Articles and for Displaying Advertisements thereon.
Year: 1885

page_text: Articles and for Displaying Advertisements thereon.
I, CHARLES HENRY RUSSELL of 137 Maida Vale in the County of Middlesex,
Gentleman, do hereby declare the nature of my invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN
BOXES FOR THE AUTOMATIC DELIVERY OF PREPAID ARTICLES AND FOR DISPLAYING
ADVERTISEMENTS THEREON," to be as follows:-
The object of this invention is to produce a box in which the weight of a coin,
say a penny, when inserted, automatically delivers a cigarette or other article, and
also it may be causes advertisements upon the outside of the box to revolve
or move.
The coin is introduced through a slit at the top of the box, it then falls on to a
flap carried by a horizontal axis, from whence it is delivered on to a platform or
trough supported by a pivotted arm-This trough is normally held in a nearly
horizontal position by a spring, and it has upon it a sliding weight-When the
coin falls its weight causes the trough to descend and thereby the weight is
displaced and falls down along the trough until it comes against a coiled spring
which restrains it. The descent of the trough thus caused by the weight upon it
and the penny actuates the automatic mechanism-First a door for the exit of the
cigarette or other article is opened, then a pusher forces the article out, the pusher
retires and the door is closed-At the same time advertisements printed upon
bands, wheels or the like are caused to revolve or move, so that at the delivery of
each article fresh advertisements are displayed.
The movement of the platform also causes a spring to be compressed and when
the trough in its descent is sufficiently tilted to cause the coin to drop out, this
spring brings the trough back to its ordinary position and also, together with the
spring upon the trough, causes the return of the weight.
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CARPMAEL & Co.,
Agents for the Applicant.

page_text: Improvements in Boxes for the Automatic Delivery of Prepaid
Articles and for Displaying Advertisements thereon.
I CHARLES HENRY RUSSELL of 137 Maida Vale 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 be particularly described and ascertained in and
by the following statement:-
The object of this Invention is to produce a box in which the weight of a coin,
say a penny, when inserted, automatically delivers a cigarette or other article, and
also it may be causes advertisements upon the outside of the box to revolve
or move.
The coin is introduced through a slit at the top of the box, it then falls on to a
flap carried by a horizontal axis from whence it is delivered on to a platform or
trough supported by a pivotted arm. This trough is normally held in a nearly
horizontal position by a spring and it has upon it a sliding weight-When the coin
falls its weight causes the trough to descend and thereby the weight is displaced
and falls down along the trough until it comes against a coiled spring which
restrains it-The descent of the trough thus caused by the weight upon it and the
penny actuates the automatic mechanism. First a door for the exit of the cigarette
or other article is opened, then a pusher forces the article out, the pusher retires,
and the door is closed.
At the same time advertisements printed upon bands, wheels or the like are
caused to revolve or move, so that at the delivery of each article fresh advertisements
are displayed.
The movement of the trough or platform also causes a spring to be compressed
and when the trough in its descent is sufficiently tilted to cause the coin to drop
out a spring brings the trough back to its ordinary position and also together with
the spring upon the trough causes the return of the weight.
Figure 1 of the drawings hereunto annexed shows a vertical longitudinal section
and Figure 2 a vertical cross section of apparatus constructed in the manner above
described.
A is a slit in the top of the box through which the coin is to be dropped-
B. B. are plates radiating from an horizontal axis C-Each coin as it is dropped
into the box falls on to one or other of these blades. The weight of the coin turns
the axis and the coin slides off the plate on to the trough D. This trough is
norinally held in a horizontal position by chains or cords E which pass upwards
from it and then downwards over wheels F to other wheels G and which at their
ends are secured to the circumference of these latter wheels-The wheels G have
within them as shown at Figure 2 coiled springs which tend to turn the wheels in
a direction to wind up the chains E and so to draw the trough upwards into a
horizontal position. The wheels F are loose on the axes of rollers H at the top of
the box and the wheels G are loose on the axes of rollers I at the bottom of the
box. The rollers H and I have ratchet wheels fast upon them and the wheels F
and G carry pawls by which the rollers are made to revolve with a step by step

page_text: motion in one direction as the wheels are turned first in one direction and then in
the other. Each pair of rollers H. I. has an endless band of advertisements passing
over them which as the band is revolved by the rollers are brought in succession
opposite to slits in the case and so exhibited-This movement of the endless bands
takes place each time that a coin is dropped into the box and falls on to the
trough D-the weight of the coin resting on the trough turns it downwards as
indicated by the dotted line and so turns the rollers.
K is a hopper to contain cigarettes or other articles-the lower part of the
hopper being of the width of one only of such articles. L is a pusher by which
the lowest article in the hopper can be pushed out and delivered from the box
through an opening at M. The opening is normally closed by a slide pressed
forwards by spring Q into a position to close the opening but whenever the trough
turns downwards the slide is drawn back by a chain Q₁ being wound up onto the
axis of one of the rollers I. The pusher is coupled to a lever arm N.
Each time that the trough D is turned downwards by a coin falling on to it a
projection O, on the underside of the trough comes against the lever and by turning
the lever gives a forward movement to the pusher and causes it to discharge from
the hopper the lowest of the articles contained in it.
When the trough returns to its normal position the pusher is drawn back by the
action of a spring P pressing against the lever N.
R is a rod fixed on the underside of the trough D. it has around it a coiled
spring S-a weight T can also slide upon the rod.
Each time that the trough turns downwards the weight drops and by its weight
assists in giving a forward movement to the pusher.
As the weight T drops it compresses the spring S, and when the trough is again
lifted up into its horizontal position the spring moves back the weight into a
position close to the axis upon which the trough turns as shown at Figure 1.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what
I claim is:-
1. The construction of boxes substantially as described for the automatic delivery
of prepaid articles and for the display of advertisements.
2. The means substantially as described for giving a forward movement to the
pusher each time that a coin descends into the trough.
3. The means substantially as described for causing each descent of the trough
to change the advertisements displayed.