Improvements in Coin-operated Fortune Telling Apparatus.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 24th Aug., 1899
Complete Specification Left, 24th May, 1900-Accepted, 24th Aug., 1900
Improvements in Coin-operated Fortune Telling Apparatus.
We, HAYDON & URRY, LIMITED, and FRANK HARVEY URRY, all of 353, Upper
Street, Islington, in the County of London, Mechanical Engineers, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
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Our invention relates to penny-in-the-slot" or coin-operated apparatus for
fortuitously indicating to the operator some information in the nature of a
"fortune
or prediction as to his or her future, for the sake of amusement.
According to our invention we employ a free ball or disc of suitable shape and
thickness supported between the front of a rotary disc or table and a glass plate.
The rotary disc is divided up into a number of compartments, in one of which
the free ball or disc rests when the rotation of the disc ceases; on the face of
the disc outside said compartments are a number of legends, fortunes, pictures
or such like information, said number corresponding to the number of the disc
compartments. There may be one or more sets of such legends, and they are
so arranged that when the rotary disc comes to rest the free ball or disc will
always lie above or in front of one or one set of them, which will so constitute
the fortune" predicted.
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In combination with said rotary disc and free ball or disc we employ a special
starting and rotating mechanism. This comprises a standard in which the
spindle of the rotary disc is mounted in bearings and provided with a pinion.
On the same standard is centred a spring-return cranked lever, the longer arm
of which is extended outside the casing and forms the operating handle. The
shorter arm terminates just below the coin shoot whereat the coin is supported
on a fixed projection and it carries an inwardly projecting pin for forcing the
coin. If no coin be present the lever can be moved idly.
On the front side of the standard is centred a spring return toothed quadrant
At the
engaging the disc spindle pinion referred to when the machine is used.
opposite side of the centering of the quadrant projects an arm carrying a rear-
wardly disposed coin supporting pin. The introduced coin is supported on the
fixed projection between these two moving pins (one on the operating lever, the
other on the quadrant arm) the relative positions and paths of travel of which
are such that when the lever is operated the coin is forced forward off its fixed
support, and then escapes: the quadrant is then forcibly and suddenly returned
by its spring the teeth causing the pinion and disc to be rotated and the free
ball or disc to be spun round until the rotary disc comes to rest.
Dated this Twenty-fourth day of August 1899.
J. C. CHAPMAN & Co.,
Agents.

page_text: Improvements in Coin-operated Fortune Telling Apparatus.
We, HAYDON & URRY, LIMITED, and FRANK HARVEY URRY, all of 353, Upper
Street, Islington, in the County of London, Mechanical Engineers, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention, and in what manner the same is to be per-
formed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:
Our invention relates to "penny-in-the-slot" or coin operated apparatus for
fortuitously indicating to the operator some information in the nature of a
* fortune or prediction as to his or her future, for the sake of amusement.
We will describe our invention in reference to the accompanying drawings
in which Fig. 1 is an elevation of our apparatus with front part removed. Fig. 2
is a front view of a rotary disc forming the part removed from Fig. 1. Fig. 3
is a section of Fig. 2 with part of casing added, and Fig. 4 is a back view of the
mechanism shown in Fig. 1.
According to our invention we employ a free ball or disc A of suitable shape
and thickness supported between the front of a rotary disc or table T and a
glass plate B, see Figure 3. The rotary disc T is recessed and divided up into a
number of compartments or pockets CC in one of which the free ball or disc A
rests when the rotation of the disc T ceases; on the face T" of the disc T outside
said compartments are a number of legends, fortunes, pictures or such like
information marked F F, said number corresponding to the number of the disc
compartments C. There may be one or more sets of such legends F F and
they are so arranged that when the rotary disc T comes to rest the free ball or
disc A will always lie above or in front of one or one set of them, which will so
constitute the fortune" "predicted.
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In combination with said rotary disc or table and free ball or disc we employ
a special starting and rotating mechanism. This comprises a standard $ in
which the spindle t of the disc T is mounted in bearings and provided with a
pinion D. On same standard is centred a spring-return cranked lever L L¹, the
longer arm L of which is extended outside the casing M and forms the operating
handle H. The shorter arm L' terminates just below the coin shoot E whereat
the coin X is supported on a fixed projection, and it carries an inwardly
projecting pin for forcing the coin. If no coin be present the lever L can be
moved idly.
On the front side of the standard S is centred a spring return toothed quad-
rant engaging the disc spindle pinion D referred to when the machine is used.
At the opposite side of the centering of the quadrant Q projects an arm U
carrying a rearwardly disposed coin supporting pin. The introduced coin
(as shown dotted in Figs. 1 and 2) is supported on the fixed projection between
these two moving pins al and 2 (one on the operating lever the other on the
quadrant arm) the relative positions and paths of travel of which are such that
when the lever is operated the coin is forced forward by the pin causing the
quadrant to be turned upon its pivot and rotate the pinion D and disc T, the
pins and have now reached such a position that the coin is forced off its
fixed support, and then escapes from between same and the pin 2; the quadrant
is thus released and forcibly and suddenly returned by its spring the teeth
causing the pinion and disc to be rotated and the free ball or disc to be spun
round until the rotary disc T comes to rest, when as before described the free
ball or disc A will come to rest in one of the compartments C opposite one of the
legends, fortunes or pictures F. which latter will constitute the fortune predicted.
An adjustable stop I may be added which is adapted to engage the upper

page_text: part of the coin in its forward movement as shown dotted at X, Fig. 4, and
determines the movement imparted to the quadrant by the coin before the latter
is pressed out of engagement with the said stop and the quadrant pin by the
pin on lever L.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that
what we claim is:-
1. A coin operated fortune telling apparatus consisting of a casing containing
a glass-covered rotary disc or table divided into a number of compartments and
a corresponding number of legends or equivalents upon a fixed surrounding
plate, a ball or disc capable of free movement over the rotary disc or table
beneath the covering glass of same and means for rapidly rotating said disc or
table after the receipt of a coin, the whole being adapted for use substantially
as above set forth.
2. The combination with the rotary disc and free ball apparatus above referred
to of the special starting and rotating mechanism above specified with coin
directing shoot and quick return spring action, substantially as and for the
purposes herein described and as illustrated in the drawing."
3. The combination of parts forming the coin operated fortune telling apparatus,
as hereinabove described and illustrated in the drawing.
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or the Applicants,
J. C. CHAPMAN & Co.,
Chartered Patent Agents,
70, Chancery Lane, London, W.C.