US545965A - Co in-controlled advertising-machine - Google Patents

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H. A.- MANLEY. COIN CONTROLLED ADVERTISING MACHINE.

No. 545,965. Patented Sept. 10,1895.

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COIN-CONTROLLED ADVERTISING-MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 545,965, dated September 10, 1895.

Application filed May 17, 1894. Serial No. 511,580. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HORACE A. MANLEY, of Boston, in the county of Suffolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Coin Controlled Advertising-Vlachines; and I 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.

This invention has reference to improvements in advertisingmachines in which coincontrolled mechanisms are introduced.

The object of the invention is to so construct an advertising-machine that when the coin controlled mechanism is operated the advertising device contained within a case will be disconnected from such mechanism.

Another object of the invention is to so construct an advertising-machine that a hidden numbered address may be exposed to view through the medium of a coin-controlled mechanism.

The invention consists in the combination, with a case having a name-slot therein, of a device contained within the case and provided with a numbered series of addresses, together with a device for partially closing the name-slot.

The invention also consists in the combination, with a case, of a movable device contained therein, a series of numbered addresses on said device, and a friction mechanism for engaging said device.

The invention also consists in the peculiar construction of the coin-controlled mechanism.

The invention also consists in such other novel features of construction and combination of parts as may hereinafter be more fully described, and pointed out in the claims.

Figure 1 represents a face view of the easin g partially broken away to show the address device within the case. Fig.2 represents a View of the address device removed from the casing, with a view of the coin-controlled mechanism partially in section. Fig. 3 represents a side view of the casing for a portion of the coin-controlled mechanism, showing the coinoperated lever in its relation to the shutter.

Similar numbers of reference designate corresponding parts throughout.

' when the knob 19 is rotated.

In the drawings, 5 indicates a casing, which has the sides 6 and 7 with a back and a bottom. Between the sides is hinged the door 8, having the coin-slot 9 and the name-slot 10. In the edge of the door in which the coin-slot is located is a groove or chute 11, down which a coin may drop to the coin-lever. On the face of the door is placed a sheet of paper or a card 12, and on the door within the lines 13 is secured a sheet of glass, which covers the advertising-sheet 12, this advertising-sheet being divided into numbered spaces, in which advertisements are printed,

Within the case is rotatably mounted the disk 14, carrying a card having a series of numbered addresses 15, the numbers of which correspond to the numbers of the advertisements on the outer face of the door, these addresses being arranged on the disk 14, so that the rotation of the disk will bring the addresses in turn opposite the name-slot 10. On the rear surface of the disk is secured a beveled ring or gear 16.

Within the side 6 of the casing is the box or case 17, the inner wall 17 of which is bent to form part of the coin-chute. In this case the shaft 18 is transversely journaled. One end of this shaft extends through a perforation in the side 6 of the casing and is furnished with the knob 19. On the shaft within the case is secured the washer or ring 20,and on the inner end of the shaft is mounted the beveled gear 21, which engages with the beveled ring 16 on the disk 14 to turn the same The inner end of the shaft 18 is journaled in a bearing 22, which extends from the back of the casing, and on the shaft is a collar 23, while surrounding the shaft is a coiled spring 24, bearing against the collar 23 and against the hearing 22 to exert an outward pressure on the shaft 18.

Journaled on the shaft 18, in a line with the coin-chute and swinging therein, is the curved coin-lever 25, having the counter-weight 26 and the jaw 27, furnished with the inclined entrance 28, while pivoted within the case 17 is the shutter-arm 29. A portion of this arm extends through an opening in the side 17. and has the notched shutter 30, the arm being bent so as to bring this shutter between the disk 14: and the name-slot, the notch in the shutter being so located as to expose to view the number of the address on said disk when the shutter-is in its normal position. Extending downward from the shutter-arm, within the casing 17, is the U-shaped yoke 31,which engages the disk or washer 20 on the shaft 18, and the inclined finger 32, which enters, under the jaw 27, through the inclined opening 28. When, in its normal condition, the knob 19 is pushed inward, the disk or ring 20, engaging the U-shaped yoke 31, will tend to move this portion of the shutter-arm inward and to elevate the shutter. This, however, is prevented by the finger striking against the jaw 27. If, however, a coin be inserted through the coin-slot 9, it will pass down the coin-chute and, striking the coin-lever 25, will throw the same backward, bringing the inclined opening 28 and the jaw 27 upward until a free passage is left for the finger 32. Inward pressure on the knob 19 will now throw the shutter upward and the address opposite the name-slot may be read. After this the knob is released, and the spring 2et then acts to bring the parts back into place. When the shutter is depressed, the turning of the knob will cause the rotation of the disk 14, through the medium of the beveled gear 21 and the I beveled ring 16; but when the knob is pushed inward these devices are disconnected and no rotation of the disk 14 can occur.

Having thus described my invention, 1 claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. In acoin-controlled advertising machine, the combination with an incased device adapted to carry a series of addresses and to be operated by a rotatable shaft, of a reciprocating shaft rotatable in bearings, a collar on the shaft, means carried by the shaft for engaging the address device, and a plate, pivotally supported above the shaft, having a locking-step for engaging the collar thereon and a downwardly-extending coin-lever havingatripping engagement with the said plate.

2. In a coin-controlled advertising mechanism, the combination with a casing, a door thereto having a slot, and a series of numbered advertisements displayed on the door, of a rotatable device contained within the casing, a series of numbered addresses carried thereby, a shaft journaled within the casing and having-a knob extending therefrom, and a friction gear mounted on said shaft and adapted to engage the rotatable address device.

3. In a coin-controlled advertising mechanism, the combination with a case having a 1 door furnished with a name slot, of a disk rotatably mounted within the case, a beveled ring secured to the disk, ashaft journaled in the case having an end extending therefrom and provided with a knob, a beveled gear mounted on the shaft and adapted to engage the beveled ring of the disk, a spring for holding the same in engagement, and a shutter adapted to be operated by the inward movement of the shaft.

4. In a coin-controlled advertising mechanism, the combination with a case, a door therefor havinga coin slot and name slot, and a coin-chute formed in the edge of the door, of a shaft rotatably mounted within the easing and extending therefrom being capable of reciprocation in its bearings, a coin lever, pivoted on said shaft and extending Within the chute, having a counter-weight, and a jaw furnished with an inclined entrance, a shutter, pivoted transversely to the coin lever, having an inclined finger for engaging the jaw of the same, and means for engaging a portion of the shaft whereby the reciprocation of the shaft tends to-elevate the shutter.

5. The combination with a casing having a name-slot and a coin-slot, and the disk 14 rotatably mounted within the case and having the beveled-ring 16, of the shaft 18 journaled in the casing and reciprocal in its bearings, the beveled-gear 21 on the inner end of the shaft, the disk 20 mounted on the shaft, a spring for exerting an outward pressure on the shaft, the coin-lever 25, pivoted on said shaft, having the weight 26 and the jaw 27', and the shutter arm 29, pivoted in a line with the shaft, having the U-shaped yoke 31 for engaging the disk 20 and the shutter 32 for closing the name-slot, as and for the purpose described.

6. The combination, in a coin-controlled advertising mechanism, with the shaft 18 journaled in bearings in which the shaft may be reciprocated, the disk 20 mounted on the shaft, and the lever 25 pivotally supported transversely to the shaft and having the jaw 27 and the weight 26, of the shutterarm 29 pivoted above the shaft and having the U- shaped yoke 31 for engaging the disk 20 and the shutter 32, as described.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand.-

HORAOE A. MANLEY.

\Vitnesses:

NELLIE I. CURTIN,

WINFIELD S. SLooUM, WILLIAM N. OSGOOD.

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