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AUTOMATIC APPARATUS FOR DELIVERING PREPAID ARTICLES. No. 359,213. Patented Mar. 8, 1887,

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FRANK M. LEAVITT, OF BROOKLYN, ASSIGNOR TO THE AUTOMATIC SELLING MACHINE COMPANY, OF NEXV YORK, N. -Y.

AUTGIVIATIC APPARATUS FOR DELIVERING PREPAID ARTICLES.

@PECIPICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 359,213, dated March 8, 1887 Application filed March 9, 1886. Serial Nc.194.(ifi7. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK'M. LEAVITT, a citizen of the United States, residing at Brooklyn, Kings county, New York, have invented an Improvement in Automatic Apparatus for Delivering Prepaid Articles; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification.

My invention has for its object the supply of a'morc reliable and efficient apparatus for the specified purpose than has hitherto been provided. v It relates solely to that class of apparatus in which the articles to be sold are to be paid for in advance by the deposit therein of a specific coin, such coin during its passage through the apparatus on its way to a receptacle for coins unlocking a drawer or drawers into which, through the action of the mechanism, the articles to be sold are successively brought, and from which only one at a time can be taken, and that only after-the specific coin representing its cost has been deposited as aforesaid.

The operation of the apparatus and the particular combinations of mechanism which constitute my invention will appear from the following description and reference to the drawings, of which- Figure 1 shows a front elevation of the complete apparatus with one of its doors left open.

to show parts of its interior construction. Fig. 2 is a central vertical section, from front to rear, of the upper part of one of the doors of the closets in which are placed the articles to be sold, and Fig. 3 is a similar section through the lower part of such door. Fig. 1 is a central vertical section through the lower part of the aforesaid closet and drawer from which the articles can be severally taken after each prepayment of the specific coin representing their individual price, the section being made from front toward the rear of the apparatus. Figs. 5 and 6 are, respectively,vertical sections through the lower part or pedestal of the apparatus, showing contained mechanism, Fig. 5 being a central section from front to rear, and Fig. 6 being also section from front to rear, made a little to the left of the central the liner :0 in Fig. 5.

plane. Fig. 7 is a front end View of the scalebeam. Fig. 8 is a vertical sect-ionof the ej ecting-chute for throwing out coins other than the specific coin fixed upon as the price of the articles to be sold, the section being made on Figs. 9 and 10 are de tail views of locking mechanism by which the scale-beam is enabled to lock or unlock the deliverydra-wers hereinafter to be described. Figs. 11 and 12 are sectional plan views showing the internal mechanism of the apparatus in different positions.

The inclosing-case for the mechanism and the articles to be sold may be made of any suit- 6 5 able materials. In the example of the invention shown in the drawings it is made of castiron, as are also the receiving-till and the delivery-drawers, there being two of the latter.

The essential parts of the apparatus are all included in the base or pedestal and the upright parts B B, which last may be surmounted with any ornamental device or useful appurtenance as, for example,a statuette or a clockwhich, however, constitutes no part of the invention. The upright parts B B are simple closets, of a size and of proportions adapted to receive and contain the articles to be sold when arranged vertically one upon another, as shown at a in Figs. 1 and at, in such manner that when the lower oneis withdrawn,as hereinafter described, the whole series of articles descends, bringing the next in vertical order into the position of the one taken out. To compel and render positive this action,weights 8 5 I) 5, Figs. 1 and 2, are placed one on each series of articles in the closets B. Each weight has a handle, 0, attached to its upper side,and a guidepin, 0, extending into a vertical slot,

d, between the edges of plates D, which form the inner surfaces of the doors E, Figs. 1, 2,

3, and 4, by which means the motion of the weights is directed; but any other suitable devices for guiding the vertical descent of the weights may be employed. The closets B ex- 9 5 tend down to and into the upper part of the pedestal A, and their inner spaces are arranged in relation with the spaces in drawers F,Figs.

1, 4, 5, 6, 11, and 12, in such manner that the bottom one of each series of articles to be-sold zoo always rests in one of these drawers when such drawer is closed, and so that when the drawer is. pulled out such bottom one of the articles to be sold is pulled out with the drawer; but, as hereinafter to be explained, the drawer cannot be pulled out, except it be unlocked by putting into the apparatus the proper specific coin fixed upon as the price of each of the articles.

In the example of my invention shown in the drawings this coin is a nickel five-cent piece, and it is shown in different positions during the act of entering the apparatus and unlocking the drawers at f, Figs. 5 and 6. The doors of the closets B have each an oblong opening, q, near the bottom, Figs. 1, 3, and 4, behind which is placed a verticallymovable indicator-plate, 1', upon which are lettered the words Full and Empty, the word Empty being above the word Full. This plate slides on vertical rods t, and is held in its highest position by springs a, in which position the word Full is presented at the opening. hen, however, the abstracting of the articles one by one from the delivery-drawers F allows the weight" b to descend till the pin 0 presses upon the upper edge of the plate r, the plate is depressed until at the entrance of the last article from the closet B into the drawer F the word Empty is presented at the opening. This is to prevent the useless deposit of a coin in the apparatus when there are no articles in either of the closets to be delivered.

The mechanism for unlocking and locking the drawers F, and for performing the other functions of the apparatus, is as follows:

G, Figs. 1, 5, 6, 11, and 12, is the cash-drawer or till for receiving the coins as they are put into the apparatus. W'hen closed, this drawer is locked, preferably by a padlock, H, Figs. 1, 5, and 6; but any other kind of lock may be employed. The upper margins of the sides of the drawer G are made lower at the innerportion than at the outer portion, the higher portion of each margin beingjoined to the lower portion by an incline,h,as shown in Figs. 5 and 6. Upon these upper margins of the drawer G rest the lower extremities of verticallysliding bolts I, Figs. 5 and 6. WVhen the drawer G is closed, the lower ends of the bolts I rest upon the higher parts of the sides of the drawer G, and during the act of closing said drawer the bolts I are thrust upward. In this position they engage sockets or recesses 7;, formed in the lower parts of the closet-doors E, as shown in Fig. 5.

Coiled around the upper parts of each of the bolts I is a spiral spring, 1', which, acting between a stop, Z, on the bolts I and the upper wall of the pedestal, tends to push each of these bolts downward, so that when the drawer G is pulled out into the position in which the bolts I rest upon the lower parts of the sides of the drawers G the bolts are disengaged from the sockets or recesses 7c, and the doors E are then unlocked. It will be seen, therefore, that through this action of the bolts I the doors E are locked by closing the drawer G and unlocked by opening said drawer, and that when the drawer G is closed and locked with the padlock H the doors E cannot be unlocked without first unlocking H.

The delivery-drawers F are formed with a horizontal rearward extension or platform, L, Figs. 4, 5, 6, 11, and 12, the upper surfaces of which are flush with the upper edges of the sides of said drawers, and when either. of the drawers is drawn out its extension or platform is brought under the entire series of articles ranged over such drawer and supports the articles until the drawer is again closed, at

which time the weight I), resting upon the upper article in the series, presses the entire series downward to bring another article again into the drawer.

To the underside of the extensions L are pivoted at one end links M, Figs. 4, ll, and 12, and the other ends of said links are respectively pivoted to a bar or lever, N. The lever N is in its turn centrally pivoted to a draw-bar, m. The draw-bar m is also pivoted to one end of the link a, Figs. 5, 6, 11, and 12, and the other end of the link it is pivoted to the upper end of a tilting-bar or trippinglever, 0, the lower end of said tripping-lever being pivoted to a bracket attached to the back wall of the pedestal, as shown in Figs. 5 and 6.

To the upper extremity of the tripping-lever 0 is also attached a link, which extends downward and connects with a spring, 0, attached to the bottom of the pedestal. When the tripping-lever is drawn forward by the pulling out of one or other of the deliverydrawers F till said lever is made to pass the central line, joining its upper pivot with the point of attachment of the spring 0 to the pedestal, the spring causes the tripping-lever to tilt suddenly and forcibly forward, and by its action to open the drawer to its fullest extent. A reverse action is set up on closing the dra wer, which, when sufficiently pushed in to make the upper part of the tripping-lever pass the central line above described, causes the drawer to suddenly and sharply close to its fullest extent.

As before explained, while either of the delivery-drawers F, when locked, can be pulled separately out, they cannot both be pulled out simultaneously. The mechanism for preventing this is as follows: A horizontally and laterally sliding latch-bar, P, Figs. 5, 6, 11, and 12, is attached by screws passing through slots q, formed in said bar, to aplatform, Q. (Shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1 and in full lines in Figs. 5, 6, 11, and 12.) The ends of the latchbar 1? are beveled off rearwardl y, as shown at 1", Figs. 11 and 12. To the sides of the delivery-drawers F, which face the latch-bar P, are attached, byscrews, pins, or other means, runners s, which have their front ends beveled off rearwardly, and which, being attached to the delivery-drawers, slide out and in with the latter. The latch-bar P is of such a length that when thrust to one side flush against one of the drawers F it will permit the other drawer to be drawn out, the runner 3, attached to the drawer so pulled out, passing by the end of thelatchbar next to it. This position is shown in Fig. 12. Vhen the runner shas thus passed the end of the latch-bar to the front, thelatchbar is held in the position shown in Fig. 12 till the drawer so pulled out is pushed back in again, and until this is done the other drawer cannot be pulled out, because its runner 8 cannot pass the end of the latch-loar adjacent to it. hen the latch-bar P is in the neutral position shown in Fig. 11, either of the drawers, if unlocked, as hereinafter set forth, may be drawn out; but both cannot be pulled out simultaneously, as the length of the latch-bar precludes the passage by the ends of said bar of both the runners s at the same time.

The latch-bar 1? is caused to assume the neutral position shown in Fig. 11 by the action of the springs It, Figs. 5, 6, 11, and 12,

' these springs being attached to the rear side of the latch-bar by screws or in any other suitable manner. The springs R- eXtend forward and bend inwardly under the platform Q. as shown in Figs. 11 and 12, and on each of the parts of these springs which extend toward the front is fastened rigidly a small inclined plane or inclined projection, t, which, when both the drawers F are closed, presses outward against the side of the drawer next to it. The action of the opposed springs is, in this position, to hold the bar 1? in its neutral position, as above described. Vhen, however, either of the drawers, having been unlocked by the introduction of a proper specific coin, as hereinafter set forth, is drawn forward to open it, the inclined end of its attached runner engages the inclined plane t on the same side, and,pressiug it toward the otherdrawer,causes the bar P also to move far enough toward the other drawer to allow the drawer pulled out to move freely outward, and at the same time to pass its attached runner by the end of the latch-bar and securely lock the other drawer, so that it cannot be pulled out till the former one is again fullypushed in. The relation of position between the runners s and the latch bar P is such that the latch-bar can only as sume its neutral position when both thedelivery-drawers are entirely closed. It will also now be apparent that in drawing out either of the delivery-drawers F the bar N, which is attached by the links M to the rearwardly-cxtending platforms L of these drawers, must have its end which is attached tothe drawer so pulled out, also pulled forward into an inclined position, such as shown in Fig. 12. In passing to this position the end of the bar or lever N, pivoted to the opposite link M, acts as a fulcrum-support for said bar, and as this latter end cannot move forward all other parts of said bar must move radially forward, and any positive obstruction to such a motion of the lever N would hold either drawer from being pulled out, and thus effectually lock both the delivery-drawers till such obstruction is removed. Such a positive obstruction to the movement of the lever N is always interposed when the delivery-drawers are shut by other mechanism, which I will now describe, except when the introduction into the appara tus of the proper coin removes the obstacle and permits one of the delivery'drawers to be pulled out. Stops w assist in keeping the system of links M and N in a central position when the drawers are pulled out.

Centrally located 011 the under side of the bar N, and rigidly attached to said bar, is a stop, a, Figs. 5, 6, 9, and 10, which, first projecting a little way downward, as shown in Fig. 10, alsohas a part, a", Fig. 10, extending a little to one side of its point of attachment to the bar N, leaving a space, w, Fig. 10,between the laterally-extending part and the bar N. Thelaterally-extending partxhas formed upon its upper side a short ratchet-bar, c, the teeth of which are for the action and engagement of a pawl on a scale-beam, yet to be described. The teeth of this ratchet have vertical faces toward the front of the apparatus and inclined faces toward the rear of the same.

Horizontal platforms S, Figs. 5, 6, l1, and 12, extend back across the inner space of the pedestal A, leaving a space between them, and each of these platforms is a support for one end of a fulcrum-bar, T. This fulcruinbar supports a lrnifeedged fulcrum, 7/ of triangular cross-section, as shown in Figs. 5 and 6, the fulcrum being made of hardened steel or other suitable material and so placed that it has a vertical face toward the rear of the podestal A.

The fulcrum 9 supports a scale-beam, U, Figs. 5, 6, 9,10, 11, and 12. To this scale-beam isrigidly attached a notched bearing, V, Figs. 5,6,aud 9,0fhardened steel or other suitablema terial, the notch in said beari ng being so formed that in the horizontal position of the scalebeam the rear face of the notch will he brought to bear flush against the vertical rear face of the fulcrum T. This construction permits a hook-like action between the fulcrum and fulcrui'n-bearing, which will permit a strong pull on thescale-beam toward the front of the machine without endangering the integrity of the knife'edge of the fulcrum. The scale-beam is curved or arched over the fulcrunrbar T, and on its rear end is placed a counter-poise, XV, provided with a set-screw, X, to hold the same in position when placed in proper position to balance the specific coin to be received and re tained by the apparatus.

In front of the fulcrum and pivoted to the side of the scale-beam U, is a pawl, Y, of peculiar form. (Shown in Figs. 5, 6, 9, and 10.) At the rear end of this pawl is its pivot a. At the front of the end of the pawl Y is an upward projection, I), and from the projection 1) extends over the scale-beam a lateral projection, c. The under side of this projection 0 is inclined downward toward the rear to form a bevel, which corresponds to the rearward inclined faces of the ratchet-teeth a, a1-

ready described, and so that when this ratchet is passed under the lateral projection c on the pawl Y the under inclined face of the projection will slide up over the rearward and upper inclined faces of the ratchet-teeth v and allow the projection c, which has a vertical face on the back side, to drop successively into the notches of said ratchet, for a purpose hereinafter specified. From the lower side of the scale-beam U extends downward a bent stud, d, Figs. 5, 6, 9, and 10, at the lower part of which is ahook, e, Fig. 10, for the attachment of a spring, f. The upper end of the spring f is attached to a pin, in the front end of the pawl, and the action of the spring is to continually pull the pawl downward, the

downward movement'of the pawl being limited by a stoppin, 7L, Figs. 5, G, 9, and 10, inserted into the side of the scalebeam.

It will now, by reference to Figs. 5, 6, 1i, and 12, be evident that when both the drawers F are fully closed, and the scale'beam U is in the horizontal position shown in Fig. 5, it will be impossible to open either of these drawers, because the upward projection of the end of the pawl Y will then engage the front face of the bar N at about the middle point of the latter and effectually prevent its moving radially around either of its extremities pivoted to'the links l\![a movement which is essential to the act of opening either of the drawers F, as hereinbefore fully explained. Moreover, it will be seen, after the front end of the scalebeain U has been depressed, so as to release the bar N from its engagement with the pawl Y, and one of the drawers has been pulled out, that in closing the drawer again, after the scale-beam has resumed the horizontal position, if the drawer be not wholly pushed in the lateral projection c at the front end of the pawl will successively engage the notches in the ratchet u and hold the drawer from again being pulled out until it has first been fully pushed in and the front end of the scale-beam has been again depressed to release the bar N from its engagement with the pawl Y; and as the scale-beam cannot recover its horizontal position until the ratchet a has completely passed the pawl Y, and as in a further explanation it will appear that in any lower position than the horizontal the specific coin which will unlock the mechanism cannot be introduced in such manner as to reach the interior of the receiving-till, the arrangement and operation of the parts so far described make it certain that either of the drawers F once opened for the delivery of the article to be sold must be again fully closed into the proper position to receive another article to be delivered, and to push the bar N so far to the rear as to allow the pawl Y to again engage said bar before another article can be taken from the apparatus, even though the attempt should be made to do so by introducing the proper coin, as hereinafter more fully described. Y

It is the introduction of a coin of specific size and weight that depresses the front end of the scale-beam to effect the disengagement of the pawl Y, and it remains to describe the mechanism by which this introduction is effected. Thepassage of more than one such coin is prevented, the introduction of an improper coin is obstructed if of larger size than the specific coin, and an improper coin of smaller size,ifintroduced,is ejected from the apparatus without unlocking either of the drawers F.

In the front part of the scale-beam is formed a passage or channel, 75, Figs. 5, 6, and 7, having a cross-section sufficient to let any coin of less size than the specific coin required roll through it edgewise freely. This channel may be formed in the scalebeam, the latter being made in one piece; or, as in the example shown in the drawings, it may be formed in a separate piece and attached to the scale-beam by screws or in any other suitable manner.

The counterpoise on the back end of the scale-beam is so adjusted that unless the beam is acted upon by the weight of the specific coin at its front end the beam retains its hori zontal position, and in this position the opening of the channel lcat the front endis brought flush with the lower opening of a fixed curved channel, passage, or chute, provided for introducing coins into the apparatus. In this position is and is form one continuous passage for coins, as shown in Fig. 5. The channel It" has a broader cross-section than k, to permit the specific coin to roll freely through it, and at its upper end it has an escutcheon, Z, in which is formed a mouth or slit of such di the specific coins, but to obstruct the passage of larger coins. Smaller coins can, of course,

pass freely in; but if they are put in they are rapidly ejected by the following means:

Below the channels it and 7c" is a third channel or chute, Ic, inclined downward toward the front, and having an exterior opening in the escutcheon Z. The inner end of this chute has a bell-mouth, as shown in Fig. 8, to insure the easy entrance of a coin falling into it, and when any coin of less than the specific kind required for the prepayment of the price of each article to be delivered is placed in the slit of eseutcheon Z such coin rolls rapidly down the channel is into and through It, drops into the bell-mouth of the chute lc, whence it quickly rolls out from the slit in escutcheon Z to be recovered by the depositor, effect v ing in its passage no movement whatever in the internal mechanism of the apparatus. A set-screw, m, Figs. 5 and 6, is used as a stop for the upward movement of the front end of the scale-beam to insure the proper continuity between the channels it and 7c".

Vhen a coin of the specific kind is introduced through the slit in the escutcheon Z, it rolls freely down the channel It until it reaches and enters the upper end of the channel k in the scale-beam. This channel is made vertically narrower at its lower end than at its upper end, which is just wide enough to ad mensions as to just permit the introduction of 7 unit the specific coin a short distance, as shown in Fig. 5. Vhen the specific coin thus enters the upper part of the channel It in the scalebeam, the connterpoise having previously received the proper permanent adjustment, the weight of said coin is sufficient to tilt the front end of the scale-beam downward into the position shown in Fig. 6. In this position the coin would roll out of the channel it in l the reverse direction from that in which it entered and fall directly into the receiving-till G were it not for a guard, a, Figs. 5, 6, 11, and 12, which will not permit the coin to drop until one or other of the delivery-drawers F, now unlocked by the downward tilting of the front end of the scale-beam U, is drawn out.

The guard at is a rectangular loop of metal, preferably made by stamping it from sheet metal and bending it in such manner that when the back end of the rectangle is centrally fastened to the middle of the bar N the other and front end is twisted and brought down into a vertical positionin front of the channel It in the scale-beam whenever the front part of the latter is tilted downward by the weight of the specific coin, as shown in Fig. 6; but when either of the then unlocked drawers F is drawn out, the middle of the bar N is also moved in the same direction, and the guard n is advanced sufficiently to allow the coin to pass it and drop directly into the receivingtill G. But unless some special device be pro vided to prevent, other coins of the specific kind might,in this position of the scale-beam, pass without obstruction through the channel or chute k and fall into the receivingtill, while the depositor of the same would not receive the article for which he intended to prepay, and other coins smaller than the specific coin would also, under such conditions, at this time drop into the till if introduced into 70', and not be ejected from the apparatus, as is the intent of this invention. It is therefore nec essary to enable the automatic action of the apparatus to fulfill its entire purpose that a means be provided for preventing any coin from pass ing out of 7a or into it during the depression of the front end of the scale-beam U. This important end is accomplished by a curved guard, 0, which is attached to and projects upward from the upper side of the mouth of the channel or chute 7c in the scale-beam U, its curvature conforming to the perimeter of a circle having the edge of the fulcrum y as a center. When the front end of the scale-beam is tilted downward,the guard 0 passes in front of the lower opening in the channel k, as shown in Fig. 6, and obstructs the passage of any coin whatever till such time as the scalebeam is permitted, by the dropping of the specific coin out of its channel, to resume the hori zontal position again through the action of its counterpoise. But it is necessary, also,for the protection of purchasers to provide means whereby, when either of the drawers F are pulled out for the purchaser to obtain the article for which he has prepaid, the passage of any coin out of the chute 7a can be prevented until the drawer so pulled outis again closed,

or closed into the position for the engagement of the pawl Y with the ratchet a, in or der to insure that such drawer be fully closed to receive the article paid for before the passage of a coin into the channel 7.) of the scale-beam again unlocks the drawers F, so that one or the other of them can again be pulled out. This is accomplished by extensions p of the springs R, Figs. 5, 6, 11 and 12. These extensions are bent downwardly, as shown in Figs. 5 and 6, and inwardly at nearly right angles toward the middle vertical plane of the pedestal A, as shown in Figs. 11 and 12, the parts so bent inwardly being of such length that when the projection t on the spring R is pressed by the action of the runner s of the'drawer F on that side the extremity of the part 1) is forced inwardinto the position shown in Fig. 12, on the same side as that of theopened drawer, the extremity of p then crossing and obstructing the channel It, so that no coin can pass out of the sametill the opened drawer is closed into the position which causes the ratchet a to again engage the pawl 11 on the scale-beam. This, as hereinbefore explained, compels the complete and exact closing of the opened drawer before either of the deliverydrawers can again be opened, and as such complete closing of the drawer relieves the spring Itfrom the pressure of the runner attached to the drawer,this spring resumes its normal position, (shown in Fig. 11,) and coins may then freely pass again through the channel It will be seen that when the deliverydrawers are both closed and the scalebeamis in the horizontal position, as shown in Fig. 5, both the drawers F are locked, the bar N be ing restrained from moving by the pawl y and the scale-beam U, the fulcrum-bearing V, and the fulcrum-bar T, the form of the fulcrum and the fulcrum-bearing being, as hcreinbefore set forth, specially designed in such manner that the strain of the effort to open a de livery-drawer falls wholly upon their fiat vertical faces, and does not in the least endanger the integrity of the knife-edge of the fulcrum.

Having thus described my improvement, what I claim as my invention,and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is as follows:

1. In an apparatus for selling prepaid articles, the combination of a fixed chute or channel for receiving a specific coin for such prepayment, a channeled scale-beam for receiving such coin from the fixed chute in such manner as to tilt downward the channeled end of such scale-beam, a delivery drawer or drawers each adapted for the reception and delivery of a single article to be sold, a system of links constructed and operating substantially as described and connected with such delivery drawer or drawers, a pawl. attached to the scale-beam for engaging said system of links and detachably connecting the delivery drawer or drawers, when closed, with the scale-beam, a fixed knife-edged scale-beam fulcrum, and a 5 thus lock the drawers to the scale-beam, substantially as specified, and for the purposes described.

2. The combination, with the scale-beam, its fixed knife-edged fulcrum, and its fulcrum- IO bearing, constructed as described, to afford a hook like action without endangering the knife-edge of the fulcrum, the delivery drawer or drawers to receive articles to be sold, the system of links connected with said drawer or I 5 drawers, and the pawl connected with the scalebeam for engaging the system of 1inks and locking the drawers to the scale-beam, of a ratchet attached to the system of links in such relation with said pawl that the pawl will engage said ratchet when a drawer is partly closed after being opened, and prevent the drawer from being drawn out farther until it has first been fully and completely closed, all substantially as herein described, and for the purpose set forth.

3. The combination ofafixed receiving chute or channel for receiving a specific coin for the prepayment of an article to be delivered, and a channeled scale-beam, the channel of which,

when the scale-beam is in the horizontal position, is in such relation with the fixed channel as to form therewith a continuous descending passage for coins, the sca1e-beam passage be ing ofsuch dimensions as to obstruct the passage through it of the specific coin the apparatus is intended to receive, but permit the passage of any smaller coin, and another fixed descending channel having an outer opening, and placed below the scale-beam channel, with its upper and inner opening in such relation with the lower opening of the scale-beam channel as to receive any coins that may pass through the scale-beam channel and conduct them out of the apparatus, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

4. The combination, with the coiirreceiving till having the upper edges of one or both sides constructed with a higher front portionand a lower rear portion, with a slope or inclined 5o plane connecting the higher part and lower part and the door or doors of the closets for receiving and containing the articles to be sold, such door or doors being provided with bolt-sockets at the bottom, of a vertically-sliding spring bolt or bolts supported at the lower end on the upper edge of a side of said drawer for locking said door or doors, substantially as and for the purpose described.

5. The combination of the delivery-drawers F, bar N, connected by pivoted links to said drawers, draw-bar m, link 92, tilting bar or lever 0, link 1), and spring 0, for effecting a rapid and sharp opening of either of the drawers F, substantially as and for the purpose described.

6. The combination, with the channeled scale-beam Uand the delivery-drawers F, con nected by the described system of links, of the guard at, attached to the bar N, for preventing the dropping of the specific coin out of the mouth of the channel in said scalebeam till one or the other of the drawers F have been opened, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

7. The combination, with the fixed chute 7c" and the chaneled scale-beam U, of the guard 0, whereby the passage of any coin out of said fixed chute while the front end of said scalebeam is depressed is prevented, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

8. The combination, with the drawers F, connected, as specified, by the bar N and links M, and having on their inner sides the runners 5, formed with inclined front ends, as de scribed, of the laterally-sliding locking-bar P, with co-related in clined ends 1, and the springs R, attached to said locking-bar and provided with the projections t, for thrusting said sliding locking-bar toward either drawer and looking it when the other is pulled out, substan tially as and for the purposes specified.

9. The combination, with the drawers F, having the runners s, springs R, and fixed chute 7c, of the extensions 19 of the springs It, and the projections 75, attached to said springs, whereby one or the other of said extensions p is made to bar the passage of a coin from said fixed chute when either of the drawers F is opened, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

10. The combination, with the doors E of the closets B, provided with the vertical guiderods t, of the vertically-sliding spring-indicator plate 1" and the weight b, provided with the pin 0, for engaging said plate on its upper edge and pressing the plate downward against the upward action of the springs a, substantially asand for the purposes set forth.

FRANK M. LEAVITT.

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