US1302052A

US1302052A - Dispensing device.

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Publication number: US1302052A
Application number: US18752717A
Authority: US
Inventors: Otto Jaeger
Original assignee: HARRY S KELSEY
Current assignee: HARRY S KELSEY
Priority date: 1917-08-22
Filing date: 1917-08-22
Publication date: 1919-04-29
Anticipated expiration: 1936-04-29

Description

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DISPENSING DEVICE. APPLICATION FILED Aua.22. 19w.

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Patented Apr. 29, 1919.

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DISPENSING DEVICE. APPLICATION FILED AUG-22.19l7.

Patented Apr. 29,1919.

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DISPENSING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED AUG-22.1917.

1,302,052; Patented Apr. 29,1919.

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or'romnenn, or ELKILN'S BARK, .rENNsYLv NIA, ASSIGNOR TO HARRY s. KELSEY, or

BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

Toall whom z't may concern: i

Be it known that "I, OTro J'AEGEr, a citizen of the United States, residing at Elkins Park, in the county of 'Montgomery, State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and-useful Improvement in Dispensing Devices, of which the following is a specification, reference being-"had to the accompanying drawings, for'minga part thereof. My invention relates to improvements in dispensing apparatus having a compartment for the articles to be dispensed and having an outlet opening for the said articles and a doortontrolling the outletiopening. The object of my "invention is to provid anovel simple" and' 'efiicient means for movingfthe articles-tobe dispensed toward-or through the outlet opening of thecompartinent; when the machine is operated, to a position from which they may be conven- .ientl-yremoved by, hand; 1

With the andrelated objects in view, the

invention 6011513155511 e novel construction and combinations of parts heremafter fully described andclaimed. V.

' f "In" the accompanying drawings; illustratltus, on line.4c.-4 of Fig.1. a.

' 7 for the articles to be dispensed. The compartment 7 has an; outlet opening 8m the front .wall thereof through which'the artiing my inventioni.

Figurel's a vertical sectionyonline 1' l of Fig. 3;. through a dispensingapparatus door: for controllingxthe outlet .1 opening of -Ithe compartment'in the closed posit on, and the support for. the articles tobe dispensed in theinner positionirw" embodying my invention andkshowing the Fig.2 is a View similar to Fig. -1, show ing thedoor in the open positionand the article 'support in the outer position. 1 1 .Fig; 3-is a'horiz ontal sectionof. the apparatus,on1ine-3 3of Fig:11.

Fig.4: isa vertical SGCtlOIL of the appara- Figs 5 and 6-.are vertical sections of; the apparatus on line 5-5 of Fig. 4, show1 ng the parts in 1 positions 'correspondlng with the positions shown in; Figs. 1? and; 2, respectively.

F Referring to the. drawings,, 6 designates a frame.-.or casing-which. may be of any suitableshape and sizeforitslntended purpose. The casingfi incloses a compartment cles may be removedxfrom. the compartment, and it has an inletopening 9 in the rear wall I specification of Letters Patent.

in walls 14- and 15 of the and ."the position shown weight 18 is returned to the position shown 'in Fig. 5, the arm 20, resting against the .fside of the weight 18, will automatically reengage itself with the notch 22 to hold the msrnnsnve DEVICE.

thereof through which the articles may be introduced to the compartment.

I The inlet opening 9 is normally closed by a doorl0 hinged at its upper edge to. the casing 6; and the outletopening 8 is normallyclosed by a door 11 carried by a pair ofarms or brackets 12 projecting fixedly from a shaft 13 which ismounted to turn casing 6. The door 11 is thus pivotedto the casing 6 by means of the shaft 13, and the door 11 is curved on lines struck from the axis of the shaft 13, whereby, when the shaft 13 is turned back and forth, the door 11 willbe moved from its normal or closed position, shown in Fig. 1, to its'open position, shown in Fig. 2, and back again. When the door 1'1 ismoved to its open position, it engages the door 10 moves it outwardly to the {position shown in Fig. 2, for a purpose hereinafter explained. I One end of the shaft 13 extends outwardly beyond the wall 14 and has a toothed sector 16 secured thereon.

tor 16 areinmesh with the teeth of a rack The teeth of the secl7iwhich is secured to a 'weight 18. The weight 18 is in the form ofan oblong bar and it is vertically slidable against the face of the wall 1% and is held in place and guided byscrews 19 which extend through vertical slots 20 in theweight 18 and which are screwed intothe wall 14. When the weight 18 is raised to theposition shown in Fig. 5it is adapted to be held therein by an arm 20 which is pivoted, at 21, on the wall 14, and the free end ofwhich engages a notch 22 in the weight. When the arm 20 :is moved outwardly to clear the notch 22,

the weight 18 will descend by gravity to in Fig. 6, and when the weight in the elevated position.

The door 11,sector l6 and weight 18 are 'so relatively arranged that when the weight is raised from the position shown in Fig. 6 to the position shown in Fig. 5, the door 11 will be moved from the open to the closed position; and that when the arm 20 is operated to release the weight 18 it will descend by gravity and move the door 11 from the closed to the open position.

\Vithin the compartment 7 and forming m Patented Apr. 29, 12 19. Application filed August 22, 1917. Serial No. 187,527.

the floor thereof is a horizontal plate 23 V normal position, shown in Fig. 1, out

through the outlet opening 8 of the compartment 7 to its outer position, shown in Fig. 2, and back again to its normal position; and the devices for thus moving plate 23 are as follows:

Secured to the bottom of the plate 23, near the respective sides thereof, are rack bars 26 having teeth which mesh with the teeth of two pinions 27 on a shaft 28 which extends parallel to the shaft 13 and between the

casing walls

14 and 15 and is adapted to turn therein. The teeth of the pinions 27 are also'in mesh with the teeth of the two sectors 29 which are secured on the shaft 13, whereby, when the shaft 13 is turned by the lowering of the weight 18 to the position shown in Fig. 6, the supporting plate 23 will be projected out through the compartment outlet opening 8 from the position shown in Fig. 1 to the position shown in Fig. 2; and, when the weight 18 is raised to the position shown in Fig. 5, the plate 23 will be returned to its normal position shown in Fig. 1.

The invention is especially adapted for use in connection with vending machines, and particularly with vending machines of the class used in restaurants or lunch rooms known as automate, and the operation thereof, briefly described, is asfollows:

The frame or casing 6 is adapted'to form part of the partition wall which separates the customers from theattendant of the apparatus, the door 11 opening on the side of the customers and the door 10 opening on the side of the attendant.

The attendant opens the door 10 and places the article or articles to be sold or dispensed within the compartment 7 and upon the plate or support 23. In the drawings, 1 have shown a china plate 30 on the supporting plate 23, the china plate 30 being adapted to contain any article of food such as a piece of pie or cake and to be placed within the compartment 7 by the attendant. I have shown an upwardly extending stop or bracket 31 secured on the rearward portion of the supporting plate 23 and against which the china plate 30 may be placed to properly center the china plate upon the supporting plate 23.

.The article thus placed within the comit may be moved by suitable coin-controlled tendant opens the door 10 and places a fresh 'necting actuating devices between said shaft partment 7 is delivered to the customer purchasing the same by moving the arm 20 to release the weight 18. The arm 20 maybe thus moved by hand by the attendant or mechanism operated by the customer inserting the proper coin or coins into the same. When the weight 18 is released it descends by gravity to the position shown in Fig. 6, thereby raising or opening the delivery door 11, and, at the same time moving the supporting plate 23, with the china plate 30 and article of food thereon, out through the outlet opening 8, the parts coming to rest in the position shown in Fig. 2, with the plate 30 projected into a position to be conveniently removed from its support 23 by the customer. 1

When the doorll is moved to the open position, as just described, it moves the door 10 out to the position shown in Fig. 2, thereby indicating to the attendant that the compartment 7 is empty. The attendant then raises the weight 18 and reengages the arm 20 with the notch 22 to hold the weight elevated, thereby moving the supporting plate 23 back to the inner position and closing the door 11 and leaving the parts in the position shown in Fig. 1'. This being done, the atarticle to be dispensed upon the supporting plate 23 within the compartment 7v for a succeeding dispensing opera-tion.

I claim:

1. In a dispensing apparatus, a casing providing a compartment having oppositely disposed outlet and inlet openings, a pair of parallel grooved guiding bars at the base of the compartment, a platesupported between said grooved guide bars and adapted to'be slidingly reciprocated therein to and from said outlet opening,'a pair of rack bars on the under face of said plate, a transversely disposed rotatable'shaft, with con- I10 and said rack bars, a pivotally mounted door, means to support and move the door to open and close said outlet opening, connecting actuating devices between said doorsupporting means and said shaft, gravityactuated means normally inoperative, with means to release. the same, to actuate said rotatable shaft, whereby coordinated motion is imparted to said plate-actuating means and door-operating means, in both direc tions. I

2. A dispensingapparatus comprising a casing prov ding a compartment having an outlet opening, a horizontally disposed plate slidable to and from said outlet opening,

guiding devices for said plate, a pair of rack bars on theunder face of said plate, a rotatable shaft extending transversely beneath said plate and mounted to turn in the casing, connecting actuating means between 1,soa,oea i said rack bars and said shaft, a pivotally mounted door normally closing said outlet opening, a bracket adapted to support said door and having a hub end fixedly mounted on said shaft, means to normally hold said shaft against operative rotation, and manually actuated devices to release said holding means and actuate said shaft; said elements being combined and coordinated whereby when said shaft is rotated to impart a rearward movement to the door to uncover said outlet opening said supporting plate will be moved in the opposite direction in unison therewith.

3. In a dispensing apparatus, a casing providing a compartment for the articles to be dispensed, said casing having an outlet opening, a horizontally disposed supporting plate for said articles, slidable to and from said outlet opining, within the compartment, a shaft mounted to turn in the casing, a rack bar secured to the under face of said slidable plate and operated by said shaft when turned to move said plate to and from said opening, connecting actuating devices between said rack bar and shaft, a door normally closing said opening, supporting means for said door connected to and carried by said shaft, a weight, means to maintain said weight normally elevated and operative to release the same, and connecting actuating devices between said weight and said shaft, whereby when said weight is released said shaft will be turned to slide said supporting plate and to actuate said door.

'In testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed my signature this 21st day of August,

OTTO J AEGrER.

Witnesses:

H. T. FENToN, ALEXANDER PARK.

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