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No. 6I8,335. Pat eflted Ian. 24, I899. A. E. T. DALLMER.

COIN FREED DELIVERY AND EXHIBITION APPARATUS.

(Application filed Dec. 23, 1897.)

(No Model.)

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Patented Jan. 24,1899.

A. E. T. DALLMER.

COIN FREE!) DELIVERY AND EXHIBITION APPARATUS.

(Application filed Dec. 23, 1897.)

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N0. 618,335. Patented Jan. 24, I899. A. E. T. DALLMER. COIN FREED DELIVERY AND EXHIBITION APPARATUS.

(Application filed Dec, 23, 1897.)

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F lCEt ALBERT ERNST THEODOR DALLMER, OF DRESDEN, GERMANY, ASSIGNOR TO THE AKTIEN-GESELLSCI-IAFT, FAI-IRRAD AND MASCHINENFABRIK, VORMALS H. W'. SOIILADITZ, OF SAME PLACE.

COIN-FREED DELIVERY AND EXHIBITION APPARATUS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 618,335, dated January 2.4, 1899.

Application filed December 23,1897. Serial No. 663,192. (No model.)

To all whom i may con r is provided with a background, &c., and in 50 Be it known that I, ALBERT ERNST THEO- front is closed by a glass plate. Behind this DOR DALLMER, a subject of the King of Saxglass plate there is arranged over an elon- F ony, residing at Dresden, Saxony, in the Emgated opening in the intermediate coverA, pire of Germany,'have invented certain new Figs. 2 and 3, a rod 1, supported in bearings F and useful Improvements in or Relating to 2, the curtain B, made in two parts of any 55 Coin-Freed Delivery and Exhibition Appasuitable fabric, (in Fig. 1 only partly visible,) ratus, of which the following is a specificabeing movably mounted on the said rod 1 by tion. means of rings a, Fig. 2. The rings 3 are The automatic machine according to the shown in Fig. 2 in the position when the curpresent invention for selling packets of chocotain is closed. lVith the two central rings 3- 6o lates or other goods is combined with an au- 2'. 8., those at the inner ends of the curtaintomatic exhibition apparatus actuated by halves-engage by means of springs 5 levers F mechanism actuated by the coin releasing 4:, pivoted at 4", their rear ends being northe selling mechanism. The stage is normally pressed toward each other by the mally closed by a curtain opening and clossprings 5. These ends of the levers are pro- 65 ing automatically. vided with friction-rollers, which are then The invention chiefly consists in the conpressed against a cam 6, consisting of two struction and manner of drawing the curtain, similar parts 6 and 6, connected by pins in the mechanism for eifecting the perform- 6, but arranged in areverse position relaance, in the apparatus for receiving and detively to each other, as shown in Fig. 2. If 7 o livering separate packets of goods, and in the this cam-disk, secured to a vertical spindle device for releasing the mechanism by means 7, rotates in the direction indicated by the of a coin. arrow, Fig. 2, the rear arms of the levers 4t In the accompanying drawings, Figure lis move outward, whereupon the front arms a view with the curtain drawn aside, the boxdraw aside the two halves of the curtain. shaped foundation or lower portion of the Then the friction-rollers move for a certain frame being omitted, as it does not possess time on the concentric parts of the circumany special features. Fig. 2 is a plan correference of the cam 6, the curtain remaining 0 sponding to Fig. 1, the cover of the casing open all the time. Finally the recessed porbeing removed. Fig. 3 is an elevation of the tions of the. cam 6 again come opposite the mechanism for drawing the curtain and givrollers, when the springs 5 cause the levers ing the performance, being a section through to return into their original position, Fig. 2, the intermediate cover A, Fig. 2, of the casand close the curtain.

3 5 ing. Fig. 4 is an elevation of the goods-con- The spindle '7 is driven by the mechanism taining part, with the delivery device, which hereinafter described. 8 5

l latter is on the same level as the flap-door g The principal figure on the stage is the in the base of the stage, Fig. 1. Fig. 5 is a fairy'0, in the form of a jointed doll. The plan, and Fig. 6 a vertical cross-section, of upper body 0 of the figure, Fig. 12, is con- 0 the delivery device; Fig. '7, a front elevation nected to the fixed lower body 0 bya hingeof the delivering device; Fig. 8, a plan of the joint 0. A rod 8, passing through the lower 0 frame 20, over which is arranged the deliverbody 0 presses against 0 and causes the uping device; Figs. 9 to 11 are respectively per body to bend when the rod is raised. The front and side elevations and a plan of the arm a, which, according to Fig. 1,holdsaham- 45 operating mechanism, and Fig. 12 is a detail mer, is pivoted to O and connected to a cord View of the movable body of the principal 9. When the latter is pulled, the arm hold- 5 figure on the stage. ing the hammer is raised and then falls and The upper part A of the casing, Fig. 1, is strikes the bell D, held by a dwarf D. formed in imitation of a theatrical stage and Oupids E E, Fig. 1, soar over the fairy and hold a diadem 6, with which they crown her when descending, and then rise again. They are suspended by strings 10, which, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3, are guided over pulleys 10, carried on the cover A and secured to a lever 11, pivoted at 11. A crank-pin 12 on the cam (5 engages with the slotted rear arm of the lever and moves the latter at first to one and then to the other side when the cam 6 rotates, so that the cupids are at first lowered and then raised again. Two more cupids F F are seated on a board f,which advances and moves back, together with the hereinafter-described part for delivering the goods. They are provided with musical instruments, the music in reality being produced by a playing mechanism connected to the operating mechanism.

The plinth or base G, Fig. 1, representing a rock, is provided with a flap-door g, hinged by means of a hinge-joint g at its upper edge. The door is opened by the packet of goods pushed forward by the advancing delivering part. The packet is thus pushed out and falls through a chute h, Fig. 1 in dotted lines, behind the glass plate into a cup H, arranged outside, from which it can be removed.

The performance takes place in the following manner: At first the curtain is drawn aside, and the fairy becomes visible. She bows, is crowned by the cupids, and by striking the bell causes the packet of goods to appear. At the same time music is heard and seems to be produced by the advancing seated cupids. After the packet has appeared the curtain is drawn again.

The stage may be illuminated when the curtain is drawn aside bymeans of an incandescent lamp 2' at A, Fig. 3, which is switchedin or out in any well-known manner by means of the operating mechanism.

Of course the performance may be considerably varied as regards the meaning, arrangement, and movement of the figures, the other special features of the apparatus remaining the same.

The arrangement for holding and delivering the goods consists of a frame K, constituted by four vertical rods with the necessary cross-stays. The frame K is secured in the lower portion of the main frame, so that its top, with the delivering part, is on the level with the door g. The frame K is placed close behind the door g. Two angle-irons 13, arranged at the sides, Figs. 4, 6, and 8, serve to guide the packet pushed out toward the door. Both the bars k of the frame K, which are the rear ones in Fig. 4 and the right-hand ones in Fig. 6, are constituted by angle-irons. The two others, 76', consist of an gle-irons only from the top down to the cross-piece 14, Fig. 4. Under the latter there is a frame 15, hinged at the bottom at 15 and capable of opening outward and held closed by a pawl l6,mounted on the cross-piece 14. The superposed packets 00 w are suitably guided in their upward movement by the barsk 7t orby the frame 15. They are introduced in lots through the free space formed by opening the frame 15. For this purpose the piston K, mounted on the rod 17, is depressed and a number of packets introduced, the piston beingthen raised up to the cross-piece 14, whereby the packets are pushed up. The piston K is then again depressed and a new lot of packets introduced, and so on. Then the frame is full, the frame 15 is closed and held by the pawl 16. The rod 17 is suitably guided in a tube 18. A longhelical spring 19 forces the piston and the packets upward.

Over k 70' there is arranged an open rectangular frame 20, Figs. 6 and 8, at such a distance above the top of the bars that only one packet can pass at a time. Over the frame 20 there is a rod 21, affording a guide for the advancing part L. The latter consists of a slide-block 22,which engages at the bottom with a slot 23 of the plate 23 and prevents the slide-block 22 from turning relatively to the rod 21, and of a slide 24, pivoted to the block 22 at 24. During the return movement (to the right-hand side, Fig. 6) the slide 24 slides on the top of the upper packet 00, behind which it drops when the slide-block 22 passes beyond the packet. During the advance, however, the slide 24 engages like a hook with the top packet w and causes the packet to participate in its movement. The slide-block 22 is caused to move by means of the lever-arm 25, Figs. 4 and 5, carried on the vertical spindle 26, which is rocked by the operating mechanism. The slide-block 22 carries by means of a pin 27 the board or crosspiece f, carrying the cupids F F.

The operating mechanism is connected to a musical box of anywell=known construction. The musical box shown in the example illustrated comprises a spring-barrel 28, (shown dotted in Fig. 10,) a toothed barrel 29, (shown in Figs. 10 and 11,) and a spur-wheel 30 on the spindle 31 of the roller shown in Figs. 9 to 11. On this spindle 31 is mountedadisk 32, with two diametrically opposite notches, Fig. 9, with one of which engages a pin 33 of a weighted ratchet-lever 34 after each half-revolution. (The barrel makes only half a revolution each time that it is actuated and plays, say, one piece each time.) The lever 34 is pivoted at 34. One arm of 34 engages with the coin-lever 35, pivoted at 35. The coinlever carries a plate 35 over which is situated the end of the coin-chute 0, (partially shown dotted in Fig. 10,) extending from the slot 0 on the front of the casing, Fig. 1. \Vhen the coin-lever 35 descends under the weight of a coin, (which falls off immediately afterward,) the end of lever 34 connected to the coin-lever is depressed and the opposite end elevated, and thus the pin 33 is disen= gaged from the disk 32, and at the same time the pin 36 of the lever 36 comes under the raised arm of the lever 34, which pin nor mally rests against the end face of the lever 34, Fig. 9, and prevents the ratchet-lever 34 from again engaging with the disk 32. Only when one of the two pins 37 on the side of the spur-wheel 38 forces back the pawl 36 the ratchet-lever 3i can engage again with the disk 32 after one-half of a revolution has been completed. The spur-wheel 38,1nounted upon the horizontal shaft 39, meshes with and is driven by the spur-wheel on the spindle 31. Two bevel-wheels 40 cause the spindle 7 to turn through one revolution at each half-revolution of 30, (the spindle '7 serving to draw the curtain and effect the performance.) Further, at each half-revolution of 39 one of the pins 4:1 on the disk 42, Figs. 10 and 11, presses against the lever 43, pivoted about 43, this latter lever having attached to it the cord 9 for moving the arm 0 ofthe figure C, Fig. 12. A cam 44: on the shaft 30, with two diametrically opposite projections, Fig. 11, raises the bar 8 for inclining the upper part C of the body 0 forward, Fig. 12. Finally, a pair of bevel-wheels 2L5 drives the intermediate spindle 4G, and the latter by means of a pair of spur-wheels turns the vertical spindle 48, provided with a crank i9 and a crank-pin 50. This latter pin engages with the slotted arm 51 on the levershaft 26, actuating the delivering part L, Fig. I, causing it to reciprocate.

The working of the apparatus is as follows: The curtain is closed. The delivering part L is in the position shown in Fig. 6, which has been brought about by the piston K rising after the uppermost packet has been pushed out and raising a new packet against the frame 20. This packet at the same time raised the slide 24 into the position shown in Fig. 6. By introducing a coin the ratchetlever 34: is released from the engagement with the disk 32 through the intermediary of the coin-lever 35. The pin 36 of the lever 36 then 4 comes under the lever 34: and the mechanism begins to act. At first the curtainB is drawn aside by means of levers 4 and the cam-disk [3. During the time that the music plays the fairy O bows and the cupids E E descend and crown her with the diadem. Her arm 0, carrying the hammer, is raised and strikes the bell. Meanwhile the delivery part I. (together with the cupids F F) has retreated and advanced again,and at the moment of the hammer striking the bell a packet falls through the door g into the cup II. Thereupon one of the pins 37 disengages the lever 36, and the ratchet-lever 34 engages with the next notch of the disk 32, the curtain closing just before this takes place.

I do not wish to confine my invention to the particular devices described, as of course many details may be varied without depart ing from the spirit of the invention.

I claim 1. In an apparatus such as described, the combination with the motor set in operation by the insertion of a coin, of the article-delivery mechanism operated by said motor, the figure having an upper jointed portion and pivoted arm, the drive-shaft, the cam thereon, the rod connected to the upper portion of the figure, and adapted to be raised by the cam, the disk carried by the drive-shaft and having the pins, the pivoted lever adapted to be struck by the pins on the disk, a flexible connection between the pivoted arm of the figure and the said lever, and the bell whereby an alarm will be given when the apparatus is working; substantially as described.

2. In an apparatus such as described, the combination with the frame carrying the articles to be delivered, of the plate mounted at the top of said frame,having the slot therein the rod carried by said plate, the block sliding on said rod, and extending down into the slot, whereby the block will be guided and prevented from turning on the rod, and coin-controlled mechanism for operating said block; substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

3. In an apparatus such as described, the combination with the frame carrying the articles to be delivered, of the plate carried by said frame, having the slot therein, the rod mounted on said plate, the block sliding on said bar and extending down into the slot, the finger or catch pivoted on the lower end of the block to turn in but one direction, whereby when the block is moved back the catch will slide over the top of the packet and drop behind the same when the block passes beyond the packet, and coin-controlled mechanism for moving said block; substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

a. In an apparatus, such as described, the combination with the rectangular frame carrying the articles to be delivered, formed of the vertical angle-irons, the flanges on the lower portion of two of the bars being moved, whereby the articles may be inserted in the frame, and the pivoted frame for holding the articles in the frame; substantially as de scribed.

In witness whereof I have hereto set my hand in the presence of the two subscribing witnesses.

ALBERT ERNST THEODOR DALLMER.

'Witnesses:

OTTO WoLFF, P. HUGO DUMMER.

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