Improvements in and connected with Coin-freed Apparatus.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 2nd Dec., 1889
Complete Specification Left, 2nd Sept., 1890--Accepted, 2nd Dec.,
1890
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and connected with Coin-freed Apparatus.
I, JOHN HOPE, of 14, Water Street, Liverpool, in the County of Lancaster,
Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of my said invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates more particularly to those types of coin-freed apparatus
which are used as automatic banks or the like in connection with banking systems,
the sums of money for which it is proposed the bank should be used, being small, say
up to one pound sterling.
Apparatus operating and provided with improvements according to my invention,
consists as follows:-
Certain apparatus or mechanisms hereafter described are enclosed within a case,
which case, when the apparatus is used as a street-bank, is by preference in the
form of a pillar-box. This box is provided with an aperture, through which a penny,
coin, or token, may be inserted, and it is provided with a door controlled by a
mechanism within it, operated upon or in connection with the coin or token intro-
duced into it; that is, when a coin is introduced the door is unlocked and may be
opened or caused to open, by which means access to a portion of the interior is had.
The action of the coin may be assisted by a permanent or electro magnet if desired.
When the coin is adapted to unlock the door solely and its opening is to be
mechanically effected, a pedal disposed within the lower part of the machine may be
used for this purpose; or other means may be used therefor. In a suitable part of
the box I provide a receptacle adapted to hold envelopes or cases of any suitable
kind, of paper, or metal, or other suitable material, which, by the action of the
pedal aforesaid, or a separate one, one of such envelopes or cases, for each operation
of the machine, is delivered into the chamber to which access is had upon opening
the door; or, it may be delivered outside the machine. This envelope or case serves
as a receptacle for the deposit being made by the user of the apparatus, and after
he has placed and secured his deposit within it, the depositor drops it into or
through a slot or other suitable opening within its inner chamber, or outside the
machine, from whence it falls into a receptacle.
For the purpose of identification and registration of each depositor, a surface on
the envelope, or case, or a ticket, or check, may be provided, on which the sums to
be deposited in bulk, or in detail, may be written; also, the name and address of
the depositor and other matter may be marked or written thereon, and a duplicate or
receipt may also be provided, at the same time, for the depositor's identification.
The inside of the door aforesaid, may be provided with an inclined surface or desk,
on which he may rest the tickets envelope or case, receipts, or other things, when
writing or marking upon them.
The envelope or case reservoir may consist of a plurality of pockets mounted upon
a central spindle or pivot, and so arranged, that they may move in succession over a
delivering mechanism as they become emptied.
After one operation has been effected, the second one cannot be made unless the
door be first closed, and the apparatus again freed, by the introduction of a fresh
coin into the slot. To identify the freeing coins or tokens, I may use a marking or
stamping mechanism, inside the apparatus, which marks or stamps each successive
coin or token with its proper serial number, the same number being stamped or
printed on the box or envelope; and this coin or token is accounted for and credited
with the user's deposit.
The box or chamber into which the deposits drop or fall, may be disposed in the
lower portion of the villar-box. and access may be had to it by another door: of

page_text: course this door would be under lock and key, such key being held by the proper
person or persons.
In connection with the mechanisms hereinafter specified, I prefer to use mechanisms
such as are specified in the Specifications of my former applications for Letters
Patent Nos. 8980 and 16984 of 1889, by which the return of the freeing coin or
token is effected when another coin is already in the apparatus, or the envelopes or
cases all gone or used, or when the parts or any of them of the apparatus are not
in the proper position for use; these mechanisms may suitably consist of switch
devices actuated or controlled by the coins or tokens, when in the apparatus. Also
the means therein described, by which the complete closing or opening of the
door is effected, may be employed herewith, that is, by a spring, weight, or like
device.
Means such as are specified in the above cited Specifications, may be used in
this case, also, by which the freeing may be effected by a single coin or by two coins.
In street banks, I provide within the machine a lock in combination with a clock
mechanism, by which the door at predetermined times, morning and evening, is locked
and unlocked, respectively.
By this means the bank is prevented from being used at irregular hours; and the
coin slot may be closed by said mechanism, or if not closed, the coin is put in will
be returned; also the depositor may note the time of his deposit by the clock. As
a further means of safety against improper use of the machine, or tampering with it,
at any time, etcetera, I may provide an electrical mechanism within the apparatus
connected with a police station, or the banking offices, or other place, and adapted to
give an alarm if an attempt be made to tamper with it.
In cases where the apparatus is to be used when it is dark, I may provide gas or
electric lights within it, to aid the depositor to carry out the necessary operations,
and this light may be adapted, to be turned on and off by the opening and closing
of the admission door of the machine. As a check upon the use of the machine, I
may provide an integrating counter operated by one of the moving parts of the
apparatus; by this device, the number of deposits, or times the apparatus is used,
may be ascertained, and also the number of times it is possible to use the machine
may be ascertained without examining its contents.
The admission door when used may be a hinged one, or a sliding one, in the form
of a drawer, or the like.
It is to be understood that the apparatus may be adapted to be operated by, or
operate in connection with pennies and halfpennies, shillings, and other coins or
equivalent tokens; also, that the invention may be applied to or used in connection
with systems, other than that above specified, of purchase by payment or instalment,
and the like; and also it is to be understood that the mechanisms and devices above
described, may be used in any suitable combination, and operate in any desired
manner, in apparatus of the type hereinbefore referred to, or other apparatus
generally termed coin-freed apparatus.
Dated this 30th day of November 1889.
CHEESBROUGH & ROYSTON,
Applicant's Patent Agents.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
'Improvements in and connected with Coin-freed Apparatus.
I, JOHN HOPE, of 14, Water Street, Liverpool, in the County of Lancaster,
Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of my said invention, and in what manner the
same is to be performed, to be particularly described in and by the following
statement, that is to say:-
This invention relates more particularly to those types of coin-freed apparatus
which are used as automatic banks or the like in connection with banking systems,
the sums of money for which it is proposed the bank should be used, being small,

page_text: say up to one pound sterling, but it is also applicable to other kinds of coin-freed
apparatus as hereinafter described.
Apparatus operating and provided with improvements according to my invention,
consists as follows:-
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Certain apparatus or mechanisms, hereafter described, are enclosed within a case,
which case, when the apparatus is used as a street bank, is by preference in the form
of a pillar-box. This box is provided with an aperture, through which a penny
coin, or token, may be inserted, and it is provided with a drawer, controlled by a
mechanism within it, operated upon or in connection with the coin or token intro-
duced into it; that is, when a coin is introduced the drawer is unlocked and may
be opened or caused to open. When the coin is adapted to unlock the drawer,
solely, and its opening is to be mechanically effected by hand; or a pedal disposed
within the lower part of the machine may be used for this purpose.
In a suitable part of the box I provide a receptacle adapted to hold envelopes or
boxes of any suitable kind, of paper, or metal, or other suitable material, and one
of such envelopes or boxes, for each operation of the machine, is delivered into a
chamber, to which access is had upon opening a door in the pillar; or, it may be
delivered outside the machine. This envelope or box serves as a receptacle for the
deposit being made by the user of the apparatus, and after he has placed and secured
his deposit within it, the depositor drops it into or through a slot or other suitable
opening within its inner chamber, or outside the machine, from whence it falls into a
receptacle.
For the purpose of identification and registration of each depositor, a surface on
the envelope, or box, or a ticket, or check, may be provided, on which the sums to
be deposited in bulk, or in detail, or both may be written; also, the name and
address of the depositor and other matter may be marked or written thereon, and a
duplicate or receipt may also be provided, at the same time, for the depositors'
identification. The inside of the door aforesaid may be provided with an inclined
surface or desk, on which he may rest the tickets, envelope or box, receipts, or other
things, when writing or marking upon them.
The envelope or box reservoir may consist of a plurality of bins or pockets
mounted upon a central spindle or pivot, and so arranged that they may move in
succession over a delivering mechanism as they become emptied.
After one operation of the apparatus has been effected, a second one cannot be
.made unless the door or drawer be first closed and the apparatus again freed by the
introduction of a fresh coin. into the slot. To identify the freeing coins. or tokens,
I may use a marking or stamping mechanism inside the apparatus, which marks or
stamps each successive coin or token with its proper serial number, the same number
being stamped or printed on the box or envelope; and this coin or token is accounted
for and credited with the user's deposit.
The box or chamber into which the deposits drop or fall, and which constitutes a
safe, may be disposed in the lower portion of the pillar-box, and access may be had
to it by another door; of course this door would be under lock and key, such key
being held by the proper person or persons.
In connection with the mechanisms hereinafter specified, I prefer to use mechanisms
by which the return of coins of the wrong size, is effected, or the return of a coin
or token of the proper size is effected when another coin is already in the apparatus,
these
or when parts of the apparatus are not in the proper position for use;
mechanisms may suitably consist of switch devices actuated or controlled by the
coins or tokens when in the apparatus. Also means by which the complete closing
or opening of the door is effected, may be employed, that is, by a spring, weight,
or like device.
In street banks, I provide within the machine a lock in combination with a clock
mechanism, by which the door at predetermined times, morning and evening, is
locked and unlocked respectively.
By this means the bank is prevented from being used at irregular hours; and the

page_text: coin slot is closed by said mechanism; also the depositor may note the time of his
deposit by the clock.
In cases where the apparatus is to be used when it is dark, I may provide gas or
an electric light within it, to aid the depositor to carry out the necessary operations,
and this light may be adapted to be turned on and off by the opening and closing of
the admission door of the machine. As a check upon the use of the machine, I may
provide an integrating counter of any known suitable kind, and operated by one of
the moving parts of the apparatus in any suitable known way; by this device, the
number of deposits, or times the apparatus is used, may be ascertained, and also the
number of times it is possible to further use the machine may be ascertained without
examining its contents.
The admission door when used may be a hinged one, or a sliding one, or one of
other form.
The above being generally the nature of the invention, its description will now be
proceeded with by the aid of the accompanying drawings, which illustrate one example
of apparatus provided with improvements according to this invention.
The drawings are marked with figures and letters of reference which correspond
with those used in the following explanation, like letters being used to denote the
same or corresponding parts wherever they occur in the various views.
The apparatus, as will be seen upon reference to Figures 1 and 2, is made in the
form of a pillar-box, and constitutes what I term an automatic bank, adapted to be
placed in a street, or anywhere where desired or convenient.
The mechanism is all contained within the casing A, which is provided with a
door A¹ for getting at such mechanism, and a door B by which access is had to a
portion of the bank, i.e. a chamber wherein the banking operations hereinafter
described are effected. The mechanism or operative apparatus, generally speaking, is
divided into three parts, namely, the upper one C being the device in which the
empty deposit envelopes or boxes are stored, and from which they are delivered; the
central portion D-separated from C by a floor C¹-being that wherein the coin-
freed mechanism and its attendant parts are located; and E-separated from D by a
floor D is the safe portion whereinto the deposit envelopes or boxes, and freeing
coins or tokens, are caused to pass from the mechanism in D. This safe which is
designated E' is illustrated in detail in Figures 3, 3A, 3B, and 3°.
The mechanism which I will now describe, and which constitutes the chief portion
of the automatic banking mechanism (namely, that stowed within the portion D
just specified), is illustrated on Sheets 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7.
In Figure 4, Sheet 2, a view in elevation is shown of the portion of the bank
enclosed by the door B shown in Figures 1 and 1, and wherein the banking
operations hereinafter described are effected; that is to say, in the portion here
illustrated, is a slot, into which the freeing coin or token is inserted; an aperture
out of which the deposit box is delivered; a drawer or slide by which the mechanical
operations of banking are actually effected; a slot or aperture into which the deposit
boxes are returned to the apparatus; and an aperture through which the returned
coins or tokens fall. In addition to these, on the one hand, is the face of a clock 1,
and, on the other hand, the window of a lamp 2, by which artificial light is given,
and the chamber R lighted, as hereinafter described. The chamber R, within which
the above parts or things are located, is illustrated clearly in the Figures 4 and 5,
shewn on Sheets 2 and 3:
Figure 5, Sheet 3, shows the mechanism in sectional plan, taken at the line X X,
Figure 2:
Figure 6 is a sectional elevation, showing the guides within which the drawer or
slide works, and the mechanism connected with the action of depositing the deposit
boxes; and Figure 6 in a plan of same:
Figure 7 is a sectional elevation, showing a detail of the mechanism connected
with the drawer when in the state or position it takes when it is ready to be
pulled out;

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Figure 7 is an elevation of the reverse side of this mechanism; and Figure 70 is
a plan of same, the drawer being viewed from the under side:
Figure 8 shows, in part sectional elevation, the coin-freeing mechanism and parts
connected therewith; and Figure 8 is a sectional end view of same, taken at the
line X X, Figure 8; whilst Figure 88 shows in sectional plan, a part of the mechanism
shown in Figure 8:
Figures 9 and 9 are, respectively, elevation and front end view, of the mechanism
I use for marking the coins used to free the mechanism of the apparatus :
Figure 10 is a plan showing, mainly, the mechanism by which the deposit boxes
are delivered; and mechanism connected therewith controlled;
Figure 10 is an elevation of Figure 10, viewed in the direction of the arrow Z.
Figure 10B is a sectional elevation of the floor C¹, through the box delivering
mechanism showing the lower part of a box containing bin or chamber:
Figure 10° is a sectional side elevation of a part of the mechanism, and Figures 10º
and 10 are details of Figure 10°; and Figure 10 is another detail of Figure 10:
With reference to the Figures above specified, a, Figure 4, is the slot in the
casing A into which the freeing coin or token, such as a penny, is inserted, and by
which the apparatus is freed to carry on the mechanical banking operation; and d is a
drawer or slide freed by the action of said coin, by which the deposit boxes are delivered
to the depositor, and the other detail operations, as hereinafter described, effected.
The coin when inserted within the slot a, passes down an inclined conduit a¹, Figures 8
and 8, secured to the wall a, and when such coin is of the correct size, say that of a
penny, it strikes in such descent the head a³ of the switch or gate a', which is secured
on to the back of a valve a hinged at aº. The result of the coin striking this gate,
is, that it is caused to fall, in the direction of the arrow a', down the vertical
passage as, a portion of the front wall of which is the valve a. In this descent, it-
the coin presses upon the lower part of the valve a and moves it outwards and
upon its hinges a, the normal position of this valve being that its lower end touches,
or nearly touches, the back plate aº, forming the back wall of the vertical passage a³
(see Figure 8), thereby operating the gate a in the manner presently described.
The resumption of the normal position of the valve a³ is effected by a spring a* acting
upon a bar a fixed to the back of the valve a".
The descent of the coin is arrested in the passage a³, and held by the stop bars b
and it is supported by them; the upper part of the coin, when so supported, being,
still under the lower end of the valve a³, keeping it away from the plate a³.
The effect of the coin resting upon the stop bars b, is, that these stop bars are
pressed down by the weight of the coin, and certain mechanism on which they are
supported, and connected with them, is actuated, and the banking mechanism herein-
after described freed to be operated. The coin is held upon the stop bars b until all
the operations which have to be made in order to accomplish one complete banking
operation are completed, when such bars are withdrawn and the coin falls into the
safe, as hereinafter specified.
The effect of the operation of the valve a5 by the coin (and its suspension in the
position just described) is, that the head of the gate a is pressed forward into a
recess in the back plate a', so that a subsequent coin of the same size as the one
which it is arranged to use in connection with the working of the apparatus, in
passing down the conduit a' would not strike any portion of the gate, the consequence
of which is that its momentum would carry it forward, and it would jump, as it
were, from the toe a¹0, down into the passage a", in the direction shown by the
arrow a clearing in such jump the mouth of the passage a. The coin thus having
entered a passes down it, (and in crossing the passage a goes behind it), and runs
back and falls out into the chamber R, and is so returned to the operator. The exit
aperture of the passage all in the front plate F is covered by the light valve a¹³ hinged
at a, which the coin presses open.
It will now be seen that whilst the coin is in the position it frees the apparatus, and

page_text: supported by the stop bars b, (that is so long as the banking operation is not complete)
any subsequent penny introduced into the slot a will run past the gate at and fall into
the passage a", and be returned or re-delivered out into the chamber R. And again,
it will be seen the construction and relation of the gate at to the conduit or passage a¹
is such, that all coins, such as a florin, halfpenny, or a shilling, will, if inserted in the
slot a, pass the switch or gate a at all times, and whatever its position (that is
whether a coin be borne upon the stop bars b or not), and will run and jump into
the return passage a", and be returned into the chamber R to the user of the machine.
The freeing mechanism and its action effected by the coin, consists as follows:-
So long as no coin is within the apparatus and resting upon the stop bars b, the
drawer d cannot be pulled out, and the apparatus cannot be used, but by the weight
of the coin upon said stop bars b the drawer is freed. The mechanism through which
its freedom is effected consists of the bar b' hinged at b2 and free to move about said
hinges (at b2) in a vertical plane, it being normally pressed upwards by a spring b³,
see Figure 8. The weight of the coin then upon this bar b₁, depresses it, and by
such depression, a projection b thereon is moved out of the path of the end of the
lever hinged at 66, the opposite end of said lever being adapted to engage with,
and be worked by, the end of a downwardly projecting longitudinal bar b7 hinged on
the under side, and at one side, of the drawer d at d (see Figures 7, 74, 7B); thus
whilst the bar b' is in its normal position, and the lever b is behind the projection b*,
the drawer d is locked and cannot be moved; and on the other hand, as soon as the
coin rests upon the stop bars b, the projection b is withdrawn, and the drawer can be
pulled out.
In the action of pulling out the drawer, thus freed, the lever b5 will be caused to
take a horizontal position, on account of its upper end being pressed down in the
forward action of the drawer by the bar 67, whose normal position is shewn in
Figure 7. This bar b7 in the latter portion of the stroke of the drawer d leaves b³,
which resumes its vertical position, and therefore in the return stroke of the drawer
the rear end of the bar b' comes into contact with the other side of the short end of the
lever b; but in this stroke the lever b cannot be moved beyond its vertical position
on account of a stop pin b5x. Its upper point thus bears, in said return stroke of the
drawer, on the under side of the bar 7, and raises it into the position shewn in
Figure 7.
This forward motion of the drawer d causes-by mechanism hereinafter described―
one of the deposit boxes to be delivered into the front chamber R through the
aperture G in the front place F; and its movement is stopped by the tooth d¹ secured
to the under side of the drawer, coming into contact with a stop pin d² fixed upon a
rack d³, which is secured to the wall c. The action of this tooth is, that when in the
forward movement of the drawer d, it comes into contact with the stop pin d² of the
rack d³, one end of the double pawl d' which is fixed to the tooth d', and which is
pivoted at d³, is brought into gear with one of the teeth of the rack d³; that is, the
then leading end of such pawl d, is brought into gear with the rack d³, and then
further movement forward is impossible.
In this action the tooth d¹ depresses the lever d by the toe, and the tooth rides
above and over the inclined projection on the lever do. As soon as the tooth d¹
has passed the apex of the inclined projection d', it is retained in that position by the
lever do, as this lever is normally pulled upwards by the spring d8 secured to the
under side of the drawer d-the lever itself being hinged at d. In this position
the tooth and pawl d are held during the return stroke of the drawer.
As already stated, during the earlier part of the outward stroke of the drawer d.
the hinged bar b7 takes the position shewn in Figure 7, and strikes the short end of
the lever b throwing it into the horizontal position, and the cranked end of the
upright reciprocating bar h (which moves the bar b' in the horizontal plane as herein-
after described) is missed by the cam shaped projection 68 on the bar b', and hence is
not operated.
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In the latter portion of the outstroke of the drawer d, that is about the time the
action of the tooth d¹ is taking place, a lever, fulcrumed at f to the side wall

page_text: plate e¹, is actuated, and by its actuation the mouth or aperture H, through which the
deposit boxes are returned to the apparatus, is controlled, that is opened. The lever f
is operated by the catch b" (see Figures 7 and 7) coming into contact with its upper
end, and so forcing it forward. By this movement, a pin f fixed to the lever f
comes into contact with the under side of the bifurcated lever f, hinged at f to
the side plates e', e', (the outer end 8 of which lever constitutes the shutter which
closes the mouth H), and raises said lever; then, to this lever, by a pin g, a central
top heavy tongue (drawn in Figure 6 in dotted line) is hung, said tongue passing
through a slot in the roof f of the throat f'. When the lever is pushed forward
by the drawer, and the bifurcated lever f" is raised, the tongue assumes by gravity
the position across the throat f as shewn in part in dotted lines, and a catch f*
thereon engages with the edge at the end of the slot in the roof of the throat,
and thus holds the lever f up, the shutter thereby being withdrawn from the
mouth H. This will be the position of the parts when the drawer d has been pulled
out, and it remains in this position until the deposit box is inserted through the
mouth H. In this action the box comes into contact with the tongue f, pressing it
back and disengaging the tooth from the portion of the roof of the throat,
thereby releasing the lever f". Upon its release, it is allowed to fall down by its
own weight (the drawer d having been drawn or pushed in as in Figure 6), whilst the
spring pulls the lever ƒ forward into the position shewn in Figure 6, in which
position it is held by the projecting finger f10 of the lever f".
It may be conveniently here stated that the teeth of the pawl d' run over the teeth
of the rack d both in the outer and inner strokes of the drawer d, thus when once
the drawer has been started in either direction it cannot be put back; that is, the
proper stroke of the drawer must be completed.
In the return action of the drawer d, the bar b will, as has been stated, be raised
into the position shewn in Figure 7 by the upper end of the lever b coming into
contact with the lower edge of such bar; and in this position the cam shaped pro-
jection 68 on said lever will lie in the same horizontal plane as the cranked head h¹ of
the reciprocating bar h, and therefore such head will, in this return stroke, be pressed
outwards from and by the cam projection 68. The effect of this operation of the bar h
is, that its lower end (which is also cranked and brought down as shewn) presses
the end of the table b* outwards, and thereby moves said table, with the bar b¹ and
stops b, about its pivot b on which it swings, by which motion the bars b are with-
drawn from under the freeing coin which they support, and the lower end of the
lever b is allowed to take the position shewn in Figure 8, behind the stop b*.
When the cam projection 68 has passed the cranked end h¹ of the bar h, a spring h
presses the whole bed b, with the parts mounted thereon, back to its normal
position, thereby bringing the stops b again into the position shewn in Figure 8.
At the same time the bar b will have passed over the end of the lever b³, the
said bar b being allowed to drop into the position shewn in Figure 7 as above
stated.
A further action of this latter end of the instroke of the drawer d, and which
takes place after the last described operations, is that the spring a", whose upper
end passes horizontally through the wall a², is forced back into the position shewn
in Figure 8B by the incline do provided in the edge of the drawer d, which
incline forms the end of the groove d¹ in such edge.
The use of this spring a (which during the major portion of the outer and
inner strokes of the drawer d presses upon the bar a) tends to keep the valve a
open, and thereby the gate a' open, until the drawer d is quite home; so that
if a coin be placed in the slot ar between the time when the bars b are withdrawn
and the penny therein held released, and the moment at which the instroke of the
drawer finishes, such coins would be free to jump from the passage a into a"
and be returned to the operator; hence no action by the putting in of a coin
until the full outstroke and instroke have been absolutely completed can be caused
by such coins.
As previously stated, by and during the outer and inner strokes of the drawer d,

page_text: certain other operations than those above described are effected. One of such
operations is the sounding of a bell when the complete end of the outer stroke of
the drawer d has been reached. This is effected through a lever i mounted on
and fixed to a vertical spindle i', and connected at its end to the drawer d by the
connecting rod 2,-
,-see Figures 5 and 7. Under this lever i, which in Figure 5
is shewn in the position which it would have near the outer end of the stroke of
the drawer d, is provided a pawl mounted at i', and bearing against a stop is
on the lever i on one side, and free to move away from said stop on the opposite
side, but normally pressed thereon by a spring . The end of this pawl works
against the end of a rocking arm i, mounted in bearings j', pressing it in the
outstroke of the lever i towards the wall e. At the extreme end of the stroke, of
the drawer d, the pawl is arranged to leave the end of the rocking bar i, and
this bar being extended on the underside of the bearing
is pulled back instantly by the spring, and the hammer
By this means it will be made known to the operator that
the drawer d has been made. In the return action of the
is pressed off its stop by coming into contact with the
over its end; whereupon, the spring i forces it back again on to its stop .
During the outstroke of the drawer d a further action is carried out, that is
the action of marking the freeing coins with a number. The mechanism by which
this is done is shewn in Figures 2, 5, 9 and 9. This mechanism is worked from
the lever by the arm which is connected with it in bell crank form. The
arm is connected with a reciprocating actuating lever k¹ by a coupling bar k
and bell crank lever fulcrumed at k, the coupling bar 2 passing through the
wall a³.
into a hammer 1,
strikes the gong i*.
the full outstroke of
drawer d, the pawl
arm i, finally sliding
This marking mechanism consists of numeral wheels k which are ordinary
numeral wheels adapted to change their relative positions in the manner of an
ordinary numbering machine. These wheels and their changing mechanism are
mounted on the axle supported by the side levers 7 and fixed to the axle kº,
inside the side levers k', are slotted arms 8, in the slot of which work pins k
fixed in the levers k10, such levers ko being worked by the bifurcated connecting
bar . The levers 10 are fulcrumed at k", and the side levers k have a constant
tension upon them in an upward direction exerted by the springs k¹.
The parts specified above are supported in frames 3, which are secured to the
bed-plate The end of the lever k, which is mounted in the frame k³, is
adapted to slide to and fro therein, which motion is provided by the slot k¹5 in
such frames. It will be seen that the motion of the coupling bar k¹ is an up and
down one, the upstroke being made in the outstroke of the drawer d; and in the
out and instroke, this motion of course would give the levers k a reciprocating
rocking motion, the limits of travel of such levers being denoted by the radial
dotted centre lines k³.
In the first part of the upstroke of the bar k¹ and levers 10, the wheels k³ are moved
round bodily this is done by the pin working the shaft round, through the
slotted lever k. In the further movement, the side levers k' are pressed forward by
the pins, which project outwards on the outer side as well as the inside of the
levers, and come into contact with the hooked end k¹ of the side levers k'. This
outward movement, it is plain, moves bodily forward the numeral mechanism and
wheels, and the set of numerals then lying in the same horizontal plane as the
axis 6, are pressed forward through the slot in the passage or conduit a³, Figure 8^
on to the coin in such passage, and such coin is marked with the correct number; and
each following stroke, the successive coins are marked in numerical order. In the
return stroke of this marking mechanism the order of the numerals of the discs or
wheels is changed and then are brought, at the extreme end of the stroke, on to an
inking pad 18 fixed on the bed-plate k.
I will now describe the mechanism for drawing the deposit envelopes or boxes from
their reservoir. These mechanisms and reservoirs are illustrated more clearly in
Figures 10 to 10 and 11, 12, 13 and 14, and also in Figure 2.

page_text: The deposit boxes and their carriers are supported by the horizontal division or
floor C¹, which separates the upper chamber C from the intermediate chamber D. The
carrier for these boxes is mounted on a lower footstep I, and an upper bearing 1, said
bearings being supported by a bracket and upright secured on to the floor C¹. In
these bearings, is supported and mounted upper and lower carrier frames m¹ and m,
respectively, these frames being connected together by the vertical shaft m2, the ends
of which are borne by the bearings 1, 1. The carrier frame m' is provided with
recesses at m³,whilst the lower frame m is provided with correspondinggaps as shewn
in Figures 12 and 13. Into these recesses m³, and the gaps in the lower frame m, are
placed vertical bins n, which act as chambers for carrying a quantity of deposit boxes.
The bins are open at the top, partially open at the front and bottom, and wholly closed
at the back, except at the extreme lower edges. This construction is shewn more
clearly in Figures 14 and 14A, in which it will be seen n¹ designates the back, which
is solid, except at the bottom, where it is completely open for a depth equivalent to the
depth of one deposit box X, plus clearance as shewn. At the bottom, the boxes are
supported by the turned in edges or flanges n², and likewise in the front similar
flanges n are provided, the front portion being stayed at suitable points by transverse
strips n*.
The bins n are held in position in the frames m m¹ by the lugs n", which are adapted
to rest upon and bear against the inner edge of projections m* on the lower frame m.
On the underside of the frame m a number of pendant pegs m³ are provided, which are
adapted to gear with certain actuating mechanisms-hereinafter described with
reference to Figures 10 to 10-by which the whole deposit box containing mechanism
shewn in Figure 11 is fed forward, that is rotated, so that the bins n are brought over
the removing device, presently described, seriatim, as they become emptied; and thus
the whole of the bins containing the boxes and carried by the carriers shewn in
Figure 11 can be removed automatically. A spring me bears upon the lower edge of
two of the pegs m³, and keeps the box carrier frames in the correct position for
automatic banking manipulation after each emptying and changing of a bin.
In the removing mechanism there is provided a slide o, sliding in and guided by
guide bars o' secured to the floor C¹. This slide is operated from, and moves simul-
taneously with, the drawer d through the shaft i¹ (which is operated as previously
described) and arm o2, which is fixed on said shaft i¹ and connected at its outer end by
a pin to a slotted lug o secured to the edge of the slide o; hence as the shaft i¹ receives
its reciprocating motion from the operation of the drawer d, the arm o² is rocked, and
the slide o thereby moved inwards and then outwards.
In the slide o, at the outer end, is provided an inclined catch p, normally
standing above the upper surface of said slide, and secured to the end of the long
arni of the bell crank lever p' fulcrumed at p² to the slide, and the short end of
which is connected to and operates a pawl q by the rod q'.
The relation of the bottom of the bins n, the lower boxes X therein, the catch p,
and the slide o, when in the position prior to actuation, is clearly seen in
Figure 10B.
The action of removing a box X from a bin n is, that as the slide o is moved
forward, the catch p catches the end of the lowermost box in the bin and drags
it out, and when it is released from the bin, it falls through the opening o' in the
slide and the opening C2 in the floor C. The box does not fall through the
aperture C in the inner stroke of the slide o, as the aperture o' is partially beyond
the aperture C² before such box is fully released from the bin, but in the return
action it passes through the aperture C and falls or slides down the shoot C³ and
out of the aperture G into the chamber R. To force the box through the aper-
tures C and o* in the return action of the slide o, I provide a rake shaped arm 05
hinged at o to the cover plates o', which are secured at the sides to the guide
bars o¹. This rake has a projecting portion o8 which passes through a slot in the
plates o, and when the slide is in its normal position, as shewn in Figure 10, the
lower edge of this projection 08 bears upon the upper surface of the slide o, and
thus keeps the arm o in its raised position, as shewn in Figure 10. By the time

page_text: the box X has been drawn under the tines o' of the rake o5, the projection of will
have fallen into the slot o¹ in the slide o, and therefore the rake will fall, the
tines o coming over the end of the cover plates 07 and the end of the box; thus,
when the slide o is given its return action, one end of the box is caught by the
tines o of the rake o, and forces the box down through the apertures o' and C³,
it being guided in such descent by the inclined plate o", which is provided at the
end of the aperture of and secured to the slide o.
As regards the action of the catch p in the return stroke of the slide o, it (the
catch p) will be forced down nearly flush with the surface of the slide o by its inclined
back coming into contact with the bottom of the lowermost box in the bin-that is so
long as there is a box in the bin then standing above the slide o. The effect of this
depression of the catch p is, that the pawl falls and does not come into contact
with the end of the lever r (hereinafter described, and which actuates the bin
carrier frame), and the bin carrier frame is not actuated; but when a bin n has
become empty, the catch p is not depressed in the return stroke of the slide o,
that is, it remains up, and the pawl q also remains up standing above the surface
of the slide o; and in such a case (in the return action of the slide), the pawl q
comes into contact with the end of the lever r and pulls it along with the slide.
By this action the position of the bin carrier frames m m¹ is changed, and a fresh
and full charged bin is moved over the slide o, which bin will be operated upon
in the next action of the drawer d.
The mechanism by which this bin changing action is done, is as follows:-On
the an
arm r, which is pivoted at r', is mounted a pawl 2, which, in the positive
action of the arm r, catches one of the pegs m of the frame m, and forces the
frames round the amount necessary for the change of a bin. To stop the frame
at each stroke of the arm r, I provide a lever, having an upwardly extending
hook r, and fulcrumed at r³, and is normally pressed upwards by a spring ".
Before the frame m can be partially rotated by the pawl 2, it will be seen, that
the hook of the lever must be moved out of the path of the pegs m³, and
this is done by providing a suitable projection r7, which, in the earlier portion of
the stroke of the arm r, is acted upon by such arm and depressed, and thus the
catch is lowered and frees the peg m³ which it previously held.
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The peg m being thus freed upon the further movement of the arm r, it will
be seen, the frames m m¹ may be moved forward. The back motion of the arm r
with its pawl is effected by the spring r which is connected to the pawl r². In
this return action the pawl 2 is pressed inwards by the peg m³ which has taken
the place of the peg just moved forward by such pawl, until it is fully back, when
it takes the position shewn in Figure 10.
With respect to the pawl q, its operation is as follows:-It is loosely mounted
upon a spindle q2, and on this spindle g² is a bell crank q³, also loosely mounted,
but connected at one end to the rod q', and at the other end is provided with a
projecting pin q'. This pin takes under the lower edge of the pawl q and above
a spring q, which acts upon the under side of the pawl q and normally presses
it upwards, and into the position shewn in Figures 10° and 10". When. however,
in the return action of the slide o, the catch p is depressed, and the bell crank q³
pushed forward, by the rod q', due to the depression of the catch p, the projecting
pin q presses down the spring q5, and so relieves the pawl q from the upward
pressure of the spring, and allows it to fall flush with the surface of the slide o.
This action takes place, as above stated, in every return stroke of the slide o,
so long as there is a box X in the bin n over the slide. The pawl q and
arm are so arranged, that in the forward stroke of the slide o, the pawl q
passes the end of the arm r a considerable distance, so that in the return
stroke of the slide o, the catch p shall have come under and in contact with the
lower box of the bin by the time such pawl q has reached the arm r.
To keep the inner edge of the boxes X in the correct position, that is within
the bins n, as they are moved up to the slide o, I provide a fixed cam shaped
bar no, this bar being so disposed that should the lowermost box X in any of the

page_text: bins project inwards, they come in contact with the bar n when the bins are
rotated, and are pushed back into place.
When it is desired to manipulate the frames m m' from the back of the apparatus,
through the open doorway of the door A', I provide a rod s having an actuating
turned up end s¹ adapted to be rocked to and fro by the hand, and the cranked
ends of which takes into a hole in the lever r³. By pressing down this end s²
of the rod s, the catch r' is lowered and brought out of gear with the pegs m,
and the frames m, m' can be rotated by hand.
I prefer, especially in cases where the banks are used as street pillar boxes, to lock
the door B at night time, or other times when it is desired so to do. This is effected
through a spindle t and the clock 1 shewn in Figure 5. This spindle t represents
the spindle of the clock lock actuating mechanism, which may be an ordinary
clock alarm mechanism, and is turned and wound up by the handle t¹. On
this spindle t I provide an excentric and strap and rod 2, it being arranged in
any well-known way, to cause the spindle t to make half a revolution, say every
12 hours. This eccentric 2 is connected to a lever fixed to the rod t, the other
end of which is supported in a bracket to, and provided with a catch to (see Figures 10,
10 and 10°). On the upper end of the door B there is a corresponding hook u to the
catch to, which, when the door is shut, and the eccentric t is in its upper position, will
be engaged with the hook t", then the door will be locked. On the other hand, when
the eccentric is in its lower position the catch t will be raised, and out of gear, with
the catch u, and the door will be unlocked. The door is normally pressed upwards by
a spring retained bell crank arm B' (see Figures 1 and 1^), the outer end of which is
provided with a roller and the shorter arm is pulled down by a spring as shown; thus
the door B is always pressed upwards, and when not being pulled or held down,
automatically shuts itself. The door is pulled down by the handle B2, and is hinged at
its lower edge, and when drawn down, forms, as it were, a desk or table on which to
write matters connected with the banking operations.
The ordinary winding of the clock is adapted to be effected through the handle and
rod 3.
The chamber R is illuminated by the lamp 2, which, in the present instance, is a gas
lamp, 4 being the gas pipe supplying the gas, 5 the burner, 6 the gas cock, and 7 the
rod by which the gas cock is operated; one end of the rod 7 is connected to the lower
part of the door B and is moyed by it. When light is required, by pulling down the
door B the rod 7 is pulled out and full gas is turned on, and when the door is closed,
after the operation of banking is effected, the closing of such door pushes back the
rod 7 and turns the gas down to a very small jet. The fumes from the gas jet are
drawn off by the chimney 8 and outlet 9.
The safe into which the freeing coins or tokens, and the money deposited in the
boxes, pass, is illustrated in Figures 2 to 3º, and consists of a body having a lid v
hinged at adapted to be locked. In this safe is provided a tray or receptacle v² by
which the freeing coins are caught and separately retained.
In the lid v are provided two apertures, one v³ allowing the deposit boxes X to pass
into the safe, and another v', to allow the freeing coins to pass into the receptacle v³,
Above these apertures I use a slide we providedwith apertures w³ and w* corresponding
with the apertures 3 and 4 of the safe lid v, and when the safe is in position in the
pillar-box A, these apertures v³ and w³, and v and w³, respectively, coincide with each
other; but when the safe is withdrawn from the box by the handles v³, a projection w¹
on the slide w catches in a suitable spring catch standing downwards off, and fixed to,
the underside of the floor D', by which the slide is drawn forward so that the
apertures v³ and v are covered by the rear end of the slide w. And then, on the
further movement of the safe, this spring is pressed upwards by the projection w¹ and
leaves it. The spring-catch allows the projection c¹ to press it up when the safe is put
in the pillar A and pass it, and then it resumes its normal position. A spring w³, fixed
at 5, is provided on the underside of the slide we, and has its free end pressing upon
the upper surface of the lid e, which free end engages with a projecting stop v on the
surface of the lid v. When the slide w has been pulled forward by the drawing out of.

page_text: the safe, as above described, the free end of the spring w catches the projecting
stop it will thus be seen, that when the spring and the stop catch v are engaged
with each other in this manner, the slide w cannot be slid back and the safe is entirely
closed and only when the door v is unlocked can the slide be pushed back, and then
it is done by pressing the spring 2 up by the hand from the inside, through the
aperture 3. The engagement of such spring with the stop is thus broken, and the
slide w can then be slid back, and the safe made ready for inserting into the chamber E
in the bank.
As previously described the deposit boxes are preferably numbered numerically,
and of the form shewn in Figure 15, that is just plain hinged rectangular boxes (but of
course other forms may be used); and then are provided with numbers in numerical
order and are arranged so in the bins n. They are each provided with a ticket on
which the amount of deposit can be written, and time at which the deposit was made
and a record counterfoil. The tickets are put back into the box after being marked
with the address and other particulars respecting the deposit and depositor, together
with the money put in the box. The box is then closed and placed in the aperture H,
from which it falls into the safe E.
To use the apparatus the door B is pulled open, say in a horizontal position, a
penny or other token is then put into the slot a, by which action the drawer dis
freed, that is unlocked; this drawer is then pulled out. whereupon a deposit box is
delivered into the chamber R. This box is opened, the deposit put in. the ticket
filled up, and the box shut, and finally put back into the apparatus through the
aperture H. After the drawer is pulled out it may be either pushed back by hand
or is drawn back automatically by a spring.
The deposit boxes and tickets and receipts or any of them are numbered
numerically, and their numbers are adapted to correspond to the numbers marked on
the freeing coins or tokens by the marking mechanism described particularly with
reference to Figures 9 and 9, so that the identification between the coin or token
put into the apparatus, and the deposit box delivered and used, can be made, and
cross checking by the persons who conduct the business is thereby afforded.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed, I wish it to be understood that
the apparatus may be adapted to be operated by, or operate in connection with,
pennies, halfpennies, shillings or other coins or equivalent tokens, and that the
apparatus particularly described may be applied to, or used in connection with,
systems other than that above particularly specified, such as the purchase of goods by
payment of instalments and the like. It is also to be understood that the different
features of the modes of effecting certain ends, and mechanisms and devices employed
therein, above described and hereinafter claimed, or any of them, by which certain
functions are performed, may be used individually or conjointly in any suitable
combination, and carried out in any desired manner in apparatus differing radically
from that which I have more particularly specified herein, that is in the many various
existing kinds and types of coin freed or coin actuated apparatus.
I would also further have it understood that the features of this invention are not
confined to the particular construction of mechanisms by which various methods for
performing certain functions and effecting certain ends herein described are carried
out, but I declare that the features of the herein described invention which I believe
to be new, and which I claim are each specifically specified in the following claiming
clauses:
1. The herein described improvement in coin-freed apparatus, consisting in effecting
the return of all coins or tokens put into the apparatus whilst a coin or token is
within the apparatus-and being used for the purpose of freeing the mechanism, by
or through the action of such coin or token.
2. In coin-freed apparatus, the herein described mode of causing coins or tokens
put into it, and not of the predetermined kind or size to be used in connection with
it, to return or be returned,

page_text: 3. The herein described improvement in coin-freed apparatus, consisting in the
employment of a conduit into which the freeing coins or the like are put, and means
or mechanism connected therewith by which, whilst one coin is within the freeing
apparatus, any subsequent coin or the like is switched or caused to pass out of the
path followed by the freeing coin, and be returned.
4. In a coin-freed apparatus, the herein described means of returning coins or
tokens set forth with reference to the drawings, comprising an entrance conduit (such
as a'), a switch or gate mechanism, and two conduits leading out of such first
conduit, one being the conduit down which the freeing coin or token is caused to
pass, and the other being the return conduit; also the particular construction and
arrangement of such parts as set forth with reference to said drawings.
5. In coin-freed apparatus the means substantially as herein described by which all
coins or tokens put in the apparatus subsequently to the freeing coin or token, after
said freeing coin is released and passes into the chamber adapted to receive it, but
before the complete operation of the apparatus is effected, are returned, and also the
mechanism set forth with reference to Figures 8, 8 and 8 by which said operation
is effected.
6. In coin-freed apparatus actuated by a slide or drawer (such as d), the herein
described mechanism operating after the manner specified by which said slide or
drawer cannot be pushed back before the complete outstroke thereof is accomplished.
7. In coin-freed apparatus actuated by a slide or drawer (d), the herein described
mechanism operating after the manner described by which said slide or drawer
cannot be pulled out after the return stroke thereof has been commenced.
8. In coin-freed_apparatus the means and mechanism set forth with reference to
Figures 6, 7, 74, 7B, 7C, by which the course or stroke of such slide or drawer of said
apparatus cannot be reversed when it is once entered upon until the completion
thereof.
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9. In coin-freed apparatus in which a drawer or slide is employed, a reversible
pawl actuated and reversed by stop mechanism at the end of each stroke of said
drawer or slide, by which said pawl is set for each stroke, substantially as described,
and the motion of the drawer or slide cannot be reversed until the stroke entered upon
is completed.
10. The herein described improvement in coin-freed apparatus, consisting of the
combination with the actuating drawer or slide thereof, of a rod or lever or its
equivalent adapted to be depressed or moved by the weight of the freeing coin; a
lever adapted to be released by the operation of said rod or lever and by the release
of which said drawer or slide can be operated; and means connected therewith by
which a bar or lever supporting the freeing coin or token is withdrawn therefrom in
the return stroke of the slide and the coin allowed to pass away into the apparatus.
11. The herein described improvement in coin-freed apparatus, consisting of the
combination with the drawer or slide thereof, of a bar or lever (such as h) operated
by a projection on or connected with said drawer or slide in the return stroke thereof,
but not in the outstroke, and by the actuation of which the bar or lever or other
device on which the freeing coin is supported is actuated, and the coin liberated.
12. The arrangement and combination with the drawer d, of the mechanisms
designated by the letters h, b, operating substantially as set forth with reference to
Figures 5, 7, 74, 7B, 7C. 8 and 8 of the drawings.
13. The herein described improvement in coin-freed apparatus in which an envelope,
box, or the like, is returned to the apparatus for purposes such as described, consisting
of mechanism operated by the drawer or slide of the apparatus by which the aperture
into which said boxes are returned is opened or closed, or both opened and closed.
14. The herein described improvement in connection with coin-freed apparatus
adapted to act as an automatic savings bank, consisting in marking the freeing coins
or tokens with figures in numerical order, or by equivalent signs; for the purposes
set forth.
15. In coin-freed apparatus adapted to serve as an automatic savings bank, the

page_text: combination of a conduit into which the freeing coins or tokens are passed, and a self-
changing numerical marking mechanism operated by the slide or drawer thereof or its
equivalent for the purposes described.
16. The arrangement and combination of the slide or drawer, freeing coin conduit,
and changing numerical marking mechanism (specified in the preceding two claims)
set forth substantially with reference to Figures 5, 8, 8, 9 and 9^.
17. In coin-freed apparatus, the mechanism consisting of a plurality of chambers
or bins adapted to hold boxes or the like (for the purposes specified), or other articles
or things, said chambers or bins being adapted to be moved when emptied, seriatim
into connection with or over the mechanism for removing them.
18. In coin-freed apparatus having the means and operated after the manner
specified in the preceding claim, the arrangement of the chambers specified therein
in a circular frame having rotary motion; substantially as set forth.
19. In a coin-freed apparatus, the construction of parts of the frame for holding
boxes or other things, specified in the preceding two claims, substantially as set forth
with reference to Figures 11, 12 and 13 of the drawings.
20. In a coin-freed apparatus, the combination of an actuating drawer or slide
(such as d), and a slide (such as o), by which boxes or other articles are withdrawn
from an upper containing mechanism, and delivered to the operator substantially as
described.
21. The combination in a coin-freed apparatus, of a slide (such as o)-and mechanism
substantially as described connected therewith, by which a multi-chambered revolving
mechanism containing boxes or other things is actuated when one of its chambers is
emptied for the purposes specified.
22. The combination in a coin-freed apparatus of a slide having means or mechanism
adapted to operate after the manner of that set forth with reference to Figures 10º
and 10, for the purposes described.
23. In coin-freed apparatus in which mechanism is employed having a plurality of
containing chambers (such as n), the combination of a removing catch mounted in a
slide (such as o) and adapted to withdraw the boxes or other things from said
chambers and in the return stroke to be acted upon by the boxes or other things in
said chambers, whereby so long as any boxes or other things exist in such chambers
then being operated upon by said slide. said chamber will remain in that position.
but as soon as such chamber is empty the catch will not be operated upon, and will
thereby cause a fresh and full chamber to be moved over said slide.
24. In coin-freed apparatus the combination with the removing catch (such as p)
by which boxes or other things are removed from a chamber, of a rake or catch
operating after the manner of the device o5, by which when said boxes or other things
are removed they are held during the return action of said catch.
25. In coin-freed apparatus, the combination with a slide of the holding
mechanism o5, substantially as set forth with reference to Figures 10 and 10.
26. In coin-freed apparatus, a door such as B and a chamber enclosed thereby,
wherein the means for actuating the apparatus is disposed.
27. In coin-freed apparatus adapted to operate as an automatic bank, or for
analogous purposes such as herein specified, a door (such as B) constituting a means
of closing a chamber within the apparatus, said door or its equivalent being combined
with a clock or time mechanism and a lock or catch, by which at desired periods said
door is locked and unlocked.
28. The combination in a coin-freed apparatus with the door or its equivalent. such
as specified in the preceding claim 26. of means such as a spring or weight by
which said door or its equivalent is normally kept shut or closed.
29. A coin-freed apparatus such as herein described, comprising a box or
containing chamber; a chamber or chambers in the upper portion thereof in which
the articles or things to be delivered are stowed: a suitable mechanism below said
latter chamber or chambers by which said articles or things are removed and
delivered to the operator: and a chamber or case into which said articles or things
are returned, and by which they are held for the purposes set forth.

page_text: 30. Coin-freed apparatus constructed substantially in the manner set forth with
reference to Figures 1, 1 and 2, consisting of the box or casing A, chamber C,
chamber D, chamber R and chamber E, for the purposes set forth.
31. In a coin-freed apparatus, for the purposes specified, a box or safe as specified
with reference to Figures 2 to 3° provided with a portion to receive the freeing
coins or tokens, and a portion to receive and hold boxes or other articles returned
thereto which have been delivered from the apparatus, substantially as described;
and also means or mechanisms in combination with such safe (such as the lid w or
its equivalent) by which the apertures in said safe into which the coins or tokens and
articles are passed, is closed, as and for the purposes set forth.
32. Coin-freed apparatus adapted to serve as an automatic savings bank or other
coin-freed apparatus, constructed in the form of a pillar box with doors therein,
substantially as set forth with reference to Figures 1 and 2 of the drawings.
33. In coin-freed apparatus, the combination of chambers (such as n) adapted to
hold articles or things to be delivered to the operator; a drawer or slide mechanism
by which said articles are removed; a sounding mechanism for the purpose specified
in connection with said drawer or slide; and a marking device actuated by said
slide by which the freeing coins are marked for the purposes specified.
34. In coin-freed apparatus for the purposes specified, the lamp 2 arranged within
said apparatus substantially as and for the purposes set forth.
35. In coin-freed apparatus for the purposes specified, the arrangement or
combination of the chamber (such as R) therein having the lamp 2, as and for the
purposes set forth.
36. In coin-freed apparatus for the purposes specified the arrangement and
combination within said apparatus of the chamber R and clock 1 as and adapted to
operate for the purposes set forth.
37. In a coin-freed apparatus the arrangement and combination within said
apparatus of the chamber R, wherein are provided a handle or actuation portion of
an actuating slide or drawer, and slots or apertures in and from which coins or the
like, and articles, are respectively inserted and delivered, substantially as set forth.
38. In a coin-freed apparatus the particular construction of bins n herein described
for the purposes specified.
39. The improved coin-freed apparatus hereinbefore described and represented in
the drawings, with its mechanisms and parts arranged and adapted to operate as
herein described and shown in the drawings.
Thin 1nt dow of Cantambar 1000
CHEESBROUGH & ROYSTON,
15, Water Street, Liverpool, Applicant's Patent Agents.