US1297732A - Coin-receiving box for vending-machines. - Google Patents

Description

W. l. RAVERT. COIN RECEIVING BOX FOR VENDING MACHINES. APPLICATION HLED AUG-26, I917.

1,297,732. Patented Mar. 18,1913a.

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WILLIAM ISAAC RAVERT, 0F HAZLETON, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR T0 STANDARD AUTOMATIC MACHINE COMPANY, OF PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA, A CORPORA- TION OF DELAWARE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 18, 1919.

Application filed August 24, 1917. Serial No. 188,012.

To all whom it may concern: 7

Be it known that I, IVILLIAM I. RAVERT, a citizen of the United States, residing at Hazleton, in the county of Luzerne and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Coin-Receiving Box for Vending-Machines, of which the following is a specification.

This invention has reference to coin receiving boxes for vending machines, and its object is to provide a coin receiving box which may be bodily inserted in and removed from the vending machines, to be locked in the machine when in place therein, and to provide a visible portion exterior to the machine capable of receiving coins which have passed through the coin side of the vending machine and to automatically deposit these coins into the box for future removal.

The invention comprises an elongated drawer-like box considerably longer than wide, and at one end having an upstanding portion with a transparent cover and a yieldable bottom for the reception of coins and the retention'of such coins until a sufficient number have accumulated to cause them to; discharge into the body of the box out of sight of an observer.

The box is made readily insertible and removable with respect to the vending machine and arranged to be locked in the vendin}; machine against unauthorized removal, while means are provided for properly registering the temporary coin receptacle with the coin chute of the vending machine.

The invention will be best understood from a consideration of the following de- 1 tailed description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings forming part of this specification, with the further understanding that, while the drawings show a practical form of the invention, the latter is not confined to any strict conformity with the showing of the drawings but may be changed and modified so long as such changes and modifications come within the scope of the appended claims;

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a perspective View of one corner of a vending machine showing the coin receiving box in place;

Fig. 2 is a front to rear vertical section indicated at 2 in Figs. 2 and 3 without any attempt at illustrating the details thereof. Such mechanism is usually provided with a manipulating push bar 3 and a receptacle 4 for the articles discharged from the vending side of the machine. The coin-controlled mechanism is provided with a coin chute 5 constituting the discharge chute and terminating in a lipor projection 6 extending beyondthe outer or front face of the casing'for a short distance and for a purpose to be described.

The casing 1 is provided with an opening 7 immediately below the lip 6 of the coin chute 5 through which a portion of the device constituting the subject of the present invention is introduced. V

For the purposes of the invention, there is a drawer-like elongated receptacle '8 of a size to enter through the opening 7 and extend to or close to an abutment 9. The drawer-like receptacle 8 may, in the main, be made of a single piece of sheet metal properly bent'into shape with one portion forming a back end 10 which may be utilized in the particular arrangement shown in Fig. 2 to constitute a keeper for a lock 11 accessible from the exterior of the casing 1 and mounted in one side thereof in any appropriate manner; No attempt is made to show any particular form of lock, since in the practical embodiment of the invention any approved type of lock may be employed. a

At the end of the receptacle 8 remote from the back .or closure 10 is an upstanding extension 12 rising to an appropriate distance above the top of the receptacle or drawer 8 and there provided with. a top closure in the form of a glass pane 13, which, when the drawer is inserted into the casing 1 to the full extent, is exterior to the casing and permits ready inspection of the interior of the corresponding portion of the drawer. That part of the upstanding portion 12 toward the back of the drawer 8 is provided with a partition 14 through which there is an elongated upstanding slot 15 of a size to permit the passage of an appropriate coin when the latter is standing on edge and the lip 6 is projecting through the lower end of the slot 15.

The purpose of the lip 6 is not only to guide a coin, which latter is shown at 16 in Figs. 2 and 3, but also serves to centralize or register the primary coin-receiving part of the drawer and its slot 15 withthe coin chute, whereby there is no liability of an approaching coin lodging against the partition 14 and preventing the coin from reaching the interior of the upstanding portion 12. r

The drawer 8 has an interior chamber 16 extending its full length, and the upstanding portion 12 has a chamber 17 into which the coins are discharged through the passage or slot 15. The chamber 16 and 17 are temporarily separated by a door or plate 18 supported by pivots 19 near the front of the coin receiving door and beyond the pivots 19 the door or plate '18 carries a weighted member 20 overbalancing the door 18 so as to normally maintain it closed in contact with the lower edge of the partition 14:, the door or plate 18 then being'about level.

The weight 20 is such that when two or three coins are lodged on the door 18, the addition of another coin is sufficient to overbalance the weight 20 and discharge all of the coins into the compartment 16 of the money drawer, the door 18 immediately returning to the closed position by reason of the overbalancing action of the weight 20. By this means, a customer, after inserting a coin into the vending machine and operating the plunger 3, may see the inserted coin reach the compartment 17, thereby being apprised that the-coin has properly operated the vending machine and may therefore look to the receptacle 4 for the vended article.

By arranging the door 18 in the manner to overbalance under the weight of two or three coins, it is an easy matter to note that the particular inserted coin has reached the compartment 17, for not only will the noise 0t impact draw the attention of the customer to the compartment 17, but sut'icient time will elapse before the dumping action of the door 18 takes place for the observer to ascertain that the inserted coin has reached the compartment 17.

Moreover, with only one or two coins or three coins at the most, visible within the compartment 17, there is no incentive for one maliciously inclined to attempt to rob the machine by breaking the glass pane 13, since the amount to be obtained is too small to warrant the risk of discovery.

When it is desired to remove the coin receiving box or drawer from the vending machine, it is only necessary to unlock the drawer and then the wholedevice may be taken from the casing 1 exposing the interior of the drawer or box 8 for the removal of coins deposited therein, but not visible through the pane or window 18-, since the compartment 16 is hidden from view by the door or plate 18 when the coin box is properly lodged within the casing 1.

The width of the coin box 8 need only be such as to properly position with relation to the coin chute 3, which latter in certain kinds of vending machines is located close to one side of the vending machine, and in the particular arrangement shown in the drawings, discharges beneath the manipulating plunger 3.

In order to support the shelf 18 by its pivots 19, the orresponding end portions of the sides of the drawer 8 are provided with side flanges 21 having certain portions '22 slit so as to provide ears which may be pierced tor the reception of the pivot pins 19 and by bending the ears 22 toward each other, there is provided a convenient means for holding the shelf 18 in place so that it may be readily removed when desired without dismantling anything.

What is claimed is 1. A coin receiving box for vending machines having an elongated portion for insertion into and removal from the machine and provided with an upstanding end at substantially right angles thereto and arranged to be located exterior to the machine, said end having a transparent pane or window for inspection of the interior of the upstanding portion. I I l 2. A coin receiving box for vending machines having an elongated portion for insertion into and removal from the machine and provided with an upstanding end at substantially right angles thereto and arranged to be located exterior to the machine; said end having a transparent pane or window for inspection of the interior of the upstanding end, and said upstanding end being provided with an upstanding rear partition having an elongated slot therethrough to admit a coin to the interior of the upstanding end, the upstanding end also having a yieldable shelf or plate dividing the upstanding end from the elongated portion of the coin box.

3. The combination with a vending machine having a coin chute therein with a projecting lip at the discharge end, of an elongated coin box insertible in and removable from the vending machine and having 130 an end upstanding at substantially right angles thereto for location exterior to the vending machine, said upstanding end having an upstanding rear partition with an elongated slot therein to receive the projecting lip of the coin chute and of a width and height above the lip receiving portion to pass a coin of proper size discharging from the coin chute.

4. A11 insertible and removable coin box for vending machines having a portion arranged to be located outside of the machine and another portion inside of the machine, the outside portion having a normally visible compartment for the initial reception of COlIlS from the vending machine, and a yield able member for receiving the coins and directing them into the other part of the WILLIAM ISAAC RAVERT.

Witnesses HARRY M. CARTER, STEPHEN ELLIOTT.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner 0! Patents, Washington, D. G.

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