 30th July, 1892
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Coin-freed Apparatus for the Delivering of Sea-water
and other Liquids.
We, JOHN HOLMES BLAKESLEY, Civil Engineer, of 39 Victoria Street, in
the City of Westminster, and MILTON SYER, Merchant, of 36 Rye Lane,
Peckham, in the County of Surrey, do hereby declare the nature of this invention.
to be as follows:-
Our invention relates to an improved coin-freed apparatus, whereby a penny is
dropped into a slot and a given quantity of sea-water or other liquid is obtained.
The sea-water is stored in a syphon cistern which is actuated by a rod pulled
downwards thus causing the syphon to work, and a given quantity of sea-water
flows from the cistern.
The aforesaid rod passes through a lock where it is prevented by a detent from
being pulled down until a penny dropped into a slot weighs down a lever arm
releasing this detent. The penny cannot fall off the lever arm until the plug rod
is pulled down, being held there by a shield which is raised by pulling down the rod,
which then lets the penny fall into a box for receiving it.
There is a stud in the plug rod which strikes against the arm of a lever carrying
the shield to raise it.
We do not particularly bind ourselves to supply sea-water only in the herein
described apparatus as it may be adopted for any liquid.
The apparatus is enclosed in any suitable case or otherwise.
It will be understood that the foregoing is given by way of illustration, and that
the shapes materials and proportions of the various parts may be varied in many
ways within the scope of our invention.
Dated this 24th day of September 1891
J. P. BAYLY,
18, Fulham Place, W., Agent for the Applicants.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Coin-freed Apparatus for the Delivering of Sea-water
and other Liquids.
We, JOHN HOLMES BLAKESLEY, Civil Engineer, of 39 Victoria Street, in
the City of Westminster, and MILTON SYER, Merchant, of 36 Rye Lane,
Peckham, in the County of Surrey, 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 relates to an improved coin-freed apparatus, whereby a coin is
dropped into a slot, and a given quantity of sea-water or other liquid is obtained.
And in order that our invention may be thoroughly understood, we now proceed
to describe the accompanying drawing thereof, reference being had to letters and
figures marked thereon."
Fig. 1, is a longitudinal section. Fig. 2, is a transverse section on line A B
of Fig. 1. Fig. 3, is a plan of the interior. Portions of Figs. 1, and 2, are broken
off for want of space.
The sea-water is stored in a syphon cistern or other suitable reservoir which is
actuated by a rod 6 pulled downwards, thus causing the syphon or valves to work,
when a given quantity of sea-water flows from the cistern.
The aforesaid rod 6 passes through a lock or apparatus where it is prevented by
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page_text: detent C from being pulled down, until a penny or other coin dropped into a slot
weighs down a lever arm h releasing this detent c by the arm & working on a centre
pin or axle e. The penny or coin cannot fall off the lever arm h until the plug
rod b is pulled down, being held there by a shield on lever i which is raised by
pulling down the rod b, which then lets the penny or coin fall into a box for
receiving it.
"There is a stud ; in the 'plug rod b, which strikes against the arm k of a lever i
carrying the shield 7, to raise it.
"The lever arm h is connected to a balance lever f by a spring, and the said balance
lever is linked to the detent lever arm d. The coin travels down the slot and falls
into the detent lever / the sides being slightly splayed to receive the said coin m.
The rod may be connected in any suitable manner to the syphon cistern or
other reservoir.
We do not particularly bind ourselves to supply sea-water only in the herein
described apparatus, as it may be adopted for any liquid.
The apparatus is enclosed in any suitable case a or otherwise.
It will be understood that the foregoing is given by way of illustration, and that
the shapes,, materials, and proportions of the various parts may be varied in many
ways, within the scope of our invention.
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 :-
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In a coin-freed apparatus for the delivery of sea-water and the like, the
combination of the rod detent c stud ; arm k and lever i with shield ; the slot,
detent lever and detent lever arm d balance lever fand rock-shafts with a spiral
spring and connecting links, and shoot in a case a, substantially as herein described
and according to the accompanying drawing.
· Dated this 18th day of June 189
J. P. BAYLY,
18, Fulham Place, W., Agent for the Applicants.