US1609244A - Vending machine - Google Patents

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Nov. 30, 1926. 1,309,244.

F. J. GooDYER Er AL VENDING MACHINE Filed April 21. 1923 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Nov. 30, 1926. 1,609,244

F. J. GooDYER Er Al.

VENDING MACHINE Filed April 21, 1923 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 IN V ENT 0R S FIMNC/d. GOUDYER MBROSEE. @GODYER Patente ov. 'l 3,126.

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Application ledppril y21, 1923. Serial No. 633,653.

` This invention relates to new and useful improvements'in vending machines andparticularly to machines adapted for the sale of music rolls or such like articles, and the object of the invention is to provides. coin controlled mechanism for dispensing said articles from the machine.

Another object is to provide a mechanism into which the coin cannot be inserted-when the machine is exhausted of the articles to be vended.

A. further object is to provide a device into which the coincannot be inserted until the operating handle'is in a position for withdrawing the article to be vended.

A still Afurther object is to provide a coin controlled vending `machine which will be simple in operation and inexpensive to man' ufacture. y y

In our invention We provide a case at the top and bottom of which is mounted a pair of drums, with a pair of endless belts passing around said drums, one set of which is driven to move the belt. Clips are provided on the belt .for holding the articles to be vended. A handle is provided for operating the said4 device, said handle having. an extension in which a slot is cut adapted for the reception of a coin. The coin connects the handle with a slot in a guided sliding bar, at' one end' of which is fitted withdrawing forks having rearwardly projecting tails to hold the articles against premature rise. The forks engage with the article and deliver it to a delivery chute on the front of the machine. The Aslot in the guided bar is ada ted to coincide with a slt in the guides so t at when the article is ready for delivery the coin drops through this slot and.falls into a coin receptacle.

A coin slot closing mechanism is provided to close the slot when the machine has become Vexhausted of the articles tobe vended, said mechanism being operated by the rolls in the clips.

In the drawings: i

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the device.

Figure 2 is a cross sectional elevation of the machine showing the mechanism.

Figure 3 is a plan view of the coin controlled mechanism.

Figure 4 is an elevation looking onthe back of the machine showing the belts.

Figure 5 is a perspective view of the coin controlling mechanism.

Figure. 6 is a detail perspective view. Referring more particularly to the drawings, 11 designates a case which is provided dles 16 situated one at the top and one at v the bottom are the endless belts 17 spaced from one another and provided with sprin clips 18 adapted to hold the rolls 19 whic are the articles to be vended. A spring 20 f is mounted on the upper spindle and adapted lto give a motion to the belt as shown in Figl ure 2 by the arrow A. Guides 21 are provided to hold the belts in position. Av locking device is provided to hold the belt against movement when the case is open for refilling the empty spring clips.` This lock, ing comprises a pin 22 placed through the upper spindle and adapted to revolve withl same. Slidably mounted within the guides 23 attached to the side of the case is an engaging bar 26 provided with a handle 25. The bar 26 engages with the pin 22 when .locking they movement of the belt and canA be pulled out of engagement with the pin when the machine is inrthe operative posi-` tion. Passing through the extension 12 is a bar 24 which is provided with a handle 27. This bar is of the double or forked type and is provided with a slot and is made wide and thick enoughto receive a lcoin equal in commercial value to the value of the articles to be vended. Upon the bar 24 is mounted a withdrawing fork support 28 vwhich is also provided-at one end with tingers 29 adapted to coincide with the lingers in the bar 24. This support is also provided with a slot 29a cut inthe 4fingers adapted to receive the aforementioned coin, said coin engaging with the bar 24 and the fingers 29, so that when the handle is pulled both the bar 24A and the withdrawing fork lsupport will move in unison. At the end of the support 28, remote from the handle, is mounted the withdrawing fork 30 which is provided with a tail piece 31 adapted to prevent premature rise of the belts, said tail piece being so positioned to en age with the next' article, or roll, when one o the rolls has been withdrawn, a recess 32 being formed in the withdrawing fork to pull the roll from the belt'and deliver it tc the chute 14. The fin ers of the withdrawing fork support and t e bar 24 are mounted between upper guides 23 and a lower uide 34, said lower guide extending across t e total width of the bar 24. An aperture 35 is cut 1n the lower guide and so positioned that as soon as the roll is delivered to the chute the coin will pass through said aperture into a cin receptacle 36 situated within the extension 12 of 'thecase 11. A spring 37 is mounted between the fingers and fastened to the .inner face of the extension 12 to assist the coin throu h the aperture into the receptacle 36. he end 38 of the bar 24 is adapted to engage with shoulders formed in. .the withdrawing fork support when said bar is moved inwardly only. To provide a quick return for the handle a rod 39 is oscillatably mounted on a pin 40 passing through the fingers of the forked end of the handle extension, and around said rod is placed a compression spring 41 engaging at its upper end with a collar42 fixed to the rod and at its lowei` end with a bracket 43 extending across the coin receptacle 36 and terminating in right angular extensions 43 which are bolted or otherwise Y secured to the side walls of the coin receptacle. The rod passes through an aperture 43`of said bracket and is so positioned that the spring is4 first compressed when thehandle is withdrawn and as soon as the rod passes the vertical position or dead centre, the handle is pushed outwardly by the spring thus ensurin delivery of the roll and rece tion of t e coin. The reverse motion ta es place .when'returning the handle and forkto the operative position. The handle is pushed' inwardl until the rod passes the` dead centre and t e spring returns the fork and handle to the operative position. The

coin is deilvered to the machine through a coin receiver'44 which comprises a flat.

tubular device which guides the coin towards the engaging slots in the fingers of the handle extension and the fingers of the with-l drawing fork support. To prevent coins from being inserted into the machine when the machine becomes exhausted an oscillatably mounted lever 45 with one end 46 pivotally connected to a bracket 47 is attached to the inner side of the extension 12. The other end 47 is provided with a rounded/slot 48 adapted to receive a pin or rounded end 49 of a lever 50 which'is oscillatably mounted on apin 51 mounted on the side of the extension 12. This lever is bent at its lower end and so positioned that said lower end engages' with the rolls or articles to be vended and is moved by the movement ofsame, so that the lever 45 has a horizontal motion. A-projection 52 is provided on the lever '45 and adapted to enter a slot 53 cut in the coin chute when the machine is empty or when withdrawing a roll from the machine. The ope y follows: A coin is inserted iii the 'machine through the coin chute and so guided that it connects the handle, fork extension and the withdrawing fork support,` the withdrawing fork engaging with a roll which is positioned within the recess formed in the withdrawing fork. The handle is then pulled against the com ression spring device thereby pulling one rol clear o the spring clips in the belt and carrying it forward to the delivery chute. The belt .is provided with a spring operating device which causes it to move in the direction indicated by the arrow A- in Figure 2. To prevent premature rie of the belt theextensio'n or tail piece 31 engages with the next roll and holds it in position until the handle is returned to the operative position, i. e.2 with the roll vengaging with the withdrawing fork recess.

While the handle is withdrawn the lever 50 drops to engage with the next roll thereby closing the coin slot. When the machine is exhausted of the articles to be vended the lever 50 drops thereby operati the lever ration of the device is asV bar 45'l and closing the com slot t rough the medium of the projection 52. To return to the operative position the handle is first -ing the belt vfrom movement .when the ex' tensionis opened the hand operated lever situated at the top of the case is preed upwardly so that it engages with e pin passing through the upper spindle on which -are fixedly mounted t e belt drums.'

To prevent backward movement of the handle during the cycle of operations, saw

'toothed slots 54 are cut or ormed in the 'bottom guides. The:e slots allow freemovement of the handle in the withdrawing position but if the handleis pushed inwardly the coin engages with 'saw tooth slots and locks it againstl inward movement. Thus the machine must be operated through its full cycle of operations and the coin delivered into the coin receptacle before another roll can be withdrawn or delivered from the machine.

To prevent operation of the machine when it is empty, a dummy roll 56 is secured to the belt. No part of this roll extends beyond the outer edges of the belt to en age with the coin slot closing mechanism w 'ch is operated by the lever 50. The dummy roll engages with the recess 32v and prevents belt movement. The coin slot is closed and no coin can be inserted into the coin chute.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim is 1. Ejector operating means for vending machines comprising a pair of superimposed independently slidable members, said members being formed with longitudinal slots und with coin receiving recesses at opposite sides of each slot, the coin receiving recesses in one member being adapted to register with the coin receiving recesses of the other member in the normal position of the members, a chute arranged to guide a coin into the registering recesses of the members to lock the members together for unitary movement, a coin receptable underlying the slot in said members to receive the coin subsequent to movement of the members in one direction, means for engaging the coin during such movement of the members to insure positive deliver of the coin into the receptacle, a rod having one end pivoted to one of said members and the other end passing through an aperture in a suitable bracket so as to permit said rod to oscillate and also have a reciprocating movement in said aperture and a spring encircling said rod between said bracket and an abutment on the rod and adapted to be compressed when the rod is oscillated.

2. Ejector operating means for vending machines comprising a pair of superimposed independently slidable members, said members being formed with longitudinal slots and with coin receiving recesses at opposite sides of each slot, the coin receiving recesses in one member being adapted to register with the coin receiving recesses of the other mem ber in the normal position of the members, a stop carried by one member and engageable with the other member to limit independent movement of the members in one direction, a chute arranged to guide a coin into the registering recesses of the members to lock the members together for unitary movement, a coin receptacle underlying the slots in said members, means for engaging and causing the coin to pass into the receptacle upon movement of the members in one direction, a bracket underlying said members, a rod havin one end passing through an aperture in said bracket so as to permit the rod to oscillate and also have a reciprocating movement in said aperture, and the other end of the rod being pivoted to the lowermost member, an abutment on said rod, a spring encircling the rod between the abutment and the bracket and arranged to be compressed by oscillating movement of the rod in either direction. l

In witness whereof, We have hereunto set our hands.

FRANCIS J. GooDYER. AMBROSE E. GooDYER.

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