US2017817A - Coin controlled vending machine - Google Patents

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Oct. 15, 1935. PERRY 2,017,817

COIN CONTROLLED VENDING MACHINE Filed May 17, 1934 2 Sheets-Sheet J.

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COIN CONTROLLED VENDING MACHHNE Milton H. Perry, East Lansing, Mich.

Application May 17, 1934, Serial No; 726,144

2 Claims. (Cl. 194-69) This invention relates to coin controlled vendin the base as illustrated in Fig. 5, and retained ing machines of the type having a delivering slide by the screw plug 8. adapted to be released by the deposit and inter- In Fig. 1 is shown a center rod 9 having a lower vention of, a coin so that the slide may be drawn end t s w d n o t top of the a and a 5 out and the material delivered to the purchaser. top bore H for a screw l2 whereby the top It of 6 This invention is especially applicable to the sale the container id is removably secured. The top of nut kernels such as peanuts, or other small of e b se p t n I a y has a peripheral articles. ridge I 5 which forms a seat for the open bottom The object of this inv ntion is the production of the container. The containers are usually 10 of a vending apparatus having special construcglass globular vessels open at the top and bottom 10 tion and arrangement of its various parts, and as shown in Fig. 1. comprising a base portion of such construction Projecting upwardly and outwardly from t that it may be independently locked and opened p o t e a p r as Shown in Figs- 2 to remove the deposited coin, and having a conand and provided with a circular coin opentainer for the goods or articles which may be g 15 s the eXtehSiOh I? us y made in two 15 attached and locked to the base by means indipa s nd v n in ri rly the coin chute l8 vidual' in formation and independent of the lock- 7 along wh ch a coin t odu ed in e o en It in devic of th b By thi n t ti may travel downwardly. The coin descends into means may be given one attendant to detach and the inclined coin channel l9 in the slide 2, and fill the container when necessary, and to another e Channel op n a the p into e u e 20 person the means of unlocking the base portion and at the bottom into the base when the slide t l t th coin is pushed inwardly. In Fig. 5 the coin is shown In the accompanying drawings the particular in broken lines and marked 20. In Fig. 5 are also construction and arrangement of the parts of this best Shown the edge recesses and and 111 25 invention ar i11u t -at d Fig. 5 it will be seen that a coin rolling down the 25 F'ig 1 of t drawings representsavertjcal channel l9 will reach a situation between the tion of the invention showing all parts asseml i balls 4 a d which a s m w at at- 1 er in diameter than the recesses 2i and 22 are Fig 2 is a horizontal section on the broken line Wide, and the 00m 23 as Shown y the d tted O l'- 2 of Fig. cle, when the slide is pushed in, forces the balls 80 Fig 3 i a t i of th s1id d t h d and 5 out of engagement with the lock recesses i 4 is a d View of t base akme, t t of the slide allowing the slide to be moved into outer end of the slide presented to the observer. the Position indicated by t breken lines. At

Fig 5 i an enlarged vertical sectional View this position the coin 2c is allowed to drop down through t base illustrating t coin chute, coin into the coin receiving bottom of the base sup- 3!! channel, and the ball stops in the recesses of the P the eonteihers inward movement slide, a coin being indicated in broken 11 of the slide 2 permits the delivery of the vended Fig. 6 is a top view of the special implement for material or articles from the container or globe releasing the connection of the container with M through the Opening 23 in the p Of base i 1- the base tion I into the dispensing and measuring opening 40 Fig 7 is a vertical section of the Special 2d of the slide 2. The slide is then pulled outplement for releasing the container. Wardly allowing the opening 2d to deliver the article to the purchaser and into any receptacle Fig. 8 1s a top new of the individually shaped L head of the screw employed to secure the top of held below t To 1mm E outward the container to the rod connecting the container movement of the Shae a Screw 25 placed in and base the end of the slide and the head of the screw extends downwardly into the slot 26 of the base Thmughmt the drawmgs and descrlptlon the or housing a so that as the slide is pulled outsame number is used to refer to the same part.

wardly the head of the screw 25 strikes the end Consldenng the drawmgs, the upper portlon I of the recess is. If no coin is present the inward 50 0f the ba e a ri s the Slide 2 in a Suitable guidemovement of the slide is limited by the contact way 3. At the top and bottom of the passage 3 of the balls with the ends of the recesses 2! are arranged the looking or retaining balls 4 and and 22.

5, pressed towards each other by the coil springs In Figs. 1, 2 and 5 it is shown that the base 6 and l and retained in suitable cavities formed support of the container consists of the upper 55 --prtion l and a lower portion 21. On one side the portion 2] is held in place by a removable pin 28 in the opening 29, and on the opposite side of the bottom 21 there is an upwardly extending rib 3| which runs parallel and next to a downwardly extending rib 30 of the upper base portion l. The downwardly extending rib has a hole 32 in alignment with a like hole 33 through the upwardly extending rib, and through those holes may be introduced the hasp of a padlock of any suitable structure not shown.

The operation of this invention is believed to be made clear by the foregoing explanation. A coin being inserted by way of the Opening It will find its way between the balls, and as the slide is pushed inwardly the dispensing or article receiving space of the slide is filled from the container, and when the slide is pulled outwardly the article or nut kernels drop into the hand of the purchaser held below the slide.

' It will be further noted that the center rod and the individual screw lock secure the container orglobeto the base, and the holder of the special implement shown in Figs. 6 and '7 may remove the screw and detach the top to fill the container. Another person holding the key of the padlock can separate the portions of the base and collect the coins in the bottom portion therof.

Having now described this invention and the manner of its use, I c1aim:--

1. In a coin controlled vending machine, the

combination with a base, of a slide constructed to receive and deliver an article when operated, said base having opposed spring pressed ball locks, said slide having portions constructed to engage the balls and resist inward movement of 10 the slide when no coin is present, and said slide being constructed and arranged to force a deposited coin between the balls permitting inward movement.

2. In a coin controlled vending machine, the combination with a base, of a slide movable inwardly, a pair of spring pressed ball locks, said slide having portions constructed to be engaged and locked by the balls in releasable relation, said slide having a coin receiving channel, said channel being constructed and arranged to move the coin against balls during the inward movement of the slide whereby the balls move outwardly against the springs unlocking the slide.

NHLTON H. PERRY.

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