AN IMPROVED ADVERTISING APPARATUS APPLICABLE TO MONEY BOXES OR TILLS
Year: 1876

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to William Alexander Brice, of 53, Chancery Lane, in the
County of Middlesex, for the Invention of "AN IMPROVED ADVERTISING
APPARATUS APPLICABLE TO MONEY BOXES OR TILLS."
Sealed the 28th November 1876, and dated the 27th September 1876.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said William Alexander Brice
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 27th September 1876.
WILLIAM ALEXANDER BRICE, of 53, Chancery Lane, in the County of Middlesex.
"AN IMPROVED ADVERTISING APPARATUS APPLICABLE TO MONEY BOXES OR
TILLS."
The object of my Invention is to provide an elegant and at the same time
remunerative manner of giving advertisements automatically, by the dropping
of one or more coins into an aperture or apertures provided for the same, while
at the same time the coins after effecting their work drop into the till or cash
box placed underneath for their reception.
According to my Invention I employ a central hollow column or support which
is secured at the base to a till or cash box that communicates with the column by
an aperture of suitable size.
Around the column extends a spirally curved tube, which for the sake of
symmetry is preferably branched out into two parts with openings at the upper
end or ends through which the coins are introduced. The cross section of the
curved conducting tube is of oblong shape adapted to about the width and thick-
ness of the coins to be dropped therein, as for instance, pence, cents, or other small
coins. The lower end of the conducting tube opens into the column where a
pendulum lever is guided in front of the aperture, which lever is so balanced by
a spring or counterweight that the coin falling against it will move the lever
back, passing first into the column and then into the till. The pendulum lever
is hung near the upper end to a pivot support and made of fork shape to engage
a toothed wheel which is worked in the nature of an escapement wheel similar to
the one in clock trains.
This escapement wheel is arranged with as many teeth as coins are desired to be
thrown into the till; to release one of the advertising cards, photographs, or such
like which are placed in a box or case supported at the top of the column either
attached to or placed on the arbor or shaft of the escapeinent wheel, is a cam
wheel and a ratchet wheel and pawl. The shaft of the cog wheel is actuated either
Price B71

page_text: by a spring pulley and cord or by a weight applied to the work, or otherwise, the
spring or weight being set or wound up by a key fitted on the end of the cam
shaft, and the cog wheel being moved forward for one tooth at each dropping of a
coin. The cam wheel is provided with a notch or recess into which a sliding and
spring acted bolt is thrown when the required number of coins is deposited in
the till, the cog wheel having then completed its revolution. The apparatus may
be arranged for any number of coins according to the purpose and the value of the
advertising devices to be dropped from the top box. The spring bolt bear by its
front end against the front part of the case or box. A number of advertising
devices as cards with photographs, almanacs, &c., are placed in the box and fed
gradually to a narrow slot above, and exit tube below the bolt, through which one
card is allowed to escape at the moment when the bolt is withdrawn. The cards
are moved forward on an inclined plane forming the bottom of the box by a
movable frame with a roller at the lower part of the same. The roller and frame
pass by their own weight along the inclined bottom and-push the cards by an
even pressure before it preventing their getting displaced.
The front of the top box is of glass, through which the cards are seen so as to
induce the lookers on to obtain one by dropping the required number of coins.
The exit tube is of such length that the bolt cannot be tampered with by a knife
or other tool. The top part of the box is hinged and secured by a suitable lock
which is opened for placing the advertising devices into the box and closed during
use. To obtain the regular forward motion of the cards to the opening through
which they are to fall, when released in successive order it is necessary to provide
a pressure which shall not be too considerable, and which shall be uniform
throughout whether the box is full of cards or whether there remain only a few.
This is accomplished by my movable frame that feeds the cards evenly according
as they are taken out by the insertion of the required number of coins, the
apparatus forming thus a reliable and attractive, automatic, and, at the same time,
remunerative advertising medium for business, charity, and other purposes.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by the
said William Alexander Brice in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 22nd
January 1877.
WILLIAM ALEXANDER BRICE, of 53, Chancery Lanc, in the County of Middlesex.
"AN IMPROVED ADVERTISING APPARATUS APPLICABLE TO MONEY BOXES OR
TILLS."
The object of my Invention is to provide an elegant and at the same time
remunerative manner of giving advertisements, automatically by the dropping of
one or more coins into an aperture or apertures provided for the same, while at the
same time the coins after effecting their work drop into the till or cash box placed
underneath for their reception.
The Invention consists of one or more curved guide tubes through which the
coins are conducted to a cash box or till moving a pendulum lever that operates an
escapement wheel, which in connection with a spring acted cam wheel allows a
spring bolt at a certain moment to be withdrawn so as to release one of the
advertisement cards contained in a box above.
The advertisement cards, photographs, &c., are fed forward to the slit and exit
tube of the box by an inclined bottom and movable roller frame or follower.
In the accompanying Drawing that illustrates my Invention, Figure 1 represents
a vertical longitudinal section of my improved advertising money box. Figure 2 a
front view of the same with part broken off to show interior arrangement.
Figure 3 a detail side view of spring bolt actuating mechanism; and Figure 4a
detail bottom view of the spring bolt mechanisın. Similar letters of reference
indicate corresponding parts.

page_text: In the Drawing, A represents central hollow column or support which is secured
at the base to a till or cash box B that communicates with the column by an
aperture a of suitable size. Around the column A extends a spirally curved tube C
which for the sake of symmetry is preferably branched out into two parts with
openings at the upper end or ends through which the coins are introduced. The
cross section of the curved conducting tube C is of oblong shape, adapted to about
the width and thickness of the coins to be dropped therein, as for instance, pence,
cents, or other small coins. The lower end of the conducting tube C opens into the
column A where a pendulum lever D is guided in front of the aperture, which lever
is so balanced by a spring or counterweight that the coin falling against it will
move the lever back passing first into the column and then into the till. The
pendulum lever D is hung near the upper end to a pivot support and made of fork
shape to engage a toothed wheel D¹ which is worked in the nature of an escapement
wheel similar to the one in clock trains. This escapement wheel D¹ is arranged
with as many teeth as coins are desired to be thrown into the till to release one of
the advertising cards, photographs, &c., placed into a box or case G supported at the
top of the column A.
Either attached to or placed on the arbor or shaft of the
escapement wheel D¹ is a cam wheel E and a ratchet wheel and pawl F. The
shaft of the cog wheel D¹ is actuated either by a spring pulley and cord, as shown
in Figure 4, or by a weight applied to the work or otherwise, the spring or weight
being set or wound up by a key fitted on the end of the cam shaft, and the cog
wheel being moved forward for one tooth at each dropping of a coin. The cam
wheel E is provided with a notch or recess into which a sliding and spring acted
bolt E is thrown when the required number of coins is deposited in the till, the cog
wheel D¹ having then completed its revolution. The money box shown in the
Drawing is arranged for six coins, the cog wheel having six teeth so as to admit
only the motion of the spring bolt when six coins have been dropped. The apparatus
may however be arranged for a greater or less number of coins, according to the
purpose and the value of the advertising devices to be dropped from the top box G.
The spring bolt E¹ bears by its front end against the front part of the case or box G.
A number of advertising devices as cards with photographs, almanacs, &c., are placed
in the box and fed gradually to the narrow slot e above and exit tube e¹ below the
bolt, through which one card is allowed to escape at the moment when the bolt is
withdrawn. The cards are moved forward on an inclined plane G¹ forming the
bottom of the box by a movable frame H with a roller at the lower part of the
same. The roller and frame pass by their own weight along the inclined bottom
and push the cards by an even pressure before it preventing their getting displaced.
The front of the top box G is of glass through which the cards are seen so as to
induce the lookers on to obtain one by dropping the required number of coins. The
exit tube c¹ is of such length that the bolt E' cannot be tampered with by a knife
or other tool. The top part of the box is hinged and secured by a suitable lock which
is opened for placing the advertising devices into the box and closed during use.
To obtain the regular forward motion of the cards to the opening through which
they are to fall when released in successive order it is necessary to provide a
pressure which shall not be too considerable, and which shall be uniform through-
out whether the box is full of cards or whether there remain only a few. This is
accomplished by my movable frame that feeds the cards evenly according as they
are taken out by the insertion of the required number of coins, the apparatus
forming thus a reliable and attractive, automatic, and, at the same time, remunera-
tive advertising medium for business, charity, and other purposes.
Having described the nature of my said Invention, and the manner of perform
ing the same, I declare that what I claim as the Invention to be protected by the
herein-before in part recited Letters Patent is―
1st. An advertising money box composed of a till or cash (box, coin conducting
tube or tubes, a top receptacle or case for advertising cards or other devices, and
suitable connecting mechanism so arranged that an advertising card or device is
discharged from the top case at the dropping of a suitable number of coins into

page_text: the conducting tube, substantially in the manner described and for the purpose
specified.
2nd. A receptacle or case for the advertising cards or devices provided with
inclined bottom, front slot, and downward exit, or drop tube below the slot, sub-
stantially as specified.
3rd. The combination with the card receptacle or case having inclined bottom
of an upright roller frame or follower for feeding the cards with constant pressure
to the exit tube, substantially as set forth.
4th. The combination of conducting; tube or tubes, a weighted pendulum lever,
an escapement and cam mechanism actuated by spring or weight, and a sliding
spring bolt that is withdrawn on the action of the required number of coins on the
pendulum lever to release an advertising card or other device, substantially as
specified.
In witness whereof, I, the said William Alexander Brice, have hereunto set
my hand and seal, this Twenty-second day of January, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-seven.
WILLIAM A. BRICE. (L.S.)