US3319820A - Cellular magazine type card-vending machines - Google Patents

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US3319820A
US3319820A US480369A US48036965A US3319820A US 3319820 A US3319820 A US 3319820A US 480369 A US480369 A US 480369A US 48036965 A US48036965 A US 48036965A US 3319820 A US3319820 A US 3319820A
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Matsuda Shigeharu
Okawa Shozo
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    • 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
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  • the postcards delivered by the machine are each wrapped with a transparent bag such as of a synthetic resin film, which apparently servesto protect the postcard from dust, moisture and other sources of contamination as well as from discoloration thereby to enhance the commodity value of the postcard.
  • a transparent bag such as of a synthetic resin film
  • a specific object of the present invention is to provide a card-vending machine of the character described which can deliver cards smoothly and piece by piece even if they are more; or-less curled or ifthe envelopes in which they are enclosed stick to each other due to electrostatic charges.
  • Another object of the present invention is to provide a card-vending machine of the character described which can deliver articles while effectively preventing detraction from their commodity value.
  • a further object of the present invention is to provide a card-vending machine of the character described which is simple in mechanical construction and can deliver articles with their envelopes cut in uniform size.
  • a still further object of the present invention is to provide acard-vending machine of the character described which includes electrical means for detection of each card deliveryand sellout or exhaustion of stock in the machine.
  • FIG. 1 is a schematic vertical cross-sectional elevation of a card-vending machine embodying the present invention
  • FIG. 2 is a fragmentary plan view of a continuous ribbon-like string of envelopes in each of which one or more cards are sealed;
  • FIG. 3 is a front elevation, partly broken, of the carddelivering mechanism incorporated in the card-vending machine shown in FIG. 1;
  • FIG. 4 is a plan view of same
  • FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional side elevation taken substantially along the line V-V in FIG. 3;
  • FIGS. 6A, 6B and 6C are views illustrating respective FIG. 10 illustrates another conventional form of carddelivering mechanism.
  • the carddelivering mechanism illustrated therein includes a card storage case or magazine 1 in which cards 7 are stacked and a pusher plate 3 which is reciprocable along the bottom surface of the magazine 1 to push forward the lowermost one of the cards stacked therein through a slit 2 formed in one side wall of the magazine during each advancing movement of the plate.
  • the card thus pushed forward is immediately engaged by a pair of rollers 4, which deliver it exteriorly of the magazine 1.
  • a danger is involved that cards when pushed forward may be obstructed and impaired by the adjacent edges of the slit 2 if they are curled or non-uniform in thickness.
  • Another difificulty involved is that, in the case where cards are furnished sealed in envelopes such as formed of a synthetic resin film, the envelopes may stick to each other due to electrostatic charges usually formed thereon and card delivery is frequently prohibited.
  • FIG. 10 Another conventional form of delivering mechanism, shown in FIG. 10, includes a sucking disc 5 connected to an evacuating pump, not shown.
  • the disc 5 is operable between the solid-line position where it engages the uppermost one of the cards 7 stacked in the magazine l and the dotted-line position where the cards thus carried by the disc 5 is released to be delivered.
  • This form of delivering mechanism is inevitably complicated in construction including a levelling device for maintaining the top surface of the card stack at a predetermined level and also involves the same difiiculty as encountered with the previously described mechanism of FIG. 9 that, in the case where cards are furnished sealed in envelopes such as formed of a synthetic resin film, the envelopes may stick to each other due to electrostatic charges usually formed thereon, causing misoperation of delivering two or more enveloped cards simultaneously.
  • a high reliable card-vending machine which is free from these deficiencies involved with previous forms of carddelivering mechanism and which is relatively simple in construction and operable to deliver envelopes one after another without impairing their contents, including a single card or a predetermined plural number of cards.
  • An important feature of the vending machine according to the present invention lies in the provision of an electrical control device which is operable to interrupt the machine operation started by insertion of a coin having a predetermined nominal value each time when an envelope with a card or cards sealed therein has been delivered and thus is effective to prevent any loss due to double-selling.
  • vending machine of the present invention Another important feature of the vending machine of the present invention lies in the provision of an electrical control device which enables the machine to operate until all the articles accommodated therein havebeen delivered and gives an indication to inform the customer of the sold-out state'of the machine.
  • a continuous ribbon-like string of envelopes indicated generally by numeral 6, includes perforations or other transverse weakened lines 8 for severance between the adjacent envelopes.
  • Each of the envelopes has sealed therein a single card 7 or a predetermined plural number of cards and can be easily detached from the adjacent envelopes along the perforations 8.
  • the ribbon-like string of envelopes is formed by placing two film sheets, for example, of polypropylene, polyethylene terephthalate or cellophane, in face-to-face relation with cards properly arranged therebetween, the sheets being stuck to each other in the areas surrounding each card or group of cards to form individual envelopes each having the card or card group sealed therein, and perforating the sheets transversely between each two adjacent envelopes, as illustrated at 8 in FIG. 2.
  • film sheets for example, of polypropylene, polyethylene terephthalate or cellophane
  • the string of envelopes 6 thus formed is folded back successively along the perforations 8 to form a stack of envelopes, which is then placed in a card storage or magazine 9, properly arranged in the machine casing 17.
  • the envelopes thus accommodated in the magazine 9 can apparently be pulled out of the latter one after another upwardly from the top of the stack.
  • Two pairs of delivery rollers 10 and 11 are arranged one above the other between the magazine 9 and the sales or delivery aperture 18, formed in the top wall of the machine casing 17 and are vertically spaced apart from each other by a distance substantially corresponding to the length of the envelopes.
  • the upper pair of delivery rollers 10 are arranged adjacent to the card outlet of the mechanism and take the form of two rubberized rollers 10a and 10b differing in diameter from each other.
  • the larger delivery roller 10a is carried by a shaft 20. supported on two spaced side plates of the frame 19 and connected at one end with the shaft of a drive motor M, which in turn is mounted on the adjacent side plate of the frame 19.
  • the roller shaft 20 carries at the other end a sprocket wheel 12 for the purpose described below.
  • the other or smaller roller 10b is rotatably mounted on a shaft 21 firmly secured to the frame 19.
  • the lower pair of delivery rollers 11, arranged adjacent to the inlet side of the delivering mechanism include two rubberized rollers 11a and 11b of substantially the same diameter as the smaller-diameter roller 10b described above.
  • One of the lower rubberized rollers 11a is mounted on a shaft 22 rotatably supported by the frame 19.
  • the shaft 22 carries at one end a sprocket wheel 13 which is the same in diameter as the above-described sprocket wheel 12 and a chain 24 is arranged over the two sprocket wheels 12 and 13 for the purpose of transmitting rotation of the drive shaft 20 to the shaft 22.
  • the other roller 11b is rotatably mounted on an appropriate shaft 23 fixedly mounted on the frame 19 like the smaller-diameter roller 1% described hereinbefore.
  • the pairs of delivery rollers 10 and 11 are positioned so as to nip the ribbon of envelopes 6 therebetween under an appropriate pressure during its passage through the delivering mechanism.
  • the upper and lower pairs of delivery rollers 10 and 11 are driven simultaneously by the drive motor M and the upper pair of rollers 10 have a peripheral speed substantially higher than that of the lower pair of rollers 11.
  • a guide 14 is arranged inside the frame 19 so as to partly embrace the ribbon of envelopes 6 when it is delivered by means of the pairs of rollers 10 and 11.
  • Two microswitches SWa and SWb are secured to the frame 19 for detection of delivery of each envelope and sellout, respectively.
  • one of the microswitches SWa is positioned adjacent to the inlet to the upper pair of delivery rollers 10 and the other microswitch SWb is positioned adjacent to the inlet to the lower pair of delivery rollers 11.
  • the switches SWa and SWb include respective actuators 15a and 15b and have each a pair of contacts, one of which is closed when the actuator 15a or 15b is engaged by the envelope 6, the other contact being closed when the actuator is cleared from the envelope to restore.
  • the switches serve the circuit-changing purpose, as described below in detail.
  • the actuators 15a and 1517 are each looped as at 25 and loosely connected with each other by means of a connecting rod 16, which is formed at the opposite ends with engaging portions 26.
  • the upper actuator 15a is freely movable between its operating and normal or restored positions irrespective of the position assumed by the lower actuator 15b, which is, however, arranged so as to be prevented from movement to its restored position by the connecting rod 16 as long as the upper actuator 15a assumes its operating position.
  • the ribbon-like string of envelopes 6 partly pulled out of the magazine 9 is positioned with its upper end lying adjacent to the inlet to the upper pair of delivery rollers 10 and holding the actuator 15a of the delivery-detecting switch SWa in its raised position, as shown in FIG. 6A.
  • the actuator 15b of the sellout-detecting switch SWb is also held in its position raised by the string of envelopes 6 to maintain the operating position of the switch SWb, as illustrated.
  • reference character SWc indicates a coin switch which is operated by insertion of a coin into machine and held closed by the coin inserted until a payment solenoid Mg is energized; and SW1 indicates selecting switches.
  • the card magazine and card-delivering mechanism described hereinbefore are each provided one for each kind of cards and so arranged that cards of any desired kind can be delivered by the customers pushbutton operation for closing one of the selecting switches corresponding to the kind of cards desired.
  • Reference character X indicates a relay; Xa indicates a normally open contact of the relay X; L indicates sellout-indicating lamps; and U, V indicate power supply lines.
  • insertion of a coin causes the coin switch SW0 to close and subsequently, when any one of the selecting switches SW1 is depressed, a circuit is formed, including U-Xb-SWc-SWl-SWa-M-SWb-V, to start one of the card-delivering motors M which corresponds to the kind of cards desired.
  • the upper and lower pairs of delivery rollers 10 and 11 are started simultaneously to rotate.
  • the top portion of the string of envelopes 6 is fed into the upper pair of delivery rollers 10 under rotation of the lower pair of delivery rollers 11, which have been holding the ribbon 6 therebetween during the rest period of the machine.
  • the payment solenoid Mg Upon closing of the relay contact Xa, the payment solenoid Mg is energized through supply lines U, V to allow the inserted coin to drop into an appropriate coin box thereby opening the coin switch SW0.
  • the motor M is held energized until the top envelope is completely delivered, when the succeeding ribbon portion reaches the inlet to the upper pair of rollers 10 again to operate the delivery-detecting switch SWa, restoring the entire circuit to its normal state shown in FIG. 8, ready for the next selling cycle.
  • FIG. 6C illustrates the switching state when the last envelope in the string is left unsold. Subsequently, when the last envelope is delivered, both switches SWa and SWb restore to their normal position to de-energize the delivery drive motor M while energizing the sellout-indicating lamp L through the normally closed contact of the switch SWb.
  • the card magazine is replenished with another string of envelopes with cards sealed therein and the top portion of the string is directed through the guide 14 to the vicinity of the inlet to the lower pair of rollers 11, when the switch SWb is actuated to complete the circuit U-X-SWa-M-SWb-V and the motor M is started. Accordingly, the top portion of the string is advanced through the lower pair of rollers 11 and reaches the vicinity of the inlet to the upper roller pair to actuate the switch SWa in a direction to interrupt the power supply to the motor M. In this manner, the entire apparatus is re-set in the state described hereinbefore in connection with FIG. 6A.
  • the present invention has, among others, the following advantages.
  • the cards are supplied sealed in envelopes individually or in separate groups and delivered in the same sealed form, they are perfectly protected from mechanical damage, contamination, discoloration and other external factors impairing their commodity value.
  • the sealing envelopes are originally joined together to form a ribbon-like string with perforations demarcating the adjacent envelopes and are severed along such perforations one after another under the tension to which the string is subjected between the two pairs of delivery rollers.
  • This not only makes simple the entire mechanism but eliminates the need of adjusting the mechanism to accommodate dimensional errors or variations of the envelopes ordinarily occurring where a cutting knife is used to sever individual envelopes. This is due to the fact that use of perforations enables severing of envelopes along definitely specified lines.
  • an electrical control device including delivery-and sell-out detecting switches ensures an effective machine operation to deliver all the envelopes stacked including the last one while fulfilling such functions required of vending machines as prevention of double-selling and sellout indication, and facilitates prompt replenishment of envelopes.
  • a vending machine for the sale of cards or like articles arranged in a ribbon-like string of envelopes, each having at least one article sealed therein and consecutively interconnected by transverse weakened lines such as perforations for severance, comprising: a casing having a sales aperture; card storage means for accommodating said string of envelopes in a manner that said string can be pulled at one of its ends out of said card storage means; a first and a second pair of delivering rollers arranged between said card storage means and said sales aperture; drive means including an electric motor for simultaneously driving said pairs of delivery rollers; guide means for directing said string of envelopes successively through said first and second pairs of delivery rollers; electric control mean for controlling said drive means including a coin closed switch; said drive means driving said second pair of delivery rollers at a peripheral speed higher than that of said first pair of delivery rollers to apply an appropriate tension to the portion of said string of envelopes that lies between said pairs of delivery rollers and includes the foremost one of said transverse weakened lines for severing the foremost one of the envelopes
  • said electrical control means also including a sell-out indicator and sell-out detecting switch means having an actuator arranged in the vicinity of the inlet to said first pair of delivery rollers for de-energizing the drive motor while at the same time operating said sell-out indicator when all the cards have been sold; means mechanically interconnecting said sell-out detecting switch means with said delivery detecting switch means to prevent operation of said sell-out detecting switch means until the entire string of envelopes has been delivered exteriorly of the machine.

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