US1054671A - Vending-machine. - Google Patents

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A. S. GARNELL.

VENDING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 25, 1909.

Patented Mar. 4, 1913.

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VENDING-MACHINE.

' Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 4, 1913.

Application filed March 25. 1909. Serial No. 485,609,

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, AMBROSE S. CARNELL,

of New York, in the county of New York, and in the StateofNew York, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement .in Vending-Machines, and do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof.

More especially, my invention relatesto an improvementin newspaper vending machines or vending machines adapted to dispense periodical literature, maps, pictures, prints, etc., and other articles.

The object of my invention is to provide a device of this character which is very simple in construction and which is, nevertheless, positive i liability to ge out of order.

A further'object of my invention is to provide a vendingmachine which is so con structed that it can be filled with newspapers, periodicals, maps, pictures, prints,

etc., of any thickness, and having a wide range in size and shape as to their other dimensions, without the necessity of adjustment or interchangeable parts. i 3

A further object of my invention is to provide a vending machine so constructed that the article to bedispensed is largely or My vending machine is, furthermore, adapted to be operated by the insertion of any one of a variety of different coins, the mechanism being adjustable so as to receive and be operated by one or a number ef'coins previously determined.

I have shown my invention in the accompanying drawings, in which Flgure 1 is a vertical cross-section of the machine; Fig. 2 is a vertical cross-section of the upper portion of the same, the section in this figure being taken'at rightangles to that in Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is a vertical cross-section of the entire machine partly ineleva- .tion, taken in the same plane as Fig. 2:

Fig. 4 is a horizontal cross-section taken through the top. of the machine; F ig. 5,is a similar section showing certain of the parts enlarged; Fig. 6 is a vertical cross-section showing certain of the parts enlarged, taken in the same plane as Fig. 1; Fig. Tis a vertical cross-section taken in'the same plane as-Fig. 3, and showing certain of the parts enlarged Fig, 8 is a horizontal cross 'secf tion of another modification of my invenoperation and free from any when in th tion; Fig. 9 is a similar section showing the parts enlarged; Fig. 10 is an elevation of one of the winding drums shown in Figs. 8 and 9; and Figs. 11 and 12 are plan views of certain details enlarged.

In the modification shown in Figs. 1 to 7,.

1 is a box-like casing having a window 2 at the front thereof and a lid 3 upon its top. The casing 1 is also provided at one of its lower edges with a discharge spout 4 for the newspapers. The spout 4 has a flange 5 at its outer end to retaina paper discharged into the same until removed.

As best shown in Figs. 6 and 7 a shaft 6 projects through one side of the casing and carries a crank 7 for operating the same. The inner end of the shaft 6 is supported in journal bearings attached to a bracket; 9 riveted to the interior of the casing 1. Keyed to the shaft 6 there is a wheel 10 having a slot 11 therein. To the wheel is attached a bracket 12, to be hereinafter referred to. Upon the periphery of the wheel 10 there is situated a sprocket wheel 13 having two short diametrically opposed slots 14, adapted to register with the slot 11. The sprocket wheel 13 carries a plurality of sprocket teeth 15 upon its periphery, and

also at one side of the sprocket teeth twodiametrically opposed notches 16. A pawl 17 is pivoted to the casing 1, and designed to ride upon the portion of the wheel 13 carrying the notches 16. The pawl 17 has a weighted arm 18 attached thereto to normally Withdraw the pawl from engagement with the is closed, a spring 19 carried by a pin 20, supported by a base 21 upon the lid 3, presses upon the upper side of the pawl 17 so as to bring the pawl into engagement with the notches 16. The side of the sprocket wheel 13' carries two diametrically engaged by a sliding bar 23 supported in guide-ways 24 upon the bracket 12. The innermost end of the slide bar 23 is provided with a right-angle project-ion 25 which is designed to ride within a cam groove 26 located in a stationary cam bracket 27 secured to the bracket'9. A coin chute 28 is ada ted to conduct coins into the grooves 11 an 14, eir uppermost positions. The

chute 28is connected at its upper end with notches 16. When the lid 3- opposed pins 22, which are adapted to be ."a housing 29 suspended from the top of the casing 1 and carrying a pivoted coin guide n 30. The coin guide 30 isoperated by means of a link 31 and mechanism attached thereto,

. to be hereinafter described. The coin guide 30 in one position registers with the upper end of the coin chute 28, and in another position, with the top of a curved discharging 1 chute 32, leading around the wheels and 10 34, which registers with the slot 1n the wheel 13 to a pocket 33, supported by and projecting outside of'the casing 1. i

The bracket 12 carries a longitudinal slot 10. The slot 14 is of such a size as to pre-' vent the passage of a five-cent piece therethrough. When, therefore, the machine is intended to be operated by five-cent pieces, any smaller coin will pass entirely through I the slot 14 into the slot 34, and thence into these circumstances will be stopped by the said screw in the position ordinarily occupied by a five-cent piece.

Should it be desired to operate the machine with two pennies, the middle screw 36 is screwed up so as to close the slot 34, whereupon it is necessary that two pennies be present in the machine before a coin will be retained within the slot 14 of the wheel 13. Again, the machine may be adjusted to operate by the presence of three pennies, by screwing up only the adjustable screw 36, shown to the left of Fig. 7. Under these circumstances, it will be seen that the presence of three pennies are required in order to retain one of the pennies within the groove 14 of the wheel 13.

Two stops 36' are provided so as to, engage the crank 7 and prevent the same from rotating more than 180 degrees. The wheel 10 is thus capable of only a half revolution. In the position shown in Fig. 7, the wheel 10 and the wheel 13 are ready to receive a coin for operating the machine.

After a coin has been inserted so as to be retained in the grooves to operate the machine, the crank'7 is turned a; half revolution. The presence of the coin locks the sprocket. wheel 13 to theshaft- 6. As a consequence, upon the rotationot the crank 7,both the groove 11 and the groove 14 ,are moved into a position directly beneath the shaft 6. In this position of the parts, the paper will have been discharged and the coin will now roll downwardly out of the groove 14 into a chute 37, leading to a hopper 38 in the interior of the casing 1. I

A chute 39 having at its top a funnel 4t) and 11 and 14, in orderconnecting at its bottom with the hopper 38,

is also provided beneath the slot 34, so that in the lowermost position of said slot, any

pennies present in" the slot will be discharged into the funnel 40 and the hopper 38.-

A sprocket chain 41 connects the sprocket wheel 13 to another sprocket wheel 42 situated upon a shaft 43 carrying a table 44. The shaft 43 carries an additional sprocket wheel 45 which is connected by means of a chain 46 to a sprocket wheel 47 and a sleeve 48 upon a shaft 49. The sleeve 48, which is carried loosely upon the shaft- 49, is provided at one end with a number of teeth 50, which are designed to engage with a series of similar teeth 51 situated upon a sleeve 52 keyed to the shaft 49. The sleeve 52 carries a housing 53 for a spring 54, designed to normally press outwardly a pin 55, to cause the latter to engage with a number of teeth 56 upon the inner periphery of a winding drum 57 loosely'carried by the shaft 49. The sleeve 58 is keyed to the shaft at the other side of the winding .drum 57, to prevent longitudinal movement of said drum. Another sleeve/59 and winding drum 60 is provided at the other end of the shaft 49 and constructed in the same manner as the sleeve 52 and drum 57. except for the omission of the clutch members. Each of the drums 57 and 60 has a slot 61 in its outer periphery to receive the knotted end 62 of a string, tape, cord, wire or substitutes therefor, and hereafter referred to as string or cord 63, adapted to be. wound around each of the drums. The strings 63 lead from the drums 57 and 60 to the table 44, around which they are wound. The remaining ends of the strings 63 are designed to be secured to the table 44 at one end thereof within slots 64.

The sleeve 48 carries a groove 65 for receiving the bifurcated end 66 of a lever 67, pivoted at its center upon a bracket 68 attached to the inside ofthe casing 1. A spring 67 connects the lower end of the lever 67 with the casing 1, so as to normally disengage the clutch. The other end of the lever 67 has a beveled surface 69 designed to coiiperate with a beveled lug 70 situated upon the under side of the lid 3;"

The link 31, above referred to as attached to the coin guide 30, is connectedat its other end to a bell-crank lever 71, pivoted at 72 to the casing 1. The other end of the bellcrank lever has a spring 73 attached thereto for normally inaintainingthe coin. guide 30 in a vertical position. To the same end of the bell-crank leve'r there-is alsoattached a link 74' leading to a levei -75 pivoted at 76 to the casing and provided at its outer end with a slot-'1 6.- One of the strings 63 is designed to pass through the slots 76',

and the slot is made of such a width that it the of a knot or obstruction bearing bracket passage therethrough 7 7, situated upon would prevent the the said string 63.

When the lid 3 is raised, the upper end 78 of the lever 79 pivoted at 80 to the casing l, is released so as topermit a spring 81, attached to the'inside of the casing, to bring a brake-shoe 82 into contact with the periphery of each of the drums 57 and 60.

A table, consisting of a pair of, fixed rods 83, attached to the sides of the casing 1 at top thereof, is provided to support a bundle of newspapers when the lid is opened for re-chargingthe machine.

In the modification shown in Figs. 8 to 12, a removabletable 84 is shown, the purpose being in this modification to permit the insertion into the machine of a table previously charged with a supply of newspapers, so that the table can be provided with a supply of newspapers at a central plant, and the ta is thus charged conveyed to the machine and inserted at once without delay. Int-his modification, the table 84 has attached at the middle of each side thereof, a. slide bracket 1 85 having flanges 86 at the top thereof. The

slide bracket .85 is adapted "to be received within a slide-wa shaft 88 at each sidh of the machine. 7

As shown in Fig. 9, one of the stub shafts 88 is retained in place by means of a flange 89 located upon the outside of a journal. 90, while the other stub shaft 88 is retained in place in a journal bracket 91 by means of a screw 92, registering with a groove 93 in said stub shaft. In order to retain the slide members 85 in position in the stub shafts 88, each of the latter carries a pivoted block 94 having a spring ressed pin 95 projecting through the top thereof and registering with a recess 96 in the top of the slide bracket.

As shown in. Fig. 10, each of the drums 57 and carries a slot 97 upon an edge thereof, to receive the knotted end of the 'string. Each of the drums is, furthermore, provided with a slot 98 extending entirely through the periphery of the drum and connecting with a recess 99 in the body thereof.

In the operation of the device, assuming that the machine has been charged with a plurality of newspapers or other periodicals, the position of the table 44 will be such that the upper half of the front page of the newspaper carried by the table 44 will appear throughthe window 2 at the front vof the machine. Upon the insertion of a pro-per coin into the coin guide 30, the same will direct the coin into the recesses 11 and 14, if the latter are. located at the upper .ends of their paths. In, case the recesses 11 and 14 are not in their-pro er positions, the crank 7 can be rotated to t e left until it comes in contact with one-of the stops 36, so as to bring said recesses'into their properpositions.

moved. When the machine 87, situated ina stub.

discharge of another newspaper,

Upon this movement of the crank 7, the slide bar 23 comes in contact with the stop 22 so as to rotate the shaft 6 and wheel 13 in unison. When the slots 11 and 14 are in this position, the machine cannot be operated, of course, until the coin has been inserted, which will extend above the slot 11 into the slot 14, so as to clam shaft 6. In case it is esigned to operate the machine with five-cent pieces, upon the insert-ion of a five-cent piece, the latter projects into the slot 14 in the wheel 13 so as to clamp the latter to the shaft 6. When now the crank '7 is rotated to the right, the sprocket wheel 13 is turned with the shaft 6, thus conveying rotary motion to the table 44 and discharging a paper throu h the chute 4, where it is retained by the ange 5 until reis thus set for operation with five-cent pieces, in case any pennies should be inserted, the latter are conducted into the chute 35, where they are discharged into the pocket 33 at the outside of the machine. Should it be desired to operate the machine wit-h a single penny, the set screw 36 nearest the end of the chute 28 is screwed up so as to close the slot 34. -When so closed, a penny will extend upward into the slot 14 and clamp the wheel 13 to the shaft 6 in the manner above described. In case it is desired to operate the machine with we pennies, the middle screw 36 is screwed up so as to close the slot 34 at that point; and in case it is desired to operate the machine with three pennies, the adjust-able screw 36 shown at the left of Fig. -7 is screwed up so as to close the slot at that point.

Upon the rotation of the crank 7, so as to operate the machine and effect the discharge of the newspaper, when the crank 7 reaches the end of its path, the various coins are discharged into the hopper 38. y In case the machine has been operated by a five-cent piece, the latter is discharged into the hopper through the chute 37. The same. is true when the machine is operated with a single penny.

In case more than one penny has been used, the additional pennies are discharged into the chute 39 and thus conveyed into the hopper 38. When it is desired to effect the it is to turn the crank to the left to cause the engagement of the p n 22 by the slide bar 23, so as to bring the slots 11 and 14 into their upper positions.

When a newspaper has been discharged into the chute 4, the table 44 is brought into a position in which the newspa the opposite side of the table is ma pear through the window 2, and. the table is again in position to discharge the succeeding newspaper. .As the newspapers are discharged from the table, the winding drums merely necessary e to apthe wheel 13 to the r uponrise i the table.

are caused to take up the' slack in the strin s 63 so as to keep the strings taut upon t e bundle of newspapers upon the table. It will be noted, however, that a varying quantity of string is released by the unwinding of the bundle of papers, according to the number of papers carrie by Because of thepresence of the springpressed pin 55, however, meshing with the rack 56, and because of the proper proportioning of the sprocket wheels 45 and 47, the drums 57 and 60 are caused to take up all of the slack in the strings 63 when a maximum quantity of string is being released from the table 44, but the parts are so constructed, furthermore that upon a less quantity of string being released, the spring-pressed pin 55 is permitted to slide over the rack 56, so as to keep the tension of the string 63 constant. When the last paper has been delivered through the -chute 4, the knot 77 comes in contact with the lever 75, so as to cause, through the intervention of the various links and levers, the withdrawal of the coin guide from its position above 57 and 60 the chute 28 into a position in registry with and the various sprocket chains.

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' of the paw the discharge chute 32. Should now, any

further coinsbe inserted, the latter are con' ducted through the chute 32 around the operatingmechanism into the pocket 33 upon the outside of the machine.

In order to re-load the machine, the crank 7 is turned toward the right until it contacts with one of the stops 36. In this position the cam groove 26 will have withdrawn the slide bar 23 beyond the path of movement of the pins 22. When now the lid 3 is raised, the spring 19 will be removed from the top 1 17, and the weighted arm 18 will withdraw the pawl from cooperation with the notches 16. The sprocket wheel 13 is now free to rotate with the table 44 The raising of the lid 3 also causes the release of the beveled lug 70 from contact with the beveled surface 69 of the lever 67. As a result,the spring 67' causes the clutch membecome disengaged. Simultaneously the raising of the lid causes thesprings 81 to force the brake-shoes 82 drums 57 and 60. i The bundle of papers .to be' inserted into the machine is now the brakes 82 cause a constant tension to be placed upon the rods 83, and one after another the papers are placed upon op osite sides of the table 44, and the table gra ually rotated until the entire bundle of papers has been inserted. During this operation placed upon the strings63. The lid is now closed, and as a consequence, the brakes 82 are withdrawn from contact with the peripheries of the drums 57 and 60, and the clutch members 50 and 51 are caused to engage one another, Th e.c losing of the lid 3 also brings the spring 19 into contact with the pawl 17 so as to again force the latter into cooperation with the notches 16 upon the wheel 13. The coin guide 30 will also have been moved into registry with the chute 28 by the release of the lever 75. The parts are now in position to operate as before described.

In the modification shown in Figs. 8 to 12, when it is desired to insert a bundle of papers, the table 84 will be wound up at a central plant with a bundle of papers and the table and the attached papers will then be taken to the machine located at some public place. In order to insert the table 84 with its attached newspapers into the machine, the old table is first removed by releasing the catches 94 therefrom, and the table is withdrawn from the machine. In order to rapidly remove the'strings from the drums 57 and 60, it is merely necessary to insert a knife into the recess 99, and cut the entire bundle of strings. through the slots 98. The new table with its attached papers can now be inserted into the machine without delay. When the lid is now closed, the machine is again in condition to be operated for the discharge of news papers.

While I have described my invention above in detail, I wish it to be understood that I am not necessarily limited thereby, but consider that my invention is a broad one and capable of many modifications and applications to different structures without departing from the spirit thereof.

I claim:

1. In a device of the character described, the combination of a rotary shaft. means for preventing a complete rotation of the shaft, vending devices, means for conveying power from the shaft to the vending devices, means for coupling said last-mentioned means to the shaft, and means for permitting the free rotation of the power conveying means when the shaft is in a certain position.

2. In a device of the character described, the combination of vending devices, a rotary power-conveying mechanism for 'operating the same, and means for permitting the rotation of the power-conveying mechanism in eitherdirection when the vending devices are being charged with articles, whereby the movement of the vending devices is unrestricted during the charging thereof.

- 3. In a device ofthe character described, the combination of a casing, a lidtherefor, vending devices, a rotary power-conveying mechanism for operating' t-he same, and means for permitting the rotation of the power-conveying mechanism ineither direction' when the lid is raised, Ieby the movement of the vending device. is unrestricted during the charging thereof. 4."In a device of the character described,

I the combination of a casingga lid therefor,

a drum therein for receivlng vending devices, and means .for permitting the rotation of the power conveying means in'either direction when the lid is raised,

comprising a releasable pawl. In a device of the character. described, a pivoted flat table, devices for retaining articles upon both sides thereof, comprising a cord wound around the same, means for causing thedischarge of one or more articles, and devices for taking up the cord as released to keep the same taut, comprising a spring-pressed pin and ratchet.

adevice of the character described, a pivoted table adapted to support articles, and means permitting the removabilit of said table for charging purposes, comprising one or more pivoted blocks carrying springpressed pins. I

7. In a device of the character described, a drum for receiving a cord having a slot in the same to permit the ready removability thereof by cutting.

In a device of the characterdescribed,

the combination of a casing, a lid therefor, for dispensing a ticles also operative connec ions from said means-for causing the cord to ,be wound upon the drum, and a brake adapted tobe thrown into opin I said casing,

.eration against the drum when the lid is raised. A

9. In a device of the characterdescribed,

causing the cord to be wound a cord, means for dispensing articles also in said casing,-

operative connections from, said means for upon the drum, including a clutch and means for causing the release of the clutch when the lid is raised.

10; In a device of the character described, a thin support for sheets of printed matter, around said support to retain a cord wound said printed matter thereon, said support and cord being adapted to retain the printed,

matter in position in a completely filled rectangular solid.

e 11. In a device of the character described, a support adapted to sustain two parallel and oppositely-disposed piles of printed matter, a cord Wound around said su port and passing from one of the lower units of one of the piles directly to one of the lower units of the other pile, then directly over a succeeding unit of the first mentioned pile, then directly over asimilar unit of similar manner until both piles are retained in place.

In testimony have hereunto set my hand.

AMBROSE S. GARNELL. Witnesses:

A. N uwcoim, ARTHUR WRIGHT.

that I claim the foregoing I the other pile, and around the remalnmg unlts in a

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