US1307377A - Delivering mechanism - Google Patents

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A. RYDQUIST.

DELIVERING MECHANISM.

APFL

ICATION FILED JUNE 8. I915.

Patented June 24, 1919.

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DELIVERING MECHANISM.

APPLICATION FILED JUNEB. I915.

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ADOLPH RYDQUIST, OF ROCHESTER, NEW YORK.

DELIVERING MECHANISM.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented June 24, 1919.

Application filed June 8, 1915. Serial No. 32,966.

To all whom it'may concern:

Be it known that I, AnoLPH RYDQUIsT, of Rochester, in the county of Monroe and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Delivering Mechanism; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, and to the reference-numerals marked thereon.

My invention relates to delivering mechanism for vending machines and particularly to machines of the coin or check controlled type. One of the objects of the invention is to provide in a machine of this class an improved and simplified arrangement of parts adapted to reduce to a minimum the liability of the parts getting out of order.

A further object of the invention is to provide certain novel features for delivering one or more classes of merchandise from a machine controlled by a single coin or check receiving apparatus.

A further object of the invention is to provide, in an improved delivering mechanism, means for automatically locking any one of the goods discharging columns of the machine as soon as the same is emptied, thereby preventing the machine from receiving a coin or check without giving something in return therefor.

lVith these and other objects in view the invention consists in certain novel features and forms of construction as will be herein-- after more fully described and pointed out in the specification and claims.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a rear elevational View embodying the features of the invention;

Fig. 2 is a similar view of the locking and delivering mechanism shown in Fig. 1 with the locking member in reverse position;

Fi 3 is afront view of the mechanism a shown in Fig. 2;

Fig. 4 is a sectional view taken on line a-a of Fig. 2;

Fig. 5 is a sectional view taken on line b?) of Fig. 2;

Fig. 6 is a sectional view taken on line 0-0 of Fig. 1, and

Fig. 7 is a front view of a portion of the machine showing the operating and indicating handles and the manner of positioning the latter with respect to the words designating the kind of goods carried by the machine.

- Similar reference numerals throughout the several views indicate the same parts.

My improved delivering mechanism is adapted to Work in conjunction with any suitable coin or check controlled apparatus (not shown in the present embodiment) wherein a coin or check is adapted to render operative the mechanism for delivering the merchandise carried by the machine.

Referring to the drawings by numerals, 1 represents a casing in which a support member carrying the operating mechanism is mounted beneath suitable receptacles or columns 3 preferably for holding small articles of merchandise, such as chewing gum or candy in packages. The side walls of the casing l are connected by a brace bar l adapted to receive. a forwardly projecting member 5 carried by the supporting member within the casing. On the inside of the front of the casing preferably provide a flanged bracket 6 having an opening therethrough adapted to receive the offset end 7 of a plate 8 secured to the receptacle or column 3 for removably supporting the same in the manner shown in Fig. 4. The front of the casing is provided with spaced guide plates 9 and 10 curving inwardly and outwardly as shown in Figs. 5 and 6 to form a passageway through which merchandise is intended to be delivered from the receptacles or columns 3 when the delivery mecha-.

nism is operated. The supporting member 2 is cut through at 11, leaving a top cross connection 12 to which is secured a depending member 13 preferably formed integral with the laterally projecting arms 14: secured to the cross connection 12 in any suitable manner. The depending member 13 is provided with forwardly projecting flanges 15 through which is positioned a stationary shaft having its ends fixed in the projections 5 carried by the supporting member. A pair of delivering members comprising a substantially semicircular portion 17 provided with side extensions 18 are adapted to be pivotally mounted on the shaft 16 between the forwardly projecting members 5 and the flanges 15. The bottom edge of the semicircular portion 17 is adapted to normally rest on the curved plate 10 as shown in Fig. t and the top edge is disposeda little to the rear of the bottom of sitioned between the extensions 18 and extending downwardly thereon below the shaft 16 in the manner shown in Fig. 1. Positioned between the bifurcated ends 20 and over the shaft 16 are U-shaped spacing members 21 adapted to be held in position by rods or shafts 22- passing through the top of the U'shaped members and the extensions 18 of the delivery members 17, the shafts being provided with shoulders 23 and nuts 21 for the purpose of tightening or clamping the extensions 18 against the bifurcated ends 20 held apart by the Ushaped members 21. The shafts are provided with extensions 25 extending to the center of the machine, to form cranks for turning the delivering members and are arranged to be normally held in engagement with the shoulder 26 of the segmental sliding gear 27 as shown in Fig. 6. The segmental gear is slidingly mounted on the shaft 16 between the flanges 15 of the depending member 13 and is adapted to engage with and be operated by a rack bar 28 of an actuating member 29 as shown in Fig. 1. The rack bar of the actuating member is adapted to be guided in its up and down movement between the top of the depending member 13 and the cross support 12 and is raised and lowered through the medium of a segmental gear 30 connecting with a rack 31 preferably integral with the actuating member 29 carrying the rack bar 28. The actuating member is elevated by turning the handle carrying a shaft 33 journaled in the rearwardly disposed memher 3 1 and upon said shaft is rigidly mounted the segmental gear 30 connecting with the rack 31. The coin controlling mecha nism, not shown in the present embodiment,

is connected with the shaft 33 and locks the actuating member against upward movement, except when a proper coin is inserted in the machine to allow the handle 32 and shaft 33 to turn. The actuating member 29 when once elevated is returned to its normal position by means of a spring 35 having one end attached to a projection 36 preferably on the rack 31 and the other end secured to the bottom of the casing in any suitable manner. A pivotally mounted tumbler 37 havinglaterally extending upturned arms 38 and upwardly extending spaced projections 39 is carried on a shaft 10 secured in the top of the depending member 13 as shown in Figs. 5 and 6. A locking member 41 is pivotally mounted on a shaft 42 the rear end of which is secured in the back of the cross support 12: as shown in Figs. 5 and 6. The locking member is provided with laterally extending down turned arms (L3 said arms being adapted to project into the openings or notches 44 formed in the top of the delivering member 17 for the purpose of locking either of said delivering members against displacement when it is desired to rotate the other delivering memberto discharge merchandise therefrom. The locking member is provided with a downwardly disposed gear shifting member forming extensions 45 positioned on each side of the segmental sliding gear 27 to pro vide means for shifting the gear with respect to the crank extensions carried by the delivering members so that either one of the extensions may be turned forwardly by the shoulder 46 on the segmental gear when the gear is operated by the rack bar 28, the shoulder 26 of the gear being adapted to 'engage the extensions to return the delivering members to their normal position after discharging merchandise from the machine when the rack bar is pulled down by the action of the spring A controlling member 47 is provided with front and back bearings 18 and 19, the latter being loosely journaled in, the hollow shaft 416 and the former in a hollow shaft 50' connecting with the indicating handle 51 at the front of the machine as shown in Fig. Mounted on the shaft 50 within the casing is a collar 52 and spaced therefrom on the inner end of the shaft is a. rigidly mounted holding member 53 provided with a right angle extension 54 projecting toward the front of the machine and preferably overlapping the collar 52. Between the holding member 53 and the collar 52 is loosely wound upon the shaft 50 acoil spring 55 having upstanding ends 56 spaced apart by the right angle extension 5l as shown in Fig. 6. The control ling member 1-7 is provided with a forward projection 57 positioned between the up standing ends 56 of the coil spring 55. At the rear of the controlling member isprovided a vertically disposed operating arm 58 from which extends at the top thereof a horizontal positioning member 59, both sides of which are beveled at the bottom as shown at 60. The horizontal positioning member is positioned between the upwardly extending spaced projections 39 of the tumbler 37 and normally remains in engagement with one of the projections for operating the tumbler. The locking member is provided with upwardly, and outwardly inclined projections 61 adapted to receive the operating arm 58 of the controlling member as shown in Fig. 3. The top of the rack bar 28 is pointed to form sloping sides 62 meeting at the center of the bar as shown in Figs. 2 and 3. The sloping sides are adapted to engage the positioning member 59 to move the operating arm 58 in position to engage one of the inclined projections 61 in the manner shown in Fig. 3.

In Figs. 1, 5 and 6 are shown packages of shown by dotted lines the position of the package after the delivering member has been given considerably more than a quarter of a turn from its normal holding position. In Fig. 1 is shown a locking follower 6 f resting on top of the supporting member 19 after all of the packages have been discharged from the column. In the same figure, as well as in Figs. 1 and 2, is shown an additional follower superimposed upon.

the follower 64. The followers 65 are provided with rearwardly extending flanges 66 adapted to engage the upturned arms 38 of the tumbler 37 as soon as the merchandise from one of the columns or receptacles has been discharged, the purpose of the follower being to hold-the tumbler down on the discharged side thereby retaining the locking members in a locking position with respect to the delivering members for the discharged column and throwing the sliding gear in position to operate the opposite delivering member for the undischarged column or receptacle. If the indicating handle 51, is turned to the right after the flange 66 of the follower 65 has reached the cross support 12, as shown in Fig. 2, the controlling member 47 will not operate to move the tumbler and raise the follower as the tension of the coil spring 55 is not great enough to raise the weight of the follower. The handle however is free to turn to the proper indicating position regardless of whether or not the controlling member is moved. as the continuous tightening of the spring on the shaft 50 by turning the handle to its extreme indicating position does not create force enough to move the controlling member and thereby raise the follower. It will be seen therefore that although the purchaser may set the indicating handle to point to an empty column he will, nevertheless, receive goods from the opposite column if he inserts a coin within the machine and will therefore get something in return for his money. However should both columns become empty the position of the parts would be that as shown in Figs. 2 and 4 in which the deliveriug member at the left of Fig. 2 though not locked by the locking member would be held against forward movement by the bottom follower 64 as shown in Fig. 4 and inv this case the actuating member could not be operated thereby preventing the discharge of the coin into the machine and the consequent loss thereof to the operator, for the reason that the coin controlling device is so constructed as to render returnable to the operator coins inserted therein when the delivering device fails to work.

In the complete operation of my. improved delivering mechanism the indicating handle is set pointing to either the word gum or chocolate as the purchaser selects. handle points to the word gum the upstanding end of the spring to the left of the controlling member will engage the forward projection 57 thereof and will move the operating arm 58 and the positioning member to the right. This will place the horizontal positioning member 59 of the controlling member in a position .to the right of the center of the machine, looking at the front thereof. With the horizontal positioning member in this position the operator places a coin in the slot provided for that purpose and turns the handle 32 to the right thereby turning the shaft 33 and the segmental gear 30 to elevate the actuating member 29. As the actuating member is moved up one of the sloping sides 62 of the pointed rack bar 28 will come into engagement with one of the bevel sides 60 of the horizontal positioning member 59 and in this particular case forcing the top of the locking member to the right and the gear positioning member to the left, thus moving the segmental gear to the position shown in Fig. 3 in proper relation for the shoulders 46 thereon to come in contact with the crank extension 25 on the left hand delivering member when the actuating member has been elevated from the position shown in Fig, 6 to the position shown in Fig. 5. At this stage of the operation any further upward movement of the actuating member will cause the segmental gear to rotate the delivering member forwardly to the position indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 5 to discharge the package 63 from themachine through the passageway formed by the curved guide plates 9 and 10. After the package has been discharged and upon releasing the handle 32 the spring 35 will return the actuating member and the other movable parts of the machine to their normal position. When the-actuating member is in its normal position as shown inFig. 1, it will be seen that the horizontal positioning member 59 is free to pass from one side of the center of the machine to the other over the pointed top of the rack bar 28 by turning the indicating handle 51 either to the right or left as the occasion demands. This is possible however only when both of the columns contain a suflicient number of packages to hold the flanges 66 of the top followers off of the upstanding arms 38 of the tumbler 37, for as previously stated, either one of the followers upon descending low enough on one side of the machine to engage one of the upstanding arms 38 will cause the down turned arm 43 of the locking member 41 to lock the delivering member on the same side of the machine by positioning said dow'n turned arm within the opening 44 cut in the top of the delivering mem- If the ber. However, when neither of the followers have reached a posltion to engage the upstanding arms of the tumbler, the down turned arms l3 of the locking member are free to be shifted from one of the openings 44 to the other.

I claim as my invention:

1. I11 a delivering mechanism, the com bination of .a receptacle,,a movably mounted delivering member adapted to receive merchandise from' the receptacle, a crank on said delivering member, a gear adapted tov engage the crank, and a' movable rack for rotating the gear into engagement with the crank to operate the delivering member.

2. In a delivering mechanism, the coin bination with a receptacle for holding merchandise, of a movably mounted delivering member adapted to receive merchandise from the receptacle, an actuator, a gear slidably mounted upon the actuator and adapted to be actuated thereby, a crank opera tively connected with the delivering member and means for moving the gear into and out of operative engagement with said crank.

3. In a delivering mechanism, the combination with a receptacle for holding merchandise and an oscillatory delivering member adapted to receive merchandise from the receptacle, of an arm connected with said delivering member, a reciprocally mounted actuator and a gear arranged to be driven by the actuator in opposite directions, said gear being operatively connected with said arm.

4. In a delivering mechanism, the com bination with a plurality of receptacles for holding merchandise, of movably mounted delivering members connecting with said receptacles and adapted to receive merchandise therefrom, extensions carried by the delivering members for operating the same, an actuator, a sliding gear rotatably connected with the actuator, means for simultaneously locking one of the delivering members and positioning the gear in operative relationship to the extension carried by the opposite delivering member and means for moving the actuator to rotate the gear for the purpose of operating the last mentioned delivering member to discharge merchandise therefrom.

5. In a delivering mechanism, the combination with a plurality of receptacles for holding merchandise, of movably mounted delivering members connected with said receptacles and adapted to receive merchandise therefrom, extensions carried by the delivering members for operating the same, an actuator, a gear rotatably connected with the actuator in sliding engagement therewith and with the extensions, a locking member provided with projecting arms and a gear shifting extension connecting with said gear, openings formed in the delivering members, means adapted to be engaged by the actuator to simultaneously cause one of the projecting arms to engage one of said delivering members within said opening and to cause said gear shifting extension to move the gear in operative relationship to the eX- tension carried by the opposite delivering member and means for moving the actuator into operative engagement with said last mentioned means.

6. In a delivering mechanism, the com bination wit-h a plurality of receptacles for holding merchandise, of movably mounted delivering members connecting with said receptacles and adapted to receive merchandise therefrom, followers carried upon the merchandise within the receptacles, a looking member having projecting arms one of which is capable of being positioned in looking engagement with one of the delivering members when it is desired to operate the other delivering member, an actuator, a gear rotatably connected with the actuator, and adapted to engage and operate the unlocked delivering member when the actuator is operated, a movable tumbler having projecting arms in the paths of the descending followers, means connecting the tumbler and the locking member whereby when the merchandise from one of said receptacles has been discharged the follower thereon will engage one of the arms of the tumbler and place said connecting means in position to hold one of the arms of the locking member in looking engagement with the delivering member of the discharged receptacle, and means for moving the actuator to rotate the gear for the purpose of operating the other delivering member.

7. In a delivering mechanism, the combination with a plurality of receptacles for holding merchandise, of mo ably mounted delivering members connecting with said receptacles, extensions carried by the delivering members for operating the same, an actuator provided with a pointed top forming sloping sides, a gear rotatably con-- nected with the actuator in sliding engagement therewith and with the extensions and operatively positioned with respect to the extensions, a locking member provided with projecting arms and carrying a gear shifting extension in engagement with said gear, spaced projections formed upon the looking member, openings formed in the delivering members, a movably mounted controlling member having an operating arm positioned between 'said spaced projections, a positioning member carried by said operating arm in position to be engaged by one of the sloping sides of the pointed actuator, means for moving the controlling member to place the positioning member on either side of the center of the pointed actuator,

and means for moving the actuator to cause one of the sloping sides of the pointed top toengage the positioning member for the purpose of moving the operating arm to engage one of the spaced projections to actuate the locking member whereby one of the projecting arms of the locking member is positioned in locking engagement with one of the delivering members within the opening formed therein, said gear shifting extension thereby moving said gear to an operative position with respect to the extension on the opposite delivering member in order that the movement of the actuator may rotate the gear to actuate the delivering member.

8. In a delivering mechanism, the combination with a plurality of receptacles for holding merchandise, of movably mounted delivering members connecting with said receptacles and adapted to receive merchandise therefrom, extensions carried by the delivering members, an actuator comprising a rack bar provided with a pointed top, a segmental gear rotatably connected with the rack bar and provided with spaced shoulders disposed on opposite sides of said extensions normally in position to operate one of the' extensions and capable of being shifted to an operative position with respect to the other extension, a locking member having projecting arms and carrying a gear shifting extension in engagement with said ear, spaced projections formed on the locliing member, a movably mounted controlling member having an operating arm positioned between said spaced projections, a positioning member carried by the locking member in position to be engaged by the pointed top of said rack bar, openings formed in 40 the delivering member, means for moving the controlling member to place the positioning member on either side of the center of the pointed actuator and means for moving the actuator to cause the pointed top to engage the positioning member for the purpose of moving the operating arm to engage one of the spaced projections to actuate the locking member whereby one of the projecting arms of the locking member is positioned in looking engagement with one of the delivering members within the opening formed therein, said gear shifting extension thereby moving said gear to an operative position with respect to the extension on the opposite delivering member in order that the movement of the actuator may rotate the gear to actuate the delivering member.

ADOLPH RYDQUIST.

Witnesses;

G. WILLARD RICH, RUSSELL B. GRIFFITH.

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