A New or Improved Automatic Coin Freed Apparatus for Giving Electric Shocks.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 16th Oct., 1890
Complete Specification Left, 15th July, 1591-Accepted, 16th Oct., 1891
A New or Improved Automatic Coin Freed Apparatus for Giving
Electric Shocks.
I, BENJAMIN JOHN STACEY of 17, Settles Street, London, E. Gan Maker
& Merchant do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
My invention relates to a new or improved automatic coin freed apparatus for
giving electric shocks.
In carrying my invention into practice provide a box or case furnished
with a slot for the coin and with a door or front plate carrying within the
said box the mechanism enabling the dropping of a suitable coin in the slot
aforesaid to transmit a portion of the electric energy developed by an electric
battery stored in the said box or case. The said door is provided in front with
two handles one of which is fixed and merely serves to complete the electric
circuit while the other is movable and sits the mechanism aforesaid in motion
to enable it in conjunction with the dropped coin which establishes the necessary
electric contact inside the box to transmit a portion of the electric energy aforesaid
to the person who has dropped the coin and seized hold of a handle in each hand,
while turning the last named handle to the right, the more the handle is turned the
more intense being the electricity supplied.
According to my invention the movable handle is carried on a spindle which
projects through a slot of the door within the box being guided in its motion within
the central perforation of a double bent bar or bracket. The inner end of the
movable handle is fixed within the centra! perforation of the end of a link connected
at its other end with one extremity of another link the other extremity of which is
connected to the transverse bar of a sliding piece movable within guides formed by
the four projecting corners of a plate screwed to the inner surface of the door.
This sliding piece carries likewise within the said transverse bar aforesaid the outer
end of a small coin holding device. The latter consists of a transverse pin fixed
to the above end of the device and to a U shaped horizontal piece screwed to a
longitudinal bar slotted at one end screwed by a screw passing through such slot
to another short U shape piece fixed to the end of a rectangular piston rod moving
within a cylinder carried by two small standards which are screwed to the inner
surface of the door aforesaid. An upright bar is fixed to the transverse pin afore-
said and carries a longitudinal coil connected by a wire to the contact piece, and by
another to the bobbin of a pair of electro-magnets fixed to the inner surface of the
door and connected to the battery. The contact piece consists of a small brass
plate hinged at the back of the short U shaped piece aforesaid and carrying a
spring which as the said small plate is raised by the coin as the movable handle is
being turned on establishes a contact with a small piece of brass or other conducting
metal screwed upon the rectangular piston rod before mentioned.
The motion of the movable handle is controlled by a spiral spring one end
of which is fixed to the link mounted on one end of the handle spindle while
the other end is fixed to a suitable support screwed to the inner surface of the
door.
When the movable handle is released the coin carried by the device above
mentioned drops in the box and the contact plate falls away by gravity, this being
due to the forward motion of the coin holding device taking place before that of
the piston rod as the coin retained in the Ushaped opening of the holding device
and against the contact plate is owing to the release of the handle and consequent

page_text: first motion of the last named device no longer held by the contact plate and hence
falls between the open branches of the U shaped piece.
Dated this 16th day of October 1890.
HUGHES, ELI & HUGHES,
76, Chancery Lane, W.C., Agents for the Applicant.
A New or Improved Automatic Coin-freed Apparatus for Giving
Electric Shocks.
I BENJAMIN JOHN STACEY of 17, Settles Street, London, E. Gun-maker
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 thereof, that is to say :-
My invention relates to a new or improved automatic coin-freed apparatus for
giving electric shocks.
In carrying my invention into practice I provide a box or case furnished with a
slot for the coin and with a door or front plate carrying within the said box the
mechanism whereby upon the dropping of a suitable coin in the slot aforesaid
there will be transmitted a portion of the electric energy developed by an electric
battery stored in the said box or case. The said door is provided in front with
two handles one of which is fixed and serves to complete the electric circuit while
the other is movable and sets the mechanism aforesaid in motion to enable it, in
conjunction with the dropped coin' which establishes the desired electric contact
and circuit inside the box, to transmit a portion of the electric energy aforesaid to
the body of the person who has dropped" the coin, taken hold of a handle in each
hand and who whilst turning the movable handle to the right will receive the
shock given out, and the intensity of the current will be increased the more
the operator turns the handle. So far the operation is substantially as ordinarily
in this class of apparatus.
In order that the invention may be well understood reference is made in the
following particular description thereof, to the accompanying two sheets of drawings
thereof:
Fig. 1 is a front view of the door of my improved apparatus.
Fig. 2 an elevation of the mechanism on the inside of the door, in normal
condition.
Fig. 3 is a plan or top view of the working parts of the mechanism shown in
Fig. 2 and the coin-holder showing same in normal position but with a modification
of the device actuated by the coin-holder-contact-maker.
Fig. 4 is a face view of the parts shown in Figs. 2 and 3.
A is the door; B the fixed handle; C, the turnable handle carried on
spindle C projecting through a hole in the door within the box where it passes
through a hole in and is supported by a bracket C². D, is the current indicator-
dial and E the slot for insertion of the coin of fixed size and denomination,
which will travel by the shoot E to the coin-holder of the operating mechanism to
be hereinafter described. The battery used is not shown, but the wires Z, Z' lead
therefrom and the further connections of the circuit are indicated by the coiled
wires y.
In the circuit is the vibrating contact-maker F the coil G and its
core H.
The inner end of the turnable-handle spindle C' carries the arm C³ connected by
link C to the bracket arm C of a sliding piece C movable within guides of a four
cornered plate a screwed to the inner surface of the door. C' is a return spring
for the sliding piece C fixed, by screws, to a permanent piece C at one end and to
the said sliding piece C₁ at the other.
The to and fro motion of the sliding piece C is effected therefore by the

page_text: turning of the handle C and gives motion to the intermediate coin-holder device b
and its parts.
The coin-holder device is made up as follows:-
Upon the slide bar C is a pedestal C, terminating in a U shaped half-piece
forming one half of the coin holder b. Upon the face side of the half-holder bis
screwed a plate c, slotted at c'.
The second half b', of the coin-holder is carried upon the horizontal piston
rod d, which said rod is guided and slides in the barrel d. The pin 2 (screw
headed as shown) is passed through the slot c¹ into the half coin holder 6' so
establishing a varying connection of the two parts b, 6', of the coin-holder. The
bottom of the U shaped half-holder is open and the bottom of the U half-holder &',
is closed. These two parts bb will at commencement of turning the handle C¹ be
apart to the extent of the length of the slot c' and will remain so until the coin
by its weight "frees" the action by a trip catch e to be next described.
The halt holder is fitted with a tooth 3 and this abuts against the nose of a
counter weighted trip catch e centred to the bracket e'. When the coin drops
into the holder the nose of the catch e will be depressed and will support the coin
while releasing the tooth so allowing the motion to proceed. Upon the half
holder is hinged a metal contact piece f, having a spring finger serving to
make contact with the electric circuit button 9 carried upon an insulated block such
as is shown in Fig. 2.
The half holder b, is now moved toward the half box b' against which it will
abut when the pin 63, has traversed along the slot c. Consequent upon the two half
holders coming together the coin will rise upon an incline of the solid bottom
of holder b', and lift the contact piece so bringing the contact finger f' upon the
electrical contact plate g.
The coil core E, is secured at its outer end to a bracket (upon the sliding
piece C) and this also carries a T shaped toothed bar (see Fig. 2) gearing with
wheel gearing with the wheel to operate the dial pointer and indicate the
amount of current transmitted to the operator according as the handle C is turned
and the core H is forced into the coil G.
The curved metal finger is mounted upon the core H so as to be in electric
connection therewith and the plate m is screwed to the board A and has at its end
the insulation picce n. When the core H is made to slide into its coil G the
finger is brought into contact with the plate m and the circuit will be complete so
as to give out clectricity to the person using the machine. When the finger
comes to the insulated portion n the current of electricity will be interrupted.
When the movable handle is released the sliding piece C, and the movable parts
will be drawn back by the spring C. As this takes place the piston d, and half
holder will be left at rest until the pin 2 has traversed the slot c and so there
will be left open the free way at the underside of the coiu-holder bb' between these
two parts and the coin will drop into the collecting box. At the same time that
the coin is released the contact piece, will fall by its gravity and so break the
circuit and the dial pointer will return to zero and the other movable parts to
their normal position the trip catch e re-engaging with the tooth so locking the
parts until the introduction of the next coin.
The modification shown in Figs. 3 and 4 consists of an additional guard or safety
arrangement. A cross bar o is pivoted at o' upon the bracket so as to rest at its
forward end upon the contact piece f, and at its rear end upon one arm of a pivoted
cross lever p, said lever p terminating with a tooth or catch p' which will engage
in a rack until the coin falls. This assists in the weighting of the contact piece
and prevents the same rising or the mechanism being moved unless the coin be of
the proper size; for instance if the coin to be used should be one penny, a
halfpenny would not be large enough to sufficiently raise the contact piece; and
also it will operate to prevent the handle being turned forward after the coin has
been released.

page_text: By these means the operating of the apparatus is dependent upon both the size
and the weight of the coin for which it is designed to be used.
Having thus particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is :-
First. The new or improved automatic coinfreed apparatus for giving electric
shocks, consisting of the box or container with its door A, for the battery and
electrical connections, the coin slot and receptacle, the handles B and C, connec
tions C¹, C³, C, C³, and sliding bar C, in slide bracket a, pedestal C, the
coin-holder device b, 6, 12, 13 e c, d d and coin trip catch e contact piece fƒ³
and , and electric connections forming and completing the circuit as and for the
purpose herein set forth and shown by the drawings.
Secondly. In coin-freed apparatus for giving electric shocks the coin holder
having the two parts b, b¹ and 6², and trip catch e with the means for operating the
same substantially as herein set forth.
Thirdly. In apparatus as herein set forth the pivoted check bar o cross lever p
and rack as herein specified.
Dated this 16th day of July 1891.
HUGHES, ELI & HUGHES,
76, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Agents for Applicant.