US1149997A - Vending-machine. - Google Patents

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C. E.. FANNlNG.

VENDING MACHINE. APPLICATION man MAY 4. 1914.

1,1 49, 997. Patented Aug. 10, 1915.

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VENDING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 4. 1914.

Patented Aug. 10; 1915.

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VENDING-MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent. Pafiented A 10 1915;

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To all whom it may concern Be it known that I CHARLES E. FANNING, of Davenport, in the county. of Scott and State of Iowa, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in VendingT'Machines; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, andexact description of the invention, such as will enable Qthers skilled in the art to which it appertains'to niake'and use the same.

This invention relates to thatv class, of vending machines employed in connection with the sale of insurance stamps which are usually disposed of in blocks or rolls.

The primary object is to make the opera tion of the apparatus depend upon both-the width and thickness of the article to be inserted therein, such as an envelop containing a single coin of a predetermined denomina tion.. i

In the accompanying drawings,.Figure 1 is a front elevation with a portion of the inclosing casing removed Fig. 2 is a side view showing the locking members in their unlocked positionsin-full lines and intheil locking positions in dotted lines, Fig.3, is a view showing. the partsin. their opened positions. Fig.4.is a section on line Fig. 2 showing the front locking member in its locking position. Fig; .5 is a fragmentary sectional view showing the locking members in their locking positions.

Referring to thedrawings, 1 designates, a

. reservoir which is shown as of'cylindrical formation and designed to accommodatea series of rolls 2 which inxthe present instance may be regarded as rolls, of insurance stamps, but the invention may be employed in vending articles of various kinds. The reservoir I normally occupies an, upright position, being supported by a frame 3 within an inclosing'casing 4 which latter hasdischarge outlet 5 at its frontthrongh which the articles may be delivered to thefjpu-rchaser. p

6 designates a delivery platform. which :is provided with opposite parallel arms-P 7 which are journaled at their rear ends on a shaft 8 supported by frame members. This platform at its: front end carries a blocker thickened portion 10-which norm-ally fits in and closes the lower end of the reservoir, but when the platform is tilted the lowermost article will pass from the reservoir with the platform, and as the latter is moved dq n e y sufi s ent: dit m ucha t 11 b d c ged fr m themechil e Immediately beneath the platform is a guide which normally occupies, a position Paralle h th u der i eof rename but ay be m ed relat velytlll r to shor di tan e wh n he platfo m-is ncite swine-'1 form in their normal positions, the releasing,

of. such lock being dependent upon the insertion of an art cle of a predetermined width and thickness. In the presenti instance I have shown the lock-as consisting o a n oc g memb 1 end t -teer lockingm mb s 17; bo h se s, O lock n mem rs be ng" ose y mounted n a ewrod 18. The locking memberld is shown in the form of a forwardly andsdownwardly c rv d a Which termin e n-a hQQkl l which is designed to enteraslot20in sleeve 1 L which I have shown as .extendinglongi- .tudinally of th'elatter, is. manifestthat n tead f h 10 520" ny same n th sleeve with which the arm may engage will answer equallyas well.; This arm is shown as carrying a roller 21 which extends into h P hy orme y h svac be ween the platform and the guide, said roller being s own a m u ted ina U-shap racke .scured tothe ar-m. I

h c n me b relZ are hownin the eform. of levers of the second. order, fulcrumed"on-.cI.OSS- 1.Qd 18 and having their f ont arms downwardly nd rearwardly curved, said arm ex ending gth oughjtl e pathway formed by the platform andfthe guide and terminati11gv at a point beneath the sleeve. These levers are rlocated between the sides of the guide and platform. The rear arms of the levers are weighted and terminate in hooks 22iwhich are designed to interlock withsleeve It at the rear thereof,

1. In a vending apparatus, a rotatableshaft, locking mechanism therefor comprising two sets of locking means for engaging said shaft, one of which sets is designed to be moved into an unlocking position a predetermined distance in one direction while the other set is designed to be moved into an unlocking position a predetermined distance in a difierent direction to permit such shaft to be rotated.

2. In a vending apparatus, locking mechanism comprising a rotatable shaft, a locking member normally engaging said shaft and designed to be free therefrom when moved a predetermined distance in one direction by the article to be inserted in the apparatus, and locking members normally engaging said shaft and designed to be freed therefrom when moved a predetermined distance in a different direction by such article.

3. In a vending apparatus, locking mechanism comprising a rotatable shaft, a locking lever normally engaging said shaft at one end and extending at its other end into the path of the article to be inserted in the apparatus and arranged to be moved out of said path, and two spaced-apart independently operating locking levers parallel to each other and to the first mentioned lever,

each of said spaced-apart levers normally engaging said shaft at one end and also extending at its otherend into said path and arranged to be moved by theadvance of the I article inserted into the'apparatus.

4 In a vending apparatus, a locking mechanism comprising a rotatable shaft having a guide-frame forming a pathway for the article to be inserted in the apparatus, a locking member for normally engaging said'shaft and extending into said pathway, two spaced-apart locking members normally engaging said shaft and also extending into said pathway, and means for turning said shaft when released by said locking members.

5. The combination with a reservoir and a tilting platform therefor, of a rotatable shaft carried thereby and having a guide frame paralleling the underside of said platform and forming a pathway for the article to be inserted in the apparatus, locking means engaging said shaft and extending into such pathway, means for rotating said shaft to lower said frame and platform, a stop for limiting the movement of said platform to allow said frame to move independently thereof, and means for returning said frame and platform to their normal positions.

In testimony whereof, I have signed this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

CHARLES E. FANNING. Witnesses:

GRAFTON L. MGGILL, Minnow I. BALFOUR.

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

Washington, D. G.

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