US1879590A

US1879590A - Vending machine for bottle pop, beer, and the like

Info

Publication number: US1879590A
Application number: US532938A
Authority: US
Inventors: Tarrence Harold Paul; Howell Charles
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1931-04-25
Filing date: 1931-04-25
Publication date: 1932-09-27
Anticipated expiration: 1949-09-27

Description

p 1932- H. P. TARRENCYE ET AL;

VENDING MACHINE FOR BOTTLE POP, BEER, AND THE LIKE Filed April 25,1951

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VENDING MACHINE FOR BOTTLE POP, BEER, AND THE LIKE Filed April 25 1951 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 glmentou 63 HP. Tar/"sna aha/4&5 Han e ZZ Patented Sept. 21, 1932 HAROLD PAUL TARRENCE AND CHARLES HOWELI:, OF BLOOMFIELD, IOWA.

VENDING FOR BOTTLE POP, BEER, AND THE LIKE Application filed Apri1 25,

This invention relates to a vending machine for bottle goods, such as soda water, gingerale, beer and the like, and has for one of its objects to rovidea machineof this character which s all embody-a casing provided in its upper side with a delivery opening, a

chamber within the casing for the reception of ice or other refrigerant or the coil of a mechanical refrigerating apparatus, and a m tray for supporting the bottles in an upright position within the casing and operable to present the bottles one at a time to the delivery opening. The invention has for a further object to provide a vending machine of the character stated wherein the tray shall be adapted to carry the bottles in radially arranged rows, wherein the delivery opening shall be arranged to permit the outermost bottles of the rows to be successively presented in alinement therewith and wherein the tray shall be adapted, on the withdrawal through the delivery opening of the outermost bottle of a row, to'cause the remaining bottle or bottles of the row to move outwardly on the tray so as to always maintain the bottles in position on the tray for successive'alinement with the delivery opening.

The invention has for a further object to provide a vending machine of the character stated which shall embody a door for the delivery opening and a coin controlled lock securing the door in closed position.

The inventioirhas for a further object to provide a vending machine of the character stated which shall embody means adapted to prevent more than one bottle from being Withdrawn through the delivery opening for each release and opening of the door.

provide a vending machine of the character stated wherein the means for preventing a withdrawal of more than one bottle at a time through the delivery opening shall be adapted to prevent the operation of the tray to a present another bottle in alinement with they delivery'opening untilt-he door has been closed. i

The invention has for a further object to all provide a vending machine of the character The invention has for a further object to 1931. Serial 1T0. saasa.

stated wherein the refrigerating chamber shall be mounted upon the tray, and wherein the means for operating the tray shall be con nected to the chamber and accessible from outside the casing.

The invention has for a further object to provide a vending machine of the character stated wherein the tray shall be adapted to carr rows of bottles containing difierent goo s, and whereinthe casing shall have a top wall or coyer provided with transparent panels through which the bottles are visible so as to enable a purchaser to operate the tray in a manner to present to the delivery opening a bottle containing the goods he wishes to purchase. J

The'invention is hereinafter more fully de scribed and claimed, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein Figure 1 is a view partly in top plan and partly in horizontal section of the vending machine.

Figure 2 is a sectional view taken on the verticalplanes indicated by the line 2-2 of Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a sectionalview on an enlarged scale taken on the vertical plane indicated by the line 3.3 of Figure 1.

Figure 1 is a sectional view taken on the horizontal planeindicated by the line 44 of Figure 3.

Figure 5 is a sectional view taken 'onthe vertical plane indicated by the line 5-5 of Figure 4, and Figure 6 is a detail sectional view illustrating that formation of the tray which permlts it to carry bottles of difi'erent'size.

Referring in detail to the drawings, 1 designates the casing of the vending machine.

The casing 1' is mounted upon legs 2 and-com- 1 prises a bottom wall 3, a side wall 4 and a top wall or cover 5. The casing 1 is preferably of cylindrical formation, and the top wall 5 thereof comprises transparent panels 6 andopaque panels 7, '8 and 9. The transparent panels 6 are preferably made from glass;. and the

opaque panels

7, 8 and 9, together with .the'bottom wall 3 and side wall 4, are preferably'made from metal. A chanv nel ring 10 located at the center of the-top 1 wall 5, and channel bars 11 extending from the ring to the side wall 4, provide means for sup orting the

panels

6, 7, 8 and 9. The panels 7 and 8-are provided ear their outer ends with delivery openings 1 2 and 13 which are closed by

doors

14 and 15, respectively. The panel 9 comprises inner and outer sec tions 9a and 9b, the inner section being fixed I disk, issupported within the easing 1 for rotation about a vertical axis 19 coincident with the corresponding. axis of the casing.

' The convex side of the tray 18 is located uppermost, and the axis 19 is carried by a bearing block 20 depending from the tray. The

. axis 19 passes through a bearing block 21 extending upwardly from the bottom wall 3 of the casing 1. Anti-friction elements 22 are-arranged between the

bearings blocks

20 and 21 to permit the easy rotation of the tray 18. A chamber 23 is centrally mounted upon the tray 18 and is provided for the reception of ice or other refrigerant. When ice is used the chamber 23 will be provided near the bottom thereof with small openings 24. The chamber 23 is of cylindrical formation, and the upper edge portion of its side wall is located within the ring 10 constituting a part of the casing wall 5'. A glass panel 25 removably secured to the ring 10, .and reinforced by a metal bar 26 extending diametri- 'cally of the same constitutes a coverin for the refrigerating chamber 23. A bar 2% extending diametrically across the refrigerating chamber 23 with its ends removably seated in notches 28- in the upper edge'portion of the side wall of the chamber, a shaft 29 fixed to the bar and extending through a bearing opening 30 in the bar 26, and a crank 31 fixed toihe shaft, constitutemeans through the medium of which the tray 18 may be manually operated to successively present the outermost of the bottles 32 and 32a carried by the tray to either the delivery opening 12 or the delivery opening 13.

. A ring 33 located above and supported from the edge of the tray 18 by posts 34, prevents the radial displacement of the bottles 32 and 32a from the tray. Upper wires 35 extendp ing from the refri erating chamber 23 to the I ring 33 and secure to these parts, and lower wires 36 extending from the refrigerating chamber to the posts 34 and secured to these parts,'prov1de at the upper side of the tray 18 a series of radial compartments 37 for the bottles 32 and 32a. The beer bottles 32a are taller than the pop bottles 32. To adapt the tray 18 for carrying both size bottles with the caps of the outermost bottles in a common plane, those compartments 37 designed for" the reception of the beer bottles are deeper than those compartments designed for the reception of the pop bottles. To provlde the deeper compartments 37, the tray 18 is offset downwardly in alinement with such com- '15 are provided with knobs 40 extending upwardly therefrom through the

delivery openings

12 and 13.' The doors move in wardly while being opened and outwardly 4 while being closed, and they are securedin closed position by coin controlled locks substantially similar in construction. As shown in Figures -1, 3, 4 and 5, the locks comprise

casings

41 and 42, respectively, which are secured to the undersides of the

panels

7 and 8, and which receive the inner end portions of

thedoors

14 and 15, respectively. The locks also comprise bolts 43 and 44 which are pivoted within the

casings

41 and 42, respectively. The bolts 43 and 44 extend horizontally across the front end portions of the

casings

41 and 42 and are pivoted at one side of their vertical centers for swinging movement about vertical axes45. v I 7 The short arms of the bolts 43 and 44' are located opposite shoulders 46 formed by recessing the inner end portions ofthe

doors

14 and 15, and the long arms of thebolts are located opposite push bars 47 formed by providing'the doors with longitudinal slots 48.

The push bars 47 extend inwardly beyondthe shoulders 46, and the slots extend outwardly beyond the shoulders. The bolts 43 and 44 are held against movement in a dime tion to carry their short arms inwardly by stops-49 which are carried by the

casings

41 and 42, and the bolts are normally held with.

their short arms in contact with the front sides of the stops by springs 50 which are mounted upon the pivots 45 and terminally secured to the pivots and bolts. It will thus be seen that the bolts 43 and 44 are normally held in active position with their short arms opposite the door shoulders 46, and that the bolts must be swung to carry their short arms laterally beyond the shoulders in order to release the

doors

14 and 15 for movement into opened position.

Coins

51 and 52 must be employed before the bolts .43 and 42 may be moved into door releasing or retracted position, and the coins must be positioned between the door push bars 47 and the long arms of the bolts to establish an operative connection between the push bars and bolts. With the coins in this position, the initial opening movements of the

doors

14 and 15 will swing the bolts 43 and 44 in such direction as to move. their short arms laterally beyond the door shoulders 46, and move the bolts into. alinement withthje door slots 48, permitting the

doors

14 and 15 to be moved into fully opened position. During the movement-of the

doors

14 and 15 into opened position, the

coins

51 and 52 are carried to openings 53 5 formed in the bottom walls of the

casings

41 and 42, the coins passing through the openings into drawers 54 located below and slidably supported from the casings and acces-- sible only after the opening of the door 9b.

During the closing movement of the

doors

14 and 15 the side walls of the door slots 48 passoutwardly with respect to the bolts 43 and 44, and when the doors are in fully closed position the bolts are released for movement by their springs into projected position. An operative connection between the door 14 and its bolt 43 is adapted to be established by a ten cent piece, the price of a bottle of beer, and an operative connection between the door 15 and its bolt 43 is adapted to be established by a five cent piece, the price of a bottle of pop. Topermit a ten cent piece to be positioned between the push bar 47 of the door 14 and the long arm of the bolt 43, a coin tube 55 inclines upwardly from the panel 7, and to permit a five cent piece to be positioned between the push bar 47 of the'door 15and the long arm of the bolt 44, a coin tube 56 inclines upwardly from the panel 8; The 'coin tube 55 is just large enough to permit theinsertion therein of aten cent piece. If a penny should be inserted in the coin tube 56 it would pass through an opening 57 formed in the top wall of the casing 44 in direct alinement with the lower end of the coin tube. After passing through the opening 57 the penny would enter the coin drawer 54 of this lock. The opening 57 while large enough to permit the free passage therethrough of a penny, is not large enough to permit the passage the'rethrough of a five cent piece which will on passing from the coin tube 56 move into a position between I the push bar 47 of the door 15 and the long. arm of the bolt 44. The coin drawers 54 are only accessiblefrom the interior of the ins ing shortly after the opening of the casing door 95.

The bottles containing beer are'removable through the delivery opening 12, and the bottles containing pop are removable through the delivery opening 13. 7 As the casing panels 6 are transparent,the bottles are clearly visible to the purchaser, and in viewthereof he may'rotate the tray 18 to effect the positioning of a bottle containing beer beneath the delivery opening 12 or a bottle of pop beneath the delivery opening 13. When the door 14 is opened to permit theremoval of the bottle of beer, a guard 58 moves down-' wardly over the neck of the bottle, and when the door 15 is opened topermit the removal of a bottle of pop, a guard 59 moves downwardly overthe neck of the bottle, the guard 59 being smaller than'the guard 58 so as to prevent the withdrawal of a bottle containing beer throughthe' delivery opening 13. The guards 58 and 59 are similar except as to size, and each comprises a'series of telescopically associated conical sections 60. The uppermost of the sections 60 are secured to the supports 39 in alinement with the

delivery openings

12 and 13. The guards 58 and 59 are in normally contracted condition when the

doors

14 and 15 are closed, during the opening of the doors, they move into extended or bottle neck engaging position, and during the closing of the doors they are returned to their contracted condition. As the guards 58 and 59 are, when in extended condition, in the path of the outermost bottles carried by the tray 18, they must be raised into their contracted condition before the tray 18 may be operated to present other bottles in allnement with the

delivery openings

12 and 13.

In view thereof, and as the guards 58 and 59 can only be raised into theircontracted con-- dition by the closing of the

doors

14 and 15, it will be understood that a' purchaser'can only remove one bottle :Eor each coin inserted in the machine.

Upper direction rollers 61 rotatably supported from the supports 39, lower direction rollers 62 rotatably supported from the side wall 4.01? the casing 1, and cables 63 passing about the rollers and connected, as at 64, to the lowermost of the conical sections 60, and as at 65, to the

doors

14 and 15, provide means through the medium of which the guards 58 and 59 are extended by and as a result of the opening of the doors and contracted by and as a result of the closing of the doors.

The

panels

7 and 8 are provided inwardly of the

delivery openings

12 and 13, and inwardlybeyond the radial rows of bottles on the tray 18, with openings 66 and 67 through which. purchasers of cooled bottles of beer or pop may place on the tray warm bottles of beer or pop kept in a casing located near the machine or beneath the casing 1, the bot ties of beer being inserted through the openings 66 and the bottles of pop through the cured to the undersides of the

panels

7 and 8. The door 68 is connected by rods 71 to the cables 63 of the door 14 so that the door 68 will be opened and closed as-the door 14 is opened andclosed. The door 69 is connected that the door 69 will be opened and closed as thedoor 15 is opened and closed. It will -12'o by rods 72 to the cables 63 of the door 15 .50

thus be seen that when one of the deliver opening doors is opened its companion receiying opening door is uncovered so as to permit a purchaser to remove a cooled bottle drink from the machine andplace a Warm bottle drinkvtherein. r

When the machine is provided with a methrough the delivery opening 12.

casing. The

doors

14 and 15 are held in nor-- mally closed position by springs 75. The

casing 1 is provided with a drain plug 7 6- and an overflow pipe 77.

In practice, a purchaser who wishes a bottle of beer will through the medium of the crank 31 turn the tray 18 until a bottle of beer registers with the delivery opening 12. He will place a ten cent piece in the coin tube 55 to effect the release of the door 14.

-During the opening movement of the door 14, the guard 58 moves downwardly onto the neck of the bottle in alinement with the delivery opening 12. The purchaser may now readily grasp the bottle and withdraw it After withdrawing the bottle and placing another bottle of beer in the machine through the opening 66, the door 68 of which was opened by and as a result of the opening of the door 14, the purchaser releases the

doors

14 and 68 for closing movement by their springs 75. A purchaser who wishes a bottle of pop turns the tray 18 until the bottle of pop registers with the delivery opening 13. .He then inserts a five cent piece in the coin tube 56 and opens the

doors

15 and 69. The opening of these doors results in the downward movements of the guard 59 on the neck of the bottle of pop and after withdrawing the bottleof pop and then placing one in the machine through the opening 67 the purchaser releases the doors for closing movement by their springs 75. To permit the bottles to be opened a cap remover 78 is' secured to the side wall 4 of the casing 1 near the

delivery openings

12 and 13.

While we have described the principle of the invention, together with the structure which we now consider the preferred embodiment thereof, it is to be understood that the structure shown is merely illustrative and that such changes may be made, when de-' sired, as fall within the scope of the invention as claimed. What is claimed is 2 1. A bottle vending machine comprising a casing having a delivery opening, a door for the, opening, a bottle supportingtray movable in the casing to successively present the bottles to the delivery opening; and a collapsible guard under the control of the'door and operated by the door into bottle receiving position during the movement of the door into opened position."

2. A bottle vending machine comprising a casing having a delivery opening, a bottle supporting tray movable in the casing to suecessively present the bottles to the delivery opening, means by which the tray may be moved from outside the casing, a collapsible guard at the delivery opening for the reception of the bottle in alinement with the opening, a door for the delivery opening, and means connecting the guard to the door for operation by the latter, the door collapsing the guard during its movement into closed position and extending the guard during its movement into opened position.

. 3. A'bottle vending machine comprising a delivery opening in its top wall, a bottle supporting tray movable in the casing to successively present the bottles to the deliveryopening, means by which the tray may be operated from'outside the casing, a slidably mounted door for the delivery opening, a guard secured to the top wall and consisting of telescopically associated sections to enable it to be contracted and extended, the guard when in. extended position receiving the bottle in alinement with the delivery opening, and means connecting the guard section to the door and operable by the door to collapse and extend the guard, the door colla sing the guard during closing movement and extending the guard during opening movement. a

4. A bottle vending machine comprising a casing having a delivery opening in its top wall, a bottle supporting tray rotatably mounted in the casing and having its upper side sloping downwardly and outwardly, a ring supported from and above the outer edge of the tray, means carried by the tray to divide it into radially disposed bottle refor said opening operatively engaged ,with

said bottle receiving member some of the bottle receiving compartments being deeper than others toadapt the tray for supporting bottles of difierent height.

5. A bottle vending machine comprising a casing having a delivery opening in its top. wall, a bottle supporting tray movable in the casing to successively present the bottles to the delivery opening, means by which the tray may be operated from outside the casing, and means for controlling the withdrawal of bottles from the casing through the delivery opening, said latter means 'including a telescoping bottle receiving member depending from said top wall about said opening and a door for said open-ing operatively engaged with said member. x

6. A bottle vending machine comprising a casing having a delivery opening in its top wall, abottle supporting tray rotatably mounted in the casing and supporting the bottles for successive presentation in upright position to the delivery opening, means by which the tray may be operated from outside the casing, and means for controlling the withdrawal of bottles from the casing through the delivery opening, said latter means including a telescoping bottle receiving member depending from said top wall about said opening and a door for said opening operatively engaged with said member.

7. A bottle vending machine comprising a casing having a delivery opening in its top wall, a bottle supporting tray movable in the casing to successively present the bottles to the delivery opening, means by which the tray may be operated from ouside the casing, a refrigerating chamber carried by the tray, and means for controlling the withdrawal of the bottles from the casing through the delivery opening, said latter means including a telescoping bottle receiving member depending from said top wall about said opening and a door for said opening operatively engaged with said member.

8.. A bottle vending machine comprising a casing having a delivery opening in its top wall, a bottle supporting tray rotatably mounted in the casing and having its upper side sloping downwardly and outwardly, a ring supported from and above the outer edge of the tray, means carried by the tray to divide it into radially disposed bottle receiving compartments, means by which the tray may be rotated from outside the casing, and means for controlling the withdrawal of bottles from the casing through the delivery opening, said latter means including a telescoping bottle receiving member depending from said top wall about said opening and a door for said opening operatively engaged with said bottle receiving member.

9. A bottle vending machine comprising a casing having a delivery opening in its top wall, a bottle supporting tray rotatably mounted in the casing to successively present the bottles to the delivery opening, a refrigerating chamber mounted upon the tray, a removable cover for the chamber, a cross bar removably engaged with the chamber, a crank connected to the cross bar and journaled in the cover, and means for controlling the withdrawal of bottles from the casing through the delivery opening, said latter means including a telescoping bottle receiving member depending from said top wall about said opening and a door for said opening operatively engaged with said bottle receiving member. v

10. A bottle vending machine comprising a casing having a delivery opening in its top wall, a tray rotatably mounted in the casing for supporting the bottles thereon in radial rows, means by which the tray may be operated from outside the casing to successively present the outermost bottles of the rows in alinement with the delivery opening, the tray causing the bottles to move outwardl thereon as the outermost ones are wit drawn through the delivery opening, and means for controlling the removal of the bottles from the casing through the delivery opening, said latter means including a telescoping bottle receiving member depending from said top wall about said opening and a door" for said opening operatively engaged with said bottle receiving member.

In testimony whereof we hereunto aflix our signatures. 1

HAROLD PAUL TARRENGE.

CHAS. HOWELL.