Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 4th Jan., 1889
Specification Accepted, 2nd Mar., 1889
I, CHRISTIAN ALBERT JENSEN of 77 Chancery Lane in the County of Middlesex
Patent Agent do hereby declare the nature of this invention a communication to
me from abroad by Josef Steindecker of 34 Dammthorstrasse Hamburg in the
Empire of Germany Merchant and in what manner the same is to be performed to be
particularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement:
The following invention herein described consists of an automatic sale and delivery
apparatus in which the delivery slide or drawer is freed by a coin dropped into the
apparatus such coin being retained in the vertical position between the delivery slide
and an upwardly swinging lever provided with retaining pieces or guides in such
manner that when the coin has been dropped in, and the drawer is drawn out, this
swinging lever is depressed by means of the coin which drops in between the drawer
and said lever thereby completely releasing the drawer.
The invention is further characterized thereby, that when the automatic coin freed
delivery apparatus is empty, the coin entry hole is closed automatically so that it
is impossible to put in money when the apparatus is empty.
The invention is illustrated by the accompanying drawings of which Figure 1 is a
front elevation of a double delivery apparatus.
Figure 2 is a vertical section through the delivery mechanism.
Figure 3 is an inverted plan of the delivery slide.
Figure 4 is a plan showing the pivotted catch lever.
Figures 5 to
show in detail the device for closing the coin entry hole when the
sale and delivery apparatus is empty, Figure 5 being a front view of the device,
Figure 6 a plan section, and Figure 7 a side view.
Figure 8 is a vertical section through an apparatus for the sale and delivery of
round articles.
Figure 9 is a horizontal section on the line a b Figure 8.
Figure 10 shows the arrangement for closing the coin entry hole.
Referring more particularly to Figures 1 to 7 the apparatus is constructed as
follows:-Underneath the coin entry tube a as shown in Figure 2 which extends up
to the coin entry hole b, Figure 1 there is situated the delivery slide or drawer c

page_text: Figure 2 which is hollowed out at d, for receiving the objects to be. sold one by one.
The drawer c is provided with an opening e at the back end through which the coin
drops on to the pivotted or hinged lever mounted below the said 'drawer.
At the back end of the delivery drawer near the part is mounted a pivotted
retaining keeper or catch which is kept normally in the horizontal position by
means of a counterweight being moved downwards by the entry of a coin.
The lever f pivotted at is normally pressed upwards by means of a spring I
(limited by the stop peg f¹) in such manner as to permit of the reclosing of the
drawer. The lever fis provided at its free end with a pawl tooth m whilst the delivery
drawer is provided with a similar attachment or pawl tooth n so that it is impossible
to draw out the delivery drawer when the pivotted lever fis in its normal position by
reason of the teeth m and n engaging with each other. The bottom of the delivery
slide is provided with guiding pieces o and the lever f is also provided with similar
guiding pieces p which serve to retain the coin in the vertical position and prevent
its falling off the lever f..
9.
The said lever has further a rising inclined or curved plane 4 which, when the
delivery drawer c is pulled out after the insertion of a coin, is depressed by said
coin by reason of the pivotted retaining catch on the drawer acting thereon.
The lever is provided with a slot in front at which allows the coin to fall
into the cash box G when the delivery drawer has been completely drawn out.
In pulling out the drawer ca helical springy (Figure 3) is compressed one end
thereof being fixed to an adjunct piece or attachment under the drawer and
the other end pressing against the housing or framework of the apparatus ; so that on
letting go the knob or handle c¹ of the drawer e the latter springs back automatically
and thus prevents any malpractices being committed.
The action of the delivery apparatus is as follows:-.
When the drawer c is in as far as it will go (Figure 2) the coin is inserted and
drops through the slit e in the back of the delivery drawer e against the pivotted
catch . turns, the same by its own weight into the position shewn in Figure 2 in
dotted lines so that the coin can freely pass and drops on to the lever and is held
between the guide pieces o o p p. The weighted pivotted catch then turns to its
normal position as shewn in Figure 2 in full lines and presses against the circumference
of the coin t with its edge. If the drawer be now pulled out by means of its knob e',
the coin t will be drawn or rolled along by the pivotted catch h (being supported in
the narrow slit e) and thereby pressed against the curved plane on the lever and
as the delivery slide only moves horizontally, the coin & will depress the lever f against
the effort of the spring in such manner that the tooth m will no longer be at the
height of the tooth n and allows the delivery drawer c to be. pulled out to the
fullest extent, thus allowing of the removal of the article paid for whilst the coin t
finally rises over the curved plane and falls down through the slit in the tooth m
into the cash box G. If coins of too small a size are dropped into the coin tube a
they turn the pivotted catch but as they are not retained by the edge thereof they
run down the incline of the lever f and u drop into the passage u₁ and froin thence go
outside. By this means coins which are too small will be given back immediately
after having been put in. In order to close the coin entry holes when the hoppers or
passages for containing the goods are empty a comparatively heavy plate v
(Figures 5 to 7) of the same size as the articles for delivery or sale is placed on top
thereof. This plate is provided with a projection which projects through the
hopper and takes into a recess or gutter in the framework. Inside of the coin entry
hole of the apparatus there is a small plate w which is attached to the upper part of
a lever pivotted at 2 and is retained in the position shewn in dotted lines in
Figure 5 by means of the helical spring .
When the articles for sale or delivery descend, the weighted plate also descends
and when the last article has been withdrawn from the apparatus the projection on
the plate presses against the lower arm or projection on the lever and forces
the lever with its plate we to cover the coin entry hole against the effort of the
spring into the position shown by full lines in Figure 5.

page_text: As applied to the sale or delivery of cylindrical articles such as cigars and the like,
the hopper may be provided with two or more vertical partition walls as shown in
Figures 8 to 10. between which are placed the articles in such manner as not to get
into disorder. The lower ends of these partition walls are provided with openings
and hinged doors or gates al which facilitate the entry of the cigars in the third or
last division into the second division and from thence into the delivery drawer c.
The first or front division is emptied first, and then the pressure of the cigars or other
articles in the second division opens the door of the first partition wall letting them
out and allowing of their entry into the delivery drawer c.
When the second division has been emptied, the emptying of the third follows and
each succeeding division in the same way as that of the second division by the pressure
of the cigars on the door as already described.
In a double delivery apparatus the coin entry holes bb, are made between the
hoppers for the articles to be delivered, whilst the coin entry tubes lead down to the
slots e in the delivery drawers by an easy curve.
The levers are in the arrange-
ment shown here. between the hoppers in such manner that the coin entry hole is
closed by the action of the projection of the weighted plate on the lever w¹, and
on the other hand when the weighted plate is raised and the delivery hopper refilled,
the lever moves by reason of its own weight thus opening the coin entry hole b
whereby the spring 6 becomes unnecessary.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion and in what manner the samo is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim as the invention communicated to me by my foreign correspondent is :-
First. An automatic sale and delivery apparatus in which a coin of a determined
size acting on the pivotted catch on the delivery drawer c and supported in position
by guiding pieces o p turns down the lever provided with curved plane q and tooth m
when the delivery slide or drawer is pulled out, and completely releases said slide,
whilst if coins of two small a size be inserted they are free to pass the pivotted
catch and aro led away to the side substantially as described and shown.
Second. The device for closing the coin entry hole when the apparatus is empty,
consisting in a-weighted plate provided with a projection
mounted on the lever 10 normally held back by the spring
upon by the projection on the weighted plate to close the
plate w substantially as described and shown.
and a covering plate w
said lever being acted
coin entry hole by the
Third. The arrangement of the spring in combination with the stop ƒ which
prevents the lever f impelled by the spring from rising too far and allowing the
delivery drawer to be pulled back by the spring y substantially as described and
shown.
with gates a¹ which effect
of the sale and delivery
for the delivery hopper or
Fourth. The arrangement of one or more partition walls
the emptying of one division after the other in the case
of round articles and prevents the jambing thereof.
Fifth. The arrangement of closing lever or levers
hoppers, so that when the weighted plates are raised the levers w¹ fall back and
leave open the coin entry holes by their own weight thus ensuring the absolute
opening of the coin entry holes substantially as described.
Sixth. The construction of apparatus shown on the drawings.
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