US1572422A - Vending machine - Google Patents

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Feb.-9 1926. I

D. LCHANDLER' VENDING MACHINE Original Filed March 28. 1923 5 she t -she t l fibve7ciorn 5 Sheets-Sheet 2 D, L CHANDLER VENDING MACHINE Original Filed March 28.

Feb 9, 1926.

a Feb. 9 1926.

D. L. CHANDLER VENDING MACHINE 5 Sheets-Shet 5 Original Filed March 28, 1923 Feb. 9,1926. 1,512,422

' D. L. CHANDLER VENDING xvmchnm Original Filed March 28. 1923 5 Sheets-sheet 5 Fay/2" Patented Feb. 9, 1926.

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DANIEL L. CHANDLER, 013 BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOB, BY MESNE ASSIGN- MENTS, TO VENID ADS CORR, A COBPOBATIOHOF MASSACHUSETTS.

VENDING Application filed March 28, 1923, Serial To a whom it may concern Be it known that I, DANIEL L. CHANDLER, a citizen of the United States,presiding at Boston, in the county of Suffolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented new and useful Improvements in Vending Machines, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to vending machines.

The' object of the invention is to provide a vending machine which will operate as follows:

1. hen the correct coin is deposited in the machine and an article is in position r ready for delivery, the machine will operate to deposit the coin in the machine, preferably in a suitable receptacle therefor, and will deliver the article to the operator of the machine.

2. hen no coin is deposited in the machine and there is an article in position ready for delivery, the machine may be manually operated from the outside, but no article will be delivered.

3. When the correct coin, that is, a coin of predetermineddimensions, is deposited in the machine and there is no article positioned readyfor delivery, then the coin will be returned to the operatorp 4. When a coin or slug of dimensions other than the exact dimensions of the coin which it isintended shall be deposited in the maphine is so deposited and there is an article in the machine positioned ready for delivery, the coin or slug will be returned to the operator and the article will be retained in the machine. p v j 5. hen a coin which is not of the correct dimensions or a slug is deposited in the machine and there is no article positioned ready for delivery, then said coin will be returned to the operator.

It has been found that when machines of this character are placed upon the market material other than coins, such as paper, paraffin, chewing gum, tooth picks, matches, etc, have been put into the coin slot and forced down into the machine, thus rendering the machine either inoperative or else causing it to be so tampered with that the articles can be fed one byone out of the machine without any coin being introduced into the machine in payment for each of the articles so fed. a

7 It isism o he obj cts of this i venti n MACHINE.

No. 628,354. Renewed October 3, 1925.

in the event of any material other than the correctcoin, whether it be a slug or a coin of a different denomination not intended to be used in the machine, for instance, a ten cent piece where the machine is designed to be operated by a penny, to positively eject said material or coin from the coin slot of the operating mechanism so that the mechanism shall not be rendered inoperative and so that the machine cannot be operated to deliver the articles without proper recompense therefor.

The machine of this invention in some respects resembles the machine for which applicant has made application for Letters Patent entitled Coin operated vending machine, filed January 19, 1923, Serial No. 613,75t, but differs materially from the invention of said application in many respects.

One of the novel features of this invention is embodied in a rotary member which performs the function of feeding the coin out of the coin slot and depositing it in the casing of the machine, and also performs the function of feeding a coin of thewrong denomination or foreign matter which may have been introduced through the coin slot, down a chute which leads out of the machine. This rotary member also performs the function of operating the mechanism for feeding the article from a magazine to a chute which leads out of the machine. Said rotary member performs the further function of closing a portion of the coin slot, while the coin and the article to be vended are being fed so that the foreign material or other coins cannot lie-introduced into said slot.

Another novel feature of this invention re sides in the mechanism for detecting a slug, a coin of different denomination than that which the machine is intended to handle and such articles as a washer,-which although they may be of the same diameter and thickness as the coin intended to be handled by the machine, still this detector will operate in such a manner as to cause such an article to be ejected from the machine.

The invention consists in the improved mechanisn'i whereby the objects hereinbefore set. forth are accomplished and particularly in the combination of elements set forth in the following claims.

Referring to the drawings Figure 1 is a front elevation of a vending machine embodying my invention,

Fig. 2 is an underneath .plan of. the same. Fig. 3 is a sectional elevation taken on the line 33 of Fig. 2, lllustratmg the rotary coin feeding member and other mechanism actuated thereby. I a

Fig. isa sectional elevation taken on the line :4c of Fig. 8 illustrating the coin and article chute and a portion of the mechanism by which the coin chute cover is perated.

Fig. 5 is a detail plan broken away and showing the coin and article chutes.

Fig. 6 is aplan view of the coin detecting mechanism broken away and partly shown in section. v

Fig. 7 is a sectional plan similar to Fig. (8 illustrating the partsindifferent positions.

Fig. 8 is a sectional elevation taken on the line 88 of Fig.) illustrating the coin slotmechanism and a portion of the rotary coin feeding member. I

Fig. 9 is a sectional elevation similar to Fig. 8 showing the parts in different positions.

Fig.- 10 is a. detail sectional elevation taken on the line 10 -10 of Fig.2 illustrating a pawl and ratchet.mechanism used in connection with the rotary feed member shaft. w p v Fig. 11 is a sectional elevation through one of the housings taken on the line 11.ll ofFig.3..

Fig. 12 a. perspective vew of two housings located on the top of the cover showing the slot through which the coin is introduced into the machinelv Fig. 13 is an underneath plan of the secondary slide. 7

Fig. 14 is an underneath plan of the primary slide.

F;g.,15 is a. perspective view of. onev of the housings broken away and showing the stop plate and a. coin with a wire attached thereto illustrating the position assumed by the coin whenitflis. attempted to withdraw the same fromthecasing. o i

Fig. 16 is an elevation of a coin with the par f,dete :tei'v fingers shown in section relatively thereto.

Fig.1? is anelevationof a washer with they pair of detector lingers shown in section in connection. therewith.

Like numerals refer to like parts throughtnit the several views of the drawings.

In the drawings l is theorising of the machine, 16 tlieinagazine vforholdi the articles to be vended, li'is a receptacle for the coins ..v\'*l1icli are, delivered[outsidethe 111acliineand .18 .is the top,.,or cover, of the casing upon which vismounted the mag ne and on the under side of which is met .l. substantially all of the working mechanism of themach'ne. T

h r a e e b d ed n t e ad-fi e a tary member fast primary slide 19 and a secondary slide 20. The primary slide carries with it the larger part of the working mechanism of the machine and this primary slide is always operated to move toward and away from the front of the machine by a handle 22 fast to. a shaft 23 rotatably mounted in bearings 2% which project downwardly from the under side of the top 18. A spring 25 is fast- I ened at one end thereof to an arm 26 fast continued to its end after it has once been started, and also insures the rearward movement of the slide being carried to its end when it has once been artcd. This pawl and ratchet mechanisnrconsists of a segmental ratchet 26 fast to the shaft 23 and adapted to be engaged by a pawl 27 pfvotally mounted on a stud 28 which is fast to an. arm 29 on one oft-hebcaring brackets 24 depending from the cover 18 of the ma; chine. A spring 30 is connected at one end to the pawl 27 an d at the other end to a pin 31 fast to the cot er of the machine.

When the operator starts the machine by pulling the handle 22 toward the front thereof, the teeth of the segmental ratchet 26 will rotate in the direction o-fthe arrow a, Fig-.10, and will be engaged by the swingingmpawl 27 wh'cb wi l prevent the ratchet 26 from being moved in the opposite direction until the teeth of theratchc; passout of engagement with the free end of the pawl 27, then when the direction of rotation of the ratchet 26 is reversed by the action which willoccur when the handle is released by-the operator on account of the spring 25, the pawl 27 will be tipped in the opposite direction and will engage the teeth of the segment 26 to'preve-nt the ratchet from being rotated in the direction of the arrow a untilthe teeth of the segment again pass out of engagement with the free end of the pawl 2'7. v V

The inner end of th .ghaft has a ro- V g here-to which when the parts are in the r nernal positions occupies the position illust "ated in Fig. and in Fig. The member this the rot-arr coin feeding member which performs the funetons of. feeting the coin, clearing tin-- coin slot and feeding the mechanism whereby. the. article is carried or, fed and consists preferably of a thin disc liae ineinher having asemi-circular recess in itspe iohor to receive a coin 34. The member has a cam-shaped periphery and projects into Hit) a slot 36 provided in the prinmry slide 19 which has a pair of oppositely oisposed cars 37 between which the rotary member 32 is positioned to rock. A cam slot 38 is provided in the rotary member and tl'irough this cam slot a pin projects which is fastened at its opposite ends to the cars 37. The primary slide is slidably mounted in ways 4-0. on the under sideof the cover 18 so that when the shaft 23 is rocked by the handle 22 and by the spring alternately in opposite directions, the primary slide 19 will be moved forwardly or rearwardly respectively, sliding in said ways 40.

When in its normal position, the rear end of the slide 19 abuts against a stop plate 11 fast to the under side of the cover as in Figs. 2 and 3 and is held thereagainst by a spring 19. e

The present embodiment of my invention as illustrated is particularly adapted to contain and feed spherical articles such as balls of chewing gum and the magazine 16 is provided with a base s2 which forms a part of the cover 18 and in this base is a recessed port-ion with inclined ways 4 1 operating to guide the balls of gum into a tubular receptacle projecting downwardly from the under side of the primary slide 19 and form- .ing a part thereof. Vertical pins 46 are fastened to the primary slide 19 and project upwardly into the magazine 16 and into the recessed portion 13 of the base of said magazine so that as the primary slide 19 is moved forwardly and backwardly, the pins 16 will agitate the articles in the magazine 16 and facilitate the feeding of the same into the receptacle 45. l

A housing 417 is fast to the upper face of the cover 18 and has a vertical slot 18 therein in which is positioned a swinging arm 19 to the lower end of which is affixed a. curved segmental plate 50. The arm 19 is pivoted at 51 to the'housing 17 and the segmental plate has a gear tooth 52 projecting downwardly therefrom into a corresponding notch 53 provided in the upper surface of the primary slide 19, so that when a reciprocatory motion is imparted to the slide 19, as hereinbefore described, a rocking motion will be imparted to the arm 49 and segmental plate 50. has pivotall mounted thereon a rocker pin mounted to rock in the segmental plate 59 and projecting beyond the opposite faces of said plate. To one end of said rocker pin 51 is fastened a cam plate 55 and to the other end of said rocker pin is fastened a detent 56 which is located in a vertical plane in alignment with the coin slot 36 in the prnnary slide 19.

r'a H a the slot div is an upward extension of the coin slot 36 and the segmental plate has a laterally extending flange 57 on .1ts upper edge and' PIOJQCtlIlg over the detent 56.

The segmental plate 50 Before the machine is operated to deliver the article and the coin, the parts are in the respective positions illustrated in Fig. 8, and it is evident that at this time a coin 3-1 may he slipped into the slot .48 and will fall downwardly into the semi-circularre-- cess 33 in the rotary member 32, as illustrated in Fig. 8, there being space between v the rear edge of the flange 57 and thefront edge of the arm 49 to allow it so to do.

A spring 58 is mounted on the segmental plate 50 and. the free end thereof bears against a pin 59 and thus tends to rock the cam plate 55 upon its pivot to hold the same in engagement with a cam 60. V 1

When the arm 49 and segmental plate 50 are moved by the reciprocatory motion of the primary slide 19 acting through the .coin 3 1 should be pulled upwardly out of the. rotary member 32 by any means, such as a string, it will strike this plate and be diverted to a position transversely of the inclined edge 62 as illustrated in 15 so that anyone trying to tamper with the machine by withdrawing the coin by means of a string or wire attached thereto would be prevented from so doing by this plate 61.

Another housing 63 is fastened to the cover 18 in front of the housing 17 and is provided with a' coin slot 6 When the arm 19 is rocked forwardly, the segmental plate 50 will move forwardly in the interior of the housing 63 as in Fig. 9.

. The secondary slide 20 is slidably mounted in ways 65 and 66 on the under side ofthe cover 18 and normally this slide remains stationary with its rear end engaging a stop bracket (57. Fig. 2, that is, the secondary slide remains statioiiiary if the coin which. has been inserted in the machine is the right coin and the article is ready for delivery, but if thecoin is not the right coin, or if the article is not ready for delivery, or if there neither the right coin nor the right article ready for delivery, then the secondary slide 20 will be moved to prevent an article from being delivered or to return the coin to the one/who is operating the n'iachine, and these results are attained by the mechanism which will now be described.

First as to the mechanism for returning a slug or coin which is not of the right dimensions a leveris pivotedat 69; to-the pri mary slide 19, and this lever has a pin 70 v fast thereto and projectingup'wardly there from to engage the cam shaped edge 'il of a cam plate 72 which" is-fasten'ed to theunder side of the cover'18. A sprin'g'73 tends to hold the pin 7 O aga'inst the cam shaped edge 71. The lever 68 is provided with an arm 1 74 which has a pin 7 epr ojecting upii 'ardly slidably mounted in the primary slide 19 and are adapted to'engage acoin orother article 34 when the same is in therecess 33 in the rotary member 32, and thefin'gers 80 and 81 will both of them bear against the coin due to their being forced thereagainst by the lever 68 and by the plate 77. If the fingers 80 and 81 are inthe correct position which they would assume if the coin is the correct coin, and if, at the same time there is an article; as in the present case, a ball of gum 82, Fig. 3, positioned in the tube 45,- then the primary slide-will move forwardly when caused to do so by the rotary inoveme'nt of the member 32 in the direction of e the arrow 1),Fig; 3, and the coin will be dropped out of the recess 33 and upon the top of an inclined cover 83, Fig. 4', down which it will slide and onto aninclined'plate' 84 from which it will drop onto the bottom 85 of the casing and the'gum delivered.

If the coin or slug which is positioned in the recess is thinner than a penny, then the feeler fii'igers 80 and 81 will allow the lever 68 to' move toward the right, Fig; 6, when the primary slide 19 is moved forwardly and when the'pin' arrives opposite the'notch 86 in the edge 71 of the cam plate 72, whereupon a stud 87 which projects upwardly from the lever 68 will engage a pro-- jecti'oii 88 on the secondary slide 20, and upon further movement forward, the slide 20 will move with the slide 19 and a pin 89-which projects downwardly from the slide 20 and through an inclined slot 90 in a bracket 91 fast to the hinged cover 83 will cause said hinged cover to tip from the position shown in full lines to that shown in dotted lines, Fig. 4, and then when the penny is dropped out of the rotary n'iem'ber' it will pass downwardly and onto an inclined V-shaped chute 92 which will conduct the penny out of the casing to the receptacle 17 where it can be obtained by the user of the-machine.

The cover 83 is hinged at 93 team auxil} iary casing 91 fastto thejfr'ont' of the casing 15-, and a spring 95 which is fast at'one end to the bracket 91 and at the other end to a bracket 96 on the auxiliary casing 94 will normally hold the cover" 83 inthe position shown in full lines in- 4-, and; abutting against a'rstop 97 on the auxiliary casing 94.

I-fthe coin or slug which is in the recess 33-isthicker than a penny, then the stud 87 will engage a projection 98 on the free end of a: lever 99 which is pivoted at 100 to the secondary slide-20. A spring 101 is fastened atone end th'ereofto a pin 102 on the secondary slide 20' and at the other end thereof to a pin 103 on the lever 99. An ear 104 projects downwardly from the lever 99 and normally the spring 101 acts to hold the ear 10 1 against the edge of the secondary slide 20. When the projection 87 engages the projection 98 the slide 20 will be moved together w'ith-the'primary slide 19 and the coin which is thicker'than a penny will be dropped in the same manner as hereinbefore described in'relation to a coin which is thinner than a penny, and will pass downwardly through the auxiliary casing 9-1, along the chute 92 and onto the recepta- Cle 17."

reference to Fig. 6, it will be seen that the feeler finger 80'is concentric with the recess 33 in the rotary member 32 and the feeler" finger 81 projects a very slight distance within thepe'riphery of the recess 33.- Theobje'ct' of this relative positioning of'the fingers to the recess 33 is as follows :Assuming that a washer 105 such as is illustrated in Fig. 17- is' of thesame thickness as a penny, then the finger 80 will project into the hole iathe washer and'the lever 68 will then be moved into the notch 86 when the primary slide is moved forwardly so that the'projection 87 will engage the projection 88 on the secondary slide 20 with the result hereinbefore set forth in relation to a thin coin, that is,- the washer will be ejected from the machine and the article will not be delivered.

I-f' a'slu'g" of a diameter slightly smaller than a penny be introduced into the recess 33,eveiithou ih it be the same thickness as a penny, it will b'eejecte'd from the machine for-theieasmrthat the feel'er finger 81 will pass by the edge of such a slug with the same results as hereinbefore described in relation to the thin coin and the washer. It will be noted that the outermost edge 106 of the projection 98 isin'clined and the rear edge of the projection 87 isalso inclined so that if the secondary slide 20 remains stationary while the primary slide is moved forwardly and baclm'ardly, which is the case Wllfill thejarti'cle' is of the right size and thecoin is of the correct size, upon the return mfoi' em'ent of the primary slide, the lever 99will be caused to swing; toward the left, Fig. 6, and allow the pass by the projection 106.

It will there'fore, be understood that if the coin is of the right diameter and there is" an articlein the tube 4 5* ready to be de projection 87 to v i will. pass between the projections 88 and 98 and the slide 21 will remain stationary, when the'coin will be deposited by the rotation of the member 32 in the casing as hereinbefore described.

The stud 8'4", projection 88 and projection 9-8 constitute contacts and will be referred to as such in the claims. From the foregoing description, it will be understood that the lever (58, the plate 77 and the feeler lingers S and S1 constitute, as a whole, a compensating mechanism, whereby two different parts of the coin must be of the right thickness, or otherwise the lever 68 will be operated to more the slide nd cause the coin to be ejected from the machine, and because of the pivoted connection of the lingers 80 and 81 to the plate 77 and of the pivoted connection of the plate 77 to the lever 68, the feeler lingers 80 and 81 may move into different positions toward and away from the coin, or the recess 33 in which it is located without cramping the compensating mechanism in any way.

It will be understood that both the coin and the article must be present in the machine in order that an article maybe delivered. lit has been hereinbefore described how the coin will be ejected from the machine it it is not of the proper size and it will now be described how the coin will be ejected from the machine if there is no article to be delivered, thus making sure that the user of the machine will receive his money back if he does not obtain an article trom the machine in exchangetherefor, and this is accomplished by means of a 'detecter lii'iger 107 which is pivoted at 108 to an arm 109 fast. to the primary slide 19. This detecter finger has an arm 110 thereon which projects through a slot 111 in the tube and a spring 112 acts to move the arm 110 toward and into the tube 15. The linger 107 has a projection 113 extendingupwardly therefrom and adapted to engage the edge 71. of the cam plate '52 which has a notch 114: therein so that as the primary slide is moved forwardly, the pin 113 will descend into the n tch 11 1-. there is no article in the tube -1t5 to prevent its so doing, and in that case, an ear 115 constituting a contact point will engage a stud 116 also constituting a contact point on the secondary slide 20 and thus the secondary slide will be moved for the primary slide, the article will be pushed off of the arm 118 and dropped downwardly in the tube 45 and onto a stationary shelf 115- then upon a return movement of the primary slide, the article will be pushed otif of the stationary shelf 119 by the tube -15 and will fall into a tube 120 which, being inclined downwardly, will cause the article to roll down to the outer end thereof which projects out of the casing, and at the outer vend 01 said tube the ball of gum will engage a cover 121 which is pivoted at 122 to the frame of the machine, and is kept normally closed by gravity. The'nser of the machine can then obtain the gum by pressing upon the the upper end of an arm 124 on said cover so to open the end of the tubular chute 120.

The general operation of the mechanism hereinbefore specifically and to some extent in general described is as follows :The user of the machine places a coin of the proper dimensions, that is, a penny for a penny machine, a nickel for a nickel machine or a dime for a dime machine in the coin slot 18, and it passes downwardly through said slot between the arm 49 and the rear edge of the flange 57 and the rear edge of the detent 56 and drops into the recess in the rotary member32 as illustrated in Fig. 8. v The operator then rotates the shaft 23 and the rotary member 32 by means of the handle 22 in a countercl ckwise direction, that is, in the direction of the arrow Z) Fig. 3 by pulling the handle toward the front of the machine.

Assuming now that there is an article 82 in the tube 15 and that the coin is of the correct dimensions, the primary slide 1!) will he moved forwardly by the pin 39 in the cam slot 38 and the lever 68 and the detecter linger 1-0? will move with it. Since there is an article in the tube 4-5, the contact 115 on the lever 10? will clear the contact 116 on the slide 20 and since the coin is of the right dimensions, the contact. 87 on the lever 68 will pass between the contacts 88 and 98 and therefore the slide 20 will remain stationary. The rotary member will be rotated until the coin 34 is dumped onto the inclined cover 8-3 down which it will slide onto the inclined plate 8 12 and from thence it will fall onto the bottom of the casing, at the same time the article 82 will be'pushed along the arm 118 and will drop onthe shelf 119 and upon the return movement of the slide 20, the article will be pushed off of the shelf 119, and dropping into the tube 120 will roll down said tube against the cover 121 where it maybe obtained by the user of the machine as hereinbefore described.

r-issuming. that the combination of circumstances should occur 'as set forth in paragraph 2 where thereis no coin deposited in the machine but there is an article 82 in the tube 15 positioned ready for delivery, in this case when a machine is operated by the handle 22 as hereinbe'liore described, the compensating lever 68 will be moved as hereinbefore described to cause the'contact- 87 to engage the contact 88 and the primary slide and secondary slide will then move together, the coin will be ejected from the machine, as hereinbefore described, and the article will remain in the machine resting on the arm 118 and when the handle is released, the parts will return to the relative positions illustrated in Fig. 3.

hen the combination of circumstances set forth in paragraph 3 occurs wherein a correct coin is deposited but there is no package, then the coin detectcr finger is )ositioned 'correctl 1 so that the coin will be i 3 delivered, that is, the contact 87 will pass between the contacts 88 and 9 8 and so far as this portion of the mechanism is concerned, the slide 20 will remain stationary, but the article detecter linger will be moved so that the contact 115 will engage the contact 116 and this will move the slide 20 as hereinbefore described so that an article willnot be delivered and the coin will.

It the combination of circumstances set forth in paragraph four occurs wherein a coin or slug of dimensions other than the and dimensions which intended. to be deposited in the machine is placed in the machine and there is an article positioned in the machine ready for delivery, the lever 68 will be operated as hereinbefore described to cause the slide 20 to move with the slide 19 and the coin or other slug will be ejected from the machine and the article will be retained in the machine.

lVhen the combination of circumstances set forth in paragraph 5 occurs and there a slug which is thinner than a penny positioned in the recess 33, or if there is a slug thicker thana penny, or a washer, or a coin of sn'ialler diameter than a penny, then the lever 68 will bemoved as hereinbefore described so-that the contact 87 will engage either the contact 88 or the contact 98 and the slides 19 and 20 will then move together and the coin, slug, or whatever it maybe, will be ejected from the machine.

It has been found that in order to obtainarticles from the machine without paying for them certain persons have attached a string or wire to the coin and dropped it into the machine, and after having moved the parts to just the right position to obtain an article, have pulled the coin back out of the machine. In the present machine, this isprevented by the detent 56 which moves into the position illustrated in. Fig. 9 and thus makes the coin slot so narrow that the coin cannot be drawn back out of the machine and also such an act is prevented by reason of the stop plate 61 with its inclined edge 62 which will operate to turn the coin across the coin slot if anyone tries to draw the coin upwardly and-outwardly after it has been ejected from the rotary member 32, as illustrated in Fig. 15.

I claim:

1. A machine for deliveringan article in exchange for a coin of predetermined dimensions having, in combination, a casing. a coin holder rotatably mounted on said casing and having arecess in its periphery to hold said coin, said casing having a 'coin slot in alignment with said recess, means for testing a coin in said recess, means to rotate said coin holder and mechanism operated thereby to cause said coin to be ejected from said holder and deposited in said casing.

2. A machine for delivering an article in exchange for a coin of predetermined dimensions having; in combination, a casing, a coin holder rotatably mounted on said casing and having arecess in its periphery to hold said coin, said casing having a coin slot in alignment with said recess,.means to ro-- tate said coin holder and mechanism includ ing an article-receiving slide operated thereby to cause a coin other than one of predetermined dimensions to be ejected from said coin holder and from said casing.

3. A machine for delivering an article-in exchange for a coin of predetermined dimensions having, in'combination, a casing, a coin holder rotatably mounted on said'casing and having a recess in its periphery to hold said 'coin, said casing having a coinslot in alignment with said recess, means for testing a coin in said recess, means to rotate said coin holder and mechanism operated thereby to cause an object other than a coin of predetermined dimensions to be ejected from said coin holder-and from said casing.

A machine for delivering an article in exchange for a coin 'ofpredetermined dinensions having, in combination, a casing, a slide constituting a carrier for an article, a coin holder rotatably mounted on said casing and having a recess in its periphery to hold said coin and mounted in a slot provided in said slide in alignment with. a slot provided in said casing, means tosimultaneously rotate said coin holder and reciprocate said slide and mechanism operated thereby to cause said coin to be retained in said casing and to arise said article to be delivered therefrom.

A machine for delivering an article in exchange for a coin of predetermined dimensions having, in combination, a casing, a slide constituting a car ier for an article, a coin holder rotatably mounted on said casing and having a recess in its periphery to hold said coin and mounted in a slot provided in said slide in aligmnent with a slot provided in said casing, means to simul taneously rotate said coin holder and re ciprocate said slide and i'uechanism operated thereby to cause a coin other than one of predetermined dimensions to be ejected from said coin holder and from said casing and to prevent said article from being delivered therefrom.

(i. A. machine for delivering an article in exchange for a coin of predetermined dimensions having, in combination, a casing, a slide constituting a carrier for an article, a coin holder rotatably mounted onsa'id casing and having a recess in its periphery to hold said coin and mounted in a slot provided in said slide in alignment with a slot provided in said casing, means to simultaneously rotate said coin holder and reciprocate said slide and mechanism operated thereby to cause an object other thanv a coin of predetermined dimensions to be ejected from said casing and to prevent said article from being delivered therefrom.

7. A machine for delivering an article in exchan e for a coin of predetermined dimensions having, in combination, a casing, a slide constituting a carrier for an article, a rotary coin holder in said casing, with a recess in its periphery to hold said coin and mounted in a slot provided in said slide in alignment with a slot provided in said casing, means to simultaneously rotate said coin holder and reciprocate said slide in a dircc lion transversely of the axis of said coin holder and mechanism ope 'ated thereby to cause said coin to be retained in said casing and to cause said article to he delivered therefrom.

8. A machine for delivering an article in exchange for a coin of predetermined dimensions having, in combination, a casing, a

slide constituting a carrier for an article, a

rotary coin holder in said casing with arecess in its periphery to hold said coin and mounted in a slot provided in said slide in alignment with a slot provided 1n said cas ing, the periphery of said coin holder beiifg canrshaped, means to simultaneously rotate said coin holder and reciprocate said slide in a direction transversely of the axis of said coin holder, and mechanism operated thereby to cause said coin to be retained in said casing and to cause said article he delivered therefrom. i

9. A machine for delivering mil article in exchange for a coin, oi predetei' n'iined dimensions having, in comhinatiomli casing, a slide constituting a carrier for an article, a

v rotary co n holder in said casing with a recess in its periphery to hold coin and mounted in a slot provided in said slide in alignment with a slot provided in said cas 'ing, means to rotate said coin holder, a cam incorporated in said holder engaging said slide to impart a reciprocatory motion thereto transversely of the axisot the coinholder and mechanism operated by said slide to cause said coin to be retainedin said casing and to cause said article to be delivered therefrom.

10. A machine for deliveringnn article in exchange for a coin oi predetermined dimensions having, in combinatiomia casing, a slide constituting a carrier for an article, a rotary coin holder in said casing with a recess in its periphery to holdasaid coin and mounted in a slot providea in said slide in alignn'ient with a slot provided in said casing, means to rotate said coin holder, a cam incorporated in said holder engaging said slide to impart a reciprocatory motion thereto transversely ofthezaxisof the coin holder and mechanism operated by said slide to cause a coin other than one of said predetermined dimensions to be ejected from said coin holder and from said casing and to preventsaid article from being delivered therefrom.

11. A machine for delivering an article in exchange for a coin ot predetermined dimensions having, inzcombination, a casing, a slide constitutinga carrier for an article, rotary coin holder in said casing With a recess in its periphery to hold said coin and mounted in a slot provided in said slide in alignment itlr a slot provided in said casing, mean. o rotate'said coin holder, a cam incorpo ,d in said holder engaging said slide tdimpart a reciprocatory motion thereto transversely of the axis of the coin holder and mechanism operated by said slide to cansean object other than a coin of predeternned dimensions to be ejected from said casing and to prevent said articles from being delivered therefron'i.

i i. in" exchange for a coin of predetermined dimensions having, in combination, a casing provided with a coin slot, a coin holder rotatably mounted on said casing and having a recess in its periphery to hold said coin, a primary slideslidable on said casing and constituting aholder for an article, a secondary slide on said casing and means on said secondary slide to prevent an article being delivered from said primary slide machine for delivering an article:

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when said slides are connected to move to gether and means governed by said articles to connect said slides together.

13. A. machine for delivering an article in exchange for a coin of predetermined dimensions deposited therein having in combination, a casing, a coin holder rotatably mounted in said casing and having a recess therein to hold said coin,-said casing having a coin slot in alignment with said recess, a primary slide constituting a carrier vfor an article, slidable in saidcasing, means to simultaneously rotate said coin holder and reciprocate said slide, a pair of feelcr finon said primary slide normally in alignment with said recess, a lever pivoted to said slide and connected to said feeler fingers, means to rock said lever, a contact 't'orming a part ot-said lever, {a secondary slide slidable on said casing, a contact forming a part of said secondary slideand adapted, when an object other than a coiniot predetermined dimensions is located'in said coin holder recess, to be engaged by said vlever contact, and means to guide said coin when ejected from said coinholderto deposit the same in said casing, said means being adapted to be positioned by the movement of said secondary slide "to uide an object other than a coin of predetermined dimen sions out of said casing 14. In a machine for delivering an article inexchange tor a coin of predetermined di-- mensions deposited therein having, in combination, a casing, a coin holder rotatably mounted in said casing and havinga recess therein to hold'said coin, said/casing having aicoin slotin alignment with. said recess, a primary slide constituting aicarrier for an article, slidable in said casing, means to simultaneously rotate said coinlholder and reciprocate said slide, apair of feeler-fingers on said-primary s'lide'normally in alignment with said recess, a lever pivoted to-.said-sli-de, a compensating member connecting said teeler fingers to said lever, means to rock said lever, acontact forming apart of said lever, a secondary slide slidable on said casing, a contact forming a part of said secondary slide and adapted when an object other thana coin of'predetermined dimensions is located in "said coin holder recess to be engaged by said vlever contact and means to guide said coin when ejected from saidcoin holder to deposit'the same in said casing, said means being adapted to be positioned by the movement-t said secondary slide to guide an object other than a coin of predetermined dimensions out of said casing. 1

.15. A'n'iachine for: delivering an article in exchange for a coin of predetermined dimensions deposited therein having, in combinatioma casing, .a coin holder rotatably mounted in said casing and having a recess therein to hold. said coin, said casing havin a coin slot in aligmnent with said recess, aqprin'iary slide constituting a carrier for an article, slidable in said casing, means to sin'mlt-aneously rotate said coin holder and reciprocate said slide, a pair of feeler fingers on said primary slide in alignment with said recess, a lever pivoted to said slide and connected to said i'eeler lingers, a stationary cam plate and a spring acting to move said lever intocontact therewith, a contact forming a part of said lever, a secondary slide slidable on said casing, a contact forming a part ot' said secondary slide and adapted, when an object other than acomet predetermined dimensions-is located in said coin holder recess, to be engaged by said lever contact and means to guide said coin when ejected from said coin holder todeposit the same in said casing, said means being adapted to be positioned by the movement of said secondary slide to guide an object other than a. coin of predetermined dimensions out 01 said casing.

16; A machine for delivering an article in exchange for acoin of predetermined dimensions deposited therein having, in combination, a primary slide constituting an article receptacle and a secondary slide in said casing, a coin holder rotatably mounted on said casing and provided With a recess adapted to receive a coin, a detecter member on said primary slide adapted to'engage a coin or other material in said recess, another detecter member on said primary slide adapted :to engage an article on said slide, either of said fingers being adapted to engagesaid secondary slide and move i twith said primary slide and guiding leans operable by the movement of said secondar slide with said primary siide ;to cause an object other than a coin of predetermined dimensions to be'ejected from said casing.

17. A machine for delivering an article in excnange for a coin of predetermined dimensions deposited therein having, in combination, a. primary slide constituting an article receptacle and a secondary slide in said casing, a coin holder rotatably mounted on said casing and provided with a recessv adapted to receive a. coin, a detector member on said primary slide adapted to enga e a coin or other material in said recess, another detector member on said primary slide adapted to engage an article on said slide, either of said detecter members'being adapted to engage said secondary slide and move it withsa-id primary slide, and means rendered operable by'the movement of said secondary slide with said primary slide to prevent said article from being ejected "from said primary slide.

18. A machine for delivering an article in exchange for a coin of predetermined dimensions deposited therein having, in combination, a primary slide constituting an article receptacle and a secondary slide in said casing, a coin holder rotatably mounted on said casing and provided with a recess adapted to receive a coin, a detector member on said primary slide adapted to engage a coin or other material in said recess, another detector member on said primary slide adapted to engage an article on said slide, either of said detector members being adapted to engage said secondary slideand move it with said primary slide, means rendered operable by th movement of said secondary slide with said primary slide to guide an object which 1* my be located in said coin holder recess 0 nor than a coin of predetern'iined dimenme out of said casing and means rendered erable by the novement of said secondary slide with the primary slide to prevent said irt-icle from being ejected from said slide.

19. A machine for delivering an article in exchange for a coin of predet rmined dimensions deposited therein having, in combination, a primary slide constituting an article receptacle and a secondary slide in said casing, a coin holder rotatably mounted on said casing and provided with a recess adapted to receive a coin, a detector member on said primary slide adapted to engage a coin or other material in said recess, another detecter member on said primary slide adapted to engage an article on said slide, either of said detccter members being adapted to engage said secondary slide and move.

itwith said primary slide and means rendered operable by the movement of said secondary slide with said primary slide to e ect an object other than a coin of predetenmined dimensions from said casing, said coin detecter member being rendered inoperable by a coin of predetermined dimensions positioned in said recess to connect said secondary slide to said primary slide.

20. A machine for delivering an article in exchange for a coin of predetermined dimensions deposited therein having, in combination, a primary slide constituting an article receptacle and a secondary slide in said casing, a coin holder rotatably mounted on said casing and provided with a recess adapted to receive a coin, a detector member on said primary slide adapted to engage a coin or other material in said recess, another detector member on said primary slide adapted to engage an article on said slide, either of said detector members being adapted to engage said secondary slide and move it with said primary slide and means operated by the movement of said secondary slide with said primary slide to prevent said article from being ejected from said primary slide, said article detector member being rendered inoperable by an article on said primary slide to connect said secondary to said primary slide. 7

21. A machine for delivering an article in exchange for a coin of predetermined dimensions deposited therein having, in combination, a casing, a coin holder rotatably mounted in said casing and having a recess therein to hold said coin, said casing having a coin slot in alignment with said recess, a primary slide constituting a carrier for an article slidable in said casing, means to sirmdtaneously rotate said coin holder and reciprocate said slide, a pair of teeler lingers on said primary slide in aligment with said recess, a lever pivoted to said slide and con nectcd to said feeler fingers, means to rock said lever, a contact forming a part of said lever, a secondary slide slidable on said casing, a contact member pivotally mounted on said secondary slide and adapted when an object other than a coin of predetermined dimensions is contained in said coin holder recess to be engaged by said lever contact and means to guide said coin when ejected from said coin holder to deposit the same in said casing, said guiding means being adapted to be positioned by the movement 01"- said secondary slide to guide an object other than a coin of 1n'edeternined dimensions out of said casing.

22. A machine for delivering an article in exchange for a coin of predetermined dirhensions having, in combination, a casing,

a slide constituting a carrier for an article, a coin holder rotatably mounted on said casing and having a cam-shaped periphery and a recess in its periphery to hold said coin and mounted in a slot provided in said slide in alignment with a slot provided in said casing whereby material located in said slots may be ejectedtherefrom.

28. A machine for delivering an article in exchange for a coin of predetermined dimensions having, in combination, a casing, a slide constituting acarrier for an article, a coin holder rotatably mounted on said casing and having a recess in its periphery to hold said coin and mounted in a slot provided in said slide in alignment with a coin slot provided in said casing, an arm pivotal-- ly mounted in said coin slot and adapted to be rocked in said slot by engagement with said slide, a d-etent positioned in said slot and pivotally mounted upon said arm, and a stationary cam adapted to be engaged by said detent whereby said dctent may be alternately rocked in opposite directions to open said slot and permit a coin to be inserted in said casing and to obstruct said slot to prevent said coin from being withdrawn from said casing.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand.

DANIEL L. CHANDLER,

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