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(No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 1. D. H. DAVIES 8v J. M. TUURTEL.v

TOLL APPARATUS FOR PRODUGING ELECTRIC LIGHT.

No. 395,215. Patented Deo. 25, 1888.

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TOLL APPARATUS FOB PRODUGING ELECTRIC LIGHT.

No. 395,215. Patented 1390.25, 1888.

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UNITED STATES PATENT Ormea.

DIXON HY. DAYIES, OF LEEDS, COUNTY OF YORK, AND JOHN M. TOURTEL,

OF YESTMIN STER, COUNTY OF MIDDLESEX, ENGLAND.

TOLL APPARATUS FOR PRODUCING ELCTRlC LIGHT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 395,215, dated December 25, 1888.

Application iiled July 1l, 1888, Serial No. 279,648. (No model.)

Patented in England June 7, 1887, No. 8,206; in France April 7,1888, N0.188,828,andin Belgium Apri17,1888,u0.81,885.

.T0 all whom t may concern/ Be it known that we, DIXON HENRY DA- vrEs and J OHNMESNY TOURTEL, subjects of the Queen of lGreat Brita-in, residing, respectively, at 88 Caledonian Road, Leeds, in the county of York, England, and at 3 Princes StreetVestniinster, in the county of Middlesex, England, have invented a new and useful Apparatus for Effecting by Introduction of a Coin the Production of Elect-ric Light for a certain time, (for which we have obtained patents in Great Britain, dated J une 7, 1887, No. 8,206, and have made application forpatent in Great Britain, dated April '7, 1888, No. 5,201, which patent when granted will bear date April 7, 1888, No. 5,201; in France, dated April '7, 1888, No.189,828, and in Belgium, dated April 7, 1888, No. 81335,) of which the following is a specification.

This invention has for its object to provide a simple and novel apparatus (more especially designed for railway-carriages and other ve- ,l hicles, but applica-ble to other pu rposes) whereby a passenger or person can obtain an elecl tric light t'or a given length ot' time by inserting a coin into .the appara-tus and continue the light for a longer time by successively l contributing coins. y

To such end the invention consists in the features of construction and combination of devices hereinafter described and claimed, reference being made to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figures 1, 2, 8, and l ol the accompanying drawings are vertical sections ot' apparatus according to our invention, showing dilterent phases ot' its action. Fig. is a sectional plan.

A box is divided by partition Cy into two j compartments, A,which contains an incandesz cent electric lamp, L, and B, which in its upper part contains the mechanism, its lower part serving as a receptacle lor the coins. ln the cover M ol' the box there is a slot, S. A

coin introduced through S drops into a swinging pocket, l), which, as well asa lever, F, is

pivoted at E. A lip, G, at the end ot the lever F, in the position, Fig. 1, serves as a bottom to the pocket D, the coin resting on G. A l

1 are in the lamp-circuit.

j springs Q Q.

spring, .l acting on an arm, li, ot' the lever F, presses a shoulder, I against a plate, N.

P is a push, having cross-pins R R', against which press two blade-springs, Q Q', keeping P in the position shown in 1 and 5, the cross-pins R R then bearing against another spring, T. The upper part of the pocket D is sufficiently open to permit the push P to be thrust inward without moving the pocket g but when a coin of the proper value is dropped into D the push, bearing against the upper part of the coin, causes the pocket D to move about its pivot E, carrying with it the lever F. lVhen the pocket D is thus moved, a nose, ll,

projecting from it, moves a switch-lever, a, and another nose, Y, moves a clock-lever, l), shifting these levers to the position shown in Fig. 2. The switch-lever a is thus brought against a contact-piece, c, closing an electric circuit and kindling the lamp L, the clock-lever l) winding' a clock-spring and moving a ratchet-wheel, e, txed to b. A pa-wl, f, pivoted upon a wheel ofthe dock-work (I, catches in the teeth of the ratchet e, and thus the lever l is engaged with the clock-work and moves slowly back as the clock-work runs down.

t i is an electro-magnet, the coils ot' which At the back ot' the lever F is an armature, 7i, attached by a spring,

g, so that when the lever F is moved back the armature 71- is tirst pushed up to the poles of the electro-magnet and then the switch-l ever u closes the circuit. The magnet being thus excited, holds the armature hand retains thc lever F in opposition to the springJ after the push P is released and moved back by the The pocket D, being now free, drops by gravity to the position shown in 2, and, as its bottom is open, the coin t'alls into the coin-receptacle below. The clock-work fl i slowly runs down, in i ving back the lever h, which eventually, bearing against a stud, l, on

the lever a, moves a otf the contact-mecc c, thus opening the circuit and extinguishing the light and at the same time rendering the electro-magnet-1l t inert. The armature 7l being no longer attracted, the lever F is moved back by the spring J, moving back also the pocket D to the position shown in Fig. l, the lever l) resting against a stop, n, and the mechanism being ready for a fresh operation. A Should there be from any cause a failure of electricity, so'that upon a coin being introduced and the push P being operated no light appears, the electro-magnet t t remains inert and cannot hold back the lever F,which consequently returns with the pocketD into its original position, as in doing so F is arrested by coniing in contact with the chute N, while D, owing to the momentum it has attained, swings farther forward, thereby uncovering its opening' and allowing the coin to drop into the passage I, so as to be returned to the operator at the mouth n?, so that he will get back his coin when the light fails to appear. v

The depth of the pocket D below the push P is such that if the coinv introduced is smaller than that required the push P passes above the coin, but moves the lever F a little backward sufficientlyv to withdraw the lip G from beneath the pocket D, as shown in Fig. l, allowing the coin to drop into the passage land to be returned to the operator.

Although we have shown the pocket D and the lever F pivoted on a horizontal axis, they might obviously be pivoted on an axis vertical or inclined.

Having thus described the nature of our invention and the best means we know ot' carrying it out in practice, we claimln an apparatus for producing an electric light by the deposit of a coin, the combination of an electro-magnet, an electric contact,clock work, an incandescent lamp, and an electric current, with a pivoted swinging pocket for receiving the deposited coin, a push-button which by its inward thrust closes the circuit and acts directly on the coin in the pocket and swings the latter inward, and a pivoted coin detaining and releasing lever which swings inward with the pocket toward the electromagnet when the push-button is thrust inward, substantially as described.

ln testimongY whereof we have signed our names to this specification, in the presence ot' two subscribing witnesses, this 20th and 23d day of June, A. D. 1888.

DIXON HY. DAVIES. JOHN M. TOURTEL.

\Yitnesses to signature of .lohn Mesny Tour tel ALFRED GUERN, Of Guernsey, Solicitor.

JAMES C. LAFERTEY, Of Guernsey, Leu# Agent.

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