US1022680A

US1022680A - Newspaper-vending machine.

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Publication number: US1022680A
Application number: US60271211A
Authority: US
Inventors: Benona Johnson
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1911-01-14
Filing date: 1911-01-14
Publication date: 1912-04-09
Anticipated expiration: 1929-04-09

Description

B. JOHNSON.

NEWSPAPER VENDING MACHINE APPLICATION FILED JAN.14, 1911 1,022,680, Patented Apr. 9, 1912.

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B. JOHNSON.

NEWSPAPER VENDING MACHINE.

APPLIGATION FILED JAILM, 1911.

1,022,680. Patented Apr. 9, 1912.

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B. JOHNSON.

NEWSPAPER VENDING MACHINE.

APPLIOATION FILED JAN.14, 1911.

Patented Apr. 9, 1912.

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NEWSPAPER VENDING, MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED -JAN.14, 1911.

Patented Apr. 9, 1912.

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BENONA JOHNSON, OF ELMIRA, NEW YORK.

NEWSPAPER-VENDING MACHINE.

Application filed January 14, 1911.

T 0 all whom, it may concern Be it known that I, Bnxoxa JoH'NsoN, citizen of the United States. residing at Elmira, in the county of Chemung and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Newspa1t er-Vending Machines, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to machines for vending articles and particularly to a machine designed with special reference to newspapers and magazines.

In designing all vending machines for newspapers the chief difficulty to be overcome resides in the fact that different newspapers ditfer in the thickness of the paper, the number of sheets comprising the newspaper, and also that the same newspaper differs in the number of its sheets during the week and hence means must be provided for compensating for this difference in the number of sheets.

Yl' ith this condition in view, the primary object of my invention is the provision of a very simple. durable and effective mechanism of the character stated, which upon a manual actuation after the deposit of a coin shall deliver a newspaper. magazine or like article in the folded condition usually delivered from newspaper ofiices.

A further object is the provision of a machine of this character having its operative parts capable of such adjustment that newspapers differing in the number of sheets and hence differing in thickness when folded may be vended by the same machine. and to provide means whereby the operative parts of the machine may be accurately and quickly adjusted to suit the varying number of sheets in each particular paper. I

Other objects of the invention will appear in the course of the following description.

My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings wherein:

Figure l is a perspective view of the casing inclosing my vending machine. Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view 'of the upper portion of the casing showing the newspaper-containing compartment with. the newspapers therein. 3 is a horizontal section on the line 3-3 of Fig. Fig. at is a vertical sectional view of the casing closing the operating mechanism, the op Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 9, 1912.

Serial No. 602,712.

crating mechanism being shown in elevation. Fig. is an under side plan view showing the delivery and detaining mechanism, the walls of the casing being in section. Fig.6 is a fragmentary detail view of the release wheel shaft and release wheels thereon, the shaft being partly broken away and the release wheels being shown in section. Fig. 7 is an enlarged detail section on the line 77 of Fig. Figs. 8. 9 and 10 are detail sectional views taken through the bottom of the newspaper-containing compartment and showing the various positions of the detaining and delivery mechanism. Fig. 11 is a detail fragmentary view of the wheels and 43, together with the operating lever and the pawl thereon. Fig. 12 is a front view of the mechanism shown in Fig. 7.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the following description and indicated in all the views of the accompairving drawings by the same referencecharacters.

Referring to the drawings. 2 designates a rectangular casing provided with a newspaper-containing compartment 3. This cas ing is preferably rectangular in form. the width of the con'i mrtmcnt 3 being equal to the length of the newspapers r when folded. the depth of said cmn mrtment being equal to the depth of the newspapers and the compartment being designed to contain a plurality of newspapers which are fed toward the forward end of the compartment and designed to be delivered by means of a chute 5. 'The bottom (3 of the compartment 3 is cut away at its forward end as at '2" ,down a distance equal to the downward extension of the rear wall 9. The bottom of the apron 12 is cut away as at 13 at its middle so as to form ineans whereby the newspaper may be readily withdrawn from the chute 5. The apron 12 is also provided on its inside face with a plurality of depending spring fingers ll which prevent the news paper from dropping out of the chute 5 and which normally contact with the rear-wall of the chute. It will be understood that this chute 5 composed of the rear wall 8 and the apron 12,extends entirely across the face of the newspaper-containing compartment and is therefore equal in width to the newspapers to be vended.

The front of the newspaper compartment 3 is preferably provided with a transparent section extending across the upper corner of the compartment whereby" the news-' distance, said movement occurring after the delivery of each newspaper so as to bring the newspapers in proper position to be engaged by the delivery mechanism. In order to prevent the forward newspaper from accidentally slipping into the chute 5 and thus being delivered without the actuation of a coin, and alsoto prevent the felonious abstractionof a newspaper from the compartment, I provide the bottom 6 of the compartment 3 with a plurality of spring fingers 19. As illustrated, the spring fingers are two in number and each finger is upwardly turned as at so as to projectup through-the cutaway portions 7 of the bottom 6 and into engagement with the lower margin of the forward newspaper contained within the compartment. The spring fingers are preferably attached to a transverse rock shaft, 21 as illustrated in Fig. 5, which is mounted in bearings 22 upon a shiftable base '23. A spring 24 engages with the rock shaft 21 and normally acts to hold '.the spring fingers so that the angular terminals 20 thereof will be projected upward through the slots 7.

in order to deliver the newspapers one at a time, it is necessary that the spring fingers 19 shall be depressed out of engagement with the lower edge of the forward newspaper and that the lower portion of the first newspaper shallbe shifted'forward into the opening of the delivery chute 5.- For the "purpose of forwardly moving the lower end of the paper, I have provided a shaft 25 which extends beneath the bottom of the casing at the junction of the portion 9 of the wall 8 with the bottom of the casing, this shaft being mounted in bearings 26 and actuated as will be hereafter described. The shaft is provided at its middle with a plurality of radially projecting paper-engaging blades 27, as illustrated in Figs. 8, 9 and 10. These blades illustrated are threein number and are placed equidistantly around theshaft 25. In order to release the detent fingers 19 from their engagement with the forward'newspaper, I also provide on the shaft 25 a plurality of ta'ppets-28 equal in number to the blades 27 and set equidistantly around the shaft but in staggered relation to the blades 27. Each tappet in its rotation engages with a lever 29 which is pivotally supported as by a bracket from the bottom of the casing. The shaft 25 revolves in the direction of the arrow in Figs. 8, 9 and 1 0 and as a tappet lever 29 it forces the inner end downward. This inner end of the lever 29 engages with an arm 30on the rock shaft 21. Thus as the rear end of the lever 29 is forced downward it will engage this arm 30 and rock the shaft 21, thus depressing the finger 19 and moving the angular terminal ends thereof out'of engagement with the newspapers 4. As the detent fingers 19 are depressed by engage- -ment with the lever 29 with one of the tappets 28, one of theblades 27 engages behind the forward newspaper and in the further rotation of .the shaft 25 this blade carries the newspaper forward and over the curved face of the rear wall of the chute, in such position that the paper will slide down the chute until detained by the spring fingers 14. These spring fingers 14: are relatively light and hence only frictionally engage the newspaper but do not prevent it from passing down to the lower end of the chute in suchposition that it, may be readily grasped and drawn therefrom. I.

.The shaft 25 is designed to be actuated by an operating lever which is released upon the deposit of a coin. The mechanism for so actuating the shaft 25 is as follows. Pivotally mounted upon the side wall of the newspaper-containing chamber 3 is the lever 31 whose freeend extends out through the front wall of the machine and is there provided with a handle 32. The lever is normally held from anyactuation by means of a stop 33, this stop being released by any desired coin-actuated mechanism not illustrated. The lever is normally held. in an upwardly and outwardly extending position by means of a spring 34 or like device which yields to permit the actuation of the lever. Mounted adjacent to the lever is a wheel or like rotatable member 35 which is mounted upon a' shaft 36. The face of this wheel is provided with a plurality of outwardly proed upon the'lever 31(engages. This pawl as illustrated is pivoted to the face of the lever at 39 so as to swing laterally. One face of the pawl is rounded as at 40 while the lower face extends in a horizontal direction as at 41. normally depends in a vertical position but finger engages with the outer end of the- The weight of the pawl is such that it jecting teeth 37 with ,which'a pawl 38 pivotaoeasso may be shifted laterally turning upon its pivot 39 so as to pass the tooth 37 on the lever upon an upward movement of the lever 31. The face of the tooth 37 is inclined as at 42 so as to act to force the pawl inward. As the lever is depressed to actuate the machine, the pawl 38 engages with one of the teeth 37 on the rotatable member 35 and rotates this member 35 through a predetermined distance. Upon a release of the lever 31 the spring 3t will draw the lever upward. the pawl 38 passing the teeth 37 and taking the position immediately behind the tooth next to be engaged. Mounted upon the shaft 36 and immediately adjacent to the wheel 35. is the toothed gear wheel &3, illustrated in Fig. 2. which engages with an interi'l'lediate gear it mounted in any suitable manner. which in turn engages with a gear wheel mounted upon ashaft 46. Also mounted upon the shaft 46 is a sprocket wheel 47 over which passes a sprocket chain 48 which at its forward end passes over a sprocket wheel l9 mounted upon the shaft 25. It will be seen then that upon each actuation of the lever the shaft will be actuated a predetermined distance to release the detent fingers 19 from their engagement with the forward newspaper and feed said newspaper forward as previously described. In order to prevent too great movement of the rotatable member 35. I provide said member with a plurality of circumferential recesses 50 which are engaged by a spring detent 51. It will be seen that this detent hearing as it does against the periphery of the wheel 35, tends to retard the movementof the wheel so that it shall move evenly and uniformly, and also acts as a back motion stop.

The transversely extending bar 17 to which the feed plate 16 is attached extends out through slots 18 in the sides of the newspaper-containing compartment. At opposite ends the bar 17 is attached to

sprocket chains

52 and 53 by which the inter ittent forward movement of the feed plate is accomplished. The sprocket chain 52 passes over a sprocket wheel 5 mounted upon the forward end of the side wall of the coinpartment and the rear portion of the. sprocket chain passes over a sprocketwheel 55 mounted upon a transversely extending driving shaft This driving shaft extends entirely through the newspaper-containing compartment and projects on both sides thereof and is provided with a sprocket wheel-57 for supporting the rear end of the chain 53, the forward end of the sprocket chain 53 being supported upon an idler sprocket wheel 58.

The shaft 56 is driven by any suitable motor and T have shown for this purpose a coiled spring 59 which is attached at one end as at 69 to the rear wall of the vending m to vwith ratchet teeth around its periphery.

These .wheels difi'er from each other merely in the number of said teeth and in the length of said teeth. Preferably. there are a plurality of these release wheels 3 and the release wheels are shiftable along the shaft 56 so asto bring any one of the release wheels into contact with the bolt (i-lof a latching device to be described. As a means for supporting the release wheels ca upon the shaft 56 and permitting said wheels to be moved longitudinally along the shaft. l preferably form the shaft with an outwardly projecting fea-ther or spline and form the hubs of the wheel with a recess to receive said spline. As a means for locking the wheels in their adjusted position. 1 preferably provide the collars (So-located on opposite sides of the wheels. these collars being each provided with a set screw 67 adapted to engage in one of a plurality of recesses (38 formed in the feather 65. By removing the sectionalbearing (31 to rel also the end of the shaft. the wheels 63 may be slipped o'll' the shaft and changed whenever necessary. in order to shift the wheels, however. it is only necessary to withdraw the set screws (37 and shift the wheels along the shaft. replacing the set screws in place after the wheels have been placed in proper adjustment with one of said wheels in engagement with the bolt (ll.

In order to release the bolt (it from its engagement with the ratchet wheel (33. T provide the following mechanism. The bolt (ll is mounted in a spring inclosing casing 69 which in turn is mounted upon a supporting bracket '70 extending upward from the bottom ofthe .paper-containing compart ment. The bolt (it passes through this casing and is surrounded therein by a coiled spring 71 which acts to throw the bolt outward. This coiled spring is supported between the end of the casing and a stop nut 72 on the bolt. The lower end of the bolt is pivotally engaged with an arm T3 which is pivoted at its middle upon a standard 74, the free end of the arm projecting over into the path of movement of a plurality of tappet arms 75 mounted upon the shaft 46. These tappet arms are equidistantly arranged around the shaft and correspond in number to the tappet arms 28 on the shaft 25 and to the delivering blades 2?. In the course of rotation around the shaft 46 upon 1 which the tappet arms 75 are mounted, the

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tappet arms will successively engage with the free end of'the pivoted arm 73, raising said free end and withdrawing the bolt 64 from its engagement with the teeth of the release wheel 63. As the tappet passes the extremity of the arm. 73, the spring 71 will return the bolt 64 to a projected position where it will engage with the next succeeding tooth on the wheel. It will be understood that the springmotor 59 acts to urge the release wheels in the direction of the arrow in Fig. 4 and that the bolt 64 prevents the movement of the release wheels in this direction.

The operation of the invention as so far described is as follows. A coin is deposited in any suitable coin-operating mechanism which in turn releases the detent 33 to permit the actuation-of the lever 31. The depression of this lever acts to rotate the wheel 35 which in turn through the gear 44 rotates the gear wheel 45 and the shaft 46. This rotation of the shaft 46 causes a like rotation of the shaft 25 and the shifting of the first series of papers forward into the delivery chute: At the same time the rotation of the shaft 56 causes the withdrawal of the bolt 64 and the spring 59 causes the rotation of the shaft 56, which in turn operates the

sprocket chains

52 and 53 to shiftthe feed plate 16 forward a distance equal to the thickness of one of the newspapers being vended. After this has been accomplished, the bolt 64 again engages with the release wheel, preventing any further forward -movementof the feed plate and any further actuation of the machine until another coin has been deposited.

As before stated, it is necessary to provide means for adjusting the mechanism to suit varying thicknesses of newspaper. For the purpose of varying the forward movement given to the feed plate 16 of the machine, I have provided a plurality of release wheels 63, each having a different number of ratchet teeth, the distance between the teeth on any one wheel corresponding to the thickness .of a folded paper having a predetermined num- Thus for papers 48 in thickness, the distance between the teeth will be g of an inch.

It will be obvious that means must be provided for adjusting the spring fingers 19 with relation to the rear edge ofthe slot 7 in which the blades 27 move and thus adjusting thesespring fingers in such relation to the extremity of the upwardly and rearwardly inclined blade, as in Fig. 8, that a paper will be engaged upon its front edge hyxthe upwardly turned ends of the spring .fingers and upon its rear face by the extremity of the adjacent blade 27. If the newspaper is thicker, it is necessary to force thespring fingers outward so as to increase the distance between the rear end of the slot 7 a and the blade 27. If the newspaper is thinner, it is necessary to decrease the distance between the spring finger and the end of the slot.

While I do not wish to limit myself to any particular mechanism for the purpose of adjusting these spring fingers, I preferably provide the construction illustrated in Figs. 5 and 7. In this construction the shaft 21 is mounted upon a slide 23 whose extremities are supported in guides 76 which are attached to the under side of the bottom of the newspaper-containing compartment. These guides are parallel to each other and support the slide 23 so that it may be shifted toward or from theshaft 25, carrying with it the shaft 21 and the spring. fingers 19. Theslide 23 is provided with a rearwardly extending arm 77 which as illustrated in Fig. 5 is formed with a slot engaged by an arm 78 mounted upon an-adjusting shaft 79. This shaft extends out through the side wall of the newspaper-containing compartment below the bottom 6 thereof and is provided on its extremity with means whereby the shaft may be rotated, and also provided with indicating means whereby .the proper position of the shaft may be determined. I

.will lock the shaft in any adjusted position.

For this purpose I make the head shiftable upon the shaft and form its inner end with teeth 81 which are adapted to engage with a circular series of teeth upon a clutch member 82 which is fast upon the wall of the casing. The head is provided with a pointer 83 coacting with a scale 84. A spring 85 which is held between the nut 86 and thehead 80 tends to force the head 80 into engagement with the teeth on the clutch member .82. The scale 84 is provided with graduations indicating to what point the pointer 83 must be turned in order to move the fingers 19 into position to accommodate a certain definite thickness of paper.

It will also be obvious that means must beprovided for adjusting the feed plate 16 so as to accommodate a variable number of papers between the feed plate and the chute 5 or discharge end of the newspaper compartment, as on occasions the machine will require to be filled with a greater number of papers than 'on other occasions. Means must also be provided for indicating the position of the plate 16, not only for different numbers of papers, but for newspapers of diflerent thicknesses after they are folded. To this end, I provide either the outeror inner. walls of the newspaper compartment with a plurality of scales 87, these scale being provided with graduation, marks, the

spaces between the graduations on one scale cates the different positions of the feed plate for different numbers of newspapers which are made up of say eight sheets. There may be as many or as few of these scales as are found necessary in practice to suit the requirements of the trade. The newspapers are inserted in the newspaper compartment and forward of the feed plate .by means of the door 88 which is hinged to the rear wall of the casing.

WVhile I may provide any suitable means for rewinding the spring 59 and for reversing the movement of the feed plat e, I have shown for this purpose the shaft 56 as being provided with a hand wheel 89. By rotating this hand wheel in one direction, the sprocket chains 52 may be reversed in their movement, thus carrying the bar 17 rearward together with the feed plate to the point predetermined by means ofv the scales 87. This rearward .movement of the shaft 56, of course, acts to wind up the spring 59.

It will beseen that the mechanism heretofore described provides for a very easy, simple and accurate adjustment of the parts for newspapers containing a varying number of sheets and also permits the adjustment of the feed plate to accommodate a greater or less number of newspapers.

What I claim is: l

1. A vending machine including an arti-, cle-containing compartment, a feed plate therein, an actuating member, means for shifting the feed plate forward upon ,each actuation of the actuating member, means for adjustably predetermining the amount of movement of the feed plate upon each actuation of the actuating member, and a scale for adjusting the feed plate to any desired initial position relative, to the delivery end of the compartment, said scale having a plurality of series of graduations thereon, the graduations of each series being spaced from each other a distance corre sponding to the amount of movement of the feed plate.

2. A vending machine including an article-containing compartment provided with a delivery chute at its forward end, a feed plate shiftably mounted in the'vending compartment for movement toward the chute, motor actuated means operatively connected to the feed plate and tending to constantly shift the feed plate toward the delivery end i of the compartment, said motor actuated means including a toothed wheel, a spring actuated stopengaging said toothed wheel and preventing its rotation by the motor, a tappet wheel having tappets thereon adapted to engage thestop to withdraw it from its engagement with'the wheel, 5 driving wheel operatively connected to the tappet wheel and having ratchet teeth upon one face, and an actuating lever having a pawl engaging said teeth upon a movement of the lever in one direction to rotate the driving wheel and actuate the stop releasing mechanism but free to pass said teeth upon a return of the lever to its initial position.

3. A vending machine including an article containing compartment, a feeding device shiftably mounted in the vending, compartment, motor actuated means operatively connected to the feeding device and tending to constantly shift the feeding device toward the delivery end of the compartment, a spring actuated stop preventing the movement of the motor actuated means, a tappet wheel having tappets thereon engaging the stop to withdraw it from its engagement with the motor actuated means, said tappets permitting the spring to immediately return the stop to its initial position, an operating lever, and means for rotating the tappet wheel a predetermined amount to release the stop upon each actuation of the lever in one direction.

4. A vending machine of the character described, including a compartment adapted to contain a plurality of newspapers, said compartment being formed with a transverse delivery opening at its forward end, springactuated detaining fingers projecting into said opening and engaging in front of the articles being vended, a rotatable delivery member mounted in the front end of said compartment and engaging behind the article to be vended, a feed plate mounted in said compartment, motor-actuated means operatively engaged with the feed plate, the delivery means and the detaining deviceand acting to shiftthe feed plate forward, rotate the delivery means and move the detaining means out of their projected position, a stop preventing the operation of the motor, and

manually operated means for momentarily releasing said step to permit the actuation of the motor.

-5. A vending machine, including a compartment having side walls and a bottom, the bottom of thecompartment at its forward end being open, a delivery chute extending down from said opening, a rotatable delivery member mounted in the open end of the compartment and including a plurality of radially projecting blades, springactuated detaining fingers projecting into the opening of the compartment, a motor operatively engaged with the feed plate and with the delivery member, and means for preventing the actuation of the motor, and manually operated means for disengaging said preventing means from its engagement with the motor.

6. A newspaper vending machine, including a rectangular easing having a bottom, the bottom being formed with a delivery opening at its forward end, a rotatable delivery member having radially projecting blades mounted in said delivery opening, the blades of said member being adapted to engage behind the forward newspaper in the said compartment, oppositely disposed spring-actuated fingers having angular ends mounted beneath the bottom of the casing, the angular ends extending up in front of the forward newspaper and normally preventing the delivery thereof, a shaft upon which the rotatable delivery member is mounted, means on said shaft acting to depress the detaining fingers upon a rotation of the shaft, a motor-actuated means for rotating said shaft, means preventing the actuation of the motor, and an actuating handle operatively connected to the said preventing means for releasing said preventing means from its engagement with the motor to permit the actuation thereo 7. A newspaper vending machine, including a newspaper-containing compartment having a bottom open at its forward end to form a delivery opening, a shaft passing across said opening and provided with a plurality of radiating delivery blades adapted each to engage behind the forward news paper being vended, a plurality of angularly bent detaining fingers mounted upon the under side of the newspaper-containing compartment, the ends of said fingers projecting up into the opening thereof and acting to retain the forward newspaper in place against delivery, an arm on said shaft operatively engaging with said fingers to'depress the same when the shaft is rotated to deliver a newspaper, a feed plate slidably mounted in the compartment, a motor-actuated shaft, means engaging said shaft whereby the feed plate may be shifted longitudinally upon a rotation of the shaft in one direction, a motor connected to said shaft and tending to rotate it in said direction, a ratchet wheel mounted on the shaft, a spring-actuated bolt engaging said ratchet wheel, an actuated lever, and means operativel'y engaged by the actuating lever for momentarily releasing said bolt and permitting the rotation of the shaft through a predetermined distance,

8. In a vending machine, detaining fingers projecting up into the path of movement of the article being vended, a shaft extending transversely to the detaining fingers and parallel to the article being vended, a plurality of article engaging members mounted on the shaft, and means on the shaft for depressing the detaining fingers out of engagement with the article upon a rotation of the shaft.

9. In a vending machine, an article containing compartment having an opening at one end, a shaft extending across said compartment beneath the bottom thereof and having a plurality of radial delivery members adapted to engage behind the article being vended, angular detaining fingers projeeting into said compartment in advance of the article being vended, means on the shaft for depressing said detaining fingers when ,the shaft is rotated, means for returning the,

fingers to their initial position when released from said depressing means, and means for shifting said detaining fingers'relatively to the ends of the delivery members on the shaft to accommodate articles of greater or less width between the ends of the delivery members and the fingers.

i 10. In a vending machine of the character stated, a feed plate, a motor-actuated means for moving said feed plate, andadjustable means for variably limiting the extent of movement of the motor-actuated means at each actuation.

11. Ina vending machine of the character described, a feeding mechanism, a motoractuated means for operating said feeding mechanism, a plurality of release wheels operatively engaged with the motor-actuated mechanism, said release wheels being provided each with a different number of teeth, a stop mechanism adapted to engage with the teeth on said wheels, means fdr releasing the stop mechanism from engagement with any release wheel, and means whereby the release wheels may be shifted to bring one or another of said release wheels into engagement with the stop mechanism.

12. A newspaper vending machine including a newspaper containing compartment having spaced side walls, each of said walls being longitudinally slotted, a feed plate mounted in the compartment, a transverse bar to which the feed plate is attached extending at its opposite ends through said slot, oppositely disposed sprocket chains to which the opposite ends of the bar are attached, a driving shaft for said sprocket chains, a spring motor operatively engaging the driving shaft, manually actuated means for releasing said motor for a predetermined interval to permit it to shift the feed plate toward the delivery end of the compartment, and means for rotating the driving shaft in a reverse direction to shift the feed plate away from the delivery end of the machine and simultaneously rewind said spring motor.

13. A newspaper vending machine including a newspaper containing compartment, a feed plate mounted in the compartment and 's hiftable longitudinally therealong, a plugraduated to correspond with different scales and with'the different thicknesses of 10 thicknesses of the article being vended, the the article being vended.

graduations on the scale corresponding to In testimony whereof, I aflix my signature the positiofn of the feed plate for difierint in presence of two Witnesses.

amounts 0 the article so vended, means or giving a step by step movement to the feed BENONA JOHNSON plate, and means for adjustably varying the Witnesses:

extent of said step by step movement to M. L. BOSWORTH,

"orrespond With the graduations on said HARRIET BEEBE.