DE392317C - Cigarette dispenser - Google Patents

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GERMAN EMPIRE

ISSUED MARCH 18, 1924

REICH'S PATENT OFFICE

PATENT LETTERING

CLASS 44 b GROUP 18

(Sch 66297 X \ 44 &)

Leo Schott in Berlin.

Cigarette dispenser. Patented in the German Empire on November 10, 1922.

The invention relates to a device for the individual dispensing of cigarettes and the like roll-shaped goods that are received in sleeves on the circumference of a rotatable output drum so that they can be pushed out, so that by the incremental rotation of the drum the filled holder sleeves are guided one after the other into one position, in each of which the cigarette is conveyed out. The new device whose movement by means of a depressible button bar in a known manner,

v.'irki is designed in such a way that it can be set up ready for use on the tables for the attention of the public in restaurants, wine bars, etc. on the other hand, allows for a count of the cigarettes removed one after the other by a guest, in that the number of cigarettes still in the device can also be determined at the same time. The guest is only able to use the device after the waiter has triggered a locking device, simply by handling a depressible button bar, the new arrangement of which is that it has abutment lugs to move a multi-armed Schaltaa pawl carrier within the stroke limits to advance the holder sleeve drum , and that it carries a lifting pin which, during its stroke path parallel to the longitudinal side of the drum, moves into a longitudinal slot of that holder sleeve which is below the dispenser opening, so that the cigarette is simultaneously conveyed out by lifting the button bar. The preparatory shifting of the pawl carrier for the next step takes place in the upper stroke limit. The device of the cigarette dispenser is supplemented by an automatically einritkkende locking device to lock the button bar and by the arrangement of a special counting device that has to display the number of cigarettes removed in a row. in the drawing show: Fig. ι the elevation of the Ausgebervorrich-Hing, the housing is drawn in section;

Fig. 2 is a plan of Fig. R, partially covered;

Fig. 3 in elevation the arrangement of the swingable .Schinkenträgers, which is in the The folding position is drawn with the button length raised;

Fig. 4 is a side view of the special counter showing the number of consecutive cigarettes removed, and a special one to reset it to zero Triggering requires;

Fig. 5, Ο, 7 and 8 another embodiment of the device.

It can be seen from Figs. 1 and 2 that the upright drum C is installed in a housing A, the hinged cover P of which adjoins the adjacent fixed cover wall B as a hinged part in a broken line (Fig. 2) which is rotatable in the manner of a Re \ olvertro; nmei and is fitted on the circumference with tubular sleeves c for receiving the cigarettes. At the bottom, the tubular sleeves c are provided with a support extension and are slotted at c ¹ so that a push member (lifting pin i) can slide up through the slot from below and drive out the cigarette contained therein. The button bar α used to move the device can be pushed up and down in a guide attached to the side of a housing wall without rotating itself: a lower extension a ^{1 of} the button bar carries the lifting pin i.

The drum C is incrementally advanced by a multi-armed pawl carrier / t (Fig. Ι and 3) oscillating back and forth by means of the pawl k; the latter engages resiliently in a crown toothing c on the circumference of the drum. The two arms h ¹ and /; - of the lever-like latch support /; are set up in such a way that they are carried along by the lifting pin / the head rod α when pushing downwards and pulling upwards for a certain distance. Accordingly, the pawl carrier h changes its position every time at the end of the stroke of the button rod movement (Fig. Ι and 3), while the movement of the lifting pin between the stop sockets Λ ¹ and / (- does not affect them. By the pawl q (Fig. Ij, die accesses at any point in the Kronzahnung ^, the reverse rotation of the drum is prevented. If according to Fig. 1, the button rod is α fully depressed, the pawl has k to Sehaltvorschub completed by one tooth, so that each one provided with the cigarette sleeve c is located above the lifting pin i . If the button rod ff is now lifted, the lifting pin / slides into the slot c ¹ and lifts the cigarette resting against it until it protrudes through the opening 0 of the lid so far out of the housing, so that it can be removed by hand.Simultaneously with the lifting of the button bar σ to the upper limit position (Fig. 31, the pawl carrier /; is turned over so that its pawl k grips behind a new tooth The deflection of the pawl carrier // is determined by stops (not shown); In addition, a drag spring attack or the like can be used to ensure that one position or the other is maintained.

The tubes c on the drum are filled with cigarettes after the cover P , which is usually secured, is opened. On the front side of the drum a circular digits disk (/, c has a radially projecting pin superimposed implement has. At the upper mouths of the sleeves are c bearing notches are provided so that

the pin c moves across one of them ^! lets put. The mouth in question must be left empty when the others are fully occupied with cigarettes. The outside protruding pin e is used to block the 'drum against further rotation when the same has become empty by removing all the cigarettes. By a display opening in the lid D j each time that item (ι) ι

ίο the number plate d visible, which indicates j how many cigarettes are still available for removal in i the device. When filling, all the tubes c in front of the empty field at e are to be filled with cigarettes, and the plate d is to be implemented in such a way that the number of cigarettes filled is visible at the viewing hole.

According to Fig. 1 and 2, only one cigarette (on the number field 10) can be removed. If, by moving the button bar a the; Switching movement by one tooth distance full; ends, this last cigarette is ready to be removed (on number field 11 in Fig. 2). At the same time, the pin e is then moved so far to the right that it hits the swingable locking plate r . Any further rotation is then ruled out, '. and by the pushing movement, the locking plate r is rotated somewhat when attempting a further movement, so that its arm r ^{1 is} in a notch. the button bar can intervene in a locking manner (Fig. 3). The latch plate 'also serves as a barrier means for arbitrarily ■ loan shutdown of the apparatus. For this purpose, a spring-loaded auxiliary lever t , which can be easily moved with the finger from the outside of the housing, is arranged, which, when pressed in the direction of the arrow (Fig. 2), hits a catch on the locking plate r and moves it to the right into the locked position . A pin is' r- provided at an arm of the latch plate, g on the (in the j Umlegestellung) a resilient pawl! can grip, thereby securing the locked position 1 and triggering the introduction! and turning a key in a customizable keyhole g ^{l is made} dependent. By turning the key 'would except the notch at the same ^time!

the backward movement of the plate r to the unlocked position (Fig. 2) must be 1. Only after such release is the _; Use of the device by the guest who _; Wishes to remove cigarettes is optional. Usually the button of the button bar α is a little higher than as shown in ', Fig. Ι, so that it never-! which can be pressed; also , the upper limit position of the button bar α is slightly above the position shown in Fig. 3. ■ ■■

If necessary, a lever b (Fig. 3) can be brought into connection with the device controlled by the button bar α , the upper plate-shaped end of which covers the dispenser hole 0 and only releases it during the lifting movement. To move his short lever arm b ¹ , which is provided with a start-up roller, a pin j firmly attached to ^{a 1 is used} , which joins the movements of the button bar α . In the lower travel range, the pin / said lever arm pushes to the side so far that the upper end of the lever b comes under the hole ο and closes it. If the rod α is raised above the point where the pin i is about to enter the slot c ¹ , the pin slides / from the start-up roll, and the lever b falls back under the action of a weak spring, so that it occupies the open position according to Fig. 3. In Fig. 1, the lever b is not shown.

The device by means of which a counting of the number of cigarettes removed one after the other is accomplished, and which allows a subsequent reset to zero, is shown mainly in FIG. The movement of the pawl q is used to advance a ratchet or counting wheel u , in that the pawl p that reaches down is connected to it. On the other hand, a pawl ν is associated with the same ratchet wheel u , which swings around a fixed pivot point r ¹ and is constantly pulled into the position of engagement by a counterweight (or a spring). The upper arm of this pawl ν is in pin engagement with the slot w ¹ on a coupling rod zv, which is articulated to the pawl lever p and is influenced by a spring f . When the crown toothing s is incremented by one tooth spacing, the pawl q rises and lowers and, by means of the pawl lever p, causes the ratchet wheel ti to rotate by one tooth. This ratchet wheel is under the action of a spring « ¹ , which tends to pull it into a certain zero position, corresponding to the impact of a stop it on a pin y. With each switching movement of the drum C , the rotation against the spring tension is continued; As a result, through a viewing opening on the housing, the number on the ratchet and counting wheel u is visible, which indicates how many cigarettes are given in advance.

By the movement of the Abstellerhebeis t the further removal of cigarettes, whether by the guests themselves or the waiter made impossible, so there remains the numeric setting of the barrier and the counting wheel and tentatively made. The two-sided notch on this ratchet takes place when pressure is applied to the head of the

Claims (4)

Coupling rod τι 'and the Hebelsr is exercised from the right. This purpose is served, for example, a more apparent in Figure 2 lever ;;;;. /, Of which one lever end m against the coupling rod head te (Fig. 4) is applied, and the other end in the engagement region of the pawl lever g is arranged so that when by moving a g ¹ inserted key of the ratchet lever on the lever m, η and this again acts on the coupling rod τι '. As a result of the release of the pawls />, τ ¹ , the ratchet 11 then snaps back into the zero position by the spring action ι « ^1. \ In order to be able to check how many cigarettes in total have been dispensed by means of the device, a known counter E can be connected to the drum C so that the number of fillings or individually counted cigarettes can be ascertained. ' Another embodiment of the cigarette dispenser is shown in elevation and plan in Figs. 5 and 6, while Figs. 7 and 8 show related details! vivid. The only difference is that the button rod α and the associated crank pin; ' move in a plane at opposite points of the holder drum C , while in the first-described embodiment these parts j are close to one another. The button bar a sits on a crosshead ι which can be pushed up and down in lateral guides of the housing (Fig. S), and the latter carries a bracket 2, which, as shown in Fig. 6 (plan view), engages around the drum C along the housing wall; the pin i is attached to this bracket 2 protruding inwards and engages under the cigarette stored in the relevant holder sleeve c in the manner described above. The switching of the drum takes place according to Fig. 7 again by means of a lever /; which carries the pawl Ic and is alternately turned over by a lug 3 on the Ouerhaupt ι. The button stem α together with Ouerhaupt 1 is, unlike the previously described embodiment, mounted on a spring 4 (Fig. 5), so that these parts, when the button bar is depressed and then released, snap up into the stroke position by themselves. As a result, the cigarette grasped by the pin i is automatically lifted or ejected into the dispensing position. The lever 5 shown in Fig. 5 takes the place of a bolt that prevents the button bar from being depressed when the locking position is given. ' P AXEN τ claims: i. Cigarette dispenser, in which a push-button bar serves for the incremental rotation of a holder drum, on which the cigarettes are individually slid out in holder sleeves and guided one after the other in front of the dispenser opening, characterized in that the button bar (σ) only has one shoulder («M against the arm ( A ¹ ) pushes a pawl lever (h) that can be folded back and engages with a pawl (k) in a crown toothing ls) of the drum and thereby causes the drum to advance, while its upward movement parallel to the drum's longitudinal side pushes a lifting pin (i) in one Longitudinal seat ( c ¹ ) of that holder sleeve ic) moves, which is under the dispenser opening, so that the lifting of the button bar simultaneously causes the cigarette contained therein to be conveyed out, and that towards the end of the upward movement, the turning of the latch lever (A.) starts again by pushing it one arm (A ³ ) of the same takes place. 2. Cigarette dispenser according to claim 1, characterized in that a locking device (r) is arranged which is brought into such a position either automatically upon reaching the empty position of the drum or arbitrarily when the drum is partially emptied by a lever (t) that it is the pushing movement the rod (a) prevents. 3. Cigarette dispenser according to claim r and 2, characterized by a counting device which shows the number of cigarettes removed one after the other, after the storage is inoperative at the beginning, until the storage is moved again and from a. ■ «.) With two pawls (p, T ¹ J), one of which (ρ) as an indexing pawl derives its drive from a pawl (q) on the drum sprocket (z) , while both are moved by the stop to reset the ratchet wheel to zero can. 4. Cigarette dispenser according to claim 1, characterized in that a lever (b) is pivoted by the action of a pin (/ ') of the rod (α) on its arm (Z' ¹ ) during the up and down movement of the button rod (a) and thereby the dispenser opening opens or ng closes. 1 sheet of drawings.