Improvements in or relating to Coin-freed Apparatus.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 2nd Mar., 1889
Complete Specification Left, 2nd ec., 1889-Accepted, 18th Jan., 1890
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or relating to Coin-freed Apparatus.
I, SIEGMUND SCHINDLER of 65 Sebastianstrasse, Berlin in the Kingdom of Prussia,
German Empire, Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be
as follows
My invention relates to an improved construction of apparatus for automatically
vending or delivering goods of a certain kind, said apparatus being freed or actuated
by the insertion of a determined coin, and the purpose of my invention is to provide
a mechanism of great simplicity for delivering the goods, as also, in connection there-
with, an improved mechanism for preventing fraud, such as might be committed by
repeatedly pulling forth a piece or parcel of goods after insertion of one piece of coin
only.
The coin, as in other apparatus of this kind, is introduced into an orifice and passes
down a slide or tube, which orifice or slide may be provided with any suitable
appliance or device to prevent discs, or rings, of any other size or weight or quality,
than the determined coin, passing down into the actuating mechanism of the apparatus.
Such appliances or devices connected with the coin-orifice or slide do not form part
of this invention.
The coin, having passed down the slide or tube, falls into a receptacle which
preferably is V shaped and open at the rear end, said receptacle or pocket being secured
to or forming part of a two-armed lever pivoted in points and so balanced, that the
coin of a determined weight, falling into the pocket, will cause the rear arm of the
lever to slowly descend and the forward arm to be lifted, while a coin or disc of a
minor weight will not move the lever and a coin or disc of excessive weight will cause
the rear arm of the lever to swing rapidly down and throw the coin or disc out of the
pocket at once.
To the front end of the forward lever-arm a catch or click is formed or secured,
engaging with the teeth of a rack secured to or formed on the drawing rod, which rod
projects through the front wall of the casing and carries, at the outside, a knob or
handle to be pulled forth for the delivery of the piece or parcel of goods, after being
freed by the coin. A spring acts to return the said rod inwards into its former
position, each time it has been pulled forth and released. The catch or click of the
pivoted lever, engaged with the rack of the drawing rod, prevents the latter from
being pulled out, while the said lever is in its normal position, but the said rod will
be freed by the coin falling into the pocket at the rear end of the lever and lifting the
catch out of the rack accordingly.
To throw the normal coin out of the receptacle or pocket, after it has caused the
lever to swing down, and further to prevent the drawing rod from being repeatedly
pulled forward after the insertion of a single coin, the said drawing rod is provided
with a pivoted angle piece, swinging about the pivot at its rear end and forced by a
spring into contact with the rack at its front or forward end. The said arm or angle
piece has, at its forward part, an inclined upper surface descending from the apex of
the said arm towards the catch or click of the two-armed lever, the said inclined.
surface is wider in breadth, than the rear part of the said angle-piece.
When the catch or click bas been lifted out of the rack and when the latter,
(secured to the drawing rod, to which the said angle-piece is pivoted), is being drawn
forward, the catch or click at the front end of the double armed lever will slide up-
the inclined surface of the said angle-piece, whereby the rear arm of said double
armed lever is tilted or depressed so as to throw off the coin from its pocket at the
rear end of said lever. The latter being released of the coin has the tendency to fall
down again with its front end, and it actually falls down upon the blank rear part of

page_text: the rack, as soon as the catch or click has passed the broader part of the angle piece,
on which it had been sliding upwards. When the drawing rod is returned inwards by
its returning spring, the catch or click slides over the inclined rear sides of the teeth
of the rack, but as soon as an attempt should be made to draw the rod forward again,
the catch is forced into the rack by the elastic pressure of the angle piece and locks
the drawing rod in place, thus preventing any fraudulent attempt to draw from the
apparatus several specimens of the goods for one piece of coin.
Secured to the drawing rod and projecting laterally from the same, is a stud or pin
which engages with a slot of a discharge lever pivotted to standards of the casing.
The said discharge lever serves to throw out of the funnel or hopper the lowermost
piece or parcel of the goods to be delivered, every time the drawing rod is pulled out.
The said lever has a peculiar shape; its top having the form of a hammer head, with
a recess below it and a flat surface in front of said recess. The undermost piece or
parcel of goods rests partly on that flat surface of the discharge lever, and partly on a
horizontal flange of the discharge slide. The outlet port of the hopper is closed by
a hinged trap, which opens as the piece or parcel to be discharged is forced forward
by the discharge lever.
The stud or pin of the drawing rod, which works the discharge lever, is so arranged
within the slot of said lever, that the forward motion of the lever will only begin
after the rod has for some distance been pulled forward. The face of the hammer-
.shaped discharge lever, then bears against the rear side of the lowermost piece or
-parcel of goods in the hopper and, the rod being pulled farther out, the said hamer
pushes the piece or parcel out of the port, where it slides down the discharge slide,
and comes forth from the discharge port of the casing.
While the lowermost piece or parcel is being pushed forward by the hammer, the
next piece or parcel in the hopper rests upon the upper surface of said hammer-
shaped lever, and as the same retires into its normal position, the said piece or parcel
will slide down into the position, as already described, to be pushed forward and out
of the hopper-port when the drawing-rod is next pulled out and the discharge lever
made to swing forward on its pivot. The recess below the face of the hammer-
shaped lever is arranged to clasp the flange of the discharge slide, when the said
lever has been moved to the full amount of its throw; by this means I obtain, that
the piece or parcel to be discharged, is fully turned out of the hopper port, thus
avoiding any failure in the working of the apparatus.
Dated this 1st day of March 1889.
WM. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
Of 6, Lord Street, Liverpool, Agents for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or relating to Coin-freed Apparatus.
1, SIEGMUND SCHINDLER of 65, Sebastianstrasse, Berlin, in the Kingdom of Prussia,
German Empire, Manufacturer, 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 an inproved construction of apparatus for automatically
vending or delivering goods, said apparatus being freed or actuated by the insertion
of a determined coin; and the purpose of my invention is to provide a mechanism of
great simplicity for delivering the goods, as also, in connection therewith, an improved
.mechanisin for preventing a fraudulent use of the apparatus, such as might be
committed by pulling the delivery-rod repeatedly forward and thereby obtaining
several pieces or parcels of goods against the insertion of only one piece of coin.
In the accompanying drawings:-
Figure 1 is a side elevation, and
:
Figure 2 a front elevation of the mechanism fitted with the improvements of my
invention; the casing, within which the said mechanism is enclosed, is shown in section.

page_text: Figure 3 is a plan of the rack and parts connected thereto.
Figures 4 and 5 are, respectively, side and front elevations, drawn to a reduced
scale, of another modification of my invention.
The coin, as in other apparatus of this kind, is inserted into an orifice and passes
down a slide or tube h, which orifice or slide may be provided with any suitable
appliance or device for preventing discs, or rings, of any other size or weight or
quality than the determined actuating coin, passing down into the actuating mechanism
of the apparatus. Such appliances or devices connected with the coin orifice or slide,
do not, however, form any part of this invention.
The coin, having passed down the slide or tube h, falls into a receptacle ³ which
may preferably be V-shaped and open at the rear end, said receptacle or pocket being
secured to or forming part with a two-armed lever a pivoted in points e, and so
balanced that the coin of a determined weight, falling into the pocket, will cause the
rear arm of said lever to slowly descend, and the forward arm to be lifted, while a
coin or disc or other object of minor weight would not move the lever, and a coin or
other object of excessive weight would cause the rear arm of the lever to swing
rapidly down and to throw the coin or disc at once out of the pocket, so as to allow
the forward end of the tilting lever to fall down again into the rack.
To the front end of the forward lever arm a catch or click d¹ is formed or secured,
engaging with a rack secured or formed to the drawing-rod a, which projects
through the front wall of the casing, and carries at the outside a knob a' or handle
to be pulled forth from the casing for the delivery of a piece or parcel B. of goods.
A spring acts to return said rod a inwards, into its former position, each time it has
been pulled forward and thereupon released. The catch or click d' of the pivoted
lever, engaged with the rack f of the drawing-rod a, prevents the latter from being
pulled ont, while the said lever d is keeping its normal position; but the said rod a
will be freed by the coin falling into the pocket d² at the rear end of the lever and
lifting the catch d' out of the rack f accordingly.
To throw the normal coin out of its receptacle or pocket d² after it, has caused the
lever to swing down, and, further, to prevent the drawing-rod a from being repeatedly
pulled-forward-in-quick succession after the insertion of a single coin, the said drawing-
rod a las secured to it a pivoted angle-piece g, swinging about its pivot g' at the rear
end and forced into contact with the rack by a spring m. The said angle-piece g
has at its forward part an inclined surface descending from the apex of said angle-
piece towards the catch or click of the two-armed lever d, the said inclined
surface being wider in breadth than the rear part of said angle-piece, as shown in
Figure 3.
When the catch or click has been lifted out of the rack f and when the latter,
being secured to the drawing-rod a to which the said angle-piece g is pivoted, is being
drawn forward, the catch or click d' at the front end of the double-armed lever d will
come to slide up the inclined surface of the said angle piece g, whereby the rear arm
of the said double-armed lever d is tilted or depressed so as to throw off the coin from
its pocket at the rear end of said lever., The latter, being released of the coin,
has the tendency to fall down again at its front end, and it actually falls down upon
the blank rear part of the rack, as soon as the catch or click ' has passed the forward
broader part of the angle-piece g, on which it had been sliding upwards.
When the drawing-rod a, with the rack connected to it, returned inwards by its
returning spring k, the catch or click d' will slide over the inclined rear sides of the
teeth of the rack, but as soon as an attempt should be made to draw the rod a
forward again, the catch d' would stop the motion, being forced into the rack by the
elastic pressure of the angle-piece g, and so the rod a would be locked in place, thus
preventing any fraudulent attempt to draw from the apparatus several pieces or parcels
of the goods for one piece of coin.
Secured to the drawing-rod a and laterally projecting from the same is a stud or
pin which engages with a slot e of a discharge lever pivoted as at 1 to standards L
of the casing. The said discharge lever (serves to throw out of the funnel or
hopper A. of the casing the lowermost piece or parcel B of the goods to be delivered,

page_text: every time the drawing-rod a is being pulled out. The said lever C has a peculiar
shape, its top. C2, being formed something like a hammer-head, with a recess below it
and a flat surface C in front of said recess. The undermost piece or parcel B of goods
rests partly on that surface of the discharge-lever C and partly on a horizontal
flange D of the discharge-slide 1). The outlet port of the hopper A is closed by a
hinged trap E, which opens, as the piece or parcel to be discharged is forced forward
by the discharge-lever C, and which prevents the lowermost piece of goods B from
being drawn out by a wire-hook or the like introduced along the slide D."
The stud or pin of the drawing-rod a, which carries the discharge-lever C along
in its forward motion, is so arranged within the slot c of said lever C, that the forward
motion of the lever will only begin after the rod a has for some distance been pulled
forward. The hammer-shaped discharge-lever C being swung forward, its face C²
will bear against the rear side of the lowermost piece or parcel of goods B in the
hopper A, and as the rod a is pulled farther out, the said hammer will push the piece
or parcel out of the port, where it opens the trap E and slides down the discharge
slide D and comes forth from the discharge-port of the casing.
While the lowermost piece or parcel B is being pushed forward by the hammer C C²,
the next piece or parcel in the hopper rests upon the upper surface of the hammer-
shaped lever C, and as the latter is being returned into its normal position, the said
piece or parcel B will slide down into the position shown in Figure 1, to be pushed
forward and out in its turn, when the drawing-rod is again freed by the insertion of
another coin and pulled out, as described, carrying the discharge-lever C along.
The recess below the face (2 of the hammer-shaped lever is arranged to clasp
the flange D' of the discharge-slide D, when the said lever D has been moved
forward to the full amount of its throw; by this means the piece or parcel to be dis-
charged is fully and reliably turned out of the hopper-port, thus avoiding any failure
in the working of the apparatus.
In the modification shown in Figures 4 and 5, the tilting lever d is bell-crank
shaped and the rear arm of said lever, with the pocket d², arranged parallel to the
inclined open end of the money slide h. The coin coming forth from the lower end
of said slide, bears with its weight against the rear lever arm and tilts the lever on its
pivot e, whereby the click d' is lifted out of the rack, while the money is sliding
down and falling into a box arranged below. The click d', while sliding upwards
on the inclined surface g, is guided by an inclined surface a² of a frame a¹,
which is secured to or forms part with the drawing rod a and carries the rack f
and angle-piece g.
The hammer C² may in this modification be replaced by a plunger (³ carried by
the rod a or frame a¹, said plunger C3 bears against the rear part of the lowermost
piece or parcel B, to push the same out of the discharge-port of the funnel A and
casing.
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 a coin freed apparatus for automatic sale, the combination with the drawing-
roda, rack f, and coin actuated lever , of a pivoted discharge-lever C with a
hammer-shaped head to push the lowermost piece or parcel of goods out of the
discharge-port when the drawing-rod is pulled out, substantially as and for the purpose
described.
2. In a coin freed apparatus for automatic sale, the combination with the drawing-
rod a, rack f, and coin actuated lever d with click ', of a pivoted angle-piece g
with a downwardly inclined front part, serving to tilt the lever d and throw the coin
off, and then to force the click down again upon the rack, to prevent quick repetitions
of pulling the rod out; substantially as described..
3. In a coin freed apparatus for automatic sale,,the combination, with the drawing-
rod a,
rack pivoted angle-piece g and coin actuated lever d, of a pivoted discharge-
lever Ocarried along by the forward motion of the drawing-rod, to push the lowermost

page_text: piece or parcel of goods out of the discharge-port, substantially as and for the
purpose set forth.
4. In a coin freed apparatus, for automatic sale, the combination with the drawing-
rod a, rack f, and slide-frame a', of a plunger C³ carried along by the forward motion
of the drawing-rod, to push the lowermost piece or parcel of goods out of the discharge-
port, substantially as and for the purpose described.
5. In a coin freed apparatus for automatic sale, the combination with a drawing-
rod a, rack f, and pivoted coin freed lever d with click d', of an inclined surface g and
plunger C³, substantially as and for the purpose described.
Dated this 30th day of November 1889
WM. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
Of 6, Lord Street, Liverpool, Agents for the Applicant.