Coin Freed Testing and Indicating Machine for Testing and Indicating Various Degrees of Physical Strength.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 9th Apr., 1889-Accepted, 6th July, 1889
COM DUID DE MULTICATION.
A Coin Freed Testing and Indicating Machine for Testing and
Indicating Various Degrees of Physical Strength.
We MATTHEW PAGE and ARTHUR PAGE both of 163 Pentonville Road London'
Engineers and BENJAMIN ALLEN of 4 Robert Street Bedford Row London Brass
Founder 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 provide a mechanical substitute for the game or
exercise known as the tug of war." The accompanying drawing is a back elevation
in perspective shewing the internal construction of the machine.
To carry out our invention we make a casing a of any convenient size and shape
and fit the front thereof with an indicator having a suitable scale thereon. This
indicator is fitted with a spring balances of any suitable construction by which it is
operated A money slot is formed in the front of the case and also a suitable
aperture through which the inner end of a cord d is passed-The outer end of such
cord is left free and furnished with a suitable holdfast so as to form a pull for operating
the machine. Fixed on the inside of the front of the casing are a pulley e and
guide -The inner end of the cord is carried under the pulley and up through the
guide and is made fast to the upper limb g' of a jointed lever -This upper limb is
rivetted or otherwise connected to the spring balance so that when the cord is pulled
the pointer on the dial moves round to the figures which indicate the equivalent in
pounds weight to the force of the pull thus shewing the strength of the operator.
The lower limb of the jointed lever is fitted with a cross pin i working in a movable
slotted check platej pivotted to a bracket & fixed on the inside of the front of the
casing If desired a suitable spring may be fitted underneath the check plate to
force the same back into position after the machine has been operated. A shoot is
fixed on the inside of the front of the casing just beneath the money slot therein so
that when a coin is placed in such slot it drops into the shoot. A spindle m furnished
with a crank handle n is fitted in one side of the casing-The inner end of this
spindle works in a suitable bearing and carries a grooved wheel which is placed
immediately beneath the bottom of the shoot I so that when a coin falls down the
shoot it drops into the groove in the wheel and leaves about one half its circumference
projecting above the periphery of the wheel-The handle is then turned by the
operator thus operating the wheel and causing the projecting portion of the coin to
come in contact with and push forward the cross pin together with the lower
limb of the jointed lever and so allows the cross pin to rise into the recess o formed
in the slot in the check plate thus holding the jointed lever in position to allow the
mechanism to act when the cord is pulled by the operator. After the wheel has been
operated the coin falls into a drawer or other suitable receptacle therefor in the
bottom of the machine and when the cord is pulled by the operator it simultaneously
operates both the spring balance and indicator and at the same time releases the
cross pin from the recess o thus allowing the lower limb of the jointed lever g to
again fall back into a neutral position as shewn in the drawing- is a guide to hold
the jointed lever in position-On reference to the drawing it will be obvious that
until a coin is put into the machine it will remain inoperative as the only result of
pulling the cord would be to bring the bottom of the lower limb of the jointed
lever y in contact with the guide thus arresting the action of the mechanism
there being no coin to push out the lower limb and cross pin in the manner already
described. The handle n is weighted to ensure its falling down after being operated
and so again bringing the slot in the wheel under the shoot ready to receive a fresh
coin.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what we
claim is.
A coin freed machine for testing and indicating various degrees of physical
strength furnished with an indicator actuated by a pull and fitted with a money slot,
shoot, grooved wheel, jointed lever, cross pin and check plate all relatively arranged
combined and fitted substantially in the manner and for the purposes hereinbeföre
described and shewn.
ليم
1 1000
ELT & Co.,
33, Southampton Buildings, Holborn, London, Agents for the Applicants.