US1460878A - Coin-changing mechanism - Google Patents

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D. ALLEN com CHANGING MECHANISM July 1923. 1,460,878

Filepl Dec. 6, 1921 .2' Sheets-Sheet 1 ATTORNEY.

JuIy S, 1923.

D. ALLEN COIN CHANGING MECHANI SM Filed Dec. 6, 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 INVENTOR.

A TTORNEY;

Patented July 3, 1923.

UNITED STATES}.

' DAVID ALLEN, or NE WjYOBKlT. v. l

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" Application filed December '6, 1921. Serial No. 520,304.

To all whom it may'concern:

Be' it known-that I, DAVID ALLEN, a citizen of the United States, residing at New York, in the county'of Bronx and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Coin-Changing Mechanism, of 'which'the following' 'is a specification.

This 'inventlon relates to change making mechanism for use on vending machines or otherwise.

The object of the invention'is to provide a coin controlledmechanical deviceconstructvalue of the coin used to operate the deliv-l ed so that the mechanism will actuate means for ejecting change for the full amount of the -coin'dep0sited, or the difference between the price of .an article delivered and'gthe' ery mechanism.

Another ob 'ect is to provide a simple and eflicient mechanism. of this character including a container in which a plurality of cartons is stacked, each containing the requi site change, the lowermost of which is ejected with each rotation of the delivery drum and which is so protected as to prevent surreptitious removal of thecartons.

\Vith these and other objects in 'view', the

invention consistsin certainnovel features of construction as hereinafter shown," described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings 1 Figure 1 represents a perspective view of a vending machine equipped with this improved change making device.

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section through the vending mechanism'with the upper portion broken off for convenience in illustration. I i

Fig. 3 is a horizontal section taken on the line 3--3 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is a detail transverse section taken on the line 4.-4 of Fig. 3.

Fig. 5 is a detail vertical sectional view of the carton containing portion of the device.

Fig. 6 is a perspective view of one end of the delivery drum showing the mechanism actuated thereby for ejecting a change carton, and,

Fig. 7 is a perspective view of one of the cartons, with parts broken out to show its contents.

In the embodiment illustrated, the change making apparatus is shown applied to avending machine shown at 1 having. mounted therein a rotary article discharge drum 2 which is equipped at 'oneend'with a lug 3, designedwhe'n the drum is turned for as;

livering an article purchased to'enga'ge one end-of a link 4 positioned in thepath "of said lug-and through said link actuate an ejecting lever 5'. *T-hislever 5 is fulcrumed .on a suitable support and ope'ratesthrough a slot 6 in one wall of the'ca-sing of the vending machine, as'is shown clearly'in Fig. 4'. j

The casing 1 oflthe machine has an opening 7 in oneside wall near itslower portion as isshown clearly in'Figfil and'atray .8 extends laterally outward from the bottom wall of said opening and is positioned-'di rectlybelow a container 9 'whichcarries the cartons 10 containing thechange.

The container'9:whi'ch ishere shown sef cured to the casing 1 but which" obviously may be locatedon any suitable "support, communicates at its lower end withthe slot 6 through which the lever 5 operates, said" lever beingdesigned to" move transversely across the lower endof'said-container for ejecting a carton in; a manner presently v to be described.

'The' link 4 which operates the of one of the side walls o'fthe casing 1 as,

is shown clearly' inFig's. 2 and 3. This link ,lS providedat its oppositeend with laterally. extending lugs or fingers 11 and 12 arranged respectively one in'the' path of the drum? carried lug and the other loosely engaged with the upstandingarm5 of the lever 5.1

,A coiled spring 13 is connected at one end with the" upstanding arm 5 of lever 5 and at its other end with a fixed member'of the The carton contalner 9 has an opening 14:

extending throughout the greater portion of the length thereof and which is preferably covered with a transparent material so that it may be readily seen whether there are any cartons 1Q in the container.

lever 5 is showirmounted to slide longitudinally in suitable guides l secured to'the inner face" A protectivecasing 15 is here shown en-;-

closingthe container 9 andextending down well over the lower end thereof having an,

o enin in its front Wall re 'isterin with g z: a

the opening in the container and covered" by a pane of glass 16 or other transparent.

material so that the container 9 may be viewed therethrough. This casing -15- also has an opening 17 in the bottom thereof at one side of the container 9 for the discharge.

therethrough of the carton '10ejected by the lever 5.

A movable element here shown as a. coin controlled dispensing drum 2 is rotated when a coin is dropped in the coin slot 18 of the machine and when rotated a dis tance suificient to cause lug Bto engagethe lateral extension ll of the link h saidlink'; will be moved longitudinally forward cans;

ing the ejecting lever, toswing .on its fulcrum and the, arm thereof which is located adjacent the container 9 j to swing through the slot 9 in said container and eject the carton 1.0.whichis resting on the bottom thereof. This carton will drop into the tray 8 located below it and, may be takenby the party desiring the change, the; coin used to actna tethe drum andfor which chan e was desired drops into suitably located to receive it.

a receptacle As shown, the carton contains four,

pennies which is designed to be thechange between the cost of a cigar at sixcen-ts and the coin in the form ofa dime. which is used to actuatethe drum; It is ofcourseun derstood that while this machine is shown for use in vgonnection with a dime and, an article valued at six cents, any other article may 1 bedeliverkad. thereby and any other coinof 7 any valuation desired may be used for operating it, the carton 10' containingthe proper change, or-the full value of the coin when change only is desired.

'Afterthedrum 2 has been operated discharge an-article and is released, it will be returned to normal position by; any suitable means, not shown, and when so re turned, the spring 13 will operate tov return the lever 5- to normal position and to position thejlink-Aready for actuationto the next rotation of the drum 2,

It will thus be seen that this change makin .ap paratusis extremely simple, the-only part liable to become broken or inoperative derstood that modifications within the scope:

of the claimed invention-inay bemadein the 'construction or use without departing from the principle ofthe invention or-sac:

rificing any of its advantages. t, i

I claim a y l. The combination of a, movable mem her, a lever, a c-hange container having sep arate packages of coins stacked therein and provided witha discharge opening, acoin ejector pivoted intermed i'ately of-the ends,

one end movable throu'ghsaid opening and a linkoconne cted Withthe'other end ofg said lever and positioned in the pathfof said;

movable member whereby when; said "111311 17 ber 1s actuated-1n one direction, sald llevei will be swung to eject a coin. 1 g

2. The combination ofa movable member, a change. container having cartons of; coins stacked therein.andprovided at jts lower end with'a-discharge, opening, means for.

protecting sa-id :opening against surrepti tious removal ofthe cartons, a cart-on ejector 1n the form ofa lever fulcrn-med adjacent said container, and" adapted to swing through the opening there-1n, saidlever having-an upstanding arm, a link engaged with j said arm and mounted in-the path of said movable member whereby the movement 'ofsaid member in one direction will actuate said lever lZOHBLIGCt a carton, and a coiled spring connected with said arm and with a fixed part of the machine for y-returning sard lever to lilltlal posit on h after actuation.

Intest-imony whereof, I afiix ny signa- DAVID ALLEN:

ture hereto,

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