An Automatic Machine for the Reception of Advertisements and the like.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 15th July, 1896
Complete Specification Left, 15th Apr., 1897-Accepted, 17th July, 1897
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Automatic Machine for the Reception of Advertisements
and the like.
We, HANS PETSCH of 3 Baumgasse, Vienna, Austria, Engineer, and HUGO
Souker, of 1 Hoher Markt, Vienna, Austria, Manufacturer, do hereby declare the
nature of this Invention to be as follows:-
Our invention relates to an automatic machine which owing to its peculiar
construction allows of the reception of advertisements; while at the same time
the amounts paid by the different advertisers are duly controlled, and in some
cases the printed matter, that is to say the newspapers and pamphlets appearing
later on with these advertisements, can be delivered by the same automatic
machine.
This machine which is preferably erected within a kiosk or the like has for
its object to allow any one who has such a machine in his neighbourhood to file
or drop into said machine an announcement or advertisement, without having to
go to the office of the newspaper wherein he wishes the advertisement or announce-
ment to be inserted, while at the same time receiving an acknowledgment or
recript. Further the public requiring situations, wishing to let apartments and
the like will be able to withdraw from such automatic machine, on prepayment
of a small fee the publishing medium whether a newspaper or a pamphlet.
The machine is erected within a kiosk in the wall of which an opening is
made where the requisite amount of money is placed in order that by pressing on
the knob, a box or capsule may be obtained which is duly numbered and drops
from a second opening. In this box or capsule is placed a ticket which bears the
same number as the box and acknowledges that the ticket has been obtained by
inserting the proper amount in the machine. In this box the advertisement is
now placed which it is desired to insert, as well as any additional amount which
may have to be paid in the machine owing to the advertisement costing more than
was anticipated. The box being now closed is pushed through a third opening,
whereupon it falls into a collecting chamber. The money dropped through the
first opening fails into a money collecting box which is constructed in such a
manner that the money is placed in exactly the same order as it was dropped in the
machine, through the first mentioned opening so as to correspond to the number
of the box, thus providing controlling means whereby it can be ascertained that for
any given box the right amount has been paid and that no lesser sum or no base
coin has been fraudulently placed in this collecting box.
.
For this purpose the money collecting box is so constructed that the coin must
lie horizontally and that the box cannot be opened by the person appointed to
collect the advertisements but can only be opened at the office, while the number of
collections made by the said person is duly registered, mechanism being provided
for preventing the coin being thrown into the machine without the article required
being delivered. On the other side of the kiosk is arranged a fourth opening

page_text: through which coins are inserted in order to obtain, after having previously pressed
upon the push knob, the publishing medium, newspaper, pamphlet or the like
in which the announcement or advertisement appears. The delivery apparatus
proper consists of a receptacle for the boxes of its frame and of the discharging
mechanism, as well as of the pressure device.
The construction of the delivery apparatus is as follows:-
At the lower end of the receptacle for the boxes is arranged a broken frame,
wherein four or more pins are fixed. Upon these pins or axes rollers are mounted
which are screwed or otherwise secured at the upper ends of these pins or axes
The edges of these rollers are flattened on one side, the flattening of the upper
edge forming with that of the lower edge an angle of 70°. In the upper edge of the
roller a longitudinal slot is formed on the side furthest away from the receptacle
for the boxes. Between the grooves formed in the circumference of the rollers is
fitted a movable slide provided in the longitudinal direction with a knob. A
spiral spring fixed to the frame of the receptacle for the boxes at one end, and to the
movable slide at the other controls this slide, and compels it to maintain its position.
According to the number of the rollers the slide is provided with an equal number
of feed pins which are fixed to this slide and fit into the slots of the rollers
wherein they are designed to engage. On an extension of the frame is arranged
a plummer block wherein a bar is movably secured. This bar is provided with a
fixed box wherein a bolt is fitted so as to be able to slide freely to and fro, and
with a slot, which, when the machine is at rest, stands in front of a projection on
the push knob. The spiral spring which bears against a shoulder on the bolt at
one end and against a like shoulder on the box at the other end, maintains the
box in its proper position. In this box is formed a slot wherein a screw or pin
inserted in the bolt enters, and prevents the turning of the bolt in the box, whilst
permitting to and fro movement of said bolt. A hopper is fixed on the long end of
the bar which hopper can be opened by the aid of a hinge and carries, at the
part which is arranged to be opened, a lever designed for this purpose. On the
side of the bar opposite to the hopper is fixed an arm, upon which is placed a
counterweight. Upon the bolt is fixed, in a suitable point, a bent pin in such a
manner that when the bar in turning assumes its lowermost position, this pin
engages with a pin or projection of the plummer block in order to maintain the
bar in its lowered position until the lever of a door or flap arranged at the outlet
end of the frame opens the hopper by reason of its downward motion, thus
resisting the force required to open the hopper. The door or flap is provided with
a hinge by which it can be opened and it is secured at its hinged side to a lever
serving to open the hopper. A coin race is provided and so placed as to lead the
money to the hopper whenever the latter reaches its highest position and the
money collecting box is placed under the hopper when the latter assumes its lower-
most position.
The collecting box consists of two tubes inserted one within the other and of a
cone surrounding the innermost tube at a part which projects beyond the upper end
of the outer tube. The inner tube is furnished with a slot on both sides extending
a certain distance up, wherein racks are inserted having a series of outwardly
projecting and another inwardly projecting series, one set being at right angles
and another set being inclined, the purpose of these projections being hereinafter
described. The racks which are movable on hinges at their lower ends, have their
teeth formed similar to those of a saw, the inclined parts being arranged in a
downward direction. At the upper end and within the inner tube is fixed a mouth-
piece, the openin of which corresponds in size to that of the coins for which it
is intended, and it is provided at its outlet with a flap which opens by the weight
of the coins. On both sides of a recess in this mouthpiece there is arranged a
catch or hook which is pressed outwards by a spiral spring placed between it and
the recess. At the lower end of the inner tube a movable bottom is provided
which is furnished with a transverse hole of a somewhat elongated form, wherein a
bolt is entered the ends of which extend beyond the circumference of the tubes,

page_text: the bolt being provided with a hole for locking purposes. Below the tubes a bar
or lever upon which the lower end of the inner tube bears is fulcrumed on a
frame, said bar having a cord, chain, or the like at the end opposite to the fulcrum.
The cord is led over a roller on the frame and is fixed to a pin attached to the
slide. At the lower end of the outer tube a catch similar to that on the mouthpiece
is placed in a suitable recess having a spring which causes it as well as a counter
catch or pawl with its spring to engage with a ratchet wheel. This ratchet wheel
turns freely upon a bolt fixed to the frame on which the bar or lever is fulcrumed.
The ratchet wheel has numerals or sigus around its periphery on which points an
index hand which is fixed to the frame.
Any suitable number of such apparatus are thus erected in a kiosk and opposite
each apparatus there is arranged in the shell or casing the push knob which is
located in a guide and is accessible from the outside. A spiral spring placed
between the push knob and the guide tends to push the former constantly in an
outward direction, a wedge being provided to prevent the push knob from turning.
It is to be observed that in an inward direction the flattened edge of the roller
is so placed when in the position of rest that the non flattened lower edge of the
roller projects within the receptacle wherein are piled the articles to be delivered
such as newspapers, pamphlets, boxes, tickets and the like and prevents the same
from dropping down, while the upper flattened edge of the roller is turned away
from the receptacle and releases the above mentioned articles stored in the said
receptacle. Further the holt in the fixed box has, during the position of rest, its
slot opposite the projection of the push knob in such a position that when the
sa'd knob is pushed inwardly the projection enters the slot of the bolt without
however setting any part of the mechanism in motion. When any one requires to
use the apparatus he must first insert a coin into the first mentioned opening which
cuin slides down the groove or coin race into the hopper fixed to the beam or bar.
In consequence of the weight of such coin the bar is depressed by its now loaded
end and carries with it the bolt which is free to slide but cannot turn in its box
and hence the slot comes to stand crosswise to the projection on the knob, the
pressure exerted on the knob not only moving the bolt but the slide likewise. In "
consequence of this motion of the slide the rollers are rotated by the action upon,
them of the freed pins entering the longitudinal slots in the rollers so that the
fattened lower edge of the roller comes out of the receptacle and allows the
pamphlet, box, &c, which is now released to fall out; while the non-flattened edge
of the said roller is pushed below the articles piled thereon and thus prevents the
dropping of another article. At the moment that the bar is depressed, it reaches
a position wherein the bent pin on the bolt is pressed into a notch in the plummer
block and the article falling out of the receptacle alights on the flap beneath it,
the flan being pressed down owing to the weight of the article while at the same
time the lever is raised and as soon as the lever arrives below the hopper arm the
said hopper is bound to open and the money which it contains drops out. As
che unloading of the bar results from the fall of the article from the receptacle it
cannot happen that any one parts with his money unrewarded as is the case with
all other automatic machines. If, when the article has been obtained, the pressure
on the push knob is released, the bolt as well as the slide return to their normal
sitions of rest, while the rollers turn in the manner already set forth in this
description. The opening of the hopper allows the coin contained therein to pass
through the mouthpiece of the collecting box in order to fall to the bottom thereof.
In order to prevent the coins accumulating in the money collecting box standing
on their edges, a shaking apparatus is provided consisting of the movable bottom
of the collecting box, the har upon which it rests, its connections being by means
of the cord carried over the roller and the slide. The bottom will thus be moved
up and down correspondingly to the motion of the slide and the coin will be shaken
in such a manner as to come to lie perfectly flat. The construction of the money
collecting box is such that the coin dropped in the machine lie one above the other
in the same manner as they have been put in, which provides an efficient control

page_text: in case of a debased coin or a coin of insufficient value, while the money cannot be
withdrawn without first opening the bottom.
The various parts of the collecting box operate as follows:-
Each time the collecting box is placed in its proper position from the outside,
the outwardly projecting pins of the racks are pushed within the outer tube in
consequence of the shape of the cone. The mouthpiece introduced bears with its
lower surface upon the inward horizontal projection of the racks and cannot thus
fall down. When the collecting box is raised out of the cone, the racks move out-
wardly and the opening becomes sufficiently free to allow the mouthpiece to slide
in, and to fall by gravity until it finds a certain amount of resistance from the'
coins. It is impossible to remove the mouthpiece without opening the bottom,
because when the mouthpiece falls, the two catches enter the teeth of the rack. To
be also able to control the removals of the collecting box, a catch with a spring is
arranged on the outer tube in a cavity below, this catch being capable of such an
adjustment as will not alter the position of the ratchet wheel so that when taking
this catch out, the ratchet wheel is moved one tooth farther and one can consequently
read on the scale engraved on the said ratchet wheel how often the collecting box
has been removed. This mechanism may moreover he connected to a clock so as to
ascertain the time of the various collections. To prevent the ratchet wheel from
turning backwards a pawl is fixed to the frame so as to arrest the same. The
push knob may also be replaced by a crank handle. The delivery apparatus for the
newspapers, &c. is exactly similar to that above described for the boxes or capsules.
The delivery apparatus may be replaced by any other of the well known
apparatus used for automatic machines, while still using numbered boxes and
collecting boxes. Instead of the cone inclined planes arranged in a horizontal
position may likewise be used so long as they are arranged to press inwardly the
projection of the racks when the box is inserted in position, so as to permit the
introduction of the same in a horizontal position, and the collecting boxes may
also be used in common with the receptacle for the advertisement boxes which are
likewise automatically closed when withdrawn.
A magnet may likewise be placed in the apparatus for the purpose of separating
the iron pieces.
Dated thi. 141 J
1
3000
CRUIKSHANK & FAIRWEATHER,
Chartered Patent Agents, 62 Saint Vincent Street, Glasgow,
Agents for the Applicants.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Automatic Machine for the Reception of Advertisements
and the like.
We, HANS PETSCH of 3 Baumgasse, Vienna, Austria, Engineer, and HuGO
SOUKUP, of Hoher Markt, Vienna, Austria, 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:-
Our invention relates to an automatic machine which owing to its peculiar
construction allows of the reception of advertisements: while at the same time
the amounts paid by the different advertisers are duly controlled.
This machine which is preferably erected within a kiosk or the like has for
its object to allow any one who has such a machine in his neighbourhood to file
or drop into said machine an announcement or advertisement, without having to
go to the office of the newspaper wherein he wished the advertisement or

page_text: announcement to be inserted, while at the same time receiving an acknowledge-
ment or receipt.
The machine is erected within a kiosk in the wall of which an opening is
made where the requisite amount of money is placed in, order that by pressing on
the knob, a box capsule book or the like may be obtained which is duly num-
bered and drops from a second opening. In this box or capsule there may be
placed a ticket which bears the same number as the box and acknowledges
that the ticket has been obtained by inserting the proper amount in the
machine. In this box or the like the advertisement is now placed which
it is desired to insert, as well as any additional amount which may have to be
paid into the machine owing to the desired advertisement costing more than
the sum already paid into the machine. The box being now closed is pushed
through a third opening, whereupon it falls into a collecting chamber. The
money dropped through the first opening falls into a money collecting box which is
constructed in such a manner that the money is placed in exactly the same order
as it was dropped in the machine, through the first mentioned opening so as to
correspond to the number of the box, thus providing controlling means whereby it
can be ascertained that for any given box the right amount has been paid and that
no lesser sum or no hase coin has been fraudulently placed in this collecting box.
For this purpose the money collecting box is so constructed that the cou must
lie horizontally and that the box cannot be opened by the person appointed to
collect the advertisements but can only be opened at the office, while the number of
collections made by the said person is duly registered.
In the annexed drawing there is shown a form of construction of this apparatus.
Fig. 1 is a longitudinal section on line X X of Fig. 2. Fig. 2 is an end view partly
in section and Fig. 3 a horizontal cross section on line y-y of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is
a plan view of the carriage belonging to the device for delivering the box or the
like. Fig. 5 is a side veiw of this carriage. Fig. 6 is a section on line of
Fig. 4. Fig. 7 is a section on line of Fig. 4 through this carriage. Fig. 8 is a
section on line ac w of Fig. 6. Figs. 9 and 10 show detached parts in perspective
view.
Fig. 11 is a longitudinal section through the coin collecting device. Fig. 12
is a cross section on line u of Fig. 11. Fig. 13 is a tangential section after
line it of Fig. 12. Fig. 14 is a cross section on line s s of Fig. 11. Fig. 15 is a
cross section on line through the coin collecting device, Fig. 11. Figs. 15" 16
and 17 show details of construction of the coin collecting device. Fig. 18 is a
section on line 7 of Fig. 3 through the mechanism for receiving the cases.
Figs. 19, 20, 21, 22, and 23 are details of the last named device. Figs. 24 and 25
show the mechanism for receiving the cases etc. in two different positions.
Figs. 26 and 27 show an object in the form of a box for receiving the advertisement.
Figs. 28, 29, 30 show the whole apparatus on a smaller scale in exterior view
(front view and two side views).
The whole apparatus is arranged in a case A (Figs. 1-3 and 28-30), in the
door B of which a crank 1 is mounted, which on the inner side of the door is pro-
vided with a disk 2. When the door is closed, pins 4 extend into recesses in
the disk 2, which pins are carried by a second disk 5 (Figs. 1 & 10) this arrange-
ment forming a detachable coupling between the crank 1 and the rest of the
apparatus for allowing of the opening and closing of the door B.
The disk 5 is mounted on a gudgeon 7 on a plate 6 fixed in the case A and
stands under the effect of a spring 8, which tends to turn the disk in the direction
of arrow (Fig. 6). The back of the disk 5 is provided with an inclined plane or
cam 9, against which lies the roller 10 of a pin 11, which is guided in a casing 12
and pressed by a spring 13 with its roller 10 always against the cam 9. The end 9"
(Fig. 10) of the cam 9 pushes against the fixed projection 14 of the plate which,
thus limits the revolution of the disk 5 under the impulse of the spring 8 in this
direction..
The pin 11 is provided at the back with a cross cut 15 and when pressed back

page_text: extends, through corresponding openings 16, 16, in the two plates 17, 17. These
twe plates 17 are fixed on a carriage 18, which is movable in guides 19 and is
pulled by means of springs 20 always forwards in the direction of arrow pl (Fig. 1).
On the carriage 18 is a projection 21, which fits into the slot 15. It is now evident,
that, if the crank 1 is turned in the direction of the hands of a clock the pin 11 is
pressed backwards and the end with the cross cut 15 slides into the openings 16
of the plates 17 and the projection 21 engages in the cut 15, without the carriage 18
being moved. However if a coin D has been thrown through the chute C, it
falls between the two plates 17, 17 and remains before the openings 16, 16 there-
fore covering the same. In order that the coin is kept in this position there is
arranged between the two plates 17, 17 an angular lever 22 turning round the
pin 23 (Fig. 6) which lever is widened at 24 to reduce the width of the coin
channel 25, so that the coin D cannot fall through until the lever 22 is not moved
in the direction of the arrow p³ so that the part 24 no longer obstructs the coin
channel 25. When in the described manner a coin is in the coin channel 25
and the crank 1 is turned in the before said direction, the pin 11 pushes against
the coin D in the channel 25 and the coin again against the projection 21 forcing
the carriage 18, to move backwards in the direction of the arrow p³ (Fig. 1).
On the carriage 18 are fixed pins 26 (Fig. 4) which reach into hollows 27 of the
rollers 28 and give to the carriage a partial revolution in the direction, as soon as
the carriage begins to move. These rollers 28 (Fig. 9) rotate on pins 29 on the
bed plate 6 and carry two disks 30 and 31 (Figs. 4, 7, 9). The upper disk 30.
(Fig. 9) is bevelled to a conical shape and a segment of the circle is removed. The
edge 32 is then sharpened and the upper surface runs helicoidally back to the flat
part 32.
The under disk 31 is simply cylindrical and flattened equally at once side. The
two flattenings however do not stand parallel with one another, but lie at about an
angle of 300 (as shown in Figs. 4 and 9). Usually, that is when the carriage 18
is stationary, the position of the rollers 28 is such that the disks 31 project over
the opening 33 of the bed plate 6. Then the lower of the objects (cases, etc.) 1,
which are conveniently placed over the rollers 28 in a guide F, lies upon the
disks 31 (Figs. 1 and 4). When however the carriage 18 is moved in the already
indicated manner, the disks 31 pass off and free the opening 33 and the lower
object E can freely fall through. Simultaneously the sharpened edges 82 of the
upper disks 30 have passed under the next following object E' (Fig. 1) and pre-
vented the same from falling after and upon the first object E. When the
carriage returns to its stationary position the rollers 28 simultaneously retake their
normal position and the next object E descends and lies upon the disks 30.
The object E freed by the disks 31 falls upon a plate 34 which turns on an axle
35 in the bearings 35. This axle 35 carries a projection 36 (Fig. 6) which lies
against a pin 37, which is guided in a casing 38 and is pressed downwards by a
spring 38 The plate 34 is thus kept in position and also the before mentioned
lever 22, which carries a bar 22" lying against the end of the pin 37.
As soon as an object E freed by the disks 31 falls upon the plate 34, the
latter is pressed downwards in consequence of the weight of the object E and the
object E falls freely into the chute 39 and can be taken out at the mouth 40
(Figs. 1 and 28).
At the moment when the plate 34 descends, the projection must necessarily lift
the pin 37 by the revolution of the axle 35 and also move the angular lever 22
upwards in the direction of the arrow p³-As already described, the chute 25
thus becomes free and the coin D can also fall freely from the chute 25 through the
opening 6 of the plate 6. In order that the object E may fall out only at
the moment when the carriage 18 retakes its stationary position there is fixed on the
carriage 18 itself a tongue 41, (Fig. 7) which reaches with the point 42 under the
free edge of the plate 34. In this latter plate 34 is provided a slot 34° (Fig. 8) as
soon as the carriage 18 takes its stationary position, the point 42 of the tongue 41
is exactly over the slot 34" and the plate can then swing downwards unhindered..

page_text: When however the carriage 18 is moved backwards, the said tongue 41 prevents
the plate 34 from downward movement and thus the object E falling unon the
plate 34 is not delivered until the carriage 18 has again taken its stationary
position, and the object lies exactly over the chute 39.
The advertisement required is placed in the object delivered by the apparatus
and this object provided with the advertisement is thrown into the opening 43,
whereupon it falls through the chute 44 into a box G, which has been slid on the
guides 45, 45 into the casing A and can be pulled out again. In this case G is
also inserted the coin collecting device, into which the coins fall passing through
the opening 6 and the chute 46. The arrangement and the construction of this
collecting device are essentially as follows (Figs. 11-17):
In a slotted tube 47, which has an inner width a little larger than the diameter
of the coin to be used, there are arranged toothed rods 49 which lie diametrically
opposite each other and turn on pins 48; they extend through corresponding
longitudinal slots in the tube 47. On the tube 47 is fixed a basket 51 by means of
the bottom plate 50, and two spiral springs 51" connected with the basket 51
and the toothed rods 49 respectively tend to pull the toothed rods always outwards.
This movement is limited by two slides 53, 54 which move in the guides 52 of
the basket 50, 51 and are connected by a balance lever 55. On moving the slide 53
by hand in one direction the slide 54 moves in the other direction and the toothed
rods 49 are moved inwards in consequence of the sliding of the edges 56 over the
bevelled edges 57 of the toothed rods 49 that is to say the projections 49 a project
into the interior of tube 47 (Fig. 11). In this position the projections 49" serve
as supports to a cylinder 58 to be slid into the tube 47. This cylinder is provided
with two dogs 58 reaching eventually into the teeth of the toothed rods 9 and,
in order that the holts lie always exactly opposite the toothed rods 49, this cylinder
is secured against turning in the tube 47 in the known manner by means of feather
and groove 59.
In the under part the tube 47 is closed by a piston 60 with pin 61 and this
piston has a longitudinal slot 62, into which reaches a bolt 63, which reaches
through the under end of the tube 47. This bolt is provided on one end with a
spring operated tilting lever 64 of known construction (Figs. 16 17).
In the basket 51 are, a little above the slides 53, 54, two openings 65, 65 and the
whole hitherto described device is inserted into two corresponding bearing places
of the case G (Fig. 2).
When the box G is then slid into the guides 45 a fork 66 fixed on the rail A¹
of the casing of the apparatus penetrates with the two arms 67 into the
openings 65, 66, and presses with the ends 67a the toothed rod 49 inwards (Fig. 15).
Simultaneously the projection 676 has operated a pin 53a provided on the slide 53
in such a manner that the slide 53 previously moved in by hand, and also the
slide 54 are moved automatically in the opposite direction, the edges 56 thus free
the toothed rods 49 and these would recede unhindered into the hollows a of the
slides 53, 54 in consequence of the springs 51a, if they were not kept by the fork
arms 67, 67.
Over the upper end of the tube 47 and the cylinder 58, which is provided with a
flat passage 6S for the coins, is slid a closing cover 69 by means of a bavonet
closure 70. When a coin falls in the described manner through the chute 46
into the coin entrance 68, it falls finally into the interior of the tube 47 and upon
the piston 60. If by chance it did not take a flat position, this is ensured by the
arrangement under the pin 61 of a second pin 72 (Fig. 2) in the lever 1. This
lever 71 turns in the bearing 73 of the bottom of the apparatus, stands under the
effect of a spring 74 and is connected with a disk 5 by means of a string or chain
which runs over the roller 75.
When the disk 5 is turned as already described, the lever 71 with the pin 72
lifts the piston 60.
When the rank 1 is left free, the lever 71 moves back and the piston 60 sinks

page_text: again. This shaking movement secures in any case the flat position of the coins,
falling into the tube 47.
To take the coins out of this coin collecting apparatus one must necessarily first
pull the case G out of the guides 45. When this is effected the arms 67 of the
fork 66 free the toothed rods 49 and these recede then unhindered into the
hollows a of the slides 53, 54-as these, as already described, were already brought
into the corresponding position when the case was slid in. By means of the
back moyement of the toothed rods 49, the projections 49a free the cylinder 58
and the latter sink unhindered upon the coin vile lying upon the piston 60.
The coins can then only be taken out by taking the piston 60 out and by pulling
the tilting bolt out, as the cylinder 58 can also be taken out only downwardly from
e tube 47, as movement is prevented in the opposite direction by the dogs 56
engaging now wi... the toothed rods 49.
The whole coin collecting device is, as already described, inserted into the case G.
As the latter is closed by a cover G' with a corresponding lock, the person, who pulls
the case A out cannot take the coins out, unless he have the key for the cover G
as even by opening the bayonet closure 70 he cannot remove the cylinder 58 and
thus take out the coins.
The objects E shown in through the chute 44 fall then also into the case G
through the opening H. In order that also no object can be taken out through
this epening H, when the case G is pulled out of the guides 45 (the objects being
removable only by opening the little door J), the following arrangement is made
(Figs. 18-25):
a
Upon the middle plate 2 of the case G are fixed guides 76 (Fig. 19) in which
plate 77 (Fig. 20) moves. A spring 78 (Fig. 24) tends to press this plate 77
always forward in the direction of the arrow p so that the opening 79 corresponds
with the opening H. In the plate 77 is further provided a slot 80 and a pin S1.
Over the plate 77 and the guides 76 is screwed a plate 83 (Fig. 21) which has also
an opening 83 which corresponds again with the opening H. The pin S
extends through a long slot 82 of the plate 83 and the slide 77 is not hindered in
its movement.
Upon the plate 83 are again screwed guides 85, in which one, two or more
tumbler plates 86 (Fig. 22) are movably arranged. The springs 87 tend to move
these tumblers 86 always in the direction of the arrow p6 and the projections 86a
limit the movement of the plates 86 in the direction of the spring pressure. The
pin 81 reaches into angular slots S6c of the tumbler plates. This whole device
is closed with a cover plate, which has also a hollow corresponding with the
opening H. As long as the tumbler plates 86 take the position of Fig. 22, that
is when they are alone under the effect of the springs 87, also the pin 81 is in
the angular part 86e of the plates 86.
In this position the slide 77 occupies such a position that the closing bridge 77"
closes partly the opening H (Fig. 25). But this is only effected as soon as the
case G is pulled out of the casing of the apparatus.
As soon as the case G is however slid into the guides 45, a key 88 fixed on the
rail A penetrates on the one side with its horizontal bit 90 into the described
lock while the part 89 enters into the recess 80 (Fig. 25) of the slide 77 and the
bit 90 lies opposite the tumbler plates 86. In order to allow the key to enter,
the guide 76 and the plate 77 are of course perforated at the corresponding place.
When the key enters in the described manner, the vertical bit 90 moves first the
tumbler plates S6 back in opposite direction to the arrow 26 until the slots 866
of the tumblers correspond exactly with the pin S1. On this moment the spring 78
operates and presses the slide 77 forwards and the openings H and 79 cover exactly
one another, and the objects E can fall unhindered into the case G
As long as the case G is slid into the apparatus, the slide 77 remains in this
(Fig. 24).
position. But when one pulls the case Gout again, the horizontal bit 89 with its
oblique edge 89a comes into operation.
In the in-slid position of the case also the oblique guide 80 of the hollow 80

page_text: of the slide 77 lies against the edge 89" (Fig. 24). When the case G is pulled out,
the guide 80 must necessarily escape past the edge 89 and the slide 77 is thus
moved in the opposite direction against the pressure of the spring 78; thus the
point 81 arrives opposite the angular parts 86e of the slots 86. But as by pulling
the case out also the tumbler plates 86 are freed and can follow the effect of
the springs 87, they move with the slots Stic agaiú over the pin 81 and lock the
slide 77, as soon as the bit 89 has left the hollow 80. As shown in Fig. 25 the
opening H is thus again harred and it is then impossible to take out the objects E
through this opening H.
In order to control also the number of removals of the case G out of the casing
of the apparatus, on the rail A is also a pin 90, which pushes against a spring
operated dog 91 and moves the same in the direction of the arrow 28 when the
case G is slid into the apparatus.
When the case G is removed from the apparatus the dog 91 moves back and
turns the ratchet wheel 92 for one tooth. With the ratchet wheel 92 is connected
a second ratchet wheel 93, into which engages a pawl 94 allowing the wheel 92 to
turn only in one direction. A counting disk 95 which is connected with the
wheels 92, 93 shows with the hand 96 the number of removals of the case G from
the apparatus.
The control for false money thrown in is very easy as these coins lie in arith-
metical succession in the tube 47. But as also the objects E in the guide are
numbered from below upwards in arithmetical succession 1, 2, 3 d., it will easily
be seen, for which object a false coin has been thrown in.
Besides the described construction the apparatus may also be constructed in
such a manner, that it operates only after having thrown several coins in. There
can also be provided arrangements of a known manner (magnets, sieves etc.) for
preventing false coins from being thrown in.
Finally there may be provided devices of a known kind, which close auto-
matically all the in-throw and delivery openings as soon as the guide F contains
no more objects E.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this in-
vention and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what
we claim is:
1. An automatic machine for the reception of advertisements and the like so
constructed that after having thrown a coin into the apparatus an object of any
form (small box, book or the like) for depositing the advertisement is delivered
and the coin thrown into the apparatus is conducted into a coin collecting device,
which allows of taking out the coins only under control; and so that when the
object provided with the advertisement is thrown back into the apparatus, this
object falls into a case separate from the apparatus and containing simultaneously
the coin collecting device, the in-throw opening of this case being always closed
automatically when the case is taken out of the apparatus.
1. In apparatus as in Claim 1 a coupling device for operating the delivering
mechanism for the objects E or the carriage 18, consisting of a coin chute 25, fixed
on the carriage in which chute is a stopping lever 22, which keeps the coin D
in such a position, that by turning the cam disk 5 by the crank 1 a pin 11 pushes
against the coin D and the latter transfers the movement of the pin to the
carriage 18 for the purpose of operating rollers 28 in partial revolution which by
means of disks 30, 31 secure always the delivery of only one object E during the
operation of the carriage 18.
3. In apparatus as in Claims 1 and 2 for the disengagement of the lever 22, for
the purpose of the delivery of an object E out of the apparatus, and for the
automatic introduction of the coin D into a coin collecting device on the other
side a plate 34, which under the weight of the object E falling on it turns down-

page_text: wards in such a manner that a pin 36 on the turning axle 35 lifts a spring operated
pin 37 and thus disengages the lever 22 lying on the pin 37.
4. In apparatus as in Claims 1-3 a coin collecting device lying in a case G to
be slid into the apparatus, the toothed rods 49 of which collecting device are
extended in such a manner by a fork 66 into a tube 47, when the case G is slid
into the apparatus, that the projections 49 serve as support for a cylinder 58
until on pulling the case G out of the apparatus the fork 66 frees the toothed
rods 49 and the cylinder 58 sinks down on the coins lying on the piston 60 the
cylinder 58 being prevented from being pulled out upwardly by means of the
dogs 58 springing into the toothed rods 49.
5. In the coin collecting device as in Claim 4 the two slides 53, 54, connected
by a balancing lever 55 and which slides before sliding the case G into the
apparatus or before putting the coin collecting device into the case G can be placed
by hand in such a position, that the toothed rods 49 prevent a premature sinking
of the cylinder 58, whilst by sliding the case G into the apparatus a projection 676
of the fork 66 adjusts the slides 53, 54 again automatically in such a manner, that
the toothed rods 49 can eventually spring unhindered into the hollows a of the
slides.
6. In the coin collecting device as in Claims 4 and 5 a device for ensuring the
flat position of the coins falling into the coin collecting device, consisting of a
lever 71 brought into oscillation by a movement of the disk 5 and pushing against
the movable piston 60 of the tube 47 to shake the coin pile lying on the piston.
7. In apparatus as in Claims 1-3 for counting the removals of the case G out
of the apparatus the arrangement of a dog and ratchet wheel which on the in
and out sliding of the case is operated by a pin in such a manner, that a
counting disk connected with this ratchet gear receives a partial revolution.
Dated this 15th day of April 1897
HERBERT HADDAN & Co.,
18, Buckingham Street, Strand, London,
Agents to Applicants.