US3312512A - Vending machine article delivery chute arrangement - Google Patents

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US3312512A
US3312512A US451575A US45157565A US3312512A US 3312512 A US3312512 A US 3312512A US 451575 A US451575 A US 451575A US 45157565 A US45157565 A US 45157565A US 3312512 A US3312512 A US 3312512A
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Francis A Gasparini
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    • G07F11/00—Coin-freed apparatus for dispensing, or the like, discrete articles
    • G07F11/02—Coin-freed apparatus for dispensing, or the like, discrete articles from non-movable magazines
    • G07F11/04—Coin-freed apparatus for dispensing, or the like, discrete articles from non-movable magazines in which magazines the articles are stored one vertically above the other
    • G07F11/16—Delivery means
    • G07F11/163—Delivery means characterised by blocking access to the output bins
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    • G07F—COIN-FREED OR LIKE APPARATUS
    • G07F11/00—Coin-freed apparatus for dispensing, or the like, discrete articles
    • G07F11/02—Coin-freed apparatus for dispensing, or the like, discrete articles from non-movable magazines
    • G07F11/04—Coin-freed apparatus for dispensing, or the like, discrete articles from non-movable magazines in which magazines the articles are stored one vertically above the other
    • G07F11/10—Coin-freed apparatus for dispensing, or the like, discrete articles from non-movable magazines in which magazines the articles are stored one vertically above the other two or more magazines having a common delivery chute

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  • WITNESSES INVENTOR 7 Francis
  • the present invention relates to vending machines.
  • Vending machines of the type having a plurality of sideby-side article storage columns within the vending cabinet together with a vending opening in a faced Wall of the cabinet are well known.
  • each vending opening should be as small as possible to reduce the refrigeration load as should be obvious to one skilled in the art.
  • the cabinet should be as compact as possible for a given capacity of stored and chilled objects.
  • the SldC- by-Side columns of stored bottles should be as close together as possible and the vending opening should be only slightly larger than the maximum cross-sectional dimensions of the bottle used.
  • a chute is customarily provided.
  • the above-mentioned chute In order to provide the desired compactness of the vending machine, the above-mentioned chute must have sharply converging and angled wall surfaces which are sometimes troublesome in that a bottle being delivered from a storage column to the vending opening may become wedged or jammed and not continue to move by gravity towards and through the vending opening.
  • Another important object of the present invention is to provide a vending machine having an improved article delivery gravity chute that is so constructed and arranged as to impart added motion to the articles being delivered thereby and insure a lively action to prevent the articles from binding, wedging, jamming or otherwise halting in their movement by gravity from any one of a plurality of side-by-side positioned storage columns to a vending opening in the cabinet of the vending machine.
  • an article delivery chute having downwardly converging side walls and a forwardly and downwardly sloping bottom wall is supported within a vending machine cabinet to interconnect the delivery ends of a plurality of side-by-side article storage columns to a vending opening. More particularly,
  • the chute is pivotally supported within the vending cabinet by support members positioned intermediate the width of the chute and resilient means are interconnected between the vending machine cabinet structure or vending mechanism and the chute at points spaced from the pivotal support members whereby the chute is constrained to a normal position yet is resiliently movable when an article is being delivered thereby to the vending opening to thus impart a lively motion to the article being vended and prevent the jamming, wedging or binding of the article passing through the chute.
  • one of the pivotal support members is connected to an upper portion of the chute in a plane behind the columns of stored articles while the other pivotal support member is connected to a lower portion .of the chute in a plane ahead of the column of stored articles as seen from the front or vending opening of the machine.
  • the downwardly sloping bottom wall of the chute may be provided with a ridge extending from sideto-side and intermediate the upper and lower portions of the chute to thereby provide an increased sloping portion of the bottom wall surface toward the vending machine opening. It has been found that the aforementioned ridge surface in the bottom Wall of the chute serves to impart a desirable orientation or movement to the article being vended as it is deposited and moved on the chute towards the vending opening.
  • FIGURE 1 is an elevational view of a typical vending machine cabinet that may embody the invention
  • FIG. 2 is a rear elevational view of the lower portion of the vending machine cabinet wall showing the vending opening therethrough;
  • FIG. 3 is a fragmentary elevational view of the lower portion of a vending machine with the front wall removed and showing the pivotally and resiliently supported vending chute of the invention
  • FIG. 4 is a side view of FIG. 3, partly in section with various details of the vending machine omitted to more clearly show the chute of the invention
  • FIG. 5 is a fragmentary detailpartly in section of the upper pivotal support for the chute.
  • FIG. 6 is a view similar to FIG. 5 but showing the lower pivotal support for the chute.
  • the chute arrangement of the invention may be used with any multiple column vending machine in which articles are to be conveyed by the chute from the delivery end of any one of a plurality of side-by-side columns to a relatively small vending opening in a face Wall of the vending machine cabinet.
  • FIG. 1 of the drawings shows a vending machine having a cabinet 10 and containing six columns of cold drinks each controlled by a single manually-operated postselection lever 11-16 respectively.
  • a vending opening 20 is provided in a front face wall of the cabinet 10 and may be provided with a hinged closure flap 21 as more clearly shown by FIG. 2 of the drawing.
  • a chilled bottled drink is to be delivered through the vending open ing 20 it is deposited from a selected one of the side-byside storage columns upon actuation of a selected one of the handles 11-16 onto the vending chute generally indicated at 30 by FIG. 3 of the drawings and conveyed thereon by gravity through the pivotal closure 21 of the vending opening 20 to rest upon the delivery stop 22.
  • the vending chute 30 is comprised of inwardly and downwardly converging side walls 31 and 32 and a downwardly sloping bottom wall 33 that also is sloping forwardly towards the front wall of the vending cabinet 10 and the opening 20. Upstanding side walls 34 and 35 are also provided to guide an article being delivered towards the lower delivery point of the chute.
  • a pivotal support member 40 is secured to the upper portion of the bottom wall 33 of the chute intermediate the width of the chute and preferably at a central point intermediate the width of the chute. 'It will be noted that the upper pivotal support member 40 is normally positioned in a vertical plane to the rear of the article storage magazine frame member 44 as seen from the front of the cabinet 10.
  • a lower pivotal support member 41 is secured to a lower portion of the bottom wall 33 of the chute at a point intermediate the width of the chute and preferably in vertical alignment with the upper support member 40 but in a vertical plane ahead of the article storage magazine as seen from the front of the cabinet l0.
  • the upper support member 40 is provided with a pin or projection 42 adapted to be received in a suitable aperture 43 of the vending machine cabinet structure or mechanism frame member 44.
  • the lower support member 41 is provided with a slot 45 through which may be keyed a pivotal support pin 46 secured to an angle 47 :hatis in turn fastened to the vending cabinet support frame member 48.
  • a snap ring or lock washer 49 may 3e provided to removably secure the pivotal support member 41 of the chute to the cabinet support pin 46.
  • a first spring member 50 is secured between a frame portion 51 of the vending mechanism and the point 52 on :he vending chute 30, which point is remote from either 3f the support members 40 or 41.
  • a second spring mem- Jer 52 is interconnected to the vendiing mechanism frame it 53 and the point 54 of the pivotal chute 30 which point remote from the support members 40 and 41 and the JOiIlt of connection 52 for the spring 50.
  • the ivotal chute 30 is constrained to a normal position as shown by FIG. 3 of the drawings but is allowed to move )r pivot about the pivot points 42 and 46 when an article :0 be vended is dropped thereon to be moved by gravity )0 thevending opening 20.
  • Such resilient movement of :he vending chute 30 imparts a lively motion to the trticle being vended.
  • the pivotal vending chute 30 can Jivot and tilt towards that side thus providing additional :learance and preventing the article from binding or jamning between the delivery end of the article storage :olumn or mechanism frame and the delivery chute.
  • the downwardly sloping bottom wall 33 of the chute 30 may be provided with a ridge 36 to define an increasingly sloped portion towards the lower delivery end of the chute.
  • the ridge 36 may extend substantially across the bottom wall at a point intermediate the upper edge and the lower delivery edge of the bottom wall 33. It has been found that the ridge 36 of the bottom wall of the chute imparts a desired orientation or movement to the article being vended as it is deposited upon the chute and contacts the ridged portion of the bottom wall thereof.
  • the ridged portion of the bottom wall may take different positions and angles within the spirit of the invention to accommodate different sizes and shapes of articles being vended and the claims of the invention are not to be limited to a particular configuration of ridge for the bottom wall of the chute.
  • a vending machine comprising, a cabinet, a vending opening in a face wall of said cabinet, a plurality of side-by-side article storage columns within said cabinet, an article delivery chute interconnecting the delivery ends of said columns and said vending opening, means pivotally supporting said chute intermediate its width along a pivot axis in general alignment with the chute longitudinal axis within said cabinet, and resilient means interconnecting said chute and said cabinet at points spaced from said pivotal supporting means to resiliently constrain said chute to a predetermined position while per mitting motion of said chute during delivery of an article being vended.
  • said means pivotally supporting said chute is comprised of an upper pivotal support member secured to an upper surface of said chute and a lower pivotal support member secured to a lower surface of said chute, said upper and lower support members being secured to said chute in substantial vertical alignment with each other.

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DE19661474945 DE1474945A1 (de) 1965-04-28 1966-04-04 Warenrutsche fuer einen Selbstverkaeufer
GB15264/66A GB1140050A (en) 1965-04-28 1966-04-06 Vending machine article delivery chute arrangement
CH546166A CH460416A (de) 1965-04-28 1966-04-15 Warenrutsche für einen Selbstverkäufer
NL6605635A NL6605635A (de) 1965-04-28 1966-04-27
ES0326046A ES326046A1 (es) 1965-04-28 1966-04-27 Una maquina expendedora.
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US20100090572A1 (en) * 2008-10-14 2010-04-15 Dixie-Narco, Inc. Product delivery bin for a vending machine

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US2412368A (en) * 1945-02-01 1946-12-10 Nat Biscuit Co Package delivery chute
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US2903155A (en) * 1956-03-02 1959-09-08 Westinghouse Electric Corp Bottle dispensing apparatus

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DE3007361A1 (de) * 1979-02-26 1980-09-11 S & F Ass Vorrichtung und verfahren zur messung eines materialflusses
DE3007361C3 (de) * 1979-02-26 1998-02-12 Micro Motion Inc Vorrichtung und Verfahren zur Messung wenigstens eines Materialflusses
EP2124201A1 (de) * 2008-05-21 2009-11-25 Azkoyen Industrial, S.A. Herausziehmechanismus für Verkaufsautomaten für abgepackte Produkte
US20100090572A1 (en) * 2008-10-14 2010-04-15 Dixie-Narco, Inc. Product delivery bin for a vending machine

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