US1752885A - Dispensing device - Google Patents

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April 1, 1930. r -F. CARRCLL 5 DISPENSING DEVICE Filed June 25, 1928 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Frank Carroll,-

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DISPENSING DEVICE Filed June 25, 1928 2 SheetsSheet 2 Patented Apr. 1, 1930 PATENT OFFICE FRANK CARROLL, OF SAN ENSELMO, CALIFORNIA DISPENSING DEVICE Application filed June 25, 1928. Serial No. 288,272.

This invention relates to dispensing devices, and particularly to a device which is adapted to dispense an article therefrom after insertion of a coin within said device.

More particularly the device is useful for dispensing paper, such as toilet seat covers, toilet paper, hand towels, and the like, which are to be charged for.

'At the present time and considering an m adaptation of the invention, toilet seat covers are comparatively new upon the market and which toilet seat covers are now used for sanitary reasons. So far as the inventor is aware, however, no suitable dispensing apparatus has been provided. for such covers. The present invention provides a simple means whereby covers of this class may be readily dispensedfor use.

The invention has for further objects the provision of a dispensing device which is simple of construction, easy tooperate, fool proof in operation, inexpensive of manufacture, and generally superior for the purpose intended. v

25 With the above and other objects in view,

7 the invention consists in certain novel combinations of parts and members and the assemblage of the device, as well as the interrelation of said parts-and members, all as will fully appear in the detailed description and particularly pointed out in the appended claim.

In the drawings:-

Figure 1 is a perspectiveview of the invention, 1

Figure 2 is a fragmentar cross sectional view illustratingcertain of the operative features of the invention in a certain position,

. Figure 3 is a view similar to Figure 2,cer-

tain of the parts being in changed relation,

Figure 4 is a view: similar to Figures 2 and 3 with the working parts in a third position,

Figure 5 is a transverse sectional view of certain of the operative features of the invention, V

Figure 6is a transverse sectional view of the invention showing toilet seat covers therer in and which are to be dispensed by thedevice,

Figure? is a view showing a dispensing operation of one of the toilet seat covers, and

Figure 8 is a transverse sectional view illustrating features of the invention.

Referring now with particularity to the drawings, the improved invention as an entirety is designated by A, and the same includes a container at within which is housed certain means I) for ejecting some article, such as sheets of paper 0- from said container responsive to a turning-operation of the means b by the means d, which means d is released (so for operation by means 6 when a coin or Similar article actuates the means 6. I have also provided means 7 which normally'maintains the papers 0 in engagement with the means '6. The casing a includes top and bottom .65

members 2 and .1, a rear wall 3, a'front wall 4, side walls 5 and 6, and a partition wall 7. The bottom wall 1 is in hinged relation to the rear wall 3, as shown at 8, and the top 2 is hinged to thefront wall 4 at 9, and the 7 rear wall 3 is provided with transverse openings (not shown) whereby said rear wall may be secured to some supporting structure and when the rear wall is closed, thetop may be closed. so that a flanged portion 10 will over lap the part 11 of said rear wall. A lock (not shown) may secure the top against being opened. The top is slotted at 12and provided with an upstanding flange 13. Likewise a guide member 14 extends both within and s0 outwardly from the container and which member is secured between the side wall 5 and the partition 7,. This member is curved at its inner end, as shown at 15. The means I) is mounted directly below and spaced from the curved end 15 of the member 141, and said means 6 constitutes a two-part roller, the parts being indicated as'16 and 17, which are separable and with one of said parts having a substantially curved surface while the other portion 17 isflattened at 18. This roller carries gudgeons at both ends. One of said gudgeons isreceived in a bearing 19 inthe side ,5 and the other gudgeon is passed through a bearing 20 in the partition 7 and carries a gear 21, which gear is locatedbetween the partition 7 and the wall 6. The gear 21 is adapted to mesh with a second gear 22 mounted onv a shaft 23 which shaft is journaledbetween the partition7 and the wall 6, and which shaft carries at its outer extremity and exterior of the wall 6 a handle 24. This shaft 23 likewise has secured thereto a ratchet gear 25 andinterposed between the gears 22 and25 is a cam disk 26. This cam disk is likewise secured to the shaft by pinning or otherwise. It will be noted that this cam disk is of the type wherein the edge portion thereof gradually increases in radius from the point marked 27 to the zone 28 and then gradually decreases in radius whereby there is formed a shoulder or notched portion 29. Adapted to cooperate with the cam is the means e which constitutes a lever whichis journaled between the partition and the side 6, as shown at 30. It will be noted that the lever is enlarged on one side of the journaled portion thereof and provided with a nose portion 31. This lever is of the gravity actuated type, it being observed that that portion of the lever oppositethe heaviest portion is of comparatively light construction. Furthermore, the nose portion is grooved or slotted,

as shown at 32, so as to embrace the said cam.

Ordinarily the nose portion is carried upon the edge of the cam, as indicated in Figure 5. This lever e is guided as to its movement while the nose portion thereof is riding upon the cam by the means designated generally as 33. A gravity actuated pawl in the form of a lever 34 is adapted to cooperate with the ratchet gear 25. This lever has one end thereof curved at 35 and the opposite end is weighted as shown at 36, the said lever as an entirety being journaled between the partition wall and the wall 6. Fitted to the cover 2 and on the inside thereof is a coin chute 37 and this coin chute communicates with a coin receiving member 38 and whereby any coin passed within an opening 39 in the member 38 is directed through said chute for contactwith the end 40 of the lever c. It will be noted that thislever is then tipped by the said coin, as shown in Figure 2, the end of said lever 40 resting upon the flat spring 41, this spring being carried by a suitable bracket 42 secured to the partition wall 7. Mounted upon the side wall 5 and the partition 7 is a pair of inclined tracks 43 and 44, and these tracks are bent so as to extend in part outwardly from their respective carrying members, as best shown in Flgure 5 at 46. Likewise the upper endeof each track is formed witha curved notch 47.

The means 7 constituting a plate is adapted to have securedat its upper end a member 48, endsof which are provided with grooved wheels 49, thegrooved wheels traveling upon the trackways. Thelower end of said plate is reversibly bent to provide an overlapped portion and a curved portion 51. This member f acts as a follower for urging the means 0 into engagement with the means 6.

y The operation, uses and advantages of the ClQ-VICBjUSt described are as follows It is intended that the device should hold any article, preferably paper or flat commodities which are to be dispensed therefrom and in the present instance the invention is shown as adapted to dispense individual toilet seat covers, said toilet seat covers being packed in stacks, as shown in Figure 6. The stack of covers is placed within the container in such a position that the follower f will bear against the lastof said covers, as shown in Figure 6. Normally the stack would push the follower to a zone adjacent the curved cut-outportion 47 and it is evident that the follower would tend to push the stack of papers forwardly so that the first of said papers would lie adjacent the means I). The inclined tracks 43 and 44 direct the follower so that the same is in engagement at all times with the stack ofpapers c. If a coin is inserted within the slot 39, it is directed by the chute 3? onto the end 40 of the lever e, and the weightof the coin will tip the nose of the lever upwardly to such a position that the nose isout of engagement with the shoulder or notched portion 29 of the cam 28. This position is illustrated in Figure 2. The handle 24 may then be turned and the gear 22 carried by said handle will rotate the gear 21.

The gear21 is secured to the means I). This with the surface of the leading paper member,

as shownin Figure 7, and which action will cause said paper member to be ejected through the slot 12 of the casing. Likewise,

due to the shape of the cam, the nose portion of the lever 0 will be raised, as shown in Figure 3,,which will allow the coin to be dropped within the container. In other words, the coin is held in theposition of Figure 2 until the cam acts to further lift the said lever.

The leaf spring 41 acts to maintain the lever c in engagement with the limo]? the cam during movement thereof, although the said lever is gravity actuated as well. It will be evident that the ratchet lever and ratchet wheel coact to prevent a reversal of movement of ii the handle after the means I) has made a complete revolution.

Another valuable feature of the invention resides in the fact that each time the roller 1) is rotated, the stack of articles 0 is pushed i i:

backwardlyand then allowedto drop forwardly; This action is the combined result of theflat surface 18 and the part 17 of the roller and the uniformly curved surface 16, the uniformly "curved surface pushing the stack backwardly to move the follower up the track and after the uniformly curved surface has ceased contact with the paper member, the flat surface is suddenly contacted which allows the stack to again move forwardly. This acts as an agitating means so that the stack of papers is at all times kept in action and in a measure prevented from slipping and rendering the machine possibly inoperative, Furthermore, this action to push the stack backwardly and then allow it to come forwardly results in a swinging motion of the follower due to the fact that the follower contacts at an upper portion thereof with the stack while the curved portion 51 acts to space the follower in part away from said stack. This permits the follower to have a slight swinging action.

It is obvious that various changes and modifications and variations, as well as adaptationsof the invention, may be made in departure from the particular description and method of use without departing from the true spirit of the invention.

Having thus disclosed my inventiomwhat I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

A dispensing device including ,a casing formed with a dispensing slot, a guide wall within said casing and communicating with said slot, inclined trackways within the casing, a follower movably suspended from said trackways, a roller beneath said guide wall, said follower normally urging a stack of papers, to be dispensed from said casing, against said guide wall and said roller, the position of said roller beneath said wall being such as to cause a bend in said stack, and said roller being formed with a frictional part and with a tread adapted to agitate said stack of papers during rotation of the roller and to move one of said papers through said slot.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification at Los Angeles,

California, this 31st day of May, 1928.

FRANK CARROLL.

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