Year: 1893

page_text: being date of first Foreign Application (in 1st Nov., 1892
United States of America),
Date of Application (in United Kingdom), 29th May, 1893
Complete Specification Left, 29th May, 1893-Accepted, 20th Jan., 1894
United States of America),
Date of Application (in United Kingdom), 29th May, 1893
Complete Specification Left, 29th May, 1893-Accepted, 20th Jan., 1894
Fig. 2 a plan view showing a portion of the casing broken away ;
Fig. 3 a vertical longitudinal sectional view taken on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2;
Fig. 4 a similar view ou the line 4-4 of Fig. 2 ;
Fig. 5 a transverse section on the line 5-5 of Fig. 4, and,
Figs. 6 and 7 detail views hereinafter described.
This invention is designed to produce an improved delivery or ejecting mechanism
adapted to be operated by a coin inserted in a slot in the casing; and it has for its
object the adaptation of the mechanism for use in connection with gaine boards or
dice-throwing devices or substitutes therefor, as will more fully hereinafter
appear.
Referring to the drawings, A designates the box or casing whose rear portion A¹
is inclined upwardly and backwardly and preferably covered by a plate of glass A".
A plate a is secured over an opening in the upper side of the frame near its front
end, this plate being provided with a coin slot a. Pivoted at 6' upon the under-
side of the casing is a lever b which is normally drawn rearward against a stop 6111
by a coil spring whose forward end is attached to a longitudinal flange 6' on the
under side of the lever and whose rear end is connected to the rear end of the
casing. A rod c passes through the front of the casing and is provided with an
operating knob e' on its outer end and has its inner end connected to the flange
on the lever b; by means of this rod the lever may be drawn forward against the
action of its spring. A vertical slot & is formed through the free end of the lever
in direct alignment with the coin-slot in the casing, the rear side or wall of this
slot consisting of a narrow bar b', which is adapted to be adjusted up and down to
set the machine for different sized coins, the end walls of the slot being provided
with openings 6 for this purpose. Directly below the outer end of the coin slot ª
in the lever is supported an ejecting block which is normally drawn backward by
means of a coil-spring d¹ in the casing and which is provided with a notch or
slot d in its upper side for the reception of the lower edge of the coin when it is
dropped through the slots in the casing and lever as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 5.
On one side of this block d is formed a shank which carries a cylindrical head d,
which latter works in an open-ended tubular passage e', formed in a casting or
tube e secured on the adjacent inner side of the casing, the shank d³ working
through a slot in the side of casting at its forward end, said slot and passage being
incliued downwardly toward the forward open end of the tube as shown, whereby

page_text: when the ejecting block is drawn forward with the lever it slides downwardly away
from the same, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 4.
Connected to the upper end of the tube e is a tubular extension ell of the same,
which extends upwardly along one side of the inclined exhibiting chamber f and
terminates near the upper end of the same. This exhibiting chamber is formed
under the inclined plate of glass by an inclined board or plate 1 supported by the
side and ends, the forward edges of this board terminating about even with the
front end of the inclined portion of the casing. In the tubes and exhibiting
chamber are the balls" which are ejected from the tubes by the ejector into the
exhibiting chamber, the upper end of the chamber being preferably rounded to
direct the balls down into the chamber when ejected. A series of vertical pins f
are preferably distributed over the lower part of the exhibiting chamber, in order
to scatter the balls as they roll down the inclined board, and a series of pockets to
receive the balls is formed across the lower end of the chamber by means of short
vertical partitions f³, these pockets being numbered, as shown. To let the balls
out of the pockets and run them back into the tube in front of the ejecting block
ready for another ejection, a forwardly swinging gate glis held across the lower
end of the pockets, said gate depending from a transverse rock-shaft g journalled
in the sides of the box and provided with one or more operating cranks at its ends,
outside the casing. To keep the gate normally closed a coil spring is connected
to the lower edge of the gate at one end, and extended rearwardly and connected to
a suitable part of the casing, and to receive the balls as they run out of the pockets
a trough his secured across the casing just in front of and below the pockets, said
trough inclining downwardly and communicating with an opening in the side of
the tubular casing e whereby the balls will automatically roll into the ejecting tube
when released by the gate.
To direct the balls, if they are used, into the pins fa downwardly and inwardly
projecting guide A¹ is secured on each side of the exhibition chamber, and to keep
them from the spring g' and tube ea partition k is erected in the exhibiting
chamber.
The operation of the coin-operated devices are as follows:-
To eject the articles in the tube it is simply necessary to drop a coin in the slot a¹
and then draw out the knob until the ejector is released, whereupon its spring draws
it quickly back to its normal position and thereby ejects the articles into the
exhibiting chamber. The coin rests in the slot in lever and in the notch in the
ejector block as shown in Fig. 5, and as the lever is drawn forward, the ejector
block will be moved with it by means of the coin until the ejector moves down the
inclined tube far enough to be released by the coin, whereupon the ejector will
suddenly move rearward to its normal position and the coin will fall into a suitable
receptacle beneath. The lever will also move back to its normal position as soon as
the operator releases the knob.
It will be observed that a coin too small will either pass through the slots entirely
or, if it rests on the notched ejector, it will not engage the bar in the rear of the
lever slot sufficiently, if at all, to perform the operation.
Instead of the pin for stopping the lever so that its slot will be in
alignment with the coin-slot, a depending lug or projection on the said lever
may be used, which projection abuts against the ejector when not in operation, as
most clearly shown in Fig. 5.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
1. The combination of a casing, a coin slot therein, a movable part below said
slot, said movable part being also provided with a coin slot, another movable part
below the last named part and provided with a notch or slot for the coin to rest
in, ejecting means connected to one of the parts, and means for holding said movable
parts in their normal positions, and an inclined guide support for one of the movable

page_text: parts, whereby when a coin is inserted and one of the parts is moved both parts
will move in unison to a pre-determined point as and for the purpose described.
2. The combination of a casing having an upwardly inclined exhibiting chamber
rounded at its upper end, an upwardly inclined ejecting tube extending up into
the exhibiting chamber and terminating near its upper end, a series of scattering
pins on the surface of the exhibiting chamber and a series of pockets at its
lower end, directing guides k' on each side of the chamber, and spring actuated
mechanism for ejecting the articles employed, substantially as described.
3. The combination of a casing having a coin slot, a movable slotted part
mounted below this slot, one of the walls of this slot being adjustable, an ejecting
device below said movable part and an inclined guide for said ejector, substantially
as described.
4. The combination of a casing having a coin-slot, a slotted movable lever
below this slot, a slotted sliding ejector block below the slot in said part, a lateral
ejecting lug carried by said ejecting block, an inclined slotted tube in which said
ejecting lug works, and means for spring actuating said lever and block, substantially
as described.
5. The combination of a casing having an inclined surface, pockets at its lower
end, a gate closing the lower ends of the pockets, an inclined trough leading into
the tube, substantially as described.
Dated this 20th day of May 1902
F. W. BARKER,
Applicant's Agent.