Improvements in Apparatus for Giving Value in Exchange for Coins Inserted therein.
Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 12th Oct., 1887
Complete Specification Left, 11th Aug., 1888
Complete Specification Accepted, 12th Oct., 1888
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Apparatus for Giving Value in Exchange for
Coins Inserted therein.
I, JOHN STEWART WALLACE, of Clifton Ville Avenue, Belfast, in the County of
Antrim, Timber Merchant, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
My invention relates to automatic delivery machines and other apparatus for giving
value in exchange for coins inserted therein. My said invention is designed to
dispense with the operation of outside mechanism, that is to say, to dispense with
the necessity for effecting any operation by hand except the insertion of the coin
or coins. My improved apparatus is to be actuated either by the weight of the coin
or by means of clockwork or equivalent motive power, the operation of which will be
permitted when, but not until a coin, or two or more coins, are inserted.
My improvements are applicable to machines for the delivery of goods, liquids or
information, for displaying views or advertisements, and for other purposes.
My improvements are conveniently and advantageously applied to machines for the
delivery of articles such as cigarettes, in the following manner, riz. :-I provide
suitable clockwork or other motor mechanism, to which is connected a grooved roller
or cylinder which revolves under a hopper or receptacle for containing the said
articles. This roller is prevented from revolving by means of a lever or detent,
which, when a coin is inserted, is released by the fall of the said coin upon a
prolongation of one end of the said detent-lever. This detent-lever has connected
with it another lever under the roller, so that, in the event of any attempt being
made to operate the apparatus, by inserting an article in the machine and pushing
down the said detent-lever, the under lever will prevent the revolving of the said
roller or cylinder, but, if a coin is dropped into the apparatus in the proper manner,
the upper detent-lever will be raised, and, when the roller or cylinder has revolved
slightly, the coin will fall off the said upper detent-lever, so that the under lever will
be held out of engagement with the detent-wheel and the roller or cylinder may rotate
and deliver the required article.

page_text: I sometimes provide for agitating the articles in the hopper by means of a lever
resting on the end of the roller or cylinder, which end may be cut in the form of a
cam to give the required motion.
As applied to machines for the delivery of liquids, my improvements comprise the
combination of a pump or measuring tap with clockwork or other motor mechanism
so that, on the insertion of the coin, the pump will eject a suitable quantity of the
liquid, or the measuring tap will allow a certain quantity to escape. In some cases,
I make the fall of the coin itself tip up a sinali receptacle which is filled from the
reservoir and prevented from overflowing by any convenient means such as a ball-
valve; or so that the coin itself will effect the delivery of the liquid, thus dispensing
with the necessity for clockwork or other motive power except the weight of the coin.
For displaying Stereoscopic views, I provide a carrier in which any desired number
of slides may be placed, and which is capable of being revolved by means of clockwork
or other motor mechanism. Suitable illuminating devices may be employed, and the
whole is set in operation for a suitable period by the insertion of a coin without the
necessity for effecting any other operation by hand.
In all these apparatus, I provide, if desired, for the closing of the coin-opening by
means of a plate drawn over the same by a cord connected with one or other of the
moving parts, so that, when the clock work or other motor is run down, the opening
or slit will be closed to prevent the insertion of coins.
I sometimes provide for preventing the operation of the apparatus by the insertion
of pieces or discs of cardboard, or other light material and for throwing out any of the
said pieces or discs that may be inserted. For instance, I pivot a lever in the chute
for the coins; the said lever is provided with an extension having a suitable counter-
weight so that a coin will depress and pass the said lever, but a piece or disc of
cardboard or other light material, not being heavy enough to depress the said lever,
will roll out through an aperture provided in the side of the coin chute for that
purpose.
Moreover I sometimes provide for the operation of the apparatus on the insertion of
two or more coins. For instance, 1 so construct the apparatus that the detent above
described must be disengaged or released twice or oftener to permit a complete
operation of the apparatus.
Dated this 19th day of October 1907
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45, Southampton Buildings, London,
Agents for the Applicant.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Apparatus for Giving Value in Exchange for Coins
Inserted therein.
I, JOHN STEWART WALLACE, of Cliftonville Avenue, Belfast, in the County of
Antrim, Ireland Timber Merchant do hereby declare the nature of this invention and
in what manner the same is to be performed to be particularly described and
ascertained in and by the following statement :-
My invention relates to apparatus for delivering certain articles or affording certain
information in exchange for a coin or coins inserted therein.
The main object of my said invention is to obviate the necessity for effecting any
operation by hand except the insertion of the coin or coins, my improved apparatus
being actuated either by the weight of the coin or by means of clockwork or other
suitable motive power the operation of which will be permitted when, but not until
one or more coins are inserted.
My improvements are applicable to machines for the delivery of goods, liquids or
information, for displaying views or advertisements and for other purposes.
In the accompanying drawings.
Figure 1 is a side elevation showing one form of my apparatus one of the doors of
the box or case being removed.
Figure 2 is a plan the top door or cover of the box or case and other parts
being removed.
Figure 3 is a transverse section on the line xx Figure 2.
Figure 4 is a side elevation showing a slight modification hereinafter described.
Figure 4 is a side elevation partly in section showing my apparatus adapted for
the delivery of scent or other liquid.
Figure 5 is a side elevation partly in section and
Figure 6 is a rear elevation partly in section showing my apparatus adapted for
the display of stereoscopic views.
Like letters indicate corresponding parts throughout the drawings.
A is the box or case of the apparatus, B is the hopper for containing the cigarettes
or other articles to be sold, C is the slot or slit for the insertion of the coin into the
apparatus, D is the aperture through which the cigarettes or other articles are
delivered, E is a tray for receiving the said cigarettes or other articles.
a is a coiled spring one extremity of which is attached to a spindle 6 carried in
bearings in plates c attached to a bracket d fixed to the bottom of the box or case A.
The plates are provided with distance pieces e to one of which the other extremity of
the spring a is attached; the spindle 6 has fixed thereon a handle 6' by means of which the
said spring a can he wound upon the said spindle b. A toothed wheel fis moreover
fitted upon the spindle so that it can rotate thereon. Behind the said toothed wheel f
and fixed upon the spindle b is a ratchet wheel g with which engages a pawl g¹ pivoted

page_text: at g* upon the said toothed wheel and provided with a spring g². This arrangement
permits the spring a to be wound up by means of the handle b¹. The toothed wheel f
gears with a pinion h fixed upon a spindle h¹ on which is also fixed a toothed
wheel ³ connected, by means of a train comprising the pinion and toothed wheel ¹
fixed upon the spindle and the pinion j and toothed wheelj¹ fixed upon the spindle j³,
with a pinionk and an escapement wheel I fixed upon a spindle 1. The spindles
,,and, likewise have their bearings in the plates c. The spindle A¹ is extended
through the bracket d and attached to one of the gudgeons m of a cylindrical piece or
carrier n by means of a square part * fitting into a corresponding aperture in the
said gudgeon m or in any other suitable manner. The other extremity of the said
cylindrical piece or carrier n is supported by the other gudgeon m carried in a
bracket m¹ attached to the side of the box or case A.
The cylindrical piece or carrier n is provided with two or more slots or grooves n
and with a wheel n having teeth or projections n³. The said cylindrical piece or
carrier n is retained normally in such a position that one of the grooves n¹ is situated
under an aperture o in the hopper B, the said carrier being held in this position by
means of a lever p pivoted at p² and provided with a tooth or projection p² adapted
to engage with one of the teeth or projections n³. The lever P is provided moreover
with a connecting piece p³ coupled or pivoted at p to the said lever p, and a rod or
second lever p³ is coupled or pivoted at p to the connecting piece ps and at p to the
bracket d. To prevent fraud the said rod or lever is provided with a tooth or
projection adapted to engage with one or the other of the teeth or projections n³
upon the wheel n², if the lever p be pressed down and retained in that position. Thus
in the event of any attempt being made to operate the appartus, by inserting an
article such for instance as a flexible band or strip of metal into the machine and
pushing down the lever p, the tooth or projection p³ upon the lever p will by its
engagement with the said tooth or projection n³ prevent rotation of the cylindrical
piece or carrier n. The extremity of the lever p projects underneath a chute
extending from the slot or slit C. Beneath the said extremity p' of the said lever p
is a receptacle p¹ for the coins.
To prevent the cigarettes or other articles from sticking or being held fast in the
hopper B, a plate is pivoted at to the side of the said hopper. s is a rod
pivoted at s¹ to the side of the said hopper. The extremity s² of the said rod & bears
against the plate r. The other extremity 3 of the said rods bears against cams n
formed upon the neck n of the cylindrical piece or carrier n in such a manner that
the rods and therefore the said plate r is shaken or vibrated each time the mechanism
is operated and the cylindrical piece or carrier n makes half a revolution.
To provide for the closing of the slot or slit C when all the articles are delivered
from the hopper B, I employ a shutter t, which is provided with a spring t¹ and is
normally retained in an open position by means of a catch u supported by means of
a set screw u passing through a slot u² and screwed into a bracket us attached to the
side of the box or case A. The catch u is moreover provided with a guide u* also
attached to the box or case A. The said catch u is kept under normal conditions
engaged with the shutter t by means of a spring us and is provided at its lower
extremity with a hook us adapted to engage with a pin upon a ratchet wheel v¹
when the latter has made one complete revolution. The said ratchet wheel v¹ is
carried by a bracket w attached to the box or case A and is actuated by a pawl v²
attached to the neck n' of the cylindrical piece or carrier n. The pawl engages
with the ratchet wheel v¹ each time the said cylindrical piece or carrier n makes one
complete revolution. This ratchet-wheel v¹ is, moreover provided with a spring or
pawl to prevent backward movement of the same. The said ratchet wheel v¹ is
provided with such a number of teeth that the shutter t will be closed when any
predetermined number, or the whole of the cigarettes or other articles have been
delivered from the hopper B. When the said predetermined number or all the
cigarettes or other articles are delivered out of the said hopper, the pin will engage
with the hook u upon the catch z and depress the same thus releasing the shutter t
which is closed by the action of the spring t¹.

page_text: The operation of my apparatus is as follows, that is to say, upon passing a coin of
the proper size through the slot or slit C, it falls through the chute and striking the .
extremity of the lever p depresses the same and thereby elevates the other
extremity of the said lever and releases the tooth or projection n³ upon the cylindrical
piece or carrier n. The cylindrical piece or carrier n is then actuated by the clockwork
mechanism thus released, and makes half a revolution thereby permitting the
cigarette or other article in the groove n¹ to fall through the aperture D into the
tray E, from which it can be removed by hand. Another groove n' in the cylindrical
piece or carrier is at the same time brought under the aperture o in the hopper B.
The plate is then operated by the extremity s of the rod s in the manner herein-
before described so as to cause another cigarette or other article to fall into the said
groove.
When all the cigarettes or other articles have been delivered from the hopper B
the shutter is closed in the manner hereinbefore described.
I sometimes provide the arrangement shown in figure 4 for preventing the operation
of the apparatus by the insertion of pieces, or discs of cardboard or other light
material and for throwing out any pieces or discs of cardboard or other light material
that may be inserted. is a lever pivoted at q2 in the coin chute q. The lever q¹
is provided with an extension q³ and a balance weight q so that a coin will depress
and pass the said lever, but a piece or disc of cardboard or other light material not
being heavy enough to depress the said lever will roll out through an aperture q
provided in the chute q and fall into the bottom of the box or case, or into a receptacle
provided for that purpose.
Figure 4 illustrates an arrangement intended for the delivery of scent or other
liquid. w is a tank provided with a float w¹ and communicating through an aperture w²
with a cylinder . The cylinder is provided with a delivery pipe x passing
through the box or case A and with a piston y having a rod or stem y¹ provided with
a spring y² which normally retains the said piston y in an elevated position. A lever z
pivoted at bears against the extremity of the rod or stem y¹. The extremity of the
said lever z extends underneath the coin chute q. Thus if a coin of the proper size
and weight be inserted into the chute g through the slot or slit C it will fall down the
said chute and striking the lever z depress the same and therefore through the rod
or stem the piston y and cause a jet of scent or other liquid to be delivered
through the pipe. In some cases I arrange the piston y so that the rod or stem y'
is operated by a cam or wiper actuated by clockwork mechanism such as herein-
before described with reference to Figures 1 to 3.
Figures 5 and 6 illustrate an arrangement intended for displaying stereoscopic
views. F, F, are rollers or drums around which passes an endless band or belt G
having thereon any convenient number of stereoscopic views H. The rollers or
drums F are revolved by means of clockwork or equivalent motor mechanism. I is
an incandescent electric lamp suitably connected to a battery J. A pivoted lever K
having at one extremity a hook Ki adapted to engage with a tooth L* upon a
wheel L attached to the gudgeon of one of the rollers or drums F retains the said
rollers in position, until freed by a coin of the proper size and weight dropping upon
the extremity of the said lever K which extends beneath the chute q. To provide for
the illumination of the lamp I during the operation of the apparatus I provide a
disc M having a piece of insulating material M¹ upon which a contact piece N
normally rests so as to interrupt or break the circuit. N¹ is another contact piece
coupled to the battery J. The disc M is rotated when the apparatus is in operation
by the toothed gearing O, the contact piece N then leaves the insulating material M
and completes the circuit through the periphery of the disc M thus illuminating the
lamp I during one revolution of the said disc M. P are eye holes, two of which are
usually employed.
In all these apparatus I provide if desired, for the closing of the coin opening by
means of a plate drawn over the same by a cord connected with one or other of the
moving parts, so that when the clockwork or other motor is run down, the opening or
slit will be closed to prevent the insertion of coins.

page_text: Moreover I sometimes provide for the operation of the apparatus on the insertion
of two or more coins. For instance I so construct the apparatus that the detent
above described must be disengaged or released twice or oftener to permit a complete
operation of the apparatus. Or 1 form the cylindrical piece or carrier with one
groove so that it has to be operated twice to perform one complete revolution, and
deliver the article contained in the said groove.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is
First. The combination, with the cylindrical piece or carrier having the slots or
grooves, of a wheel provided with teeth or projections, pivoted levers having teeth or
projections adapted to engage therewith and clockwork or other mechanism for
actuating the said cylindrical piece or carrier, substantially as set forth.
Second. The rod or lever p having the tooth or projection p² adapted to engage
with the toothed wheel upon the cylindrical piece or carrier and extending beneath
the coin-chute substantially as and for the purpose, set forth.
Third. The improved means for shaking or agitating the cigarettes in the hopper
in each half revolution of the said cylindrical piece or carrier, substantially as
described.
Fourth. The combination of parts comprising the shutter t actuated by a suitable
spring t¹, the catch u having a hook u° arranged to engage with a pin or stud v upon
a ratchet wheel, vl, and the pawl v², upon the neck n of the cylindrical piece or
carrier n adapted to engage with the said ratchet wheel as, and for the purpose set
forth.
Fifth. The improved device for preventing the operation of the apparatus by the
insertion of pieces or discs of cardboard or other light material comprising a chute
having a balanced pivoted piece and slit for ejecting the said pieces or discs of card-
board or other light material, substantially as described.
Sixth. The improved apparatus for displaying stereoscopic views, comprising rollers
actuated by clockwork or equivalent motor mechanism the band or belt with stereo-
scopic views attached thereto an incandescent electric lamp and a device whereby the
circuit of the lamp will be completed on the operation of the apparatus, substantially
as described.
Seventh. The improved apparatus consisting of the parts constructed and com-
bined substantially as described with reference to Figures 1, 2, and 3 or to Figure 4°
of the accompanying drawings and operating as, and for the purposes, above
specified.
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