Coin Freed Apparatus in connection with Railway and other Travelling Libraries.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 23rd July, 1890
Complete Specification Left, 23rd Apr., 1891-Accepted, 30th May, 1891
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Coin Freed Apparatus in connection with Railway and other
Travelling Libraries.
I, WILLIAM SPEIRS SIMPSON, of 49 Battersea Park Road, Surrey, Engineer,
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
My invention consists of an apparatus which upon the insertion of a coin or
token will permit books, pamphlets and the like to be removed from a case for
temporary use. Novels, timetables, itineraries, and directories may be so placed
at the disposal of the public.
In one form of apparatus, I arrange the books in separate compartments, each
compartment having its own door, which would be preferably of glass, a separate
coin mechanism controls each door, and after a book is taken out, the catch which
retains the door does not shut until the book is put back in its place. Instead of a
door I sometimes use a flap or flaps, or a shutter released by a coin similarly as
stated above.
Instead of using a complete separate coin mechanism for each compartment, I
may have one coin slit but arrange the mechanism, so that the opening of any one
door locks all the others; or I may use a single slit, in combination with a handle
which after the insertion of a coin can be turned to unlock any particular compart-
ment or I may use a slit to each compartment in conjunction with a handle
which is pressed down after a penny has been placed in a slit and then releases
that particular mechanism.
In all these arrangements, I make the mechanism, so that after a coin has been
inserted and the book taken out, the door or flap of that compartment remains
unlatched till the book is caused to act on a spring when replaced.
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H. GARDNER,
Patent Agent, 166, Fleet Street, London,
Agent for the said William Speirs Simpson.
H. GARDNER,
Patent Agent, 166, Fleet Street, London,
Agent for the said William Speirs Simpson.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Coin Freed Apparatus in connection with Railway and other
Travelling Libraries.
I, WILLIAM SPEIRS SIMPSON, of 49 Battersea Park Road, Surrey, 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, which upon the insertion of a coin or token
will permit books, pamphlets, and the like to be removed from a case for temporary
use. Novels, timetables, itineraries and directories may be so placed at the disposal
of the public.
I arrange the books in separate compartments, each compartment having its own
door flap, which would be preferably of glass, a separate coin mechanism controls
each door, and after a book is taken out, the catch which retains the door does not
shut until the book is put back in its place.
Figure 1 of the annexed drawings is a front elevation of a library having three
compartments but the number of compartments may be either greater or less
without affecting the general arrangements.
Figure 2 is a face view of the interior showing the mechanism,
Figure 3 is a plan of the interior,

page_text: Figures 5 and 6 are part sectional views through c, d, Figure 1.
Figure 7 is a transverse section with flap door thrown open and shown in dotted
lines and on the line e, f, Figure 1.
Figure 8 is a plan of back spring, which forces the door flap open when the catch
is released.
The box is composed of three compartments A, B, C, which are closed by. means
of doors D, E, F.
As the construction and mechanism of all the compartments is similar, I need
only describe one as an example.
A is a compartment for the book. D is the door flap which, as shown in dotted
lines in Figure 7, opens upwards, this door has a glass front to enable the book to
be distinguished. The door has a handle G fixed on a spindle H having a com-
bined catch I and cam J on the inside. The catch I is turned downwards when
the handle is in the position shown in the compartment A and engages in a slot in
the bottom of the compartment and the cam J is turned downwards when the
handle is in the position shown in the compartment B, when it acts upon the end
of a lever K as shown in Figure 2.
When the door is closed and the parts are in the positions shown in compart-
ment A, if the handle is turned to the position shown in compartment B, the catch I
moves free of the slot in the framework, and the cam J depresses the lever K turning
on its pivot L, and causes the other end M to move sideways in the pocket N. On
the same axis L, another similar lever P is arranged and with its long end provided
with a right angled plate Q for catching into a slot in the door, the short end R
extending up into the pocket N.
When it is wished to open a door to take out a book, a coin is dropped through
the slot S, so that it falls between the ends of the levers M and R and is retained
there for the time being by lodging on an arm T extending from R, see Figure 7.
If, now the handle G be turned as above described from left to right, the cam J
depresses the lever K and causes the arm M to move from right to left. In con-
sequence of the coin being supported between the ends of the arm M and the
arm R, by means of the bars T, U, V, W, shown in Figure 7, the arm M forces
the arm R to move from right to left and thus depresses the lever P and causes the
catch to be clear of the door, the spring Q' then pushes the door open which
can be lifted and the book taken out.
While the book is being read, it is desirable that the door should not be closed
until the book be put back. This result is obtained by means of a spring plunger X
shown in Figure 5 working inside the door and having a pin Y fixed to it which
occupies the slot into. which the catch Q might otherwise rise.
When a book is in the compartment and the door is shut, the spring of the
plunger X is compressed, by the book, the pin Y is moved back out of the way of
the catch Q, which is then free to rise and lock the door, but if the door be closed
when the book is absent, there is nothing to drive the plunger back, and the pin Y
remains forward and prevents the catch Q from rising, so that the door can be
freely opened and closed. The action of closing the door with a book in the com-
partment, causes Y. to clear itself from Q, so that Q rises and ensures its upper
end R to open from M, or to separate, and the coin to drop down into the
receptacle Z beneath.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I.
claim is :-
1. The apparatus represented on the annexed drawings by which after the
insertion of a coin, two levers can be moved, and a catch withdrawn, and a door
opened, so that a book may be removed, the coin forming the stop, or connection
between the levers, substantially as described.
2. In an apparatus from which a book can be removed after the insertion of, a

page_text: coin, the pronged ends of a lever and bolt forming between them a pocket for the
reception of a coin, so that both lever and bolt can be operated as a single
appliance, as set forth.
3. In an apparatus from which a book can be removed after the insertion of a
coin, as set forth, the spring plunger X with pin Y for preventing the closing of
the door until the book has been replaced in its receptacle, as described with
reference to the annexed drawings.
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H. GARDNER,
Patent Agent, 166, Fleet Street, London,
Agent for the said William Speirs Simpson.