US1859635A - Vending machine - Google Patents

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Patented May 24, 1932 PATENT OFFICE JOSEPH ROS-E, OF VICTORIA, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA VENDING MACHINE Application filed October 23, 1930. Serial No. 490,750.

My invention relates to improvements in vending machines which are particularly adapted for vending substantially spherical articles such as gum balls, apples, oranges 6 and the like.

The objects of the invention are to provide means whereby a plurality of articles are disposed in View of the purchaser and are progressively transferred in response to 10 the operation of an arm to a delivery tray.

The invention consists essentially of a model of a man having a viewing opening displaying a plurality of article receiving channels communicating with a delivery 15 mechanism, which latter consists of a curvilinear incline and a pivotally mounted lever adapted to be moved by a manually operable arm to transfer an article received to a discharge passage communicating with 20 the upper end of the incline, as will be more fully described in the following specification and shown in the accompanying drawings, in which Fig. 1 is a general view of the invention.

Fig. 2 is a plan View taken on the line 2-2 of Figure 1.

Fig. 3 is a front view of the receiving compartment partly broken away to show the operating mechanism.

Fig. 4 is a sectional view taken on the line 44 of Figure 2.

In the drawings like characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in each figure.

The numeral 1 indicates generally a model of a man having a hollow body portion 2, one pivotally mounted arm 3 and a fixed tubular arm 4 terminating in an open hand 5 which serves as a delivery tray for the ar- 40 ticles dispensed. Mounted inside the body portion 2 is a casing 6 divided into two compartments respectively numbered 7 and 8.

The compartment 7 is preferably curved horizontally to conform to the front of the 45 body portion and has side walls 9, a rear wall 10 supporting vertical divisions 11, and a glass front 12, which affords a view to the articles to be sold. Access to the compartment 7 is provided through a hinged cover 0 13 equipped with a suitable lock, not shown.

The lower end of the compartment 7 is provided with a curved and inclined bottom wall 14 which is at a suitable distance below the lower extremities of the divisions 11 to form a transverse passage 15 which terminates at its lower end with a duct 16 leading to the compartment 8.

The compartment 8 is provided with rear and side walls 17 and an arcuate bottom wall 18, shown in dotted line in Figure 3, leading from the rear end of the duct 16 to the opening at the upper end of the tubular arm 4 as at 19. The arm 3 is mounted for swinging movement upon a pivot pin 20 and is fitted adjacent thereto with a segmental gear 21, which is adapted to impart a rotational movement through an idler gear 22 to a gear 23. Operatively connected to the gear 23 is a lever 24 having at its lower end a hinge pin 25 and a stop 26, and mounted upon the hinge pin is'a forked paddle 27 which is capable of swinging forwardly towards the opening 19 but is prevented by the stop 26 from moving rearwardly beyond the line of the lever 24. At the lower end of the bottom wall 18 of the compartment 8 is a vertical stop 28, see Figure 4, which serves to prevent the downward movement of an article along said wall after its delivery to the compartment 8through the duct 16. A coin lock 29 of anysuitable type having a retractible latch 30 is mounted below the arm 3, in such a position as to permit its latch to engage a slot 31 in the arm adjacentits pivot pin 20, so that when a coin is deposited in the lock 29 the latch is withdrawn to permit the arm to be drawn downwardly.

The operation of the machine is as follows hen a coin has been inserted into the coin lock 29 to withdraw the latch 30 from the slot 31 the arm 3 is swung downwardly by the purchaser, which action through the idler 22 and the gear 23 imparts an upward swinging movement to the lever 24, thus causing the paddle 27 to sweep the article adjacent the vertical stop 28 upwards along the arcuate wall 18 into the tubular arm 4 through which it passes by gravity into the hand or delivery tray 5. As soon as the article has passed the delivery end of the duct 16 another of the articles which had been placed in superimposed relation between the divisons 11 of the compartment 7 and had passed into the duct 16, passes into position upon the arcuate wall 18. Subsequent to the dispensing of one article thelarm 3 is released and on returning to normal position permits the lever 9A to swing downwardly and on approaching the end of its return stroke, the paddle 27 comes into contact with the newly positioned article to be dispensed, the final returning movement of the lever causing the paddle to rock about the hinge pin 25 and to be drawn over the article and finally to fall by gravity into a position of alignment with the lever 24. As the arm 3 reaches the end of its return stroke the latch 30 again engages the slot 31 of the arm to prevent its further movement until again released in response to the insertion of a coin in the lock 29.

hat I claim as my invention is:

A vending machine comprising a receiving compartment and a discharge compartment, said receiving compartment having a plurality of vertical divisions between which articles to be vended are supported in columnar form, an inclined passage extending below said divisions, a duct communicating between the lower end of said passage and the discharge compartment, said discharge compartment having an arcuate bottom wall communicating at its upper end with a delivery opening, a reciprocatory arm having at its free end a hingedly mounted paddle adapted on the forward stroke of the arm to sweep an article entering said compartment from the duct along the inclined wall to the delivery opening and on the return stroke of the arm to pass over a second article entering the compartment during the movement of the first article towards the delivery opening.

Dated at Victoria, B. (1, Canada, this 1st day of October, 1930.

JOSEPH ROSE.

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