Automatic Delivery of Articles in Exchange therefor.
Year: 1886

page_text: Date of Application, 20th Apr., 1886.
Complete Left, 20th Jan., 1887.
Complete Accepted, 25th Feb., 1887
Automatic Delivery of Articles in Exchange therefor.
I CHARLES HENRY RUSSELL of 80 Gray's Inn Road, London in the county of
Middlesex Gentleman do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
This invention relates to certain improvements in apparatus for the reception of coin
and the automatic delivery of articles in exchange therefor. The articles to be delivered
are stored in a hopper shaped receptacle having a movable flap or flaps, beneath which
is situated a sliding delivery device such as is referred to in my application for Letters
Patent No. 1500 of February 2nd 1886. The sliding part is slotted transversely and
the article to be delivered rests above the slot but is prevented entering it before the
insertion of a coin by a fixed plate; A money slot is provided in the casing and
beneath it two grooved discs or rollers are placed, one fixed, the other centred at the
top of a rocking lever suitably centred at a lower point. The coin when inserted in
the money slot does not fall freely between these rollers but, engaging with the grooves
thereon, requires a slight force to push it down vertically between them, thereby
causing the movable roller to retire and at the same time move in the reverse direc-
tion the foot of the rocking lever. The foot engages with a stud fixed upon the sliding
part of the delivery device which is thus moved backwards. This first motion of the
slide withdraws the slot from its normal position below a fixed plate and an article
can drop into it, and rest upon the fixed base plate below it, the motion also suffi-
ciently agitates the articles to prevent jamming or bridging. Upon the said stud a
serrated bar is fixed, one of whose serrations when the slide is thus noved into a
backward position as described, engages with a pawl centred in suitable position
upon a fixed part of the box and pressed downwards by a spring to ensure its motion
anil lock the slide in its backward position. The tail of the pawl is extended beneath
the money shoot and the coin, after passing between the said grooved rollers passes.
down a shoot so constructed as to reject or return, by another orifice any other coin or
article than that intended, and in its descent strikes this extension and lifts the catch*

page_text: of the pawl thus releasing the serrated bar and slide which is at once returned to
normal position by a suitable spring, at the same time carrying the article contained in
the slot horizontally along the base plate to an inclined plane down which it is suitably
guided to the delivery orifice. The coin having thus released the slide continues its
descent and is deposited in a suitable money drawer placed at the base of the apparatus.
A cover plate is provided to close the money slot when no more articles remain in
the hopper and also an indicator to record the number of articles sold; both these
devices may be worked from the back of the slide at each operation or from any
suitable working part. A spring or equivalent may be provided acting upon thic
rocking bar aforesaid to control its rebound and also to keep it constantly against
the stud. The whole is enclosed in a casing of wood or suitable material and fitted
with lid and locks.
J. C. CHAPMAN.
70, Chancery Lane, W.C.,
Agent for Applicant.
Improvements in Apparatus for the Reception of Coin and the
Automatic Delivery of Articles in Exchange therefor.
I CHARLES HENRY RUSSELL of 80 Grays Inn Road, London in the county of Middlesex
Gentleman do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the
same is to be performed. to he particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement:―
This invention relates to certain improvements in apparatus for the reception of coin
and the automatic delivery of articles in exchange therefor.
The articles to be delivered are stored in a hopper shaped receptacle having a
movable flap or flaps, beneath which is situated a sliding delivery device such as is
referred to in my application for Letters Patent No. 1500 of February 2nd 1886. The
sliding part is slotted transversely and the article to be delivered rests above the slot
but is prevented entering it before the insertion of a coin by a fixed plate. A money
slot is provided in the casing and beneath it two grooved discs or rollers are placed
one fixed, the other centred at the top of a rocking lever suitably centred at a lower
point. The coin when inserted in the money slot does not fall freely between these
rollers but engaging with the grooves thereon, requires a slight-force to push it down
vertically between them, thereby causing the movable roller to retire and at the same
time move in the reverse direction the foot of the rocking lever. The foot engages
with a stud fixed upon the sliding part of the delivery device which is thus moved
backwards. This first motion of the slide withdraws the slot from its normal position
below a fixed plate and an article can drop into it, and rest upon the fixed base plate
below it, the motion also sufficiently agitates the articles to prevent jamming or
bridging. Upon the said stud a serrated bar is fixed, one of whose serrations when
the slide is thus moved into a backward position as described, engages with a pawl
centred in suitable position upon a fixed part of the box and pressed downwards by

page_text: a spring to ensure its motion and lock the slide in its backward position. The tail of
the pawl is extended beneath the money shoot and the coin after passing between the
said grooved rollers passes down a shoot so constructed as to reject or return by
another orifice any other coin or article than that intended, and in its descent strikes
this extension and lifts the catch of the pawl thus releasing the serrated bar and slide
which is at once returned to normal position by a suitable spring, at the same time
carrying the article contained in the slot horizontally along the base plate to an
inclined plane down which it is suitably guided to the delivery orifice. The coin
having thus released the slide continues its descent and is deposited in a suitable
money drawer placed at the base of the apparatus.
A cover plate is provided to close the money slot when no more articles remain in
the hopper, and also an indicator to record the number of articles sold; both these
devices may be worked from the back of the slide at each operation or from any
suitable working part. A spring or equivalent may be provided acting upon the
rocking bar aforesaid to control its rebound, and also to keep it constantly against
the stud.
The accompanying drawings clearly illustrate the invention: Figure 1 is a side
elevation with front plate and slot closing device removed showing mechanism in
normal position. Figure 2 is a section through centre of storage compartment and
hopper Figure 3 is a part of same view as figure 1 with money shoot removed
illustrating the slot closing device and the mechanism locked in a backward position. '
Figure 4 is a part plan of top of box with lid removed showing the slot closing device.
Similar letters refer to similar parts in all of the figures.
A is a storage hopper with movable flaps a, Bis a sliding delivery device with
transverse slot & held in normal position by a spring all of which parts may be
constructed and arranged in the same manner as is fully set forth in my prior specifi-
cation hereinbefore referred to, or that arrangement may be slightly modified in the
manner illustrated in the figures. is a plate rigidly fixed to and sliding with B.;
upon B is a pin 63 which engages in a curved and slotted link, the lower end of
which is rigidly connected to a plate c¹ hinged ate and extending beneath the trans-
verse slot . D is the money slot, d, d' are two rotary discs or rollers provided or not
with circumferential grooves, the one being on a fixed centre and the other d
centred about the upper end of the rocking lever E centred at e and provided with
a spring e to control its rebound and keep its foot constantly against a stud placed
upon the sliding part B. The stud carries a rigid bar f having a tooth or teeth".
is a spring pawl centred on the partition plate and having a tail y extending below
the money shoot h. The shoot is of the form shown, or of such construction as to
prevent the passage of unintended articles such as a knife blade or the like; or it may
be provided with an opening and a second shoot such as shown dotted in figure 1
adapted to return any article smaller than the coin intended.
The rotary disc rollers are so spaced apart that a coin when inserted at D as
shown dotted in figure 1 does not fall freely between them but engaging therewith
requires a slight force to push it down between them, thereby causing the movable
roller d and the head of the rocking lever E to retire and at the same time move in
the reverse direction the foot of lever E; this movement presses backwards the stude
the sliding part B, and bar whose tooth passing beneath the catch of spring pawl g
raises it and becomes locked thereby in a backward position as shown in figure 3 in
which position it will remain until released as hereinafter shown. The same notion
withdraws the plate and one article drops through and rests upon the plate c¹ which
has then by the action of the slotted link e assumed the position shown in figure 3.
The proper coin having passed between the said rotary disc is utilized to release the
mechanism from the locked position described and deliver an article, but unless it falls
through the shoot as intended the apparatus will remain locked and no delivery will
take place. The coin falls ihrough shoot hand strikes the extension or tail g¹ thereby
raising pawl g thus releasing the tooth of bar and the slide B is at once returned
to normal position by spring &, the plate el being simultaneously returned. The article
resting on plate e' is thus liberated and falls down the inclined plane to the delivery

page_text: orifice and the coin is deposited in a suitable money drawer or receptacle placed at
the base of the apparatus.
The cover plate for closing the money slot when no more articles remain in the
hopper A is shown in figures 3 and 4.
is
is a ratchet wheel having any determined number of teeth; a spring pawl
centred on lever E and at the return motion thereof pushes over the ratchet whee! k
a distance of one tooth; a pin is fixed on the face of k and at each revolution the
pin engages with a tooth of rack I moving it forward; thus, say the hopper contains
one hundred articles and the ratchet twenty five teeth, at the fourth revolution of the
ratchet the rack has been moved so far forward that its ond engages with and
presses back the weighted lever m centred on the frame of the box. The function of
this lever mis to hold back a spring cover plate and when it is thus pressed back as
described the plate is liberated and being pressed forward by its spring covers and
closes the slot D.
The whole is enclosed in a casing of wood metal or suitable material and fitted with
a lid and locks.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I claim is:
1. The arrangement and construction of an automatic goods selling apparatus
whereby the act of inserting the proper coin actuates the mechanism for the purpose
set forth.
2. In an automatic goods selling apparatus, the hereinhefore described method of
obtaining the power required to operate the delivery mechanism by the action of the
proper coin only, consisting of a fixed roller, and a movable roller centred upon
a rocking lever, the said rollers being so arranged below the money slot that by the
passage of the coin between them the lever is rocked and its motion utilized to lock
the mechanism in a position ready to deliver an article, and by its descent the
mechanism is unlocked and an article delivered, all constructed and arranged
substantially in the manner and for the purposes set forth.
3. In an automatic goods selling apparatus the herein before described means of
closing the money slot when any fixed number of articles has been delivered, consisting
of the combination of a ratchet wheel such as carrying a pin adapted to be partly
rotated at each action of the apparatus by any convenient moving part, and a sliding
rack, a weighted lever, and a spring cover plate, all arranged and operating
substantially as described and illustrated.
J. C. CHAPMAN,
70, Chancery Lane, W.C.,
Agent for Applicant..