US1524588A - Vending machine - Google Patents

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Jan, 27. 1925:

W. O. SPEAR VENDING MACHINE Filed Nov. 1, 1921 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 dpew Ian. 27. 1925. 1,524,588

, W. O. SPEAR VENDING MACHINE Filed Nov. 1, 1921 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Patented Jan. 27, 1925.

WILLIAM OTIS SPEAK,

rarest OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

VENDING MACHINE.

Application filed November 1, 1921.. Serial No. 512,122.

To all IO/Z0712, it mag concern:

1 Be it known that I, WVILLIAM ()Tis torn-m,

a citizen of the United States, residing in.

Chicago, county of Cook, and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Vending Machines; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

The present invention relates to improvements in vending machines and has'for an object to provide an improved vending machine for the distribution of merchandise, such as match packages, used mainly for advertising purposes.

Another object of the invention is to provide an improved vending machine of a substantially low compact character in which a plurality of magazines are provided 1 side by side to hold quantities of the merchandise, in combination with a single ejection device cooperating with all of the magazines and adapted toeject the articles in sequence from the several stacks held in the magazines. V A further object of the invention resides in providing improved means for actuating the ejecting device which is under the control of a locking mechanism adapted to be released by a coin for putting the machine in condition for delivery.

Vith the foregoing and other objects in view, the invention will be more fully described hereinafter, and will be more particularly pointed out in the claim appended hereto. 7

In the drawings, wherein like symbols refer to like or corresponding parts throughout the several views,v

Fig. l is a front elevation of an improved vending machine constructed according t the invention; 1

Fig; 2 is a top plan view thereof with the cover open and partly broken away;

Fig. 3 is a cross sectional view taken on the line 33 in Fig. 1;

' Fig. 4 is a similar view showing the parts in a subsequent position; and

Fig. 5 is atransverse section taken on the line 55 also in Fig. 1.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, l designates a casing or cabinet having a top 2 hinged at 3 to the back of the with. the pin. 7

of the cabinetfor the cabinet and a bottom 4 pivoted at 5 front of the cabinet.

Both top and bottom are preferably flanged, and the top is secured closed against unauthorized tampering preferably by some such locking device as illustrated. For instance a staple 6 projects from the top 2 and is engaged by a hasp 7 pivoted at on a bracket 9 riveted or otherwise secured to the front cabinet wall.

to the A padlock 10 is 1,5245% Pics. 7

secured through the staple 6 above the hasp I p 7, a key to which is retained by the proprietor of the machine.

. The bottom 4 is preferably accessible 'for opening through the top 2, and to this end carries a pivoted keeper 11 associated with a spring 12 acting to maintain the keeper interlocked with a pin113 fixed in brackets 14' carried by the interior portion of the back wall of the cabinet near its lower. edge.

A curvednose 15 on the keeper llisprovided to strike the pinl8 in order to guide the keeper forwardly against the influence ot' the spring 12 in closing the'bottom 4, whereby such keeper is enabled to move automatically into interlocking position The keeper is providedwith a lug or extension l6 projecting forwardly to receive a rod or the like let down through the top purpose of releasing it from the pin.

Av plurality of magazine compartments are provided in the cabinet'l at its upper forward portion by the use of partitions 17 in conjunction wit-h a bottom wall 18 and rear walls'19; Upon thebottom wall 18 in each compartment are stacked articles of merchandise '20 preferably flat packages of matches bearing suitable advertising matter.

Glass. panels 21 are provided in the front portions of the various compartments for prospective purchasers to view the merchandise and to acquaint themselves with the condition ot'themachine so that they will not be led to insert a coin when all of the magazine compartments are empty.

Follower blocks 22 are placed upon the stacks 20 of the merchandise and coil spring 23 may be interposed between the blocks 22 and the top 2. v

A drum 24 is journaled on a shaft 25 in the lower portion of the cabinet and it excompartments. The drum 24 carries pairs of pins 26 at various angular positions on the drum, as will be apparent from Fig. 1.

The pins are adapted to come into contact.

with the rear end portions of the articles 20 and for this purpose slots 27 are made in the compartment bottoms 18. The angular disposition of the pins 26 will bring the same successively into contact with the articles in successive compartments so that the stacks of articles will be depleted in unison and will preserve a straight line across the glass panels 21. The articles 20 are delivered from the bottoms of the packs through discharge openings 28 made in the front wall of the cabinet and on to an apron 29 formed by extending the bottoms 18 of the compartments through the openings 28.

The drum 24 at one end is provided with ratchet teeth 30 cooperating with a pawl 31 pivotally carried by a vertically reciprocating slide 32. TAt 33 the pawl is shown to be pivoted to the slide and a spring 34 yieldingly holds the pawl 31 against the ratchet teeth. The slide rests at its lower end upon a spring 35 secured in brackets 36 within the cabinet. The slide 32 includes a front plate 36 having a finger piece 37 projecting through a slot 38 made in the front cabinet wall.

The plate 36 reciprocates in guides 39 carried by the interior face of the front wall of the cabinet. A coin chute 40 is provided in the cabinet having an upper curved end spaced from a slot 41 also made in the front cabinet wall above the slot 38. A movable section 42 of the coin chute is carried by the slide 32 and is provided with pins 43 adapted to be engaged by a pair of hooks 44 carried on a sleeve 45 turning about the spindle 46. The intermediate portion of the sleeve carries a depending tongue 47 lying loosely in the upper open portion of the coin chute section 42.

In operation, a penny or coin of other denomination is inserted through the slot 41 as shown in dotted lines at 48 in Fig. 3. The upper edge of the coin encounters the tongue 47 and swings the hooks 44 to the dotted line position. The pins 43 are thereby released and the coin chute section 42 and slide32 may be moved down by the finger piece 37. The condition of the parts when so shifted is shown in Fig. 4.

During this movement the pawl 31 will advance the drum 24 through an angular distance sufficient to cause one set of the pins 26 to engage with and eject an article 20 through the delivery slot 28. The spring 35 will again lift the slide and cause the memes parts to be restored to initial position, where they are interlocked against fraudulent actuation by the engagement of the hooks v44 with the pins 43.

The articles 20 will be pushed downwardly in sequence by the follower blocks 22 and springs 23 and all magazines are replenished by the proprietor after opening the top 2. Should the drum or its actuating mechanism need resetting, adjustment or repairs, access may be had thereto through the bottom 4.

From the foregoing it will be understood that I have provided a simple and compact vending machine more particularly for the distribution of small merchandise intended to distribute advertising matter and that the machine may beeconomically made and will not be apt to easily get out of order.

It is obvious that various changes and modifications may be made in the details of. construction and design of the above specifically described embodiment of this invention with out departing from the spirit thereof, such changes and modifications being restricted only by the scope of the following claim.

lVhat is claimed is:

A vending machine casing having a hinged top, a hinged bottom, a group of partitions arranged at the front portion of the casing and intermediate thereof to provide a plurality of magazines for goods to be vended and a bottom compartment with a vertical passage extendingv along the rear wall of the casing from the bottom of the compartment through the top of the casing, a single delivery member arranged in the bottom compartment and extending entirely across the lower ends of said magazines for delivering articles one at a time consecutively therefrom, an exterior lock for the top closure to control access to the entire casing, 'a keeper pivotally mounted upon the inner side of the bottom closure near the free end thereof and normally extending upwardly into the casing in line with said vertical passage, a pin on the inner wall of the casing for interlocking engagement with the keeper, a spring carried by the bottom and bearing against said keeper to urge the same into interlocking relation with said pin, and a lug projecting inwardly from the outer extremity of the keeper and presenting a cavity for the reception of a tool introduced through said vertical passage when the top of the casing is open for releasing the keeper from the pin.

7 WILLIAM OTIS SPEAR.

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