Improved Coin-freed Delivery Apparatus.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 10th Apr., 1891
Complete Specification Left, 16th July, 1891-Accepted, 1st Aug., 1891
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improved Coin-freed Delivery Apparatus.
I, JOSEPH HUBERT BOEKEN, of Crecy Cottage, Paddenswick Road, in the
County of Middlesex, B.A., do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
The object of the present invention is to provide a simple form of apparatus
which will enable the weight of a coin to release a drawer or slide into which one
of a set of articles is allowed to fall when the drawer is in the closed position, and
so permit such drawer to be drawn outwards and deliver the article it contains.
For this purpose a channel leads from a suitable slot into which the necessary
coin can be inserted to a point where a pivotted lever is arranged, such lever being
counterweighted and having an arm or projection which is situated so that when
the lever is in its normal position it stands in the path of the drawer and prevents
same being drawn outwards. When a coin passes down the channel it comes in
contact with the lever and by its weight overcomes the counterpoise of the latter
and so causes the lever to turn and remove the arm or projection out of the path of
the drawer or slide, which can then be drawn or moved outwards to deliver. the
article it contains. In its outward movement the drawer or slide carries the coin
which has operated on the pivotted lever with it until it clears the part of such
lever upon which it acts, and will then fall into a suitable receptacle for removal at
convenience.
As soon as the pivotted lover is released from the weight of the coin its counter-
weight causes it to reassume its original position, and so bring its arm or projection
in the line of travel of the drawer or slide, but as the latter is then in its outward
position the movement of pushing it in again will cause the pivotted lever to turn
so as to permit the drawer or slide to be pushed home again, when another article
will at once enter such drawer or slide ready to be delivered when the latter is
next pulled outwards. As soon as the drawer is pushed home the arm or projection
on the pivotted lever will at once (under the action of the counterweight of such
lever) reassume its position in the line of travel of the drawer or slide, and so
prevent the latter being drawn out until such arm or projection is once more
removed from its line of travel by the weight of another coin acting upon the lever,
as above described.
Any suitable number of drawers or slides and releasing mechanism constructed as
above described may be incorporated in a single apparatus, different slots to receive
coins and channels to convey same to the different mechanism being provided,
whereby an intending purchaser will have a selection of articles to choose from.
Further, it is not absolutely necessary that the articles to be delivered from each
drawer or slide should be all the same, as these also might be varied if desired.
Dated this 10th day of April 1891
ALLISON BROS.,
Agents for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improved Coin-freed Delivery Apparatus.
I, JOSEPH HUBERT BOEKEN, of Crecy Cottage, Paddenswick Road, in the
County of Middlesex, B.A., do hereby declare the nature of this invention, and in
what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascer-
tained in and by the following statement :-
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The object of the present invention is to provide a simple form of apparatus

page_text: which will enable the weight of a coin to release a drawer or slide into which one
of a set of articles is allowed to fall when the drawer is in the closed position, and
so permit such drawer to be drawn outwards and deliver the article it contains.
For this purpose a channel leads from a suitable slot into which the necessary
coin can be inserted to a point where a pivotted lever is arranged, such lever being
counterweighted and having an arm or.projection which is situated so that when
the lever is in its normal position it stands in the path of travel of the drawer and
prevents same being drawn outwards. When a coin passes down the channel it
comes in contact with the lever and by its weight overcomes the counterpoise of the
latter and so causes the lever to turn and remove the arm or projection out of the
path of the drawer or slide, which can then be drawn or moved outwards to deliver
the article it contains. In its outward movement the drawer or slide carries the
coin which has operated on the pivotted lever with it until it clears the part of such
lever upon which it acts, and will then fall into a suitable receptacle for removal at
convenience.
As soon as the pivotted lever is relieved from the weight of the coin its counter-
weight causes it to reassume its original position, and so bring its arm or projection
in the line of travel of the drawer or slide, but as the latter is then in its outward
position the movement of pushing it in again will cause the pivotted lever to turn
so as to permit the drawer or slide to be pushed home again, when another article
will at once enter such drawer or slide ready to be delivered when the latter is next
pulled outwards. As soon as the drawer is pushed home the arm or projection on
the pivotted lever will at once (under the action of the counterweight of such lever)
reassume its position in the line of travel of the drawer or slide, and so prevent the
latter being drawn out until such arm or projection is once more removed from its
line of travel by the weight of another coin acting upon the lever, as above
described.
Any suitable number of drawers or slides and releasing mechanism constructed
as above described may be incorporated in a single apparatus, different slots to
receive coins and channels to convey same to the different mechanism being
provided, whereby an intending purchaser will have a selection of articles to choose
from. Further, it is not absolutely necessary that the articles to be delivered from
each drawer or slide should be all the same, as these also might be varied if
desired.
The accompanying drawings illustrate an apparatus provided with two drawers
or slides placed side by side, such apparatus being of a form suitable for securing it
in position against a wall or other convenient part.
In the drawings
Fig. 1 is a front elevation of the apparatus, with the lower part in section, and
Fig. 2 a vertical section at right angles to Fig. 1.
Figs. 3, 4 and 5 are detail views on an enlarged scale of the drawer or slide and
of the retaining lever
Fig. 3 being a longitudinal section taken through the drawer, and the parts
removed by the section being shown in broken lines,
Fig. 4 a plan view of the under side of Fig. 3, and
Fig. 5 a transverse section of Fig. 3.
Like letters indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.
Any suitable number of receptacles or channels A to receive the different articles
to be delivered are arranged side by side and are separated from each other by
suitable partitions, and at the bottom of each of such receptacles or channels a
drawer or slide B is arranged so that it can be drawn out through a suitable
opening in the front of the case or frame C of the apparatus. Beneath the drawers
or slides B a slotted base plate D is arranged, and below such plate is a receiver C
into which the coins fall after they have liberated or freed the drawers or slides
as hereinafter explained. The front of the apparatus may be hinged so as to
permit of the receptacles or channels A being re-filled with the articles to be
delivered when necessary, and the receiver CT may also be hinged in order to

page_text: enable the coins which have entered 'same to be removed from time to time, both
of such parts being secured by locks in order to prevent same being opened except
by authorized persons provided with a key for the purpose.
Each drawer or slide B is formed with a handle b to pull same outwards, and in
such drawer is a recess of approximately the same size as the section of the
channel A beneath which it works, and which recess lies immediately under such
channel when the drawer is in its inward position, so that one of the articles
contained in the channel will then fall into the recess, which is made just sufficiently
deep to receive same.
The rear end of the drawer or slide B closes the bottom of the channel A when
the drawer is out. From the bottom of the drawer or slide B a web b² projects
downwards and works in a longitudinal slot in the base plate D of the apparatus,
such web limiting the inward and outward movements of the drawer or slide.
Through the rear end of the drawer or slide a cross slot is formed, and is of
sufficient length and breadth to permit of a coin of a given size passing freely
through same edgewise, such cross slot being also continued through the web ²
working in the basc. plate D, in which latter a corresponding cross slot is also
formed.
A shoot E leads from a slot e at any suitable position in the case and terminates
immediately over the rear part of each of the drawers or slides B at the point the
cross slot in such drawer occupies when the drawer is in its extreme inward
position, so that a coin inserted in the slot e will pass down the shoot E and into
cross slot of the drawer or slide. A. stationary bracket F is secured to or formed
on the underside of the base plate D and has an inwardly projecting lip or tongue f
with which the lower edge of the coin Z comes in contact in passing through the
slot of the drawer or slide, as shown on the right hand side of Fig. 1 and in
broken lines in Fig. 5.
To the underside of the base plate D a lever H is pivotted or supported in
brackets so that it can turn therein, such lever having a part or arm which is
situated in front of the web 62 on the drawer or slide B, when the latter is in its
extreme inward position, and a counterweight with which such lever is provided
causes the arm h to lie in the line of travel of such web 62 when the lever is in its
normal position, as shown on the left hand side of Fig. 1 and in full lines in Fig. 5,
so that it prevents the drawer B being pulled outwards. The lever H is provided
with a second arm h² situated so that it is beneath the slot in the drawer or
slide B when the latter is in its inward position, such arm having an inwardiy
projecting lip or tongue ³. When a coin Z passes from the shoot E into the cross
slot & in the drawer or slide B its lower edge comes first into contact with the
inwardly projecting lip or tongue 3 of arm, and its weight causes lever H to
turn in its bearings so that the arm of such lever is moved from in front of the
web 2 on the drawer or slide B, while at the same time the coin is enabled to fall
until its descent is arrested by its lower edge resting upon the inwardly projecting
tongue or lip of the fixed bracket F, and upon the inwardly projecting tongue or
lip of lever H, when the latter has turned as far as it can, this position of the
parts being shown on the right hand side of Fig. 1 and in broken lines in Fig. 5.
In such position the coin Z has passed below the base plate D, and as arm is then
removed from the line of travel of the web on drawer or slide B, the latter is
then free to be pulled outwards by its handle & carrying with it the article which
has passed from the receptacle or channel into the recess of such drawer, until
such article is outside the case of the apparatus and can be removed by the person
who has inserted the coin in the slot e of shoot E. As the coin is supported upon
the lip or tongue of the fixed bracket F and tongue ³ of lever H, so that it
remains in the slot of the web attached to the underside of the drawer or
slide B, the outward movement of such web when the drawer or slide is drawn
out will carry the coin with it until its lower edge clears the ends of the lips or
tongues and ³, when such coin will fall into the receiver C¹. As soon as the
weight of the coin ceases to act upon the lip or tongue 3, the lever H under the

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action of its counterweight will turn in its bearings and bring arm again in
..the line of travel of the drawer B, a stop hon arm & limiting its upward move-
ment. The outer surface of arm is inclined or bevelled, as shown at *and the
part on drawer B which it engages is in the form of a ratchet tooth having a corre-
spondingly inclined or bevelled surface 6, which latter, when the parts are in the
position to allow the coin Z to fall into receiver C¹, lies beyond the arm and upon
the drawer B being pushed inwards again (after the article it contains has been
removed) the two inclined surfaces and will come into contact, and the lever H
be causcil to turn so as to remove arm hout of the line of travel of the web 3 on
drawer B, and enable the latter to be returned to its inward position, when .arm h
under the action of the counterweight will again assume its position to prevent
the drawer being reopened. So as to avoid all chance of the drawer B being
partially pushed inwards and then drawn out again with a new article it has
received from the receptacle or channel A, the part carried by the web ² on
drawer B may be provided with other ratchet teeth 66, with which the arm h will
engage in succession as the drawer is pushed inwards, the inclined surfaces of such
teeth by acting upon the corresponding surface of arm permitting the inward
movement of the drawer, but such ratchet teeth preventing its outward movement
until the parts have been first returned to their original positions and a new coin.
has been inserted in the slot e, so as to release the mechanism by its weight in the
manner above described.
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. In a coin-freed delivery apparatus of the kind shown in the drawings having a
drawer capable of sliding beneath a receptacle or channel containing the articles to
be delivered, the combination with such drawer of a lipped pivotted lever having
an arm engaging a ratchet tooth, but which arm by the weight of a coin acting
upon such lever will be turned aside so as to permit the drawer to be pulled out,
the coin travelling therewith to a fixed distance and then dropping freely into a
receptacle, substantially as specified.
2. In a coin-freed delivery apparatus of the kind shown in the drawings, the
combination of a drawer or slide B working beneath a receptacle A from which it
receives the articles to be delivered as the drawer is pushed in and pulled out, such
drawer having a web or part 2 projecting from its underside, and of a fixed
bracket F and a counterweighted pivotted lever H having two arms, one ³ for a
coin to fall on and cause the pivotted lever to turn, and the second arm to be
released from ratchet like teeth on the underside of the drawer B, so that the
drawer B can be pulled out freely, substantially as specified.
Dated this 16th day of Jul. 1901
ALLISON BROS.,
Agents for the Applicant.