US1657836A - Vending machine - Google Patents

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Jan. 31, 1928; 1,657,836

L. H. MORIN VENDING MACHINE Original Filed June 25, 1925 5 Sheets-Sheet l 75% w z f awuautop LOU/5 h, MGR/N Jan. 31, 1928.

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UNITED STATES l,657,836 PATENT OFFICE.

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Original application filed June 25, 1925, Serial No. 39,442. Divided and this application fled' September 4, 1926.

This application is a division of my copending application Serial No. 39,442, filed June 25, 1925. The subject matter of the present application relates more particularly t0 the features of construction involving a magnet which is embodied in the coin-con trolled mechanism to prevent the vending means being operated when a magnetic slug is inserted in the machine. I I An object of the invention is to provide a construction for this purpose which may be readily embodied in the coin-controlled mechanism forming the subject of the pai-, ent application. Otherobjects' are simplicity, durability, reliability, inexpensiveness and effectiveness. Other objects and advantages wi ll hereinafter appear; I v

The invention includes various features of construction and combination of parts, as

will appear from the following descri tion. I

According to the invention as carrie out in the illustrated embodiment thereof, a magnet is employed" to remove a paramagnetic slug from a coin carrier, and, more particularly, the magnet is moved to disen gage such slug from a-coin-holding slot in. the coin carrier and thereafter a. jolt imparted to the magnetfor thereby dislodg ing theslug therefrom and discarding .it.

I shall now. describe the embodiment of my invention illustrated in the accompanying drawings and shall thereafter point out my invention in claims.

Fig. 1 is a front elevation of. the lower part of a coin-controlled vending machine embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a partial irregular vertical section taken. substantially on the zig-zag line 22 of Figs. 1 and 7.

Fig. 2 is a partial horizontal section on i the line 22 of Fig. 2, but turned ninety degrees in a counterclockwise direction.

Fig. 3 is a vertical section on the line 33 of Figs. 2, 4 and 8.

of the machine partly in vertical section on the line 44 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 5 is an enlarged partial vertical section on the line. 5--5 of Figs. 2 and 8.

Fig. 6 is an elevation of the magnet and the parts carried thereby, as viewed from the right in Fig. 5.

Fig. 7 isa horizontal section on the line Fig. 4 is a side elevation of the base part Serial No. 138,615. I I I 7 -7 of Figs. 1 and 2, withthe machine in the position shown inFig. 1.

Fig. 8 is-a similar horizontal section on the line 8--8 of Figs. land 2.

Fig. 9 is an enlarged partial .vertical sec tion substantially 2 and 8. I I

Fig. 10 is a partial horizontal section on on the line 99 of Figs.

the line 10l0 of Figs. 3 and 5, drawn sub- I stantially to the scale of Fig. 5.

A case-forming base for the machine comprises an enclosing side wall 1," a flatto wall 2, shown as formed in, one piece wit the side wall 1, a bottom closure 3 and a removable front slide 4' guided at its edges in grooves formed in forwardl ojectin portions of theside wall 1, and provided with an inner top flange 5 which is in align- 'ment with and forms a continuation of the top wall or base cover 2 as shown most clearly inFig. 2. The side wall 1 is extended above the periphery of the top closure 2 to form a circumferential bead 6, and the top flange 5 of the front slide 4 is thickened, as shown at 7 in Fig. 3 to form. a continuation of the bead 6. I I

The top closure-2 of the base forms'the floor or bottom of. a package containing magazine which includes a glass cylinder 8 'whichatits lower end rests upon a gasket as shown-on the top of the periphery of the magazine bottom 2 and ust'. within the shoulders formed by, the beadsrd-and 7, so

that the cylinder 8 rests upon the flange 5 of the slide 4 toprevent the removal of this slide, asshown in Figures 2 and .7.-

An innerrotative upright magazine member comprises a circumferential series of.

vertical equidistantly spaced peripherally open package-containing channels 9, shown.

as eight in number (Fig. 7) and which may be formed by suitably bent strips of sheet metal. The lower ends of the channels 9 are carried by a lower disc 10 which is secured to a flanged disc 11 which rotatively' fits into an opening in the magazine bottom 2 and which loosely surrounds a central shaft or tie rod 12. Packages 13 to be pur- I chased and delivered from the machine are contained. in the magazine channels 9 in which they. may move downward by avity.

A' rotative purchase-delivering p ate 14 located immediately beneath the magazine bottom 2 is connected to the above described rotative magazine member. The lower disc 10 of the magazine, the flanged disc 11 and the delivery plate 14 are shown as rotatively connected together by means of a pair of lugs 11 on the upper side of the disc 11 entering holes in the disc 10 and a pair of lugs l1 on the lower side of the disc 11 enterin holes in the delivery plate 14. Also the an ed disc 11 is shown as provided with a s ight upper boss 11 over which the magazine plate 10 fits and with a longer lower boss 11 which passes through and extends below the delivery plate 14. The delivery plate 14 is provided with a circumferential series of equidistantly spaced package-delivering openings 14 corresponding in number and in vertical alignment with the channels 9, these openings being formed by peripheral notches in the plate 14.

The magazine bottom 2 is provided with an exit opening 2 (Fig. 7) through which the packages 13 may be dropped into the corresponding aligned slot in the plate 14, a segmental lower floor plate 15 (Figs. 4, 7 and 8% the de ivery plate 14 upon which a package carried-by the delivery plate may be moved alon to the purchase-delivering position for elivering a single purchase. For thus delivering a single package 13, the floor plate 2 of the magazine and the delivery plate 14 are each of substantially the same thickness as any one of the packages 13. When the plate 14 reaches its delivery position, the package carried thereby will drop into a chute 16, and will slide down the inclined bottom of this chute into an external reception cup 17, shown as formed on the base 1.

A releasable locking device, to be released by a moving coin, is provided and is normall effective to stop and positively lock the elivery plate 14 together with the above described rotative magazine member against rotative movement in either direction away from any delivery position of the plate 14. Such locking device is shown as comprising a double acting locking pawl 18 pivoted within the base 1 on a vertical pivot 19 and normally pressed to its engaging position by a spring 20, to engage in the outer end of one of the empty package-delivering notches 14 of the delivery plate 14, thereby, as clearly shown in Fig. 8, positively locking the dellver plate 14 against rotative movement in eit ier direction. This plate 14 thus becomes .a coin-controlled locking plate formingv a part of the coin-controlled mechanlsm.

For disengaging or releasing the locking awl 18, a coin-operated trip rod 21. which is apush rod, shown as rectangular in cross section, is provided extending substantially diametrically across the upper part of the being provided immediately below casing 1, being guided at its forward end in a vertical partition wall 22, which extends across the forward part of the casing 1 in spaced parallel relation to the slide 4 and bearing a substantially similar relation to a front lower flat wall portion 23 of the easing 1, and this partition wall 22 may be cast in one piece with the casing 1, or it may be a separate casting firmly secured in place therein. At its rear end the slidable pawlreleasing push rod 21 has a reduced portion 21 which loosely engages in a hole 18 (Fig. 9) in the locking pawl 18, this reduced portion forming a shoulder 21" whereby rearward movement of the push rod 21 will disengage the pawl 18 from the delivery plate 14. The forward end of the push rod 21 normally projects through the partition 22 and is provided with an inclined cam surface 21 as shown in the drawings, which is normally in the path of the rear edge portion of a coin 24 to be engaged thereby as the coin is moved from left to right, as shown in Figs. 3 and 5 of the drawings. whereby the coin 24 as it moves between the partition 22 and front slide 4 will push back the push rod 21 and thereby disengage the pawl 18, such disengagement of the pa '1 18 being effected preparatory to a rotativc purchase-delivering movement of the delivery plate 14 and a corresponding package-supplying movement of the rotative magazine member. A slight further forward movement of the coin 24 beyond the pawl-disengaging position thereof will carry the coin beyond the, end of the pawl-releasing push rod 21, thereby permitting the pawl spring 20 again to become effective for urging the pawl 18 towards its locking position in readiness again to stop and positively lock the delivery plate 14 at the next succeeding delivery position.

Means are provided for limiting the forward movement of the push rod 21, such means being shown as a leaf spring 25 which at its lower end is secured by means of a screw to a boss 22 formed on the inner side of the partition wall 22, the upper end of the spring 25 engaging in a notch in the lower side of the push rod 21, as shown in Figs. 2 and 10, this spring also being effective to return the push rod to its normal forward position. As soon as the coin 24 has passed the projecting cam end 21 of the push rod 21 the latter will be thrust forward by its spring 25 to its normal position independently of the locking pawl 18, thereby leaving the latter to be separately returned later to its locking position without the possibility of such return movement of the pawl being hampered by the push rod, the shoulder 21 on the push rod having moved away from the pawl by reason of the reduced rear end 21 sliding forward in the hole 18 in the pawl 18, as will be readily understood.

, locked delivery position thereof. A spur and 8).

gear 26 coaxial with the delivery plate 14 fits over the lower boss 1'1 of the flanged disc 11 and is shown as coupled to the delivery plate 14 by means of a. pair of lugs 26 on the upper side of the gear 26 which enter holes in the delivery plate 14, as is shown in Figs 2, 7 and 8. The disc 10, disc 11, plate 14 andgear26 are all firmly held together by means of bolts 26 (Figs. -7

A second spur gear 27 which is a coinoperated drive member, forward of the cen tral spur gear 26, meshes therewith and is fixed on the upper end of a stubv shaft 28 journaled in the boss 22 on the partition wall 22, the gears 26 and 27 being of the same diameter and having the same number of teeth so as to have unitary rotative movement in opposite directions. The drive gear 27 is provided with a circumferential series of eight equidistantly spaced abutmentforming studs 29 which oject downwardly therefrom. Some one 0 these abutments or I studs29 isnormally-in the pathof the moving coin 24, in position to be engaged thereby whilethe coin is still in engagement with the end of the coin-operated lock-releasing push rod 21, as will be clear from Figs.,3 and 5, whereby the delivery plate 14 will be in unlocked condition to permit initial rotative movement to be imparted thereto, and when, by reason of the subsequent further advance of the coin 24, the push rod '21 is .disengaged thereby, the locking pawl 18,-

being urged inward by its spring20, will ride upon the periphery of the delivery plate 14 between two, adjacent purchase-deliver.

ing slots or notches 14* therein, thedisengaged push rod 21 being returned to its normal forward positionby'the spring 25. The traveling coin 24 first unlocks the delivery plate 14 and then, by reason of its engagement with one of the studs 29 rotates the delivery plate from one of its delivery positions to the next succeeding docked delivery position, thereby assuring the delivery of 'a single purchase.

A manually operable coin carrier 30 is mounted for forward and backward movement and is shown as pivoted for rocking movement upon the forward end ofa stud 31 fixed in the partition wall 22, which at this point is shown (Fig. 2) as formed with v a slight circular boss 31 entering a corresponding recess in the rear face of the coin carrier, and the portion-of the stud 31 fixed in the wall is shown as knurled. The coin means of a stud 32projecting from the front thereof in axial alignment with the rear stud 31 and journaled in the front casing wall 23.

The coin carrier 30 is in general arcuate carrier 30 is further pivotally supported by i v I or segmental in shape, as appears in Figs.

3 and 5, and is of a width or thickness substantially to fill the space'between the partition wall 22 at the back,.and the front slide 4 and fiat wall 23 at the front, as shown in Figs. 2 and 4. Upon its arcuate left-edge portion. (Figs. 3 and 5) the coin carrier 30 is provided with a projection or lug 33 for limiting the forward coin-carrying movement of the .coin carrier, b an upper stop lug 34' carried by t e partition wall 22, and for limiting the backward or return movement of the coin carrier by engagement with a lower stop 35, shown as provided on the lower end of a bracket member 36 secured to the base 1 within the casing part thereof formed between the partition 22 and the upperand lower front portions 4 and 23 of the base.

Afterthe coin carrier 30 has beenmoved forward manually by means presently to be described, it is retracted or returned to its normal osition by means of a retractile spring 3 attached indirectly to the'lower portion thereof, through means presently to be described, and anchored in the base 1, as shown in Figs. 2, 3and 5, which show the coin carrier 30 in its normal orretracted position with its limiting lug 33 abutting against the lower stop 35. At the top and near its forward edge the coin carrier 30 is provided with a transverse coin-holding slot or notch 38 for receiving somewhat snugly but freely the lower edge'of the coin 24, and back of the'coin-receiving slot 38 a radlally inclined shoulder 38 is provided. At the 'lield therein by means of pins 39, this slot extending through the coin-holding slot 38 engaging and continuing with considerable depth entirely around the right and lower edges'of the coin carrier, for a purpose presently to be described. The bottom of the coin-holding. slot '38 is curved upwardly atthe back on the arc of a circle, to fit snugly the edge of I I a coin, as shown in Fig. 2, in which the coin 24 is shown in broken linesv At the front side of. the coincarrier the forward wall of the coin-receiving slot 38 projects upwardly for some distance in the form of 'atapered finger 40 which forms a com guide, this coin guide being shown as a separate piece set in a notch in the main body partof the coin carrier and firmly secured thereto by means of a screw, as shown in Fi 3.

A coin, such as the coin 24, may %e inserted into the machine through an inclined coin slot 41 provided in the removable slide 4, as shown in Fig. 1. "When the coin 36 has been inserted into the slot 41 it is received at its lower edge in the slot 38 in the coin carrier and passes just above the upper stop lug 34 upon which it may restin inclined position in front of the rounded end of the coin-pushing finger 39, as illustrated in Figs. 3 and 5. As the coin carrier is manually rocked in a forward direction against the tension of its spring 37, the finger 39 pushes the coin forward with its lower edge seated in the slot 38 which, while it receives the coin freely, at the same time prevents any sidewise angular movement or rocking of the coin on the end of the finger 39- As the coin 24 mdves forward, immediately at the beginning of its movement, as will be clear from Figs. 3 and 5, its rear edge comes into engagement with the inclined cam face 21 of the push rod 21 and pushes this rod back, thereby releasing the locking device; including the locking pawl 18, as will be readily understood. While the edge of the coin 24 is thus h0ld ing back the push rod 21, the upper forward edge portion of the coin comes into engage ment with one of the abutmentpins or studs 29, whereupon a slight further forward movement of the coin will free the push rod 21, and continued forward movement of the coin will rotate the stud-carrying drive gear 27 through one-eighth of a complete rotation, thereby rotating the delivery plate 14 to its next delivery position, whereby a single purchase, comprising one of the packages 13, will be delivered as hereinbefore described.

As the coin carrier 30 is retracted or moved backward by its spring 37 the upper edge of the coin, which now inclines slightly in a forward direction, will be freed from the stud 29 and the coin will drop into a coin chute 42 and thence to the bottom 3 of the casing 1 through an opening 42 in the partition wall 22 (Fig. 3). To guard against coins falling into the mechanism of the machine, should the machine be inverted, a guard plate 43 is provided and is held in place in the casing 1 by a spring 44.

Should the coin fail to free itself from the coin carrier, a spring-pressed coin-disengaging pawl 45 (Figs. 3, 5, 8 and 10) shown as pivotally mounted intermediate of its length on the partition wall 22, on a pivot pin 45 shown as a cotter pin, and having its hooked end projecting within the wall into the path of the coin, will dislodge the coin from the coin carrier, the outer face of the hook of the pawl being inclined (Fig. 10) to form a cam "surface,

whereby the hooked arm of the pawl will be moved rearwardly by the advancing coin, against the tension of a compression spring 45 engaging the tail of the pawl 45 at the rear of the wall 22, the spring-pressed movement of the pawl being limited by the boss 22.

Normally, or when no coin is carried by the coin carrier 30, thecoin carrier is free to be rocked idly forward and back between the limits of its stops 34 and 35. In order to assure the proper operation of the machine and to prevent the loss of coins therein, means are provided which, when a coin is carried by the coin carrier, operate automatically to prevent backward or return movement of the coin carrier 30 from any intermediate point of forward movement between its stops 34 and 35.

A three-armed lever 46 forming a feeler, is located in the hereinbefore mentioned long, deep slot 30 in the coin carrier 30 and is pivoted to the lower part of the coin carrier by means of. a pivot pin 47. The long, curved upper arm 46" of the lever 46 forms a feeler finger terminating in a feeler tip 46*; the restoring spring 37 for the coin carrier is connected to the short arm 46 which extends downward and laterally at an inclination to the right, as viewed in Figs. 3 and 5; and the. remaining arm 46 extends laterally to the left and at its free end has pivoted thereto, by means of a pivot pin 48, a pair of reversible pawls 49, one at each side of the arm, each pawl 49 having an arm to which is connected a small retractile spring 50 which is anchored to the pivot pin 47 on the coin carrier, each spring having a tendency to hold the corresponding pawl at the intermediate position thereof shown in the drawings, each pawl having a free pawl end which projects radially in relation to the pawl pivot 48 and which in the positions of the parts shown in the drawings is also radial to the pivotal axis of the coin carrier provided by the pivot studs 31 and 32. A ratchet block 51 provided with arcuat/ely arranged ratchet teeth in the path of the free ends of the pawls 49 is fixed in the casing. The coin carrier spring 37 has a tendency to hold the upper free end of the feeler finger 46 in engagement with the bottom of the slot 30 in the coin carrier, as shown in Figs. 3 and 5. At the end of each complete movement of the coin carrier 30 in either direction, the pawls 49 pass beyond and are free from the ratchet 51, as is shown in Figs. 3 and 5 for the normal or retracted position of the coin carrier. The reversible pawls 49 have square-cornered ratchet-engaging ends and the teeth of the ratchet 51 are correspondingly shaped. At the beginning of each movement, in one direction or the other, the angular position of the pawls 49 is reversed when they strike the'end of the ratchet, so that thereby the pawls will wipe over the ratchet in each direction of complete movement of the coincarrier 30. a

When the coin carrier is rocked away from its normal position shown in thedrawings, it will block or close the coin slot 41 against the insertion of a coin. When thus rocked throughout a complete movement in the forward direction, regardless of whether or not the coin carrier carries a coin in this forward movement, the coin carrier will be returned by its spring 37 to its original retraeted position, thereby uncovering the coin slot 41 in the casingand'also leaving the coin carrier in position to receive a coin in its coin-holding slot 38.

Should the coin carrier 30 when it carries no coin be rocked forwardly to an intermediate position, in'which the pawls 49 are in engagement with the ratchet 51,'and then released, the feeler lever 46 yields, thereby permitting the pawls 49 to reverse, so that they are unable to preventreturn movement of the coin carrier, and the feeler tip 46 of the lever 46 moves across the empty coinholding slot38 which is in its path. .After the pawls 49 have reversed, the feeler lever 46 ma return to its normal position in which its feeler tip 46 clears the coin-holding slot 38, and the 'pawls may wipev over the teeth of the ratchet while the coin carrier is returned to its normal position by the spring 37.

When the coin carrier 30 carries a coin it is positively locked against backward movement, by reason of the fact that-a coin, such as the coin 24, in the coin-holding slot 38 blocks'the path of the feeler tip 46 of the feeler lever 46 and forms an abutment therefor which prevents the release of the pawls 49, thereby preventing backward movement ofthe coin'carrier from any intermediate position and compelling a full forward movement thereof and discharge of the coin therefrom, after which the spring 37 may return the coin carrier to its 'normal position shown in the drawings. mechanism prevents to and fro movements of the coin carrier'while it carries a coin, which, it has been found, are almost certain to dislodge the coin, which is then lost in the machine, without a purchase being delivered. Such mechanism is effective to prevent loss of coins in the machine, while it guarantees that the machine shall be left in normal condition, to permit the insertion of a coin therein. I 1 The means provided for manually impartin rocking movement to the coin carrier 30 will now be described.v The coin carrier 30 is provided with an-internally toothed segmental rack 52, formed in an elongated opening throu h the coin carrier; The rack 52 is engage by a pinion 53 which at ts outer end carries a head 54 which has a bearmg in contact with the,.uppr stop lu "passes loosely through and is journaled in the pinion 53. The inner end 53 of the pinion 53 forms an abutment for a coiled thrust spring 58 which isheld under tension by an adjustin .nut 59 on the inner end of the handle sha. t 57. A washer 58 is shown as interposed between the innerend of the spring 58 and the nut 59, and another washer 58 interposed between the outer end of the spring 58 and the inner end of the pinion 53 may engage the adjacent boss 22 on the wall 22 to prevent the withdrawal of the shaft 57 and pinion 53. I

A friction cone clutch is provided for operatively connecting the handle 56 to the pinion 53. The pinion head 54 forms the cup element of the clutch and the cone element 60 thereof is positively locked to the handle 56 forrotative movement therewith,

by means of a square-shoulder tongue 60 which seats in a complementary groove in the inner end of the handle hub 56 (Fig. 4) This frictional clutch drive for the. coin carrier prevents the mechanism being broken through undueforoe applied to the handle 56 in an effort to force the coin carrier 30 beyond its limits of movement or to move it when it is looked, as hereinbefore described.

Means in accordance with my invention are provided to prevent the machine being caused to deliver a package by the insertion therein of a paramagneticslu such as iron or steel and which might be of t e'same dimensions as the coin 24. A laterally curved horseshoe magnet 61, shown as of U-shape, rests at its bent middle portion upon a small rounded lug 36" in a notch provided between the lower stop In 35 and the lower part of the bracket 36 w ich carries this'lug and is comparatively loosely held in place by the rounded lower end of an' inclined pin 62 carried by and shown as screwed into the bracket 36,-so that the magnet 61 is free to i have a slight lateral rocking movement The laterally curved arms of the magnet 61 extend at an inclination bver and normally rest upon the upper stop lug'34 and terminate somewhat beyond the initial position of the inserted coin24, as shown in Fi $63 and 5. Normally the magnet arms are elld 34 y meansof a pair of springs 63 carrie by the magnet on lower and upper pins 64 and 65 fixed in and extending etween the magnet arms, these springs bearing at their upper ends against the upper portion of the bracket 36 (Figs. 3, 5 and 6). The upper end of the inner magnet arm or that adjacent to the partition wall 22 is beveled or cut away at the top on a horizontal plane so as to clear the studs 29 as the gear 27 is rotated and as shown in Figs. 2, 5 and 6.

When a coin is inserted in the machine it comes into contact with themagnet arms and pushes them slightly aside against the tension of the magnet springs 63, the outer magnet arm imparting a final inward impulse to the coin, which is received at its upper edge into the space between the magnet arms, as is shown in Figs. 3 and 5. Thus the coin will be held in the coin carrier slot 38 by the spaced magnet arms and will be securely retained in the machine, inward from the coin slot 41 and free therefrom, by the outer arm of the magnet 61, so that the coin, such as 24, cannot fall out of nor be extracted from the machine. This positioning and holding of the coin in cooperative relation with the coin carrier 30 and with its forward edge free from the'coin slot 41 in the casing, is a further desirable function of the magnet 61, though this latter function of the magnet is not dependent upon its magnetism.

When the coin carrier 30 is rocked in the forward direction, the coin 24- is carried freely away from the ends of the arms of the magnet 61. The magnet 61 is provided with a lower roller 66 and an upper roller 67, between the magnet arms and journaled respectively on the lower and upper springholding pins 64 and 65. The stop-engaging lug 33 on the coin carrier 30 is provided with a tapered projection or cam lug 68 which normally enters slightly between the arms of the magnet just below and substantially in contact with the lower roller 66 as shown in Figs. 3 and 5. When the coin carrier 30 is rocked in its forward movement the cam projection 68 hearing against the roller 66 will immediately raise the upper ends of the magnet arms, and when the projection 68 has moved upwardly beyond the roller 66 the springs 63 will cause the magnet arms to move uickly downward and inward and strike t e upper stop lug 34. A similar action will take place as the projection 68 asses the upper roller '67.

Shoul a magnetizable slug of substantially the dimensions of the coin 24 be inserted into the machine the raising of the magnet arms as above described will lift the slu and raise its lower edge out of the coin-ho ding slot 38in the coin carrier 30: When the ma et 61 has thus lifted the magnetizable ug out of the coin-holding slot 38, such slug will be free to rock and tilt and obviously will be incapable of operating either the lock-releasing push rod 21 or the abutment carryin drive gear 27 of the coin-controlled mec anism, and furthermore, the slug will be jarred loose from the magnet by the impact of the magnet arms against the upper stop lug 34 when the projection 68 passes be- Iyj ond the magnet roller 66, a similar jolt eing given the magnet when the projection 68 passes the upper roller 67, and the slug will drop'into the coin chute 42, without the purchase-delivering mechanism of the machine having been operated.

It is to be understood that various modifications may be made in the construction shown in the drawings and above particularly described, within the principle and scope of my invention as pointed out in the appended claims.

claim:

1. A coin controlled vending machine having, in combination, a purchase delivering mechanism adapted to be operated by a moving coin, a coin carrier for moving the coin to cause the coin to operate said mechanism to deliver a purchase, the coin carrier being provided with a coin-holding slot, a magnet to remove a magnetizable slug from said slot and hold it in a position to render such slug ineffective to operate said mechanism, and means operated by the coin carrier for causing the magnet to discard such slug.

2. A coin-controlled vending machine having, in combination, a purchase-delivering mechanism adapted to be operated by a moving coin, a coin carrier for moving the coin to cause the coin to operate said mechanism to deliver a purchase, the coin carrier being provided with a coin-holding slot, a movably mounted magnet normally in position to grip a magnetizable slug received in said slot, and means operated by the coin carrier for moving the magnet to cause the magnet to remove such slug from said slot thereby to render such slug ineffective to operate said mechanism and to discard such slu 3 A coin-controlled vending machine having, in combination, a purchase-delivering mechanism adapted to be operated by a moving coin, a coin carrier for moving the coin to cause the coin to operate said mechanism to deliver a purchase, the coin carrier being provided with a coin-holding slot, a magnet ivotally mounted on movement toward an away from the portion of the coin carrier having said slot therein, a stop to limit the movement of the magnet towards the coin-carrier, a spring to urge the magnet against said stop, and coactin means associated with the coin carrier an magnet whereby the coin carrier moves the magnet against the tension of its spring to cause the magnet to remove a magnetizable slug from said slot and releases the magnet to permit its spring to cause the magnet to strike against said stop'thereby to free such slug from the magnet and discard it.

4. A vending machine having, in combination, vending means, coin-controlled mechanism for operating the vending means, a magnet for moving; a magnetizable slug away from an efiective inserted position to and holding it in a position in which it will render said mechanisni ineffective to operate said means, and means bperated. by said mechanism preparatory to its reception oi a coin to impart a jolt to the magnet there- .by to free such slug and discard it.

5, A vendingmachine having, in combination, vending means, coin-controlled mechanism for operating the vending means, a magnet for lifting a magnetizable slug away from an effective inserted position and sus taining it in a raised position in which it will render said mechanism ineffective ,to operate said means, and means operated by said mechanism preparatory to the insertion of a coin to impart a jolt to the magnet to cause the magnet to drop the slug and whereby the slug is discarded.

6. In a vending machine, a coin-controlled mechanism having, in combination, a memher to be driven, a normally ineffective device to be made effective by a coin for driv ing said member, a magnet to grip a magnetizable' slug inserted to an eflective position and prevent it. from rendering said device effective for driving said member, and

.means 0 erated by said device to impart a jolt to te magnet thereby to free suc slug from the magnet and discard it'preparatory to the insertion of a proper coin. v

7. In a vending machine, a coin-controlled mechanism having, in, combination, a coin carrier made effective by a coin carried thereby, a magnet mounted to be moved so as to remove a magnetizable slug from the coin carrier before such slug can make the coin carrier effective," and means operated by the coin'carrier for thus moving the magnet. V

8. In a vending machine, a coin-controlled mechanism having, in combination, means to be operated by a moving coin, a coin carrier having on its upper side .a transverse coin-holdin slot for moving the coin substantially fiatwise to operate said means, a magnet mounted to be raised and having an end overlying the coin carrier. for lifting a magnetizable slug out of the coin-holding slot thereby to render such slug ineffective to o erate said means, and means operated by t e coin carrier forrraising the magn 9. In a' vending machine, a coin-controlled mechanlsm having, in comb nation, means to be operated by a moving coin, a manually operable rocking coin carrierpivot'ed on a substantially horizontal axis and provided at its top w1th a transverse coini-holdin slot for moving the coin substantiallyflatwlse to operate said means, a curved U-shaped magj net pivoted at its lower port-ion and extending. peripherally around the coin carrier with its poles overlying the coin-holding slot in position to contact with the upper edge of a coin in the slot, a spring urging the magnet towards the coin carrier, a stop to limit the movement of the magnet to-- wards the coin carrier, a cam lug on the com 10. The invention defined in claim 9,in

combination with a casing provided with a coin slot for the edgewise insertion of the coin and with which the coin-holding slot in the coin carrier is normally in alignment immediately inward therefrom to receive and hold, the coin inserted edgewise through the coin slot in the casing, and in which the spring-pressed poles of the magnet are spaced to receive between them the upper edge of the coin and move the coin into cooperative relation with the coin carrier and hold it in the coin-holding slot of the coin carrier with its forward edge free from the coin slot in the casing.

11. In a vending machine, the combination of a coin carrier for moving a coin, a

casing provided with a coin slot for the insertion' of the coin to a position in which it is free to be moved by the coin carrier, and a spring-pressed member separate from the coin carrier and mounted in the casing for holding'the inserted coin free from thecoin slot in the casing.

tion of a coin carrier for moving a coin flatwise with its upper edge projecting above the coin carrier, a casing provided with a coin slot forthe edgewise insertion of the moved by the coin carrier, and adownward- 1y spring-pressed member. overlyin the-coin carrier in a position to engage. t e upper edge ofithe coin forwardly from its center for positioning and holding the inserted coin with its forward edge free "from the coin slot in the casing.

13. In a vending machine, the combina- 12. In a vending machine, the combina-;-

coin to a position i'n'which it is free tobe 1 tion of means to be 0 erated by a moving coin moved substantial y flatwise, a manually operable rocking coin carrier pivoted on a substantially horizontal axis and rovlded at its to with a transverse coin-hol 'n slot 1 for moving the coin substantially fiatwise to operate said means, a caslng provided with a coin slot for the edgewlse insertion of 10 tween them the upper edge of a coin in the latter slot, :1 spring urging this lever towards the coin carrier for enabling the arms of said lever to move the coin into co-operative relation with the coin carrier and hold it there free from said coin slot in the easing and a stop to limit the movement of sand lever towards the coin carrier.

In witness whereof, I hereunto subscribe m si ature.

3 gn LOUIS H. MORIN.

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