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V. P. DE KNIGHT. 00m CONTROLLED SURFACE EXHIBITOR.

Reissued Mar. 19, 1895.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

VICTOR I. DE KNIGHT, OF WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

COIN-CONTROLLED SURFACE-EXHIBITOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Reissued Letters Patent No. 11,479, dated March 19, 1895. Original No. 523,569, dated July 24, 1894. Application for reissue filed January 5, 1896. Boris] 110.533.9238.

svhich the impelling power is stored until repassage of the coin, may be dispensed with, preferably employed to prevent the machine from beingoperated by the insertion of a knife blade or the like through the coin slot.

The invention will first reference to the accompanying,

To all rvhom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, Vroron P. DE KNIGHT, a citizen of the United States, residing at Washington, in the District of Columbia, have invented certain in (Join-Controlled Surface-Exhibitors; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention,

be described with drawings,

such as will enable others skilled, in the art which form a part of this specification, and to which it appertains tomake and use the then pointed out in the claims at the end of same. the description.

In carrying out my invention I may employ as the rotating surface-exhibiting elemeutan annular disk suitably journaled in a casing and adapted to b impelled by the recoil or This invention relates to coin-controlled apparatusgbut more particularly to that type of machines in which is employed a rotating surface exhibiting element, usually in the form of a d'isk, wheel, or drum, having pictures or other matter thereon adapted to be exhibited by the movement of theiexhibitin'g surface past a window or opening provided in the casing within which the rotating ele ment is secured.

()no object of the invention is to provide surface-exhibact of depositeugage a wheel operasaid disk, together with a movable arm or rocking bell-crank pivotally connected to said lever and adapted to be directly acted upon and forcibly moved by the coin which is being deposited, so as to cause the lever to swing upon its pivot against the action of the spring and thereby store power for rotating or spinning the disk, the lever and spring being preferably held in the desired position until released by the coin in its further passage acting upon a releasing device, whereby I positively eifect the desired movement of the exhibiting devices by the introduction of a coin through the coin slot without using a pull-rod or push-bar to complete the operation.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, wherein I have illustrated a preferred form and arrangement of mechanical devices for accomplishing the desired results, Figure 1 represents a rear view of the operating mechanism secured inside of an inclosing casing: the rear wall or plate of said casing being removed. Fig. 2 represents a vertical section taken on the line w-m in Fig. 1. Fig. .l is a plan view of the coin-operated bell-crank lever; and Fig. 4 is a side view of the same and the coin guide plates.

A is an inclosing case of any convenient form or design, and a is a plate to which the working mechanism of the device is secured.

B is a bracket secu red to the plateiq, and b is a journal pin secured to the said bracket and projecting through a hole in the plate (I.

C is a sleeve journaled on the pin h and an tively connected with ing a coin, so as to dispense with the usual anxiliarydevice such as apull-rod orpush-bar employed in machines of this characterasameans for effecting the desired movement of the exhibiting device aftera coin has been dulydeposited, whereby I avoid the necessity for manipulating such auxiliary devices in order to cause the impelling machinery to operate and put the exhibiting device in motion, and at the same time simplify the machine and increase its elliciency, while decreasing the cost of manufacture.

Anotherobject is to provide means whereby the exhibiting devices are adapted to operate only when a coin is deposited in a legitimate manner, so as to prevent meddlesome or dishonest persons from tampering with or beat iug the machine, this being accomplished by adapting the impelling mechanism to be thrown into position forimparti'ng motion to the exhibiting devices by the deposit of a coin operating directly upon an a mconnecting with the impelling mechanism and retained in such position until automatically released the coin itself in its further passage, so

crate and impart motion to tho exhibiting devices. This latter feature of construction for the spring in preventing the reaction of may be dispensed with if desired.

to the sleeve 0.

ranged to turn thereon with as little friction as possible; and c is a rotating element or exhibiting disk secured to the said sleeve 0.

D is a stationary disk secured on the end of the pin b. D is a glass window arranged in front of the disks D and 0, but this window The front of the disk 0 is the surface upon which the pictures or other subject matter to be exhibited are placed.

The pictures are exhibited by the disk 0 when revolved, and may be seen through the window D. A pointer d or a mark on the disk D is used to call attention to whichever icture or subject that may be behind it when the disk 0 stops, after having been revolved or spun; or, if desired,the window D may be partially opaque andhave only a small sighthole through which a.single picture or suhj set may be displayed in the manner commonly used in picture exhibitors of this class.

The pictures may be men, horses or other figures in racing attitude, or mottoes such as are ordinarily found on wheels of fortune.

E is atoothed wheel operatively connected In a simple machine the wheel E is secured to the sleeve C,but it is preferably connected to it by a'ratchet mechanism.

E is a ratchet wheel secured to the sleeve C, and e is a spring-actuated'pawl pivoted to the wheel E and engaging with the ratchet wheel. This ratchet wheelpermits the wheel E to run loose on the sleeveC in one direction.

1? is a lever having a toothed segment 'F' at or near one end, its opposite end being pivoted on the pin f proje'ctingfrom thezplate a, and f is a spring normally holding the toothed segment out of gear with the toothed wheel E. I

G is a plate secured to the front of the plate a and provided with a'slot g of a size suitable to permit a small coin, such asaeent, to be inserted through it, and topass througha hole in the plate a.

H are-guide plates adjacent. to the slot'g. These guide plates are of any convenient-size and shape which will prevent the coin from .dropping prematurely when thrust into-.the

slot.

I is a bell-crank lever pivoted on thepin i behind the slot g. One'arm h of this bellerank lever is arranged in the path of the coin and is preferably curved and provided with a rounded edge sothat the coin may slip off it suddenly.

J is the chute the coin slides down after passing through the slot g.

The other arm of the bell-crank lover I is pivotally-eonnected to the toothed segment F by the rod 2''.

When a coin is thrust through the. slot 9 it pushes back the arm h, as shown in Fig. 3, and moves the toothed segment F into :gear with thewheel E. when the ratchet mechanism is notrused the toothed segment revolves thedisk': for a part of a revolution,and the the slipping off the coin use of the said ratchet mechanism is to permit the toothed segment to revolve the wheel E for a part of a revolution in one direction without turning the disk 0. \lfhcn the coin slips off the arm h and falls down, the coin chute the spring f pulls back the toothed segment suddenly. This gives the toothed wheel E and the disk 0 a sharp spin, and they continue to revolve for some time after the toothed segment has passed out of gear with the wheel E. v The impulse given to the disk 0 is a mere matter of chance depending upon off the arm h and the accidental suddenness with which the spring f is permitted to act. The position of any particular picture or motto on the disk 0 with regard to the pointer or sight'hole when the disk stops, is therefcre'amatter of great uncertainty,'and this constitutes the attraction or pleasure to be derived'by using the device. lhe toothed segment is preferably provided with stops h .to limit its movements, the stop being made ad justahle to vary the throw of the lever.

In order to prevent the device from being used otherwise than by inserting a coin in a legitimate manner, a toothed bar K is pivoted on'thepin kiprojectiug from the plate a.

M is a spring which normally supports the bar K and holds it in contact'with the under side of a .pin 'm which .projects from the toothed segment F. The bar K is provided with a, plate In at its end,- and this plate is arranged uuder the coin chute. If a knite'blade is inserted through the coin slot, the arm h is pushed back and the toothed se ment is turned to the left, but the springf fails to spin the disk 4; because the teeth of 'the bar K engage with the pin m and preventihe toothed segment from moving to the right.

When thedevioe is operated by a coin insertedin a legitimate manner, the toothed segment is first turned to the left and the pin 'm-caused to engage with one or another of the teeth of the barK according to the accidental slipping of the coinoli the arm h, and the toothed segment is then released suddenlybythe weight of the coin which falls onto the plate It and depresses the toothed bar K. The coin then slides off the plate 70' and falls to the bottom of the case A.

The spring employed to retract the lever which spins the-exhibiting disk is arranged to hold said lever normally out of engagement with the wheel which imparts motion to the disk, as shown and described, but the lever may be retained in engagement with said wheel by adjusting the stop or set screyv h so as to limit its backward movement; the ratchet mechanism permitting the use of the device in either position lot the lever, but

the first mentioned position is preferred becaluse of thegreater freedom of movement.

What I claim is- 1. A coin-controlled apparatus corn rising a suitable case having a. coin gui e slot therein, a rotatable surface exhibiting ele- IEIO ment, a power storing springand mechanism connected therewith adapted to rotate said exhibiting element, a pivoted arm arranged in the path of a coin inserted in said slot, and connections between said arm and spring whereby the coin which is being deposited is made to act upon said arm in opposition to the spring so as to cause the latter to store sutiicient power to spin said rotating element when the coin has been forced past the arm, substantially as described.

2. A coin-controlled surface exhibiting apparatus comprising a rotatable exhibiting element,a pivoted lever and intermediate connections whereby said element is caused to revolve when said lever is moved in one direction, a plate provided with a coin slot, an

arm pivoted behind said slot in the path of a coin deposited therein so as to adapt the arm to be moved by forced through the slot, a rod pivotally connecting said arm and pivoted lever, and a spring adapted to yieldingly resist the movement of said leverand arm when the latteris pressed by the coin and to retract the lever and thereby rotate said exhibiting element upon the passage of the coin. past the arm substantiallyas described.-

3. In a coin-controlled apparatus having a suitable casing within a coin-slot therein, the combination with a revoluble exhibiting disk, of an arm adapted to be forcibly moved by the deposit of a coin, and intermediate mechanism adapted to revolve said disk, together with a spring-actuated locking bar adapted to prevent the impellingmechanism from revolving the disk until a coin has been deposited and moved past the said arm and thereupon to be automatically released by the coin acting thereon so as to permit the impelling mechanism to start and spin the disk, substantially as described.

4. A coin-controlled surface exhibitor comprising a revoluble disk, a swinging lever and intermediate connections whereby the disk will be revolved when said lever is moved in one direction, a spring opposing the movement of said lever in the reverse direction adapted by its reaction to retract the lever and spin the disk, and a spring-actuated bar adapted to hold said lever when moved by the coin in opposition to the spring until acted upon by the coin in its further passage so as to release ,the lever and permit the spring to retract the lever and thereby spin the'disk, substantially as described.

5. The combination, with a revoluble exhibiting disk, and a toothed wheel operative! y con nected therewith; of a pivoted toothed segment adapted to gear into the toothed wheel, a plate provided with a coin slot, an arm pivoted behind the slot in the path of the coin, and operated thereby when pushed forcibly through the slot, a rod pivotally connecting the coin when the latter is the said arm and segment, and a spring normally holding the said segment out of gear with the said wheel operating to retract the segment and spin the exhibiting disk upon the passage of a coin past the said arm, sub stantially as set forth.

6. The combination, with a revoluble exhibiting disk, a toothed wheel journaled concentric therewith, and ratchet mechanism connecting the said disk and wheel and permitting the wheel .to run loose in one direction; of a pivoted toothed segment, a 'spring normally holding the said segment out of gear with the said wheel, a pivoted arm adapted to be forcibly pushed back by a coin, and a rod pivotal] y connecting the said arm and segment, whereby the disk is spun upon the passage of a coin past the said arm, substantially as set forth.

7. The combination, with a revoluble exhibiting disk, and a toothed wheel arranged concentric with the disk and operatively connected with it of a pivoted toothed segment, a spring normally holding the said segment out of gear with the said wheel, and a pivoted arm connected with the said segment, and adapted to be forcibly pushed back by a coin, thereby moving the segment into gear with the wheel and permitting the said spring to retract the said segment and spin the disk when the coin slips past the said arm, substantially as set forth.

8. The combination, with a revoluble exhibiting disk, and a toothed wheel operatively connected therewith; of apivoted toothed segment provided with a projecting pin, a springsupported toothed bar engaging with the said pin, coin-controlled operating devices for moving the toothed disk into gear with the said toothed wheel, and a spring for retracting the said toothed segment suddenly and causing the said disk to spin freely upon the insertion and descent of a coin, substantially as set forth.

9. The combination, with a revoluble exhibitin g disk, and a toothedwheel operatively connected therewith; of a pivoted toothed segment, 2. plate provided with a coin slot and coin guide plates, at bell-crank lever pivoted behind the slot and having one arm arranged between the guide plates in the path of the coin, a rod pivotall y connecting the other arm of the bell-crank lever with the toothed segment, and a spring normally holding the toothed segment out of gear with the said wheel and operating to spin thesaid disk upon the insertion of a coin, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

VICTOR P. DE KNIGHT. Witnesses: 1

J. A. E. CRISWELL, CHAS. E. RIORDON.

It is hereby certified that in Reissue Letters Patent No. 1,479, granted March 19, 1895, upon the application of Victor P. De Knight, of T ashington, District of Columbia, for an improvement in Coin-Controlled Surfam Exhibitors, an error appears in the printed specification requiring the following correction, viz: In line 30, page 3, the word within should read with; and that the said Letters Patent should be read with this correction therein that the same may conform to the record of the case in the Patent Office.

Signed, eountersigned, and sealed this 26th day of March, A. D. 1895.

JNO. M. REYNOLDS,

Assistant Secretary of the Interior.

[SEAL] Countersigned:

JOHN S. SEYMOUR,

Commissioner of Patents.

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