DE2353477A1 - Newspaper selling machine - has blocking and release mechanism to return coin when all papers sold - Google Patents

Abstract

The blocking and release mechanism is ineffective as long there is an article for sale. Once the machine is empty the coin is returned but after the coin enters and operates the release mechanism for sale the coin cannot be retracted. For blocking purposes there is a lever in a housing which leans against the article for sale and which acts on the blocking lever over a rod. During sale action the newspaper pack is pressed by a plate against test finger which in the blocking position passes through an opening in the plate. The other end of the finger is connected to the rod which is coupled via another rod to the lifting rod to operate blocking latch and lifting organs. The lifting organ pins are adjustable and lockable on the rod.

Description

85 NUREMBERG, 17th JLO. 1973

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Röchiing & Co ·, metal goods factory in Nuremberg 8500 Nuremberg, Bessemerstr. 8 -12

"Sales device"

The invention relates to a vending machine, particularly for stacked items Newspapers or magazines, with a device to be operated by the buyer after approval by a coin checking device for the release of a sales unit. In the preferred application form According to the invention, the front newspaper or magazine is lifted from the stack by means of a needle bar and a removal opening fed. Various arrangements of coin validators are known for such sales devices, which provide both the correct number, as well as the correct type of inserted coins and the actuating device only when the inserted coins are inserted release. .

In the case of such sales, which work as so-called fully automatic machines, it must also be ensured that the customer either does not

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Can insert money, or accidentally insert money again is returned. In the case of vending machines, various arrangements for such a return of money are known, but they are proportionate are expensive. In the preferred application of the invention, namely a vending device for stacked newspapers or magazines, a version is known in which one of the Stack of forward pressing pressure plate labeled "Sold Out" is present. As soon as the last newspaper or magazine has been removed from the stack, this label is visible to the buyer. This arrangement has the disadvantage that of one casual buyers or in the dark overlook the label and accidentally dropping money.

The object of the invention is, in a sales device of type mentioned at the beginning, in particular in the case of a sales device for stacked newspapers or magazines, with relatively simple and thus cheap, as well as trouble-free means to ensure that When the device is sold out, the device for issuing a sales unit cannot be operated and at the same time it can be operated inadvertently inserted money is ejected again.

To solve this problem, the invention primarily proposes that that a blocking of the release of the coin checking device is provided, whereby the blocking is switched on or off based on the goods takes place in such a way that if there is at least one sales unit

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the lock is ineffective and the device can be operated, while in the absence of a sales unit, the lock becomes effective and the actuation device via the coin passage, or the coin checking device blocked, as well as a coin return releases or causes. The lock according to the invention is with constructive very simple means, e.g. B. a few lifts and rods, to realize, with the rest of the already existing Münzprüfeinrichtung exploited or used with. The return of coins is also easy to accomplish, e.g. B, according to an embodiment of the invention with moving the actuator, before the lock takes effect. The aforementioned advantages are especially in a vending machine for newspapers or magazines of importance, since on the one hand the requirement for a the cheapest possible device; because such sales devices should be in the form of sales boxes in many places, i. in great Number, but with the price of a sale— device or box in view of the low price of the items to be sold Newspapers shouldn't be too high. On the other hand, however such a sales device work perfectly, otherwise it will be avoided by the buyers

According to a preferred embodiment of the invention is in one Vending device with a coin counter and a coin channel on which one or more pawls are located that the coin passage in Allow throw-in direction and block in the opposite direction.

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Ren and in which the removal device to be operated by the buyer by a trigger, z. B. a rocker that is blocked after throwing in the set number of coins triggers due to the locking effect of the pawl and releases the removal, provided that when sold out Well the lock brings the pawl out of the area of the coin channel and thus blocks the release remain. This arrangement is characterized by its particular structural simplicity and its perfect function.

Furthermore, according to the invention, it is possible, by adjusting the position of the pawls, to adjust the respective sales price to adjust the number of coins to be set.

Other advantages and features of the invention are as follows Description and the accompanying drawing of an inventive Execution example can be found in the drawing shows:

Fig. 1: Schematically and in front view

the parts of a sales device for newspapers that are of interest here

Coin checking device and locking means, Fig «2: a section along the line II-II

in Fig. 1 with ineffective lock,

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Fig. 2a: in the associated position Parts according to the circled section in Fig. 1,

FIG. 3: a section analogous to FIG. 2 with effective lock,

Fig. 3 &: the parts in the associated position according to the section of a circle in Fig. 1,

Fig. 4: schematically, the triggering of the actuating device.

The invention is based on a so-called fully automatic machine for Sales of newspapers explained in more detail. Inside of one not here The box-like housing shown is located under a spring action standing pressure plate 1, which is a stack of newspapers 2 after pushes against an abutment plate 3 at the front. The batch 2 and the For the sake of clarity, abutment plate 3 are shown in FIG not drawn. In the front area (this is the one in the Fig. 2 and 3 on the right) there is also one device not shown, e.g. B. one by a mechanism moving needle bar, which when pressed on the foremost newspaper 2 ' attacks, pulls it away from the stack upwards and lets it slide downwards through an access slot into the removal position « Such sales devices are known per se (see e.g. U.S. Patent 2,992,756). This output device is actuated z. B. by means of a rotary handle. This actuation is through a

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achematiach in Fig. 1 with M designated coin checking device then released if the number and size of the inserted coins correspond to the respective setting «In the present case it is assumed that that two coins, e.g. B, two 10-pfennig pieces 4 the purchase price of the Represent newspaper. Are these coins, after they have passed through a diameter checking device, not shown, in the Coin channel 5 arrives, they assume the position shown in FIG. The lower coin lies on a trigger 6, e.g. B. one Seesaw, on. The upper one of the coins rests against an arm 7 of a locking pawl 8, the other arm 9 of which is counteracted by a locking pin 28 pivoting downwards is secured. The arrangement and function of the locking pin 28 is explained in more detail below · The locking pawl 8 can be moved up and down with an adjusting and fixing screw 10 in a slot 11 of the frame of the coin validator and stored lockable in the respective position. If necessary, a second pawl 8 'could also be provided.

It can be seen that when coins 4 are inserted, the arms 7 the pawls can move clockwise · The arm 9 is heavier than the arm 7 »> o that after the coin 4 on the arm 7 this is pivoted again over the coin (see FIGS. 1 and 2a). The triggering scheme is shown in FIG. the Rocker 6 provided as a trigger is pivotably mounted on an arm 12 which is connected to a shaft 13 in a rotationally fixed manner. As an actuator serves a hand to be swiveled by the buyer

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lever 14, which rotates the shaft when pivoted in the direction of the arrow. The means for lifting a newspaper from the stack, not shown here, are connected to the shaft 13. When the shaft 13 is rotated, the rocker 6 is guided along the lower edge of the lower coin. If the coins are blocked upwards by the arm 7 of the respective pawl, the rocker 6 is pivoted against the action of a spring 15 in a clockwise direction and makes a blockage, which is only indicated here with 16, so ineffective that the shaft 13 can be rotated further by lever 14 and a newspaper can be removed. If, on the other hand, the arm 7 of the pawl 8 is not in the position according to FIGS. 1, 2a, but in the position according to FIG 4 move upwards in the coin channel 5. The rocker 6 is not pivoted about its pivot point 17, and the blockage 16 remains with the effect that the shaft 13, apart from an initial rotational movement, is prevented from further turning and no newspaper is dispensed. '

The block in the event of a sale is explained in more detail below:

Is on the frame 18 of the device, which is only indicated in the drawing A lever 20 is pivotably mounted on the axis 19. One end of the lever is provided with a feeler finger 21, while at the other end of the lever A locking rod 23 is articulated via a transverse rod 22

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is. As the drawing shows, the lever 20 is preferably two-armed for this purpose. The same applies to a transmission lever 24, on one arm of which the connecting rod 23 and on the other arm one Lifting rod 25 is articulated. The lever 24 is pivotably mounted on the axis 26 in the frame of the device or the coin counter the lifting rod 25 are displaceable in their longitudinal direction and lifting elements 27, which can be locked in the respective position and which in the present exemplary embodiment consist of pins 28 and a locking screw connection 29 exist (see Figs. 2a and 3a).

The pin 28 lies below the arm 9 or an extension 30 of the respective pawl 8 on it.

If, according to FIG. 2, there is still a good to be sold) here one or more Newspapers, available, presses the pressure plate 1 over the Newspaper stack 2 the sensing finger 21 and thus the lever 20, as well the connecting parts 22, 23, 24, 25 and 27, 28 in the position shown in FIGS. 1, 2, 2a. In this position, the pawl 8 assume the position shown in these figures, in which they move prevents the inserted coins upwards, the respective pin 28 pivoting the pawl 8 counterclockwise not allowed.

If, on the other hand, all the newspapers have been sold, it will pivot Lever 20 either due to its own weight or the additional

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union weight of the rod 22, or counterclockwise by spring force (based on the representation in Fig. 2, 3) · Here the sensing finger 21 passes through a slot 31 in the plate 1 (see Figs. 1 and 3). The connecting rod 23 is down and the lifting rod 25 is pulled upwards (see FIG. 3). This will make the Lifting members (i.e. the pins 28) are moved upwards, thereby removing the Move pawls 8 around their articulation point 10 clockwise so far that the arm 7 comes outside of the Münzlaufbereiches. In order to the effect described above occurs that when turning of the handle 14, the rocker 6 is not pressed down and the release mechanism is not actuated. Such an operation If the device was sold out, it would have been damaged Mechanism, as well as the non-publication accidentally inserted * coins. Is now the lock according to the invention effective, the lever 14 can only be relatively small Angular amount can be pivoted further. One in the Drawing not shown device actuated which inadvertently inserted coins of a money return accessible to the buyer feeds.

All features shown and described, as well as their combinations with one another are essential to the invention.

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Claims (8)

Patent and protection claims '1') Verkaufβgerät, particularly for stacked newspapers or magazines, characterized by an after release by a coin testing Tom buyer operable device for issuing a sales unit., That a lock release is provided, whose activation or deactivation of Gut (2) takes place in such a way that if there is at least one sales unit (2) the lock is ineffective and the device (13, 14) can be actuated, while in the absence of a sales unit the lock becomes effective and the actuation device is activated via the coin passage or Münzprüfeinrichtung blocked, and also releases a coin return, or causes. 2.) Vending device according to claim I ₁ wherein a coin counter is provided with a coin channel on which there are one or more pawls that allow the passage of coins in the throwing direction and block in the opposite direction and wherein the removal device to be operated by the buyer is blocked by a trigger which triggers after inserting the set number of coins due to the locking effect of the pawl and releases the removal, characterized in that in the absence of a sales unit, the lock removes the pawl (8) from the area of the coin channel (5) 509818/0192 brings and thus the blocking of the release remains. 3.) Sales device according to claims 1 and 2, characterized in that that a lever (20) pivotably mounted in the device frame (18) is provided as a lock, which is attached to the item (2, 2 ') is present that the lever (20) via a rod or the like (23) acts on the pawl or pawl (η) (β) and that the lever with the rod under gravity or spring action in the absence of any of a sales good occupies the blocked position, in the presence of a sales good, however, this the lever in presses the unlocked position « 4.) Sales device according to claim 3 »characterized in that for the sale of newspapers or magazines of the pile (2) in in a manner known per se by a spring force Pressure plate (l) against one at the front newspaper or magazine (2 ·) adjacent abutment (3) is pressed that the pressure plate has a passage opening (31) and that the lever is provided with a feeler finger (2l) which is in the locked position protrudes through the passage opening, but in the unlocked position lies against the foremost newspaper or magazine (2 '). 5.) Sales device according to claim 3, or claims 3 and 4, characterized in that the lever (20) has two arms, wherein 509818/0 19 2 Λ- one arm has the tactile finger (2l) and the other arm is connected to the rod (23) " 6.) Sales device according to one or more of claims 3-5 » characterized in that the connecting rod (23) is articulated on a pivotably mounted transmission lever (24), and that on the transmission lever one in the longitudinal direction of the coin counter movable lifting rod (25) is articulated, which with the pawl, or locking pawls (β) are provided with pivotable and locking lifting members (27), 7 ») sales device according to claim 6, characterized in that as Lifting pins (28) are provided which are adjustable in the longitudinal direction on the lifting rod (25) and can be locked in the respective position are appropriate 8.) Sales device according to claim 6, or claims 6 and 7, characterized characterized in that the lifting members (27, 28) engage or rest on the respective pawl (β) from below, that in the locking position of the lever (20) the lifting rod (25) over the The connecting rod (23) is raised and the respective pawl (8) is pivoted by the lifting element (27, 28) out of the coin track (5). 509818/0192