US1222224A - Perfume-vending machine. - Google Patents

Description

l. F. VCNEH..

PERFUME VENDING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED IEB. I. IsIe.

'Patented A pr. l0, 19N.

2 SHEEISIIEEI I. un /7 INVENTOR WITNESSES ATTORNEY J. F. MNElL.

PERFUME VENDING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. l. 1916.

Lg' Patented Apr. 10, 1917.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

. y d,59uHIIHIHUHIIH...

i l\\ f ja ,/9 W ,f5

ATTORNEY STATFE JOHN F. MCNEIL, 0F PHOENX, ARIZONA.

PERFUME-"if ENDING MACHNE.

Specification of Letters 1iatent.

patented Apr.. to, 191."i

Application led February 1, 1916. Serial No. 75,584.

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that l, Jenn F. MCNEH., a citizen of the United States, residing at Phoenix, in the county of Maricopa and State of Arizona, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Perfume-Vending Machines, of which the following is a specification.

My present invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in perfume vending apparatus and as its general object, it contemplates the provision of a novel device of this nature that may be constructed so as to be coin controlled and which may be easily and quickly operated so as to spray the perfume onto the handkerchief or the lapel of the coat of the wearer. i

A further obj ect of my invention is to provide a device of the type in question that is extremely simple in construction, strong and durable, and highly practical from both the standpoint of the manufacturer and the standpoint of the user; and which, it is believed, may be manufactured at a comparatively low cost.

Various other objects and advantages will become apparent during the continuance of the following description.

These objects are accomplished by such means as are shown in their preferred form in the accompanyino` drawings, described in the following specifications and then more specifically pointed out in the appended claims.

ln the accompanying drawings wherein like characters designate like parts through-- out the several views Figure 1 is a view in front elevation show* ing my invention as in its preferred embodiment;

Fig. 2 is a view in longitudinal section showing` the interior mechanism of the device in elevation;

Fig. 3 is a view in cross section;

Fig. 4 is a sectional view taken on line 4 4: of Fig. 1; and

Fig. 5 is a view in perspective of a novel form of container support.

ln reducing my invention to practice, l first provide a suitable base 10, upon which. may be mounted a suitable housing or casing 11 of any desired form. The housing 11 is in turn provided with a door portion 12, hinged as at 13, while the latter carries a transparent plate 14, through which the directions for operating the device may be viewed. lThe door portion 12 carries a suitable locking device `15, whose bolt member 16 may be received into a suitable aperture in one of the side walls of the housing, while any desired form of key or other operating member may be employed for the purpose of actuating the lock. l rlhe housing 11, as well as the door 12 thereof, may be formed of any desired material, however, it is pointed out that metal is preferable.

To the upper wall of the housing, l aflix a coin receiver 17 which communicates with the interior of the same, while a track 18 may be aiiiXed to the rear wall of the housing, at an incline in proximity to the receiver 17 to receive the coin upon its insertion into the housing. A guide plate 19 may also be arranged in conjunction with the track 18 and secured as at 2O so as to provide for the proper guiding of the coin such as will subsequently appear.

ln order to accommodate the body of the perfume atomizer, l provide the housing 11 with a suitable holder, as designated in its entirety by the numeral 21 (see Fig. 2), the spout or disk portion 23 of the atomizer being positioned in a delivery spout or chute 24, that is associated with the door of the housing, as shown in Fig. 3. rlfhe air inlet tube of the atomizer, which is designated by the numeral 25 is provided at Vone end with an enlarged head 26as clearly shown in Fig. 2, while the head portion movably accommodates the socket 27, of a flexible tube 28. Any desirable form of air bulb may be employed; however, in the drawings, l have shown one of conventional form that con si'sts of a leather body 29, merging at one en d into an extension 30, whose reduced threaded portion 31 may be received by the flexible tube 28, in the manner shown. Consequently, upon compression of the bulb 29, a portion of the contents of the atomizer will be ejected through the spout 23, as is obvious.

With a view of providing means for adequately supporting the bulb 29 of the atomizer and for the secure retainment of the same curing its compression and expansion, l equip one of the side walls of the housing with a carrying bracket 32, secured as at 38, the bracket in'turn carrying a concaved receiving platform 3% to receive the bulb in the manner shown. 'In order to further add to the rigidity of the platform 34C, l may utilize a brace arm 35 whose upper end may be attached, to the under face of the platform while its lower end may be connected with the bracket 32, as shown.

l further provide an actuating lever 3G,

vone end thereof being pivotally connected Ylever 36 carries a hand grip 40 whereby it may be conveniently operated while it is arcuately curved as at 41 intermediate its ends and provided with an adjacent plate 42 to act on the bulb 29 of the atomizer, in the manner shown. Consequently, it will be seen that upon applying a downward pressure to the hand grip 40 of the lever, the adjacent plate 42 will be made to bear on the bulb 29, such as will cause the compression 'thereof and the consequent actuation of the atomizer in the usual manner. Upon releasement of the hand grip, the bulb will automatically expand to its initial position, thereby raising the lever 36 and the hand grip toA the position shown in Fig. 3.

rlhe rear wall of the housing further car- `ies a coin actuated lever 43., the supporting stud 44 thereof receiving the slotted portion 45 of the lever, as clearly shown in F iO. 2. Adjacent its upward end, the lever is provided with an abutment 46 that is designed to normally7 lie adjacent the lower end of the track 18 and the guide plate 19, while adjacent its lower end, the lever carries a lateral guiding extension 47 upon which 'the coin is received subsequent to its engagement with the abutment 4G. ln other words, when the coin is deposited upon the track 18 by way of the reieiver 17, it will move by action oi'1 gravity into engagement with the abutment 4G of lever 43, such as will cause the dropping of the lever into the position sho-wn in dotted lines in Fig. 2. Upon the rocking` of the lever into this position, the coin will drop past the abutment 46 and thence be engaged with the eX- tension 47, wherefrom it will fall directly into the body oi. the housing.

l further provide one side wall of the housing 11 with a bar 43 secured as at 49, the same being provided with rack teeth 50 throughout a portion of its longitudinal extent and further provided with a guiding plate 51. The lever 36 is provided with a movable pawl 52 whose collar portion 53 is received thereon in the manner shown, while the collar in turn carries an oppositely projecting extension 54 to be engaged at cer-tain times with the upper end of the lever 43. As will be noted'upon reference to Fig. 4, the pawl 52 is arcuately curved so that upon movement of the actuating lever into a position shown in Fig. 2, the pawl will be automatically shifted to assume the position shown in full lines in Fig. 4. Then in the position shown in Fig. 4, the eXtension 54 of the collar 53 will be out of vertishould the lever 43 be in the position shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2 upon downward movement of the free end of the actuating lever, the extension 54 will ride upon the upper end of the lever' 43 thereby shifting the pawl 52 so as to draw the same out of an engaging position with the teeth 50 and as a consequence permitting the free depression oi" the actuating lever and the consequent actuation of 'the atomizer.

In Fig. 5, I have shown a novel form of holder 21 that is designed to be usedV for the purpose of accommodating the body 22 of the atomizer., This holder consists preferably of a single strand of wire bent first at al point 55 to form parallel arms 56, the said arms being bent at their lower ends to form angular gripping jaws 57. At their free ends, the jaws 57 are again bent to form depending portions 53, while the strand is further bent adjacent the depending portions 58 to form supporting arms 59, which I linally terminate in fingers 60, that are suitably secured to the gripping jaws 57 adjacent their juncture with the arms 56, in the manner shown. When in an opposite position, such as sho-wn in Fig. 2, the engaging jaws 57 of the holder fit snugly about the intermediate portion of the body of the atomizer, while the supporting portions 59 extend therebeneath and securely retain the same against downward movement. By reason of the llexibility ofthe holder, the same may be utilized to accommodate bodies of varying heights and diameters, whereby, it will be understood l am not restricted to any specific type of atomizer to be used.

'lhe operation of my invention is substantially as follows Upon insertion or'V a coin of predetermined denomination in the receiver 17, the same will drop onto the traclrway 13 and hence move, by action of gravity, into engage` ment with the abutment 46 of thelever 43. Upon its engagement with the abutment 46', the lever 43 will be shifted into the position shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2, thereby bringing its ripper end into alinement with the extension 54 of the collarA 53'in the inanner shown. Upon depression of the free end of the actuating lever, the free end of the extension 54 will ride upon the upper end of the lever 43 so as to shift the pawl 52 into the position Vshown in dotted lines in Fig. 4, whereby the same will be brought out of engagement or out of an engaging position with the teeth 50 ot' the bar 48. Consequently, it will be noted that the lever 36 may be depressed to the'desired extent, such as will cause the compression of the bulb 29 and the proper actuation of the atomizer. The coin which is initially engaged with the abutment 46 will fall onto the extension l? of the lever 43 and upon the shifting of the lever to its initial position will fall into the housing 11.

From the foregoing, it is believed that the advantages and novel features of my invention will be readily understood and, therefore, further detail description is deemed unnecessary.

In reducing my invention to practice I find that the form referred to herein is the most practical and preferred embodiment and is the most eflicient, but realizing that certain conditions will necessarily vary in concurrence with the adoption of my device, I desire to emphasize the fact that various minor changes in the details of construction and in the proportion of parts may be resorted to when required without sacrificing any of the advantages of my invention as deiined in the appended claims.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. In a vending machine of the character described, a housing, a holder arranged in said housing, a perfume atomizer to be carried by said holder, the spout of said atomizer communicating eXteriorly of said housing, a pneumatic bulb associated with said atomizer, means to support said bulb, an actuating lever pivoted at one lend in said housing, the free en d of said actuating lever projecting eXteriorly of said housing, an engaging plate on said actuating lever to bear against said bulb whereby the same may be compressed upon the depression of the free end of the actuating lever, a rack bar liXed to said housing, means carried by said actuating lever to normally engage with said rack bar to prevent actuation of said lever, and means to become operative upon the positioning of a coin in said housing to shift said last' mentioned means upon actuation of said lever whereby the lever may be moved into a position to compress said bulb, as and for the purpose specified.

2. In a vending machine of the character described, a housing, a holder detachably arranged in said housing, a perfume atomizer carried by said holder, the spout of said atomizer communicating eXteriorly of said housing, a pneumatic bulb associated with said atomizer, means to support said bulb, an actuating lever pivoted at one end in said housing, the free end of said actuating lever projecting exteriorly of said housing, an engaging plate on said actuating lever to normally bear against said bulb whereby the latter may be compress-ed upon the depression of said actuating lever, a rack bar iiXed to said housing, a collar movably mounted on said actuating lever, a pawl projecting from one side of said collar to normally engage with said raclr bar whereby movement of said actuating lever will be prevented, the extension on said collar extending oppositely to said pawl, a leverl pivotally mounted in said housing, an abutment on said lever, a coin chute associated with said housg, said abutment normally lying at the end of said coin chute, whereby upon the positioning of a coin in said chute, said abutment will be acted upon to shift said last mentioned lever into a. position whereby said extension will ride upon the upper end of the same during the depression of said actuating lever thereby drawing said pawl out of engagement with the raclr teeth of said rack bar and permitting said actuating lever to be moved into position to compress said bulb, as and for the purpose specified.

8. In a vendingl machine of the character described a housing, an atomizer formed in said housing and including a pneumatic bulb, an actuating lever pivoted at one end in said housing` and having its free end' projecting exteriorly of said housing, said actuating lever bearing against said bulb to compress the bulb upon depression of the free end of the actuating lever, .a rack bar affixed to said housing, means carried by said actuating lever to normally engage said rack bar and prevent actuation of said le-` ver, and means to become operative upon the positioning of a coin in said housing to 1re shift said last mentioned means upon actuation of said lever whereby the lever may be moved to a position to compress the bulb.

4. In a vending machine of the charac- 105 ter described a housing, a bulb in said housing, an actuating lever pivoted at one end in said housing with its free end projecting exteriorly of the housing, the lever bearing against said bulb for compressing the bulb -110 upon depression of said actuating lever, a rack bar in said housing, a pawl mounted upon said actuating lever to normally engage the rack bar and prevent downward movement of the lever, said pawl being pro- 115 vided with a handle extension, a coin chute associated with said housing, a lever pivotally mounted in said housing and having an abutment normally lying at the end of the coin chute whereby a coin passing 12o through said chute will engage the abutment to shift the last mentioned lever into position whereby the handleextension of the pawl will ride upon the upper end portion of the last mentioned lever during com- 125 pression of the actuating lever and move the pawl out 0f engagement with the rack.

5. In a vending machine a housing, a pneumatic bulb mounted in said housing, a rack bar in said housing, a stop lever mov- 130 ably mounted in the housing, an actuating element movably mounted in the housing for engagement with the bulb to compress the bulb upon movement of the actuat ing element in one direction, the stop lever normally extending adjacent a coin chute for engagement by a coin to move the stop out of its normal position, and a paWl movably connected With the actuating element to engage the rack and prevent movement of the lever to an operative position with respect to the bulb, the stop lever when swung out of its normal position engaging the paivl to swing the same out of engagement with the rack and permit the actuating element to be moved into operative engagement with the bulb.

6. A coin controlled vending machine including a housing, an actuating lever movably mounted in the housing and having its free end portion extending beyond the housing, a rack in the housing adjacent the lever, a paivl loosely mounted upon the lever and normally extending to engage the rack bar and prevent movement of the lever to an operative position, a coin chute, and a cam element movably mounted in the housing in operative relation to the coin chute and pawl and normally positioned out of position for engagement With the pawl and in position for engagement'by a coin passing through the coin chute, the cam element when engaged by a coin moving into the path of movement of the pawl for engaging the paivl and swinging the Vpawl out of position for engagement With the rack bar when the actuating lever is moved toward an operative position.

In testimony whereof I atliX my signature in presence of two AWitnesses.

JOHN F. MGNEL. lVitnesses:

H. W. FLIGKINGER, ROY S'rA'r'roN.

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

Images