Improvements in Coin-freed Apparatus for the Sale and Delivery of Cards, Tickets, and similar articles.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 12th June, 1891
Complete Specification Left, 29th Jan., 1892-Accepted, 14th May, 1892
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Coin-freed Apparatus for the Sale and Delivery of
Cards, Tickets, and similar articles.
I, GEORGE WILLIAM LOWcock of "Riversdale" Seymour Grove Manchester
in the County of Lancaster, Assistant Manager of Works, do hereby declare the
nature of this invention to be as follows
:-
This invention relates to coin-freed apparatus such as are in common use for
the sale and delivery of post cards and similar articles and its object is to render
such apparatus more available for the sale and delivery of omnibus tram-car and
steam-boat tickets to the passengers whilst they are occupying their seats during
a journey.
In carrying my improvements, I connect the slide by means of which the lowest
ticket is pushed forward partly out of the apparatus after the insertion of the
coin, to a press stud or lever situated at the back of the apparatus where it can
be conveniently operated by the hand or thumb of the guard or other person
presenting the apparatus to the passenger for the payment of fare. If a slide to
cover the opening through which the ticket is issued is employed, this may be
raised for the delivery of the ticket by means of an inclined plane on the end of
the slide rod. If the release or escape action is arranged to move in the same
direction as the slide, it may be rigidly connected therewith; if it is arranged to
move in the opposite direction, it is connected with the slide by means of a lever
fulcrumed between the slide and the escape movement.
A handle for carrying the apparatus is arranged at the back in proximity to
the press stud or lever by means of which it is operated by the guard or other
person.
The apparatus having been supplied with tickets is carried and presented in turn
to each passenger who inserts therein the coin coins or token representing the
amount of the fare. The guard or conductor then presses the press stud or lever
at the back of the apparatus by which action the end of the ticket is forced
through the opening and whence it may be withdrawn by the person for whom it
is intended.
In order to close the coin aperture upon the protrusion of a ticket from the
apparatus until the ticket has been withdrawn, and thus to avoid the payment of
a fare without the withdrawal of a ticket; I cause the vertical slide which covers
the opening through which the tickets are delivered, to actuate a lever one end of
which is provided with a disc or plate arranged to cover the coin aperture in one
position and uncover it in another position. Immediately the vertical slide is
raised the coin orifice is consequently closed, and as this slide is held up by the
protruding ticket, it follows that the coin orifice will remain closed until the ticket
has been withdrawn.
In all other respects than those hereinbefore indicated, the apparatus may be
constructed and arranged in a similar manner and be operated by similar means to
the well-known automatic coin freed apparatus for the sale and delivery of post
cards now in common use and my invention does not in any way relate to the
action of the coin in the apparatus nor, save as herein before indicated, to the means
for delivering the tickets.
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page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Coin-freed Apparatus for the Sale and Delivery of
Cards, Tickets, and similar articles.
I, GEORGE WILLIAM LOWCOCK of "Riversdale" Seymour Grove Manchester
in the County of Lancaster, Assistant Manager of Works, 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:—
This invention relates to coin-freed apparatus such as are in common use for the
sale and delivery of post cards and similar articles, and its object is to render
such apparatus more available for the sale and delivery of omnibus, tram-car, and
steam-boat tickets, to the passengers during the journey.
In carrying out my improvements, I connect the slide by means of which the
lowest ticket is pushed forward partly out of the apparatus after the insertion of
the coin to a press stud or lever situated at the back of the apparatus or where
it can be conveniently operated by the hand or thumb of the conductor guard
or other person presenting the apparatus to the passenger for the payment of
the fare.
"If a slide to cover the opening through which the ticket is issued be employed,
it may be raised for the delivery of the ticket by means of an inclined plane on the
end of the slide rod or its equivalent.
If the release or escape action be arranged to be moved in the same direction
with the slide, it may be directly connected therewith; if it be arranged to be
moved in the opposite direction, it may be connected to the slide by means of a
lever fulcrumed between the slide and the escape movement. It is however
preferred that the release action shall move in the same direction as the slide.
A handle for carrying the apparatus is arranged at the back in proximity
to the press stud or lever so that it may conveniently be held and operated by
one hand.
The apparatus having been supplied with tickets and locked, is carried and
presented in turn to each passenger who inserts therein the coin coins or token
(hereinafter called the "coin") representing the amount of the fare. The guard
or conductor then pushes the press stud or lever at the back of the apparatus, by
which action the end of the ticket is forced through the opening whence it may be
withdrawn by the passenger.
In order to close the coin aperture upon the protrusion of a ticket from the
apparatus, and until the ticket has been withdrawn, for the purpose of avoiding the
payment of a fare without the withdrawal of a ticket, I may cause the vertical
slide which covers the opening through which the tickets are delivered to actuate a
lever one end of which is provided with a disc or plate or bent part arranged to
cover the coin aperture in one position and uncover it in another position.
Immediately the vertical slide is raised, the coin orifice is consequently closed, and
as this slide is held up by the protruding ticket, it follows that the coin orifice
will remain closed until the ticket has been withdrawn.
I will more particularly describe my said invention with reference to the
accompanying drawings in which
Figure 1 is a vertical longitudinal section of the apparatus;
Figure 2 an elevation of the arrangement which may be employed for preventing
the insertion of a coin until a protruding ticket has been withdrawn; and,
Figure 3, a horizontal section.
A is the outer casing of the apparatus which is preferably constructed of sheet
metal. B is the aperture through which the coins are inserted. C is the coin
shoot through which the coins pass from the aperture B to the coin release lever D.
The slide G by means of which the lowest ticket is pushed forward out of the

page_text: apparatus after the insertion of the coin or token, is connected to a press stud or
lever situated at the back of the apparatus.
The cards or tickets lie in the apparatus upon the ledges K K beneath which
the slide G works. This slide has a slight nib or projection L just high enough to
engage with the lower card only, so that when the slide is pushed forward, the
lowest card is pushed forward with it.
The press rod is continued in front of the slide and terminates in or carries an
inclined plane M (Figure 1). This inclined plane engages with and tilts the
rocking lever N, the other end of which lifts the slide O which normally closes the
aperture through which the tickets are delivered. This aperture therefore,
can be opened only after the insertion of a coin and upon the delivery of a
ticket....
The lower end of a light lever P rests upon the slide O in such a manner that
when the slide is lifted, for the delivery of a ticket, the lever is moved into the
position indicated by dotted lines in Figure 2. A. returned part is tormed, or a
plate Q is secured to or upon the upper part of this lever, its dimensions and position
being such that when the lever is in the position indicated by the full lines (Figure 2)
the entrance to the coin shoot is clear, but when the lever is in the position shewn by
the dotted lines, the part Q covers the entrance to the shoot. Consequently so long
as a card is presented through the aperture no other coin can be inserted in the
apparatus, and the ticket must be withdrawn before the apparatus can be
used again.
In all other respects than those hereinbefore indicated the apparatus may be
constructed and arranged in a similar manner and be operated by similar means, to
the well-known automatic coin-freed apparatus for the sale and delivery of post cards
now in use, and my invention does not in any way relate to the action of the coin in
the apparatus, nor, save as hereinbefore indicated, to the means for the delivery of
the tickets.
In the apparatus to which I prefer to adapt my improvements, the release lever D
is fulcrumed at E and in its normal position enters the coin shoot and forms a
temporary stop beyond which the coin cannot fall until the lever is released. The
heel of the lever is normally in line with the stop F which is fixed in the slide G.
The fulcrum E, being fixed on a part of the inner framing of the apparatus, it
follows that so long as there is no coin in the slide, the heel of the lever will
prevent the motion of the slide; so soon however as a coin is dropped into the
coin shoot, and rests upon the point of the lever as shewn in Figure 1, the weight
of the coin will depress the point and lift the heel of the lever clear of the stop
and the slide G may be pushed forward by the press button H. At a higher
point on the slide than the stop F there is fixed a similar stop I which temporarily
limits the motion of the lever and prevents the point dropping so far as to allow
the coin to fall into the receptacle J until the ticket has been protruded from the
apparatus. As soon as by the continued motion of the slide, the ticket is fully
presented to the passenger, the stop I will have passed over the fulcrum E, and
consequently the lever is free to take the position indicated by dotted lines in
Figure 1, which it is compelled to do by the weight of the coin. The point
of the lever is thus removed out of the path of the coin which then falls into the
receptacle J.
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,
1. A portable coin-freed apparatus for the sale and delivery of cards and
tickets, in which the motion of a slide for covering the card delivery opening, also
opens and closes the coin admission aperture substantially as and by the means
and for the purpose hereinbefore described with reference to the accompanying
drawings.
2. In a portable coin-freed apparatus for the sale and delivery of cards and

page_text: tickets, the arrangement of the press button at the back of the apparatus in
combination with a straight delivery slide; substantially as hereinbefore described
and as illustrated by the accompanying drawings.
3. In a portable coin-freed apparatus for the sale and delivery of cards and
tickets, the combination with a vertically moving slide for covering the card
delivery opening, of a lever adapted to close the entrance to the coin shoot whilst
the card delivery orifice is open; substantially as hereinbefore described and as
illustrated by the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 26th day of January A.D. 1892.
WILLIAM E. HEYS,
Agent for the Applicant.