US1617341A - Vending machine - Google Patents

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G. MARSDEN vENnING MACHINE F'iled sept. 15.11925 llm- -ul Feb. 15", 1927.

- INVENTOR:

GEORGE MARS DE, y By.. Mee-Wj @Eolias mesma, lor. .LoslaNeaLEs @Millionaire 'A provide v a. vend' Patented Feb. 15,1927.- y

- f Pears-emmener Melilli@ E. CALEQENI i v SVENDrNG MAciiI'NE.

'f Aippatatina' mea septinber'iaf i925; Vjseriaim. 56,1524.

l. This invention 4relates to (devicesfused for Avending small artioles vmechanically the.. intervening of na doin orthelike.V y l s lj O'neXi' the"objeetsgofthis invention is; to

iig niaohine'ofzljsiiiiple Aform` n Y fpartly through the sto'rin'gfdrrunin conjunc-` to thelea'st troilble.`

l"AnoztherA "objeotfis to provide discharging' yijnehanisni' y vyyliiclfiarticlesk to, be i yended Another 'object is to provideV faire removed' .fromY under r.the ren'iaining piles or `columns' the automatically returning p A Y bery of .the Yendingniaehinelwith ltheh'andle member Within''theibase-member; ,and a por- Coi'nfholding triggeror. handle-'menibera Y l llsplaying drum by v'which the artielesf toY be? :yended'vare 'l n i'oved in a" eironlar,pathduring the `Vending .operations, hayingapoeke't in the. support- ,j lingbase Withintliefpath of thedisplayed ar- Mtlilespjandxo'f xa. depth: to'lreceive, a desired #number ofthe storedartioles preparatory yto Y being discharged `from the yenvdinginaohine. 2o

,- Another objet ist 4provide, asupporting `base for aAyending'cma'ehine"Withffsneh a'- pooketj and an y opening 1n' connection there-K withI 'through lWlnch 1the lowered articles;

may' bef disehja rged from 'the pocket. y,

. .Another .Object is te Provide e lelvne Y platform below7 such anopeningfspaeed "be-` lo'wkthe underside of they base to such an eX? 4 i ythe disohargingelite. y n 1 l n A i grnfentary,yerticalfseetion* vthrough the, drinn:illustratingthe engaging *i Y tent toallowalmoying .of the separated arti- Cles between the base ,andthe .platform in the direction of'another opening from which such' separated and disoharged yartielesmay be taken by an operator,y

inal opening. and which( handle-member serves also tobrotate thedriim With `Jche lstored articles vt'obring thedifferent `rip-` right columns of stored Varticles in the drum r over the I,pocket vin Athe 'top surface'of the base preparatory tobemgseparated and. dis-y eharged. from the stored articles in [the Vend! the handle.member.` l n j Y Y to `provide ayieldingl Closing gate or valve=`lbefore the discharging' chiitejto Cheek the, discharging V.movement ing ymaehine by the .returningpmoiieinent of Another object is Aso-'as toke'ep the""dischar'ged articles from falling to the ground. y."

O her objectsr` W base member. 7

l appear from l th'ejyfol-l I 'lle'i'ingdesription d appended olairis as' Avaromi] d Well as vfrom Athe aeco'inpanying drawingg in f -lwhieh'-"' l Figi l is a iont elevation of the Nendmg inaehfine* embodying "iny'finvention. (Fig. f2 rsfafraginenta yf'hori'zontalsection of. l'the' different oper-rating parts. y y Y VFiglis atop planviewfof the base mehr tioiro the. operating spider yjust'fl'above thev j .Figi lis ad'ragmentary Vertiea'ljsection l'through"Y'tlrie operating 'mechanism'A l of the vending vmachine, app'roxiin'atelyi on Vfline A Fig. 5jis a fraginentarys'ection similar toy y. `the illustration 1in Fig. ,4 with ythefoperafting tion.E

parts Y moved to v janA advanced posi- V 'Fig 61 similarsectionasilliistrated in Y "Figs; il and jWith thev vpar-tsstillrfurther adyaneedin the operating 1movement.. f

f .is a, fragmentary side elevation of the ybaseV member :Witlra'closing `valve' over position f the spider fg v f To; assure aidisoharging' andyendinefof 'articles in certain qiiantities'andE to elif'm'- nate L or.4 avoid y' asI far as possible breaking'.A

:for crushing of articles ldaring; the vending Operation) 6r t0 avoclllf eventual @legging of the vending maohine, afprovislovnis made '90Y vf to separate and seleetfga-d'e'siredquantityof andfrom the stored'articles' preparatory to ya final, disohargingv the separated y landr selected articles. e

.The coin-controlled lever 9v serves preferl ably te flelrell'glhf Selected and Generated artieleaeand most adyantageously dnringjthe returning moyernentofthe leverfto its fin- .2, aspri'ng 10 isfiifidicatedfin apositionlthat it may return .the .lever 9 baci; to normal inoperative.' position, the'leyer fbeing in this illustration indicated. in; its, advanced y'posioperative position....The returning' of 'theA I lever 1s .preferably madev v.autogr'natiel In'Fig.

bolt 11 serves to hold the whole vendingmachine together, between the bottom-plate 12 and the top-plate 13. A casing 111v of transparent material, such as glass, is inserted between the base-member 15 and the topillustrated-in .Figs 1, 2 and 8, the drum is made ot sheet material, consisting of the lvertically disposed trough-like portions 17,

interconnected over the outside by the strips Y13 clinchedover the outer edges ot the porl lseparated articles are moved away from tl ey .circulating path of the rotating drum, while tions 17, and centrally connected by disc-like members 19. The .lowermost ends ot the trouglrlike portions are preferably extended beyond theA lowermost central "connecting plate 19, so thatv the different prongs 2O of the operating spider-plate 21 may engage and project into the space between the different vertically disposed troughs, to` allow a transmitting o't the rotating movements ot the .operating spider 21 to the storing drum.

The base-member 15 is provided with a separating and selecting recess 22, into which the lowermost articles are caused to drop as they pass over this'recess in the circular path ot their movement in thedrum. This recess 22 is made ot such a depth to receive a de.- sired number'of articles out ot the particular vertically disposed trough just positioned over the recess in the base. By making the depth yot the` recess equal to the thicknesses of the desired number ot articles wanted at one operation, such 'a' selecting and separat ing is thereby predetermined so as to assure la discharging of thecorrect quantity ot articles. `The sidewalls ot the recess are preterably shaped so that the separated articles 'are' suitably shifted in a sidewise direction while advanced forthedischarging move-r ment, as indicated at 23 in Fig.

i y By the -curving ot Lthe edges 23 as illustrated, the

the articles remaining in the drum are kept above the base by the portion 2K1. ot the base, just beyond the recess 22.V

The separated -articles are pushed from Y the'recessedv portion of the base until. the

'front edge of the separatedv articles drops down upon the lever 1n the manner illustrated in Fig. 5, as indicated at 25. On advancing the lever 9 and thereby the spider 21 with the drum 16 still further, the rear edge 'of separated articles is caused to drop from the recessed portion 22 of the baseV member 15, as indicated at 26 in Fig. (3. The separated articles then drop from the lever 9 as the lever is stillfurther advanced, so that the separated articles come to rest on the plat- .form 27 of the bot-tom plate 28.

vits normal inoperative position.

Since the operating lever 9 is advanced against the tension ot' the spring 10, von releasing the lever itV automatically returns to In so returning to its inoperative position, however, the lever comes to-vhit the separated articles-resting on the platform 27, and, by the force of the spring 10, the lever pushes and shoots the separated articles from the platform into the chute 28, from which it may be taken by the operator.

Y To prevent a `moving` ot the drum, more particularly the vertically disposed'troughs, for a distance more than from one trough to the next, a suitable checking mechanism has Vbeen interposed. vllVithout vany checking means it might be possible to jerk the operating lever 9 suddenly and ktast enough to cause the drum 'to move beyondv a predetermined distance, and thereby Vallow a discharging of articles from the drum ot a `greater than a desired quantity. The lever 9 is there-tore provided with an extension-end y30, as illustrated in Figs. 2, a and 5, having Y a downwardly bent portion 31. A check, in

'form of a rivet or the like, is provided in the base member 15, as indicated at 32, tor amovement in a vertical direction, and so as to extend into the path of the spider-prongsl 20. The bend or dip 31 of the operating lever 9is arrange-d vso thatthe rivet orl check is thereby allowed to drop longsenough to allow one vot the spider-prongs 20rto Vpass over this point as the lever is advanced.`

An interconnection is normally established between the operating lever 9 andthe prongs,

or one ot the prongs 20 at a time,vby interposing a coin or the like in the slot 34 so to engage with the prongs 2O of the loperating spider 21, as indicated at 29 in Figs. 1

and 5. rIhe operating spider is therefore `also advanced together with the advancing of the operating lever 9. A quick jerking ol the lever might therefore cause a moving of the spider therewith oi'1 the drum beyond a predetermined distance. p Y

' However, no matter how quick' the operating lever 9 is moved, the check is always forced to a point above the surface ot the base and into the path ol'y the prongs 2O of the operating spider that only one prong 2O can pass ata time, and 'that is only at the moment when the dip 31 ot the lever 9 passes below the cheek rllhis is illustrated in Figs. 4.- and 5, the prong 20, being in Fig. 4 at a point ust after the check 32 with the. check 32 still held on the l'ligh point 3() ot' the lever 9; while, in the advancedposition of the le- -ver 9 in Fig. 5, the dip 31 oit the lever 9 hav- Cil `spring 33.

check, in addition toi'easilyi'acting by gravity, to assure a proper operating, espeating lever having means to interconnect, the

lever with the drum by the insertion of a coin oi` the like formoving the idruin, fined means to receive and hold` a desired number vof articlesfrom the drum and adapted to hold such articles so that said operating lever Will discharge the articles so held by a return of the lever to its inoperative position.

2. In a vending' machine, a drinn for movably storing articles to be vended, an operating lever having means to interconnect the lever with the drum by the insertion of a coin or the like for moving the drum and thereby moving certain of the stored articles into a fixed separating compartment,

fixed means to receive and hold such separated Varticles so that said operatinglever will discharge the articles by a return to its normal inoperative position;

3. In a vending machine, a drum for storing articles to be veiided, an operating lever having means to interconnect the lever with the drum by the insertion ofv a coin or the like for moving the drum and thereby moving certain-of the articles into fixed separated position, fixed means for receiving and holding the separated articles in 'discharging position, and means for receivingl and Y,

holding the articles after the articles have been removed from the discharging positionr4 by a returnv of the operating lever to its normal inoperative position.

Ll. In a vending machine, a drum for storing articles to be veiided, means to allow certain of the stored articles to drop from the stored position in the drum to a lower level into a lined separated positiom fixed means to allow the separated articles to drop to a still lower position free of and below the drum, an operating-lever having means to receive and hold a coin or the like for.

interconnecting the lever with the drum for moving the drum and Vthereby the stored The upper,l extension-end 38 serves articles to occupy they different positions named above and adapted to discharge the articles from the last-named position yby a returning to its normaly inoperative position.

5. In a vending machine, a drum for storing articles to be vended, a base for sup-l porting the drum havinga recess into which Vcertain of the articles may drop fi'om the drum in operative contactv with the drum andhaving an opening at the termination of the recess, a platform in the 'base ust below the, said opening and v'spaced from the underside of the base to such an eXte-ntthat the Vsaid certain articles ma 1 ass from the to of the platform under .the underside `ofthe top of the base 'for a discharging operation.l and.' an operating ,lever swingablyY disposed in the space between the top of the said platform and the underside of the base and adapted to push said articles from the platform, the operating lever having means to receive and hold'a coin or the'like-for inter`V connecting the lever with the drum for movling the drinn and thereby the stored articles.v 6. In a vending machine, a drum for storingarticles tobe vended, a base for supporting the drum, an operating lever, for actuatingv the drum and thereby the stored articles andv having'a drop portion, and a; checking pin loosely disposed in the base andr y adapted to pass over and through said drop portion extending to apoint to controlthe Vmovements of the drum lso that the drum; 'is movableonly to a-certain extent `in one operation of the leverthe'v operating lever having'means to receive and Vhold a coin'or .the like for interconnectingthe lever with the drum for moving thedrum and therebyv f the stored articles. 'f Y y r ff r- In a vendingmachine, a drum for storing articles to be vended, a base for suppoifting-the drum land having a recessedportion terminating before the discharging opening at apoint over which (the stored articles in the drum must pass, andan operating lever vdisposed below-the recessed portion and below the discharging opening and havingv coin holding means bywhich the drumr can be actuated so lthat certain of the articles will first drop into the recessed portion and then with the front edge upon the operating lever so that the rear yedge of the articles ile will be caused to drop from the recessed portion before the front edge of the articles will" drop from the lever as the lever and thereby the drum are advanced further. V

In testimony that I claim the .'ioi'ego-ing asy my invention I have signed my name.

i GEORGE MAR'sDEN.

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