An Improvement connected with the Coin Releasing Mechanism of Coin Freed Apparatus.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 4th Dec., 1891
Complete Specification Left, 7th May, 1892-Accepted, 18th June, 1892
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improvement connected with the Coin Releasing Mechanism of
Coin Freed Apparatus.
I, PERCY SLOPER, of the firm J. Sloper and Co. 20 King William Street,
City of London, Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be
as follows:-
This invention has for object, a certain arrangement of coin freeing and
readjusting appliances in or to coin freed apparatus, notably, those in which the
sale of postage stamps and other light articles take place.
For the purpose of my invention, I affix a bell crank to the money shoot, or near
thereto and joint a catch to one leg, the claw of the catch being the part on which
the coin is intended to rest. The other leg has a rod connected, and this carries
one end of a balanced lever, the opposite end of which when in its normal position
is shaped to lodge in a recess of a cam capable of semi rotation from outside the
casing. This cam has projecting studs to bear upon a lug of the rod to replace the
mechanism when the cam is turned and re-set the claw of the bell crank for
the resting of a fresh coin after being inserted in the slot or shoot.
Dated this 4th day of December 1891.
H. GARDNER,
Patent Agent, 166, Fleet Street, London, Agent for the said Percy Sloper.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improvement connected with the Coin Releasing Mechanism of
Coin Freed Apparatus.
I, PERCY SLOPER, of the firm J. Sloper and Co., 20 King William Street,
City of London, 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:-
This invention has for object, a certain arrangement of coin freeing and
readjusting appliances in or to coin freed apparatus, notably those in which the
sale of postage stamps and other light articles take place.
My invention must be examined in conjunction with that of a previous appli-
cation No. 18358 dated 24th October 1891 and will be clearly understood by the
annexed drawings in which at
Figure 1, I show the several working parts in the position they occupy for what
is known as a top delivery of articles through the slot at or near the upper part
of the casing in which the articles are placed, and to which upper part, the articles
are gradually lifted by weights or springs in any convenient manner.
Figure 2 is a corresponding view of the arrangement of the working parts for
the delivery of the articles at a lower level.
For the purpose of my invention, I affix a bell crank Q₁ to the money shoot R,
or near thereto, and joint a coin catcher Q to one leg so that the point can be
temporarily held by the tooth-claw until a coin touches and overbalances it, which
coin directly escapes the weight or spring a causing the claw and its frame to
assume the position shown in dotted lines, Figure 1. The other leg of the bell
crank Q has a rod U connected, and this carries a balanced lever V, one end of
which when in its normal position lodges in a recess of a cam W capable of semi-
rotation from outside the casing, such semi-rotation by the pressure of the rubber
roller A forces a packet out from the mouth P. This cam W has projecting

page_text: studs b, b, to bear upon a lug Y of the rod U to replace the mechanism when the
cam W is turned, this reverses the mechanism and resets the coin catcher or claw Q
of the bell crank in the notch and against the tooth for a fresh coin after being
inserted in the slot or shoot R.
The rubber pressure roller A is in contact with the upper or the lower sample
of the article to be delivered according to the construction of the apparatus, so
that when the roller A is turned by the handle or button A¹, the sample C is
pushed out a sufficient distance for it to be removed by hand. The catch j and
shutter being lifted by the article while moving outwardly.
The axle of the rubber roller has a ratchet wheel on it for a stop paul M to
enter and so prevent the handle A' being rotated except in the proper direction.
The nose of the lever V locks the working parts unless a coin of the predetermined
size and weight be first inserted into the shoot R and falls upon the catcher
claw Q.
The shutter i closes the outlet slot P but is free to open for the passage of an
article by pressure after the catch j is released from the pink which is effected by
the article while being pushed outwards by the pressure roller A.
The articles specially intended for distribution are of a somewhat thin rectangular
or square shape, such as a book of advertisements or trade announcements in a
wrapper like an envelope, and may contain a postage stamp, which the person on
putting a coin, say a penny, into the apparatus can get in exchange for the coin.
This coin, say a penny, is of sufficient weight to press back the balanced lever p
which action prevents the coin dropping with a thump on the catcher claw Q.
Any smaller coin would pass clear of the claw and drop into the money
receptacle placed 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. In a coin freed apparatus, the coin catcher Q held in position by a tooth, and
released by coin which instantaneously escapes and leaves the mechanism in
condition for resetting by turn of handle, as described.
2. In a coin freed apparatus, the combination of appliances A, V, U, Q, a, all
acting in conjunction, as and for the purposes set forth.
The 7th day of May 1892
H. GARDNER,
Patent Agent, 166, Fleet Street, London, Agent for the said Percy Sloper.