Improvements relating to Apparatus for Sale of Goods or Materials on the Coin Freed System.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 7th Sept., 1899
Complete Specification Left, 20th Apr., 1900-Accepted, 26th May, 1900
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements relating to Apparatus for Sale of Goods or Materials on
the Coin Freed System.
We, ALICE MARY ARGLES, of Overdale, Woodside, Wimbledon, Surrey,
Gentlewoman, and THE NEWSPAPER AUTOMATIC SUPPLY SYNDICATE LIMITED, of
143, Queen Victoria Street, London, do hereby declare the nature of this inven-
tion to be as follows: :-
This invention has for object enclosing or suspending exposable articles for
sale and which are only removed after a coin of a given value has been pushed
through a slot and retaining lever like appliance released thereby.
The articles or things or material may be in the form of toys, clasp knives,
pipes, needle cases, reels of cotton, bottles of perfume and nicknacks generally,
also articles of food such as buns, cakes sandwiches and the like.
As examples of the invention a box or receptacle with a fall down front flap
and a back hinged lid is in connection with a spring actioned notched lever
capable of being released during the motion of the coin actioned lever. The
article to be sold is placed in, say, a glass box or case so that it can be inspected
and chosen if suitable; this box or case has a fall down front flap which becomes
released by the uprising action of the hinged lid, the rear of which from the back
of the frame by which the box is carried has a lever notched on the underside
near its joint pin. Under this lever is another lever in contact, this having an
angled branch against the face of which an inserted coin can act and which
when pushed fairly home falls into the money box or till, the push lever or branch
being retained by its lever entering the notch of the first named lever.
Both levers are otherwise controlled by springs to limit their action the fixing
in an open position being by the engagement in the notch or notches.
The top plate or lid may be in connection with a probing pin or needle like
appliance to, (say), be compelled to enter the cork of a bottle, or in connection.
with a cap to close over the stopper or capsule of a perfume or other bottle the
base of which rests in a recess of a shelf or in the bottom of the box before
referred to, or the flap may be of such shape that it may fall and press upon a
hook from which articles could be suspended and available for removal after
the insertion of the predetermined coin.
Dated thin 7th day of Cantambon 1000

page_text: Improvements relating to Apparatus for Sale of Goods or Materials on
the Coin Freed System.
We, ALICE MARY ARGLES, of "Overdale," Woodside, Wimbledon, Surrey,
Gentlewoman, and THE NEWSPAPER AUTOMATIC, SUPPLY SYNDICATE LIMITED, of
143, Queen Victoria Street, London, do hereby declare the nature of this inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed to be particularly described
and ascertained in and by the following statement:
This invention has for object, enclosing or suspending exposable articles for
sale and which are only removed after a coin of a given value has been pushed
through a slot and retaining lever like appliance released thereby.
The articles, or things, or material may be in the form of toys, clasp knives,
pipes, needle cases, reels of cotton, bottles of perfume, and nicknacks generally,
also articles of food such as buns, cakes, sandwiches, and the like.
As examples of the invention, a box or receptacle with a fall down front flap
and a back hinged lid is in connection with a spring actioned notched lever
capable of being released during the motion of the coin actioned lever.
The article to be sold is placed in say, a glass box or case, so that it can be
inspected and chosen if suitable; this box or case has a fall down front flap
which becomes released by the uprising action of the hinged lid, the rear of which
from the back of the frame by which the box is carried has a lever notched on
the underside near its joint pin. Under this lever is another lever in contact, this
having an angled branch, against the face of which an inserted coin can act and
which when pushed fairly home falls into the money box or till, the push lever
or branch being retained by its lever entering the notch of the first named lever.
Both levers are otherwise controlled by springs to limit their action, the
fixing in an open position being by the engagement in the notch or notches.
The top plate or lid may be in connection with a probing pin or needle like
appliance to, say, be compelled to enter the cork of a bottle, or in connection with
a cap to close over the stopper or capsule of a perfume or other bottle, the base
of which rests in a recess of a shelf, or in the bottom of the box before referred
to, or the flap may be of such shape that it may fall and press upon a hook from
which articles could be suspended and available for removal after the insertion
of the predetermined coin.
The annexed drawings show several ways in which my invention can be
applied, but in all cases the locking lever A, whether carrying the top of a
box, a pin, a cap, or the body of the box, is actuated by its spring B when a
lever C is moved by the inserted coin from contact with its depressed end D,
the locking lever A being returned by hand to lock the lid or a fresh article
in position, a spring E returning the lever C to under the depressed end D for
retaining the locking lever A in a locked position.
Figure 1 is a plan of the coin actuating mechanism with the locking lever A
applied to a box top F, the appliances and the box G being fitted to the casing H
of the machine.
Figure 2 is an elevation of the box and showing a lip I of the locking lever
for retaining the box front or door J in a locked position.
Figure 3 is a side elevation of the appliances shown in Figures 1 and 2 with
the lever A in a locked position, its depressed end D resting on the lever C.
Figure 4 is a similar view to Figure 3, except that the locking lever A is in
an unlocked position and the door or front J open, the lever C having been
removed from contact with the depressed end D for the spring B-to actuate the
lever A for opening.
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page_text: In all the above views the coin is pushed through a slot L and when sufficient
movement has been effected to operate the lever C the coin will slip and fall
into the apparatus.
Figure 5 is a part sectional side elevation of a casing and its appliances for
containing, say, cigarettes, the locking lever A in this case carrying the top
and sides of the box for retaining the cigarettes on the shelf P, and Figure 6 is
a side elevation of Figure 5 with the lever A open and showing the cigarettes
about to be extracted.
Figure 7 is a side elevation of appliances in which the free end of the locking
lever A is bent and formed with a point Q for engaging a recess in a projecting
arm R secured to the casing for retaining any article hung upon said arm R,
such as a pocket pencil, as shown in dotted lines.
Figure 8 shows the pointed end Q of the locking lever A piercing and engag-
ing the cork of a bottle, said bottle resting in a recess of a shelf P.
Figure 9 is a similar view to Figure 8 except that the locking lever A
carries a cap or hood S for engaging the top of a bottle to retain it in position.
Figures 10 and 11 show the application of my invention for books and the
like, in which case the locking lever A is provided with two claws or arms T, T,
for securing the book in position on a shelf P, the removal of the book being
prevented by the lip U of the shelf P until the lever A is actuated and opened.
In Figures 5 to 10 it will be understood that the mechanism is operated by a
coin in the same manner as in the other figures, or by any other means.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what
we claim is:-
The improvements relating to apparatus for sale of goods or material on the
coin freed system, consisting of providing the locking lever A with either a lip I,
a point Q, a cap S, or a box lid F, or arms T, T, for retaining goods either in a
box or on a shelf or projecting arm R, as set forth.
The 20th day of April 1900.
R. CORE GARDNER,
Patent Agent, 166, Fleet Street, London,
Agent for the said Alice Mary Argles and
The Newspaper Automatic Supply Synd. Ltd.