Improvements in Coin-freed Apparatus for Delivering Tickets, Sweetmeats, and other Articles or Goods.
Year: 1895

page_text: his Print is in accordance with the Original Specification as it stands after
Amendment under Section 18 of the Patents, &c., Act, 1883, as allowed by
the decision of the Comptroller General of the 11th November 1896, and under
Section 11 of the Patents, &c., Act, 1883, as required by the decision of the Law
Officer of the 26th March 1807
Date of Application, 4th Feb., 1895
Complete Specification Left, 4th Nov., 1895-Accepted, 4th Feb., 1896
Improvements in Coin-freed Apparatus for Delivering Tickets,
Sweetmeats, and other Articles or Goods.
I, JOHN FOTHERINGHAM, of 16, Caulfield Road, Peckham, in the County
of London, Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
This invention relates to improvements in coin-freed-apparatus for delivering
tickets, sweetmeats and other articles or goods, the main feature of the invention
being an improved delivery slide as hereinafter more particularly described.
According to this invention the delivery slide or drawer having the usual ledge
or projection for pushing or pulling out the articles to be delivered is provided
with a hinged door or flap opening downwards and of a size somewhat larger than
the article to be delivered, the said delivery slide working between the magazine
or receptacle containing the articles or goods to be delivered and a bar or support
which normally retains the flap closed. When the delivery slide or drawer is in
its normal or closed position the said flap is immediately under the open bottom of
the magazine or receptacle containing the goods. The front portion of the bar is
inclined in such a manner that as the delivery slide reaches its outermost position
the hinged flap which, as above stated, opens downwards, being no longer supported
by the bar falls or opens, and allows the article or packet which had been drawn
or pushed out of the magazine and which had previously been lying upon it to
slide off through a suitable opening in the apparatus into an open cup or tray
adapted to receive it ontside the apparatus, the said incline when the slide is
returned closing the hinged, flap.
Where the apparatus is to be used for delivering tickets which require to be
stamped with the date of issue, such for example as in the case of railway tickets,
I provide a printing arrangement consisting of a segmental type plate mounted
upon a spindle adapted to be operated by a rack on the delivery slide in such a
manner that as the slide is pulled or pushed out the said spindle will be rotated by
the rack so as to revolve the printing surface over the ticket which has been
drawn from the magazine or receptacle and before the flap opens to discharge
it, the return of the slide carrying back the printing surface to its normal
position.

page_text: The segmental printing plate is detachably connected to an arm on the spindle
to allow of its being readily removed for the changing of the date and to allow of
its being easily replaced and accurately adjusted relatively with the surface to be
printed.
Suitable means such as an inking roller is provided for the inking of the printing
surface as it is revolved.
Where the ticket or article to be delivered is of such value as to require two or
more coins for prepayment, I provide a separate money slot and releasing
mechanism for each coin, the said releasing mechanism being advantageously con-
structed as follows, that is to say, on the delivery slide beneath each coin chute is
mounted a shaft carrying a trigger lever as heretofore, but I now provide the said
shaft with a pawl having a laterally extending pin, the pawl engaging with a rack
which prevents the outward movement of the sliding plate, except when the pawb
is lifted, whilst the pin, when the pawl is lifted, is adapted to pass over a rack
which prevents the backward movement of the slide until the latter has been
drawn sufficiently forward to discharge the ticket or other article, when the said
pin will drop over the front end of the rack and, as the slide returns, pass back
beneath the said rack.
To lock the slide when the magazine is empty, I provide the usual weight which
is placed on the top of the goods in the magazine with a gravity catch which, when
the lowermost article is withdrawn from the magazine, drops into an opening
immediately beneath it in the slide.
Dated this 4th day of February 1895.
G. F. REDFERN & Co.,
4, South Street, Finsbury, London, Agents for the Applicant.
Improvements in Coin-freed Apparatus for Delivering Tickets,
Sweetmeats, and other Articles or Goods.
I; JOHN FOTHERINGHAM, of 16, Caulfield Road, Peckham, in the County of
London, Engineer, 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 :-
This invention relates to improvements in coin-freed apparatus for delivering
tickets, sweetmeats and other articles or goods, the main feature of the invention
being an improved delivery slide as hereinafter more particularly described.
According to this invention the delivery slide or drawer, having the usual ledge
or projection for pushing or pulling out the articles to be delivered, is provided
with a hinged door or flap opening downwards and of a size somewhat larger than
the article to be delivered, the said delivery slide working between the magazine
or receptacle containing the articles or goods to be delivered and a bar or support
which normally retains the flap closed. When the delivery slide or drawer is in its
normal or closed position the said flap is immediately under the open bottom of the
magazine or receptacle containing the goods. The front portion of the bar is
inclined in such a manner that as the delivery 'slide reaches its outermost position
the hinged flap which, as above stated, opens downwards, being no longer supported
by the bar, falls or opens and allows the article or packet which had been drawn or
pushed out of the magazine and which had previously been lying upon it to slide
off through a suitable opening in the apparatus into an open cup or tray adapted to
receive it outside the apparatus, the said incline when the slide is returned closing
the hinged flap.
Where the apparatus is to be used for delivering tickets which require to be

page_text: stamped with the date of issue, such for example as in the case of railway tickets,
I provide a printing arrangement consisting of a segmental type plate mounted
upon a spindle adapted to be operated by a rack on the delivery slide in such a
manner that as the slide is pulled or pushed out the said spindle will be rotated by
the rack so as to revolve the printing surface over the ticket which has been
drawn from the magazine or receptacle and before the flap opens to discharge it,
the return of the slide carrying back the printing surface to its normal position.
The segmental printing plate is detachably connected to an arm on the spindle
to allow of its being readily removed for the changing of the date and to allow of
its being easily replaced and accurately adjusted relatively with the surface to be
printed.
Suitable means such as an inking roller is provided for the inking of the printing
surface as it is revolved.
Where the ticket or article to be delivered is of such value as to require two or
more coins for prepayment, I provide a separate money slot and releasing
mechanism for each coin, the said releasing mechanism being advantageously
constructed as follows, that is to say :-Ou the delivery slide beneath each coin
chute is mounted a shaft carrying a trigger lever as heretofore, but I now provide
the said shaft with a pawl having a laterally extending pin, the pawl engaging with
a rack which prevents the outward movement of the sliding plate, except when the
pawl is lifted, whilst the pin, when the pawl is lifted, adapted to pass over a
fixed rack which prevents the backward movement of the siide until the latter has
been drawn sufficiently forward to discharge the ticket or other article, when the
said pin. will drop over the front end of the rack, and, as the slide returns, pass
back beneath the said rack.
To lock the slide when the magazine is empty, I provide the usual weight,
which is placed on the top of the goods in the magazine, with a gravity catch
which, when the lowermost article is withdrawn from the magazine, drops into an
opening immediately beneath it in the slide.
To enable my invention to be fully understood I will describe the same by
reference to the accompanying drawings, in which :-
Figure is a front elevation of a coin-freed apparatus for delivering tickets
constructed according to my invention, the front of the apparatus being shewn
removed:
Figure 2 is a vertical section on the line 2-2 of Figure 1:
Figure 3 is a horizontal section ou the line 3-3 of Figure 1:
Figure 3 is a section on the line 3ª-3ª of Figure 3 shewing the position of the
releasing mechanism before the drawer is pulled:
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Figure 3B is a similar section shewing the positions of the releasing mechanism
after the drawer has been pulled through a certain distance and when the coin is
on the point of being released:
Figure 4 is a plan of the type plate for printing the dates on the tickets :
Figure 5 is a section on the line 5-5 of Figure 4:
Figure 6 is a section on the line 6-6 of Figure 4, and.
Figure 7 is a side elevation of the spindle and arm on which the type plate is
mounted.
a is the outer casing of the apparatus, a door in the front of the same, and
c the outlet for the tickets. The machine represented in the drawings is adapted
to be used for delivering tickets which are of such value as to require two coins
for prepayment, the coins being inserted in the slots d, d in the outer casing a.
e is the magazine or receptacle for containing the tickets to be delivered and is
the delivery slide or drawer which slides under the said receptacle or magazine e in
guides y fixed to the sides of the casing a and is provided with the usual raised
ledge or projection for pushing or pulling out the ticket to be delivered. h is the
door or flap hinged at i so as to open downwards, the said door or flap being some-
what larger than the said ticket. j is the bar or support which normally keeps the
flap h closed when it is under the open bottom of the magazine or receptacle e, in
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page_text: which case the projecting portion 7º of the said slide rests upon the upper
horizontal portion of the bar or support ; as clearly shewn in Figure 2.
10 is the inclined front portion of the bar j, the said portion being so arranged
that when the slide f is pulled sufficiently forward by means of the handle a the
end of the flap reaches the inclined portion so that the flap opens downwards.
k is a curved plate for guiding the ticket down through the opening c into the open
cup or tray outside the apparatus.
m, Figures 1, 4, 5 and 6, is the segmental type plate for printing the date on the
tickets, n is a hole passing vertically through the said type plate and adapted to
fit on to the arm o, Figure 7, fixed to the spindle p pivoted in brackets p on the
front of the magazine e. The segmental type plate m is fixed to the arm o by
means of the set-screw 9 and can be easily detached from the same by unscrewing
the set-screw. The spindle p is provided at one end with a toothed wheel r which
engages with a racks on the slide or drawer f so that when the latter is pulled
forwards the spindle and segmental type plate attached thereto are rotated causing
the type to come in contact with the ticket withdrawn from the magazine or
receptacle and lying on the flap h.
The type is inked by means of an inking roller mounted on a spindle u
carried in an arm von one of the brackets po as seen clearly in Figure 1. The
inking roller can be easily secured in position on the arm v and detached therefrom
by means of the thumb screw w.
a, a are the two coin chutes the lower front portion of each of which as shewn
is hinged at c¹, c¹ so that it can be pulled upwards, as indicated in dotted lines in
Figure 2, if the coins become blocked in the chute. The said front portions b', b¹
are fixed at their lower extremities by means of pins d', which pass through
holes in lugs e, el on the fixed back f¹ of the chute. The hinged fronts are
each provided with one or more windows or sight holes g', g' for the purpose of
observing the interior of the chute. As this hinged coin chute forms the subject-
matter of an Application dated November 4th 1895 No. 20818 I make no claim to
it in this Application. The backs of the chutes may also be provided with teeth
or indentations w', w¹ so that if a coin, when released, should fly upwards it would
be arrested by the said teeth.
h' is the shaft or spindle mounted beneath each coin chute and provided with a
trigger lever in the usual manner. is the pawl mounted on the outer end of
each shaft, the said pawl being provided with a laterally extending pin and
engaging with the rack fixed to the side of the casing a of the apparatus. mis
the fixed rack with which the pin k' engages when it is lifted. m m are elastic
loops attached at one end to the drawer and at the other end to hooked collars nº n°
on the shafts ' and designed to return the trigger lever to its normal position when
the pin is released from the rack m'. No separate claim is made to the
arrangement of double rack and trigger lever mechanism as such an arrangement
is described and claimed in the Specification of Ironside and Marks No. 1171
A.D. 1895.
n is the usual weight placed on the top of the tickets in the magazine, the said
weight, however, being provided on its underside with a gravity catch o' through
which passes a pin o³ working in slots in the said weight n¹, the catch being
adapted, when the last of the tickets has been discharged from the machine, to
drop into the hole p¹ in the sliding drawer thereby preventing the latter from
returning to its normal position.
q' are bars fixed to the sliding drawer and adapted when the latter is pulled
outwards to come under the slots d, d in the outer casing so as to prevent the
insertion of coins except when the drawer is in its normal position. It will there-
fore be obvious that, when the magazine is emptied and the gravity catch o¹ has
dropped into the hole p' as above described, another coin cannot be inserted until
the said magazine is refilled. " are receptacles into which the coins are dis-
charged from the chutes, the said receptacles conducting the coins to the drawer or
till s

page_text: The front of the apparatus is provided, as above stated, with a door hinged or-
otherwise attached to the same. In the drawings the door is represented as made
of a sheet of glass b provided with a slide t' which can be lifted, when the portion u¹
of the casing is raised, so as to expose the interior of the apparatus to view..
, v are springs arranged to draw back the slide or drawer.
The operation of the apparatus is as follows:-A coin of the required value is.
inserted into each of the slots d, d and falls into the coin chutes in each case in
front of the trigger lever: the slide or drawer is then pulled outwards by means.
of the handle a² whereby the shafts h' are rotated by the contact of the trigger
levers against the coins so that the pawls are lifted out of engagement with the
racks and the lateral pins k' are lifted on to the upper fixed racks m' (as shewn
in Figure 3B), thereby preventing the backward movement of the slide until the.
pins reach the front ends of the said fixed racks by which time the drawer has
pushed forward a ticket which rests on the fláp and the latter has dropped down-.
wards and discharged the ticket through the opening e in the outer casing a. The
lateral pins kon reaching the front ends of the fixed racks m¹ drop, thereby causing
the pawls to again engage with the racks thus preventing the slide from being
again pulled out until the insertion of fresh coins in the slots. During the above
operation the ticket is printed in the manner hereinbefore described.
The coins drop into the receptacles when the levers are rotated.
sufficiently to release them that is when the pins are lifted on to the racks m¹.
Although I have described my invention as applied for delivering tickets, it is
to be understood that it is equally applicable for delivering sweetmeats and other
articles or packets, in which case the printing mechanism is not necessary. It will
also be understood that a machine constructed according to my invention whether
for delivering tickets or goods, may be arranged to be released by the insertion of
a single coin or by more than two coins.
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 coin-freed apparatus for delivering tickets, sweetmeats and other articles
or goods a delivery slide or drawer having a hinged door or flap arranged under
the magazine or chamber containing the tickets or articles and adapted to drop
when the said delivery slide has been moved the requisite distance, substantially as.
described.
2. In coin-freed apparatus of the kind described wherein a delivery slide with a
drop door is employed, a bar or support having an inclined portion and adapted to
retain the hinged flap in a raised position when the delivery slide is closed and to
drop the same when the delivery slide is moved, substantially as described.
3. In coin-freed apparatus for delivering tickets and wherein a drop door is.
employed a printing device consisting of a segmental type plate mounted on a
spindle operated by a rack on the delivery slide, substantially as hereinbefore.
described and illustrated in the drawings.
4. In coin-freed apparatus for delivering tickets or other articles or goods,.
providing the weight placed on the top of the tickets or articles with a gravity
catch adapted to drop into a slot in the delivery slide when the lowermost article.
has been withdrawn substantially as, and for the purpose, herein before described.
5. The improved apparatus for the delivery of tickets hereinbefore described
and illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
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G. F. REDFERN & Co.,
4, South Street, Finsbury, London, Agents for the Applicant.