A Toy Automatic Machine for Delivering Sweets by the Operation of Coins.
Year: 1888

page_text: Date of Application, 9th Mar, 1888
Complete Specification Left, 27th Nov., 1888
Complete Specification Accepted, 9th Mar., 1889
A Toy Automatic Machine for Delivering Sweets by the Operation
of Coins.
I, JOSEPH ROBERT MALLY, of 83 Sun Street, Bishopsgate, in the County of
Middlesex, "Manufacturer of fancy Goods," do hereby declare the nature of this
invention to be as follows:-
My invention relates to a new or improved construction of a toy automatic machine'
for delivering sweets by the operation of coins, mainly designed to provide amusement
to children, by inserting a coin in a slot at the top of the box, provided for that
purpose, the weight of the coin presses an apparatus on one side, which is placed
beneath the feeder which contains sweets and the like, and permits the sweets to pass
down a channel into a drawer or trough at the bottom, this said drawer being pulled
out and the sweets removed, the coin falling then through at the bottom of the
machine or it may be retained in a box to act as a money box.
The toy automatic machine may be constructed in any material, and is by preference
made in tin, in a box shape, with a drawer to pull out or a trough fixed in the front,
with an opening from the shoot into the trough with one or more tubes with glass
fronts inserted to hold the sweets and termed feeders, fixed to the top of the box, and
tho slots for the coin. Beneath the feeders are placed a bottom plate under a
cylindrical piece of tube with a plate at the side and is hung on a pivot, and kept in
position by a piece of elastic, the plate at the side of the cylinder is intended to cover
or stop up the feeder when the cylindrical tubo is pressed on one side by the knobs
above the quadrant slots insertion of the coin, and to prevent any more sweets falling
than what is in the cylindrical tubo.
The sweets fall down a gutter or channel fixed inside the box or in a drawer, which
can be pulled out sufficiently to remove the sweets.
When the drawer is pulled out the coin drops through the bottom, at the back of
the drawer.
I construct my invention in such a manner that when it is required to recover a
portion of the sweets from the feeders, the operator drops a coin into the slot, the coin
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page_text: falling on the coin lever balance thereby releasing the cylindrical tube which holds
the portion of sweets, and by the operator working tho knob in the quadrant slot,
throws the sweets off the fixed plate and down the shoot, through the opening into
the trough outside the box.
And in order that my invention may be thoroughly understood, I now proceed to
describe the accompanying drawings thereof, reference being had to letters and
figures marked thereon."
Figure 1 represents the front elevation of a double feeding machine, with the
feeders to hold the sweets marked A, and the knobs to work in the quadrant slots
marked B, and the box C, with opening from the shoot E, and the trough D.
Figure 2 is a side elevation, with hinges marked F, and the dotted lines denote the
shoot inside the box with arrows to indicato the way the sweets travel.
Figure 3, is a plan of the top of lid of the box, with the feeders marked A, and
the knobs to work the cylindrical tube H, marked B, working in the quadrants G and
the slots for the insertion of coins marked V.
Figure 4, is a full size section of the interior arrangement beneath the feeder A,
with the cylindrical tube H, working on a pivot L, with the fixed plate R, and worked
on the pivot by the knob 13, to release the weight N, on the coin lever balance O,
working on the bearings of wire M, with a stop picce P.
Figure 5. is a perspective view of the cylindrical tube II beneath the feeder, with
the pivot L, and the plate to stop any more sweets falling than what are in the tube
marked K, and the plate I, which release the weight N, and the hole J, to which is
attached the piece of elastic to keep the said tubo in its stationary position.
Figure 6. is a front view of the interior fittings showing the coin lever balance O,
with the weight N, and the piece of elastic marked S, attached at the point J, the
other parts being hereinbefore described.
Like letters refer to like parts in each of the figures.
A, the feeders. B, the knobs to work the cylindrical tubes. C, the box. D trough.
E the opening. F. hinges to lid. H cylindrical tube. I bottom plate to catch the
weight N. hole to attach the elastic. K top plate on cylinder.
L pivot.
M bearings. N weight. O coin lever balance. P stop guard. R fixed plate to
prevent sweets falling down. S picco of elastic.
Dated this 9th day of March 1888.
J. P. BAYLY,
Agent for the Applicant.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
A Toy Automatic Machine for Delivering Sweets by the Operation
of Coins.
I, JOSEPH ROBERT MALLY, of 83 Sun Street, Bishopsgate, in the County of
Middlesex, "Manufacturer of Fancy Goods" 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 a new or improved construction of a toy automatic machine,
for delivering sweets, by the operation of coins, mainly designed to provide amuse-
ment to children; by inserting a coin in a slot at the top of the box, provided for that
purpose, the weight of the coin presses an apparatus downwards, which releases a
cylindrical tube, placed beneath the feeder which contains sweets and the like, and
permits the sweets to pass down a channel into a trough at the bottom of the box.
The coins may be retained in a box to act as a money box with a lock and key.
My invention may be constructed in any material, but is by preference made in
tin, in a box or any other shape, and provided with a lock and key.
On the top of the box I fix one, two, or more tubes with glass fronts inserted to
hold the sweets and termed feeders. Adjoining are the slots for the coins.
Beneath the feeder is placed a fixed bottom plate R under a cylindrical tube H
with a shaped plate at the side, which is hung on a pivot L, and kept in position
by a piece of elastic S; the plate K' at the side of the cylinder H is intended to
cover or stop the feeder when the cylindrical tube H is pressed on one side by the
knob B above the quadrant slot, after the coin has been inserted; and to prevent
any more sweets falling than those in the cylindrical tube.
I construct my invention in such a manner that when it is required to obtain
some of the sweets from the feeders, the operator drops a coin into the slot, the
coin falling on the coin lever balance O. The cylindrical tube H which holds the
portion of sweets is released by the operator working the knob B in the quadrant
slot G, throws the sweets off the fixed plate R down the shoot, through the opening E
into the trough D outside the box.
And in order that my invention may be thoroughly understood, 1 now proceed to
describe the drawings filed with the Provisional Specification thereof, reference being
had to letters and figures marked thereon.
Figure 1. represents the front elevation of a double feeding machine, with the
feeders to hold the sweets marked A, and the knobs to work in the quadrant slots
marked B, in the cover of the box C¹. The box C, with an opening E from the
shoot, and the trough D.
Figure 2, is a side elevation, with hinges
the shoot and the coins inside the box.
travel.
marked F, and the dotted lines to indicate
The arrows denote the way the sweets
Figure 3, is a plan of the top or lid of the box with the feeders A, and the knobs B
to work the cylindrical tubes H; working in the quadrant slots G, and the slots for
the insertion of coins marked V.

page_text: Figure 4, is a full size section of the interior arrangement beneath the feeder A,
with the cylindrical tube H working on a pivot L, with the plate R fixed to the pivot
pin and the aforesaid cylindrical tube H worked on the pivot by the knob B in the
quadrant slot G, to release the weight N at the end of the coin lever balance 0,
working on the bearings of wire M, with a stop piece P.
The dotted lines P' indicate the position of the lever balance ○ when a coin is lying
on the said balance.
The dotted lines P2 indicate the position of the lover balance O and the coin falling
off the said balance when the knob B is passed to the back of the box to move the
cylinder and the top plate K¹ and flange K.
Figure 5, represents a perspective view of the cylindrical tube H, with the pivot
hole L, and the plate K with flange K, to stop any more sweets falling than what
may be in the tube H. The flange K on plate K releases the weight N, from the
plate I when a coin falls on the balance lever O, and the cylinder H is moved out of
its stationary position by the knob B. The hole J is attached the piece of elastic S to
keep the tubo H in its stationary position.
Figure 6 is a front view of the interior fittings fixed under the cover or lid C.
The coin lover balance O with the weight N resting against the plate I; and the piece
of elastic S attached at the point or hole J. The remaining parts in this figure being
as herein before described.
The machine is set in motion by inserting a coin in the slot V, which said coin falls
on the coin lever balance O, and there it stops until the knob B is pushed towards the
back of the box in the quadrant slot G, which releases the lever balance weight N, and
tho weight of the coin on this said lever balance causes it to fall downwards, when the
weight N is raised; thereby liberating the coin. The knob moves the tube off the
plate R, to set the sweets in motion to travel down the shoot.
The coin falls from the lever balance down into the money box portion of the box ;
and the weight N falls again into its original position.
The elastic S draws the cylindrical tube beneath the feeder when the knob is
liberated, the weight N fitting in between the plate I and the flange K.
The top plate is intended to slide under the feeder to prevent any more sweets
than what is situated in the cylinder to fall down the shoot.
Having now fully described the nature and object of my invention, and the manner
in which the same is to be performed, I claim as new the following:-
First The combination of the apparatus to provide amusement for children, and
to induce them to save their money, substantially as herein described and according
to the accompanying drawings.
Secondly: The combination of the machine for the purpose of supplying sweets
or the like, after the insertion of a coin, substantially as herein described and
according to the accompanying drawings.
Thirdly The combination of my invention for a toy machine and money box,
substantially as herein described and according to the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 27th day of November 1888.
J. P. BAYLY,
18, Fulham Place, W.,
Agent for the Applicant.