Year: 1888

page_text: Date of Application, 19th Mar., 1888
Specification Accepted, 17th Aug., 1888
I, JOHN BERNHARD BRENMEHL, of 104 Park Street Camden Town in the County
of Middlesex 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
:-
The object of this Invention is to produce a simple and efficient apparatus which in
exchange for a coin inserted therein will automatically deliver sweetineats matches
and other articles which can be packed in a small compass; the said invention also
provides a valve which will allow a given quantity of liquid to be drawn off in
exchange for a given coin. The outer casing of the machine may be of any suitable
size or shape provided with a drawer to pull out horizontally and a vertical slot or
hole for the insertion of the coin.
The said drawer extends horizontally through the case beyond the slot or hole for
the coin and is provided with a vertical slot which communicates with the slot in the
case when the drawer is closed. The coin falls into this slot in the drawer and stands
When the drawer
vertical with its edge projecting against the short arm of a lever.
is pulled out the coin acts on the said short arm of the lever and turns it on its
fulcrum, raising the long end thereof. The long end of the lever normally holds the
drawer in position, when released by the action of the coin on the short arm the
drawer can be withdrawn and the contents taken out. During its travel the drawer
carries the coin forward until it comes over another slot through which it falls into
the money drawer or till.
And in order that my invention may be more fully understood and carried into
practice I will now proceed to describe the same with reference to the accompanying
drawing which shews a sectional elevation of the apparatus.
The drawer A is provided with an extension B with a slot D. therein which is
vertically under the slot C when the drawer is closed so that a coin placed in the
slot C will fall into the slot D and remain vertical therein.
The apparatus is so constructed that the coin when standing vertically, in the slot D
shall touch the short arm E of the lever EG F. The end of the lever E G F is

page_text: provided with a lug or projection H which overlaps the extension B of the drawer A
leaving a small clearance between H and B. If there is no coin in D when the
drawer is pulled B will come close against H and remain there. If there is a coin
in D. when the drawer is pulled B will travel forward horizontally and the short arm
of the lever will be acted upon by the upper edge of the coin, the motion will be
transmitted to the long arm the lug or projection H will be lifted vertically above B
and the drawer can be withdrawn until B abuts against J the distance J K being
made equal to the width of the drawer-As B travels forward the slot D is carried
horizontally until it is vertically over the slot L when the coin will fall through the
said slot L into the money drawer or till M.
It is obvious that the lever E G F may be made to operate a valve and so allow a
given quantity of liquid to be drawn off in exchange for a given coin.
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:
The construction of an automatic delivery apparatus in which the inserted coin acts
upon the short arm of the lever E G F for the purpose of releasing the drawer or
operating a valve substantially as hereinbefore set forth and illustrated in the
accompanying drawing.