Receptacles Containing them.
Year: 1886

page_text: One at a Time from. Receptacles Containing them.
I JOSEPH BREEDEN of New Mill Works Fazeley Street Birmingham in the
County of Warwick Manufacturer do hereby declare the nature of the said
Invention for "NEW OR IMPROVED MECHANISM FOR DELIVERING CIGARETTES OR
CIGARS ONE AT A TIME FROM RECEPTACLES CONTAINING THEM to be as follows :-
"
My invention consists of mechanism constructed as hereinafter described to be
applied to receptacles containing cigarettes or cigars for the purpose of permitting
of the removal of a single cigarette or cigar each time a penny or such other coin
as the apparatus may be constructed to be operated with is dropped into the
receptacle.
I will describe my invention as applied to a receptacle containing cigarettes.
The cigarettes are stored in a hopper occupying the upper part of the apparatus.
This hopper terminates at bottom in a slot or passage somewhat larger than one of
the cigarettes. In the bottom of this passage is a trough shaped or semi tubular
receiver capable of performing a semi-rotation into which receiver when its concave
side is uppermost a single cigarette falls. When the said receiver has performed a
semi-rotation its mouth is downwards and the cigarette falls from it and descends
by a passage to an opening near the bottom of the case from which it can be taken
by hand.
The motion of the receiver is effected as follows:-On one end of its axis is a
pinion with which a toothed sector engages This toothed sector is operated upon
by a bar connected with it engaging in a depression in a horizontal sliding bar
This sliding bar is pressed outwards by a spring and pushed inwards by the person
wishing to procure a cigarette. In the former position of the sliding bar the
receiver is in its normal position in the latter position of the said bar the receiver
is inverted. Near the inner end of the sliding bar is mechanism resembling that
used in apparatus for delivering papers of tobacco by the dropping of a coin into
the apparatus. As the said apparatus is not of my invention excepting with
respect to the modification hereinafter described I do not consider it necessary to
describe the same. It will suffice to remark and in the normal state of the said
mechanism a stop opposite the inner end of the sliding bar prevents the said bar
from being pushed inwards. When however the required coin is dropped into the

page_text: apparatus it effects the lifting or temporary removal of the said stop and permits
the sliding bar to be pushed inwards and a cigarette to be delivered the said stop
again coming into action on the outward motion of the sliding bar. Thus each
time a coin is dropped into the apparatus a cigarette can be removed the motion of
the sliding bar necessary for the removal of the cigarette bringing the stop or
locking apparatus into operation and preventing the removal of a second cigarette
until a second coin has been dropped into the apparatus and liberated the
sliding bar.
In order to prevent the wedging of the cigarettes and to secure the certain
delivery of a cigarette by the receiver I adopt the following arrangement. On
the underside of the receiver is a 'short arin. This arm when the slide is pushed
inwards comes in contact with and raises a broad arm or lever which constitutes
that portion of the bottom of the hopper immediately at the back of the receiver.
By the raising of this arm the cigarettes at the back of the column of cigarettes
immediately over the receiver are raised and supported and the certain and free
descent of a single cigarette into the receiver is secured.
The modification of the mechanism hereinbefore referred to as being operated by
the coin dropped into the apparatus is as follows:-The part of the lever or
balance beam on which the coin falls is jointed so that on descending a short
distance it is tilted by coming against a stop and the coil falls off it into a drawer
or receiver.

page_text: One at a Time from Receptacles Containing them.
I JOSEPH BREEDEN of New Mill Works, Fazeley Street, Birmingham in the
County of Warwick, Manufacturer do hereby declare the nature of the said Inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed to be particularly described
and ascertained in and by the following statement:-
My invention consists of mechanism constructed as hereinafter described to be
applied to receptacles containing cigarettes or cigars for the purpose of permitting
of the removal of a single cigarette or cigar each time a penny or such other coin
as the apparatus may be constructed to be operated with, is dropped into the
receptacle.
I will describe my invention as applied to a receptacle containing cigarettes
The cigarettes are stored in a hopper occupying the upper part of the apparatus:
This hopper terminates at bottom in a cross slot or passage somewhat larger than
one of the cigarettes. In the bottom of this passage is a trough shaped or semi-
tubular receiver capable of performing a partial rotation, into which receiver when
its concave side is uppermost a single cigarette falls. When the said receiver has
performed a partial rotation its mouth is downwards and the cigarette falls from it,
and descends by a passage to an opening near the bottom of the case from which
it can be taken by hand.
The motion of the receiver is effected as follows. On one end of its axis is a
pinion with which a toothed sector engages. This toothed sector is operated upon
by a bar connected with it engaging in a depression in a horizontal sliding bar.
This sliding bar is pressed outwards by a spring and pushed inwards by the
person wishing to procure a cigarette. In the former position of the sliding bar
the receiver is in its normal position; in the latter position of the said bar the
receiver is inverted. Near the inner end of the sliding bar is mechanism resembling..
that used in apparatus for delivering papers of tobacco by the dropping of a coin.
into the apparatus. As the said apparatus is not of my invention excepting with.
respect to the modification hereinafter described I do not consider it necessary to
describe the same. It will suffice to remark that in the normal state of the said.
mechanism a stop opposite the inner end of the sliding bar prevents the said bar
from being pushed inwards. When however the required coin is dropped into the.
apparatus it effects the lifting or temporary removal of the said stop and permits.
the sliding bar to be pushed inwards and a cigarette to be delivered, the said stop
again coming into action on the outward motion of the sliding bar. Thus each
time a coin is dropped into the apparatus a cigarette can be removed, the motion.
of the sliding bar necessary for the removal of the cigarette bringing the stop or,
locking apparatus into operation and preventing the removal of a second cigarette.
until a second coin has been dropped into the apparatus, thus liberating the.
sliding bar.
In order to prevent the wedging or bridging of the cigarettes in the hopper and
to secure the certain delivery of a cigarette by the receiver I adopt the following:
:

page_text: arrangement. On the underside of the receiver is a short arm. This arm when
the slide is pushed inwards comes in contact with and raises a broad arm or lever
which constitutes that portion of the bottom of the hopper immediately at the
back of the receiver. By the raising of this arm the cigarettes at the back of the
column of cigarettes in the hopper immediately over the receiver are raised and
supported and the certain and free descent of a single cigarette into the receiver is
secured.
The modification of the mechanism hereinbefore referred to as being operated by
the coin dropped into the apparatus is as follows:-The part of the lever or
balance beam on which the coin falls is jointed so that on descending a short
distance it is tilted by coming against a stop and the coin falls off it into a drawer
or receiver.
Figures 1 and 2 of the accompanying Drawings represent in side elevation,
partly in section, an apparatus containing the trough shaped receiver and appliances
connected therewith for delivering the cigarettes one at a time from the cross slot
or opening into which they pass from the hopper. In Figure 2 the toothed sectors
are omitted in order the better to exhibit parts lying behind them.
The same letters of reference indicate the same parts in Figures 1 and 2.
a is the cross slot, passage or opening into which the cigarettes are delivered
from the hopper b. The said cigarettes rest upon the inclined jointed bottom or
broad lever c of the hopper down which they travel to the slot a. The construction
of the said jointed bottom e of the hopper and parts connected there with is herein
after described. The bottom of the cross slot or opening a is temporarily closed
and opened by the trough shaped receiver d. When the concave side of the
receiver d is in the position represented it is under the bottom of the slot or
opening a and a single cigarette falls into it as represented in Figure 2. When the
receiver d is tilted or turned through a portion of a rotation, the cigarette falls.
from it and descends the delivery passage e near the bottom of the case ƒ from the
bottom of which passage e the cigarette can be removed by hand. The tilting or
partial rotation of the receiver d is effected in the following manner; g is a slide
or sliding bar by the pressing in of which after it has been unlocked in the manner
herein after explained, a single cigarette is permitted to be removed from the
apparatus. The said slide or sliding bar g is pressed outwards or into its normal
position by a spring and is pressed inwards to remove a cigarette by acting upon
the knob or pusher g' external to the case f of the apparatus. On the axis d' on
which the receiver d is fixed is a toothed sector h with which a similar toothed
sector (see Figure 1) fixed on the axis k gears. On the axis k is an arm 7 the
upper end of which is jointed to or engages in a depression in the slide or sliding
bar g. When the slide or sliding bar g is in its outward or normal position as
.represented in the Drawing, the concave side of the trough shaped receiver dis
under the slot or opening a and the lowest cigarette of the column in the said slot
or opening a falls into the receiver d, the said receiver supporting the said column
of cigarettes as represented in Figure 2. When the slide 9 is pushed inwards by
acting upon the knob or pusher g³ the said slide g carries the arm with it. The
two sectors i and h are thereby turned in the directions of the arrows upon them
and the receiver d is turned from under the bottom of the slot a and the cigarette
falls from it into the passage 6.
On the slide g is a finger m the horizontal bottom of which when the slide is
pushed inwards to remove a cigarette passes under that cigarette of the column
above the one in the receiver d so that during the turning aside of the receiver the
column of cigarettes in the slot or opening a is supported by the said finger m.
On the receiver d returning to its normal position the finger m is removed from
under the column of cigarettes and the bottom one of the series falls into the
receiver d ready to be removed on the next pushing in of the slide or sliding bar g.
The receiver d as it is tilted by the action of the slide g and gearing is made
to prevent the wedging or bridging of the cigarettes in the hopper as herein-
after described. Before describing the arrangement for preventing the wedging or

page_text: bridging of the cigarettes shown in Figure 2 I will describe in detail the con-
struction of the hopper of the apparatus and the mechanism for preventing
the wedging or bridging of the cigarettes represented in longitudinal section in
Figures 3 and 4, Figure 3 representing the slide in its outward or normal position
and Figure 4 the same in its pushed in position.
The jointed bottom or broad lever c of the hopper 6 turns on the fixed centre c²
and over one end of the said jointed bottom c is an inclined platform p down
which the cigarettes are guided onto the said bottom c; and at the opposite end of
the hopper b is a short inclined platform p' for the like purpose. Under the unjointed
end of the hopper bottom c is an arm 9 turning on the joint q' which arm is
connected by the slotted piece q³ and pin q* with the slide or sliding bar g of the
apparatus. The said arm also carries a vertical plate or check q which rises and
falls through a slot in the jointed bottom of the hopper. The free or unjointed
end of the broad lever or jointed bottom of the hopper rests upon the arm q as
represented; a is the cross slot or passage into which the cigarettes from the
hopper bare received for delivering them one at a time from the apparatus. ' At
one side of the slot or passage a is the vertical barrier or fixed check plate a³ for
preventing the cigarettes entering the alot or passage a during the delivering of a
cigarette from the apparatus.
When the slide gis in its normal or back position and the delivery of the
cigarettes is suspended, the parts of the hopper occupy the respective positions
represented in Figure 3, that is to say, the jointed bottom c of the hopper is raised
into its highest position by the arm q so as to contract the passage between it and
the platform p, the check plate q is withdrawn and the lower end of the jointed
bottom c is on a level with the top of the fixed barrier or check plate a³ so that the
column of cigarettes at the lower end of the hopper bottom c is lifted and the said
cigarettes are free to pass into the slot or passage a, the motion of the cigarettes
situated on the higher part of the hopper bottom o being restrained by the con-
traction of the passage between it and the platform p. When the knob or pusher g
of the slide g is pressed inwards the parts of the hopper and the mechanism for
preventing the bridging of the cigarettes occupy the respective positions represented
in Figure 4, that is to say, the arm q is allowed to descend by the changed position
of the pin g' on the slide 9 and the said arm q no longer supporting the jointed
bottom c the latter takes its lowest position and the column of cigarettes on the
lower part of the said bottom c is prevented from entering the cross slot or
passage a by the barrier or check plate a². By the descent of the arm q the check
plate at its upper end is raised through the jointed bottom c and temporarily
suspends the descent of the cigarettes in front of the said check plate q' as
illustrated in the drawing. By the mechanism described the cigarettes are so
raised and supported as to prevent their wedging or bridging; the certain and free
descent of a single cigarette into the delivery slot or passage is thereby secured.
Instead of causing the arm q which lifts and permite of the descent of the
jointed botton c of the hopper to be operated upon by a pin and curved slot as
last described, the bottom edge of the arm q may be curved and a projection g³ at
the end of the slide g act upon the said curved bottom edge of the arm q as
illustrated in Figure 5. Or the arm q may be replaced by a wedge piece c³ under
the free end of the jointed bottom c for the projection g³ on the slide g to act upon
as illustrated in Figure 6.
Instead of the slide of the apparatus acting upon an arm and the latter upon the
jointed bottom of the hopper, the said arm may be operated upon by the tilting
of the receiver for the opening and closing of the delivery slot or passage as
illustrated in Figure 2. In this arrangement the arm d³ on the receiver d when
the said receiver is depressed bears against the curved underside of the arm q and
the latter lifts the jointed bottom c of the hopper and when the receiver d returns
to its closing position the arm d³ of the said receiver is removed from the curved
underside of the arm q and the jointed bottom c of the hopper descends as herein-
before particularly described with respect to Figures 3 and 4.

page_text: Although I have represented the best arrangements with which I am acquainted
for operating upon the jointed bottom c of the hopper for preventing the wedging
or bridging of the cigarettes, yet I wish it to be understood that I do not limit
myself thereto as the essence of this part of my invention consists in the
combination with the hopper of the apparatus of a jointed bottom which is raised
and lowered directly or indirectly by the motion of the slide or sliding bar of the
apparatus.
I will now describe the coin receiving lever or balance beam constructed
according to my invention and parts connected with it.
This part of my invention is illustrated in Figures 7 and 8; r is the coin
receiving lever or balance beam turning on the centre and having a weighted
arm The said lever is trough shaped for holding the coin. On the said coin
lever is a shoulder which when the coin lever is in its normal position is
situated opposite the shoulder go on the slide or sliding bar g. The pushing in of
the said bar to a distance sufficient to release a cigarette is thereby prevented as
represented in Figure 7. Near the joint of the coin lever r is a pin which
bears against a projection 96 on the inner end of the slide or aliding bar g when
the coin lever is turned on its joint by the falling into it of a coin as illustrated in
Figure 8. On the coin race or trough t is a stop u against which the arm of
the coin lever bears for tilting the coin from the said lever as hereinafter described.
When the coin lever r is in the position Figure 7, the slide g is locked or is
prevented from being pushed inwards by the shoulder 9 on the slide coming
against the shoulder on the coin lever r. The coin being dropped through the
coin opening y in the casef of the apparatus as represented in Figure 7, it travels
down the coin race t, t' and t and is received partly in the pocket t' and partly in
the coin lever as represented in Figure 8. By the weight of the coin in the
coin lever the latter is tilted into the position represented in Figure 8 and its
shoulder is removed from opposite the shoulder g³ on the slide g but the coin
lever is prevented from rising beyond that position by the pin 7 on it coming
under the projection 9° at the inner end of the slide g.
By now pushing in the slide g by its knob or pusher g', external to the case, the
projection is removed from the pin on the coin lever and the weight of the
coin in the said lever causes its arm to rise and strike against the stop u as
indicated in dotted lines in Figure 8. By this tilting of the coin lever the coin
falls from it into the drawer or receptacle f* in the base of the apparatus. As
soon as the coin has fallen from the coin lever r and the slide 9 has retired to its
normal position by the action of the spring g³, the said coin lever returns to the
normal position Figure 7 by the weight of the arm and the shoulder or stop *
is again brought in front of the shoulder go on the slide g. Thus, each time a coin
is dropped into the apparatus the slide is unlocked and a cigarette can be removed.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my inven-
tion and the manner in which the same is to be performed I declare that I claim
of "New or improved mechanism for delivering cigarettes or cigars one at a time
from receptacles containing them ";-
First Delivering the cigarettes or cigars one at a time from the cross slot or
passage in the hopper by means of a trough shaped receiver situated in or at the
bottom of the said cross slot or passage the said receiver having a partial rotation
or tilting motion given to it from the slide or sliding bar of the apparatus
substantially as herein before described and illustrated in Figures 1 and 2 of the
accompanying Drawings; also the combination with the said trough shaped tilting
receiver of the supporting finger m for supporting the column of cigarettes or
cigars in the cross slot or passage during the turning aside of the receiver for
delivering the cigarette or cigar from it as herein before described and illustrated
in Figures 1 and 2 of the accompanying Drawings.
Secondly Preventing the wedging or bridging of the cigarettes or cigars in the
hopper of the apparatus by making the bottom of the hopper of a broad arm or

page_text: lever or jointing it at the end most distant from the delivery slot or passage of the
hopper, the said broad arm or lever or jointed bottom of the hopper being raised
and lowered directly or indirectly by the operation of the slide or
the apparatus substantially as herein before described and illustrated in Figures 1.
2. 3. 4. 5 and 6 of the accompanying drawings.
sliding bar of
Thirdly―The combination with the arm by which the jointed bottom or broad
arm or lever of the hopper is operated from the slide or sliding bar of the
apparatus, of the vertically rising and falling plate or check q for temporarily
suspending when in its raised position the descent of the column of cigarettes or
cigars in front of the said plate or check substantially as herein before described
and illustrated in Figures 3 and 4 of the accompanying Drawings.
Lastly The construction of the coin lever or balance beam and parts connected
with it for locking or preventing the slide or sliding bar being pushed inwards to
remove a cigarette or cigar until the required coin has been received by the said
coin lever as hereinbefore described and illustrated in Figures 7 and 8 of the
accompanying drawings.