US1125904A - Sandwich-vending machine. - Google Patents

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J. I. GEMMILL SANDWICH VENDING MACHINE.

AIPLLUATION FILED APR. 10 1914.

1,125,904. Patented Jan. 19, 1915.

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JAIMES I. GEMIVIILL, 0F HUDSON,

OHIO, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO NELLIE R. COOPER, OF HUDSON, OHIO.

SANDWICH-VENDING MACHINE.

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Application filed April 10, 1914. Serial No. 831,074.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMEs I. GEMMILL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Hudson, in the county of Summit and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Sandwich-Vending Machines, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a vending machine of the type that is operated or caused to be unlocked by a coin inserted therein, so as to permit the customer to obtain his purchase. 5

This machine is an improvement over machines of like kind in its class, by virtue of the fact that it is designed to handle sandwiches made of bread and some convenient filler, such as meat or cheese, the whole being inclosed in an oiled or waxed paper package of a uniform, circular shape and slze; this is possible because it 1s purposed to use in this connection, a specially prepared loaf of bread, baked in a cylindrical pan which gages the bread to size.

My invention provides an easily operated, sanitary, dust-proof sandwich machine.

I-attain the foregoing by the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which;

Figure I, shows a vertical view or elevation of the machine as seen from the front; Fig. II, discloses another vertical elevation, partly in section, as viewed from the righthand side as in Fig. I.

Similar figures refer to similar throughout the several views.

Reference being had to the drawing, 1, shows a casing supported by legs 2, and upon which is vertically mounted a tubularparts casing 3, having a narrow opening almost its entire length, and protected by glass cover 4; the top of the casing 3, is surmounted by the lid 5, which is hinged at 5', and a means whereby it may be locked is shown at 6. A coin slot 7, is shown on the top of the casing 1, and a drawer 8, is disclosed therein. The members 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, and 15, comprise the locking mechanism for the drawer. A sandwich 18, is disclosed resting upon the shelf 20. The drawer 8, is supplied with a notch 17 to which the sear 16, on member 14, is adapted or disposed in such a manner that they engage and lock the drawer.

The member 19, is abent or formed piece Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 19, 1915.

of metal attached to the rear end of the drawer as shown.

The operation of the machine, after it has been filled with sandwich packages from the top, the drawer being closed, and a sandwich resting upon the shelf 20, a coin inserted, tilts the lever member 14:, as shown and raises the seared end 16, out of the notch 17, so that the drawer may be opened; the pendulum member 9, preventing the coin from passing clear through until the drawer has been pulled open far enough to insure the impossibility of the sear 16, again entering the notch 17 The pin 12, is so disposed that the action of the drawer as it is drawn open, operates against the pin 11, on the member 9, and thus moves said member from under the lever 14, and the weight of the coin causes the further depression of the said lever and to a point where the coin is permitted to roll therefrom to some convenient container, (not shown). The said lever 14, is so balanced that it returns to a position where it will automatically lock the drawer when it is pushed in. The action of opening the drawer serves to bring the member 19, forward with the result that the sandwich then resting on the shelf is pushed therefrom and falls into the drawer, within the section outlined in dotted lines in the drawing, Fig. II. The sandwich next above will then be resting upon the member 19, and remain there until the drawer has been closed, when it will fall on to the shelf and the drawer will be locked. It is obvious that this arrangement will prevent the machine from being played the second time for any single coin inserted, as the sandwiches are stepped down, one at a time, as the drawer is locked shut.

A suitable spring member, (not shown,) may be used to return the drawer to a closed position.

The window opening l, serves to permit the inspection of the goods handled and also enables the customer to see when the machine is empty.

Having thus clearly shown and described this, my invention, what I claim is In a vending machine of the class described, a casing, an article receptacle sliding in said casing and provided with a notch, a lever pivoted to the casing and having one end arranged to engage the notch in the receptacle, a coin chute, the remaining end of said lever extending beneath said coin :chute', a pendulum member; arranged to hold the last-mentioned end of the lever from dropping below a predetermined po sition whereby to temporarily retain a coin in the inner end of said chute when the lever is released from the notch, said pendulum member being pivoted to saidcesing, end a projection on the receptacle adapted to engage the pendulum member and move the fame to free the coin-supp0rting end of said everfl at if n u i wl @111 testimony whereof I have signed these specifications in the presence of two subscribing witnes ses on the sixth day of April, A. D. 1914:. v 1

- JAMES I. GEMMILL.

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H. M. Dmim, LILLiE C. MELOHING.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C.

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