US1572189A - Vending machine - Google Patents

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D. J. CROWLEY VENDING MACHINE Feb. 9 1926.

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Patented Feb. 9, 1926.

DANIEL J. CROWLEY, OF DETROIT, MICHTlIGAN.

VENDING MACHINE.

Application filed May 15, 1925. Serial No. 30300.

To all whom it may concern do it known that I, DANIEL J. Cu wLnr, a citizen of the United States, residing at Detroit, in the county of \Vayne and State of hilichigan, have invented anew and useful Vending Machine, of which the lollmviiip; is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in vending machines, one of the objects of which is to provide a machine in which a plurality of stacks of merchandise may' be arranged, and wherein a simple form of dis pensing unit may be moved transversely of the machine, and placed opposite whichever stack of merchandise a purchaser wishes to procure.

Another object of the invention is to provide a vending machine wherein the coin, when dropped into the slot, comes in direct contact with a rod on which a pusher is adapted to force merchandise from one of the stacks into a discharge chute is mounted, thereby considerably reducing the number of working parts in the machine.

With these and other objects in view, the invention, which consists in certain novel construction and combination of parts, is hereinafter more fully described with the aid of the accompanying drawings and claimed.

Figure 1 is av vertical section on the line 1-1 of Figure 2;

Figure 2 is a horizontal section on the line 2-2 of Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a detai section on the line l;--'- oi Figure 5 sine BLQVRiQlOii, and Figure (3 a front elevation of the n'iachine.

Irigure 7 is a section on the line "i of Figure 2, and

Figure 8 shows a partial section on the line 88 of Figure 1.

Referring more par icularly to the drawings, l designates the casing of the machine which may be of any desired size and shape, and 2 indicates the cover. On the latter a plurality of contaii s 38 are dependingly attached; these containers are usually rectangular in section, and have openings 3 and +2 towards their lower ends, and av depression 5 at the bottom contorn'iiug to the shape of the packages of merchandise for which they are intended. The lower ends of the containers are also slotted substantiah T1 ,4 and nigure a is a ly centrally at G. A forwardly sloping discharge chutelti extends across substantially the whole'width of the machine.

Bars 7 are arranged transversely of the machine and pass through eyeletsS secured to the underside of the carriage 9, the front edge of which latter is slidably arranged on with a narrower slit 18 through the car- I riage. I r i The rod 16 secured to the pusher 17 supported more or less centrally of its length by the bearing 15, and has its opposite end partly within the hole 18 through the slide 11 when in normal position. Guide rods 19" are secured to the slide 11, and are adapted to slide through the bearing 15. Coil springs 20 are arranged round the guide rods to tend to hold the slide 11 against 1 the stop 21 formed by the casin On the underside of the pusher 17 is a lug 22 round which the yolte28 passes.

The latter is attached to eollarsM mounted towards the outer ends of the guide rods 19. tiupportcd partly by the ledge 25 integral with the carriage 9 and partly by the ledge 26 integral with the casing is a cash box '37, which is held in position under the riage' a sore 28. A door 29 is supplied in one side of Late cash born and a deer 30 is provided in the side of the casii'ig so as to giro acce to the inner door. Theouter dooriill, Ti generally provide with a padoch 1 I To the front of the slide ll a handle 32 attacl'ied which projects forwardly is through a longitudinal slot 33 in the front.

ot the casing. An indicating marl: 34 is provided on the handle which must'be set opposite one oi the indicating marks 35 on the casing according to which container a purchaser may wish to buy from. 39 indicates a slot in the casing, these slots are provided in -front of each container to allow a. coin to be dropped into the coin slot 12 when the dispensing mechanism has been set in front oi any of the merchandise con tainers. The guide arms 9 hold the slide width of the slot 13 should be just sufiicient for a smaller coin, such as a cent, to drop through; the larger coin would then not sink far into the hole and therefore a deep concavity would not be necessary. The ciu'vature should be suchthat movement of the slide with the-larger coin in would just be permitted. 1

The methodof operating the machine is as follows u The handle is pullcdsideways until the indicating mark tli registers with the indicating mark 35xopposite the container from which the purchaser,wishes to buy. A coin is then dropped through the slot 39 into the slot 12 where it remains if it is of the correct size. The handle 32 is pressed inwards and the coin then contacts with the rod 16, which together with the pusher 17 is forced inwards until a piece of merchandise is ejected from the container 38 and drops into the chute 36 in which it; rolls forward towards the purchaser. The length of the apron 37- is such that as the merchandise is ejected the coin'reaches the end of the apron and drops into the cash box 27.

lVhen inward pressure on the handle 32 ceases the spring 20 forces the slide 11 back into the position shown in the drawings, and

as the guide rods 19 return the yoke 23 moves with them and'contacts with the lug 22 thereby drawing the pusher 17 and the rod 16 back. the lug 22 to be moved forward.

Should the slide be pushed forward when there is no coin in the slot 12 the rod 16 merely passes through the hole 18 and the pusher remains stationary.

In the'drawings the type of containers or racks shown therein is such that the cover 2 mustbe removed and the racks filled through the holes 3 when the lid is inverted, but allother arrangement of supporting the con tainers may be employed if desired.

Moreover though a plurality of container or racks have been mentioned in the foregoing, it is understood that the dispensing apparatus may be utilized in maohineshaving only a single rack, in which casethe bars 7 may be dispensed with and the carriage,

mounted rigidly on the frame.

It is further understood that the construction herein described is subject to such alterations as fall within .the scope of the appended claims. V

The centre slot" 6 is to allow W hat I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. In a vending machine, a dispensing apparatus consisting of acarriage having a slide, a bearing and a pusher mounted thereon, .a push rod secured to the pusher and supported intermediately of its length by the bearing and adapted to pass through a hole in the slide, which hole is at right angles to and substantially centrally of a vertical coin slot in said slide, guide rods secured to said slide and adapted to slide through said bearing, an apron extending rearwardly from.the front portion of the carriage and integral therewith, a container from which said pusher is adapted to discharge merchandise into a discharge chute, a cash box under said carriage, and spring means for drawing said slide back to its forward position after it has been pushed inwards.

2. In a vending machine, a dispensing apparatus consisting of acarriage having a slide, a bearing and a pusher mounted thereon, a push'rod secured to the pusher and supported interimdiately of its length by the bearing and adapted to pass through a hole in the slide, which hole is at right angles to and substantially centrally of a vertical coin slot in said slide, guide rods secured to said slide, an apron extending rearwardly from the front portion of the carriage and integral therewith, a container from which said pusher is adapted to discharge merchandise into a chute, a cash box under the carriage, and spring means for drawing said slide back to its forward position after it has been pushed inwards.

3. In a vending machine, the combination as described in claim 1, wherein the spring means for drawing back the slide consists of helical springs arranged round the guide rods and extending from the slide to the bearing.

4. In a vending machine, the combination as described in claim 1, wherein a lug-is secured to the underside of thepusher, and a yoke is mounted to the guide rods by which said lug is engaged, and-the pusher returned DANIEL J. OROVVLEY.

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