US1714631A - Vending machine - Google Patents

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. 3 Sheets-S1166?I VW. H. ROWE VENDING MACHINE Filed Aug. 17, 1925 May 28, 1929.

INVENTOR. WILL IAM H. RW!

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W. H. ROWE VENDING MACHINE May 2s, 1929.

Filed Aug. 17, 1925 3 Sheets-Sheet 2 May 28,1929. w.H.RowE` 1,714,631

VENDING MACHINE Filed Aug. 17, 1925 3 Sheets-Sheet 5 FFE. E

@atented May 28, 1929.

NETE@ STT WILLIAM unown, or Los ANGELES, CALIFORNIA.

VENDING MACHINE.' Y

Application led August 17, 1925. Serial No. 50,6603.

rilhis invention relates to chines. c

Vr1`he general object of the invention isr to provide an improved coinv actuated vending machine. Y

One of thel specic objects ofthe invention is to provide an improved coin actuated plunger for use in vending machines.

Another'object of theinvention is to provide a novei form of fraud prevention mechanism for use with coin actuated machines.

A further object of the invention 'is to provide an improved coin receptacle which is particularly adapted for use with coin actuated vending machines. j

Another object of the invention is to provide a coin actuated mechanism wherein the coin or coins used by the purchaser are in full view and remain in view until another purchase is made and other coins' are deposited.

Other objects of the invention Awill be ap.- parent from the following description taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, wherein:

Fig.v 1 is a central sectional view partly in elevation showing one embodiment of my invention;

Fig. 2 is a section on line 2-2, Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a front elevation showing the cabinet;

Fig. 4 is a section on line 4 4, Fig.j2;

Fig. 5 is a section on line 5 5, Fig. 1;l

Fig. 6 is a section on line 6 6, Fig. 5;

and y Fig. 8 is a wiring diagram. Referring to the drawing by reference characters, I have shown a cabinet at 16. This cabinet includes a base 11 having a back 12 fitted thereto. `The cabinet is provided withY a shelf 14 which has a plurality f of coin slots 15 therein.

The cabinet is provided with afront 16 below the shelf anda front portion 17 above the shelf. The front portion 17 comprises 'a removable closure the lower part 18 of which is adapted to fit between lugs 19 to" prevent its removal while the upper portion abuts against a rib 20 and is held in place by the bolt 21 of a. lock 22. Y

The .closure 17 allows access to the storage compartments 28 in which the packages to be vcnded7 shown as packages of cigarettes 24, are arranged. The compartments i vending magenerally at 35.

Fig. 7 is a fragmentary detail in elevation,

' Y Y. normally the" plunger has but little moveare defined by' partit-ionsi25 which have hor? izontal base flanges 26 extending part of the length thereof. These baseflangesserve as supports for the cigarette packages.

The iowerfront portion 16is'fprovided with a removable cover 27' which has tongues 28 thereon which fit behind the j front portion of the cover 16. vTheother end of the cover 2 -7 isprovided with alock 28 the bolts 29 of whichffit behind lthe coverv 16 and serve to hold the closure in place. The closure, is provided with a `glass panel 30 for av purpose to'be presently described.

kOne end of the cabinet has a closure 31 therein which is held in place byv a locking bolt 32,. a i

rlhec'oin released These; plungers r have' cy-V plungers are indicated lindricai end portions which pass through z apertures 3.6 in the front portions 16. The

plungers are provided with rectangular por tions 37 which are notched as at 38. Each 1 is adapted toy engage the end faces 46 of a pair of dogs 47 which arepivoted at 48 to' thecase.A The construction is such that ment on account of its engagementwith the j faces 46 of the dogs 47 j Each plunger adjacent the shoulder 45fis provided on each face witha notch 50 which in conjunction with the adjacent wall of. thecasing 40 yforms a coin slot 51'. `These coin slots 51 are disposed beneath the coin slots; 15in the shelf 14.

My invention isvparticularly applicable for use where 'it is necessary to insert two coins of differentV value in order to affecty operation of the machine and .the f size of the slots 15 and 51 will be determined by the size of-,coin required to operate the machine.

cut away part 53 which has an inclined surface 54. iVhen the proper coin is insertedv in each slot and the plungeri is pressed inwardly. the coins will engage the surfaces 54.

Each of the dogs 47 is provided with a or steel.

slug in position so that the space between 58 therein and through these apertures the coins are discharged into a chute 60 which hassidc walls 61.

In F ig. 5, at 59, I show coins which are being engaged by the inclinedportions 57 to be discharged into the coin chute 60.

The coin chute is provided with bottom walls 62 which` converge downwardly and forwardly to ay discharge opening 63 which is disposed adjacent to and above a coin box 64 to be later described.

One of the converging walls 62 hasV av Lcurved horse shoe magnet 65 secured thereto.V This magnet is arranged over va lug 66 from which it is insulated and is secured in place by means of a cross bar 67 which is heldin place by means of a 'screw 68.

uThe low poles 70 Aof the magnet are ai'- rangedin a recess inthe wall-62 -on which the lmagnet is iiXed and eachzpoleis spaced from the adjacent wall.

` The vendingmachine is provided with a battery 72 which has two leads 7 3 kand 74 eX- tending therefrom. The lead 74, as shown in Fig. 1, includes a switch 75 and an electric :bell 76. The lead 73 issecured to the wall 62 while the lead 74 is secured to the magnet 65.. i As'the objectsr fed to the machineV pass down vthe coin chute to the discharge chut-e 63 vsome part of the objects -will engage the pole of the magnet or will come so close to the pele lthat it will be: attracted to it. it. the object is made of iron The magnet will thus hold an iron or steel thepole of the magnet andthe wall62 will be bridged to thereby close thecircuit and sound lthe alarm bell 76 while a proper coin will pass the magnet after momentarily clesing the circuit. V.To dispose Aof a slug attracted by the magnet the switch 75 will be operated to break the circuit to the magnetl thus allowing the slug to fall to the coin box. f f

The coin box 64 previously mentioned is shown as rectangular in'shape and as provided with sides 77 and end walls 78. The end walls are provided with flanges 80 which receive a sliding bottom 81 which has a flange 82 thereon. posed in the rear of the door 27 so that when The coin box is disclosure flaps will swing inwardly as shownk in Fig. 4. "When the pintle 86 is lowered the closure flaps 87 will move to closed positionias shown in Fig. 1, by sliding` along the angle members 88. Y

In order to lift the pintle members, I mount a pair oi arms 90 fixedly upon-a shaft 91 which is mounted on bearings 92`withiii thecasing. Each arm is provided with a forked end 93 which fits over the pintle 86 so that as the arm 90 is roc-ked the pintle will be raised and lowered to operate the closure flaps 87.

In order to rock the shaft 91 I iiX upon this shaft a plurality of arms 95 which are adapted to be engaged by pivoted dogsf96r one of which is mounted on the end of'each vplunger 37 in a recess 97.k The construction l is such that as each lunger moves inwardly the lowerportion of the dog 96 will engage an arm 95.and will rock this arm momen tarilyto quickly raise the closure flaps.

As soon as an arm clears its dog 96 it will move back to normalxposition so that the closure flapsv will be closed before Athe curved part 57 ejects the coins from the coin slots. As aresult of this arrangement thecoins will fall upon the top of the coin box and will remain there to be viewed through the glass panel 30 .until the machine is again operated.

From the foregoing description it will be apparent thaty the coins used to operate the machine will pass at once to a position where they can be viewed and that the coins will remain in view until the machine is again actuated.

On each plunger opposite the recesses 97 r I .arrange recesses 100 and in these recesses I pivot a dog 101 the upper ends 102 of which will engage the packages ot cigarettes as the plungers-move forward 'to 'force the packages along the base flanges 26 until the.V

package of cigarettes is freed and the super,-

downwardly.

As the plunger moves the dogs 101 are out of alignment with the arms 95.`

The dogs 101 have their lower portion of rearwardly the dog i 101 will assume the 'dotted line positionk imposed cigarettes are allowed to move,-

rarest position after a package has been released, I arrange a lufr 110 u non each casina' 4,0 and l t? C t3 another lug 111 upon each plunger. These lugs are connected by springs 112 so that when freed each plunger will move to the position shoivn in Fig. 1.r Ilach casing is recessed as shown at 114 to accommodate a lug 111.

If a coin which is too small tooperate the coin release mechanism is inserted in the slot 15, it Will pass through this slot and through the slot 51 and will strike a deflecting member 115 which is arranged above the coin box 64. This member 115 has inclined sides so that coins falling thereon Will'be deiieeted beyond the ends of the coin box and Willvfall down and strike the curved Wall Vof the discharge chute 83 so that it can be recovered by the person using them.

F rom the foregoing description it Will be apparent that l have invented a. coin actuated mechanism which is highly elficient and Which can be economically Vmanufaetured and that when a steel or iron slug is introduced it will sound an alarm. Moreover the coins used in operating the mechanism Will remain in view until it is again operated. y

I preferably place a plate 120 as shown particularly in Fig. 1, Whereit Will serve to prevent a person from tampering with the operating mechanism.

Having thus described my invention, I claim: v l

1. In a coin controlled mechanism, a casing, a. coin released plunger, a coin box, means to direct coin to said 'coin box, a pintle mounted adjacent to said box` a cover hinged to said pintle, and adapted When in one position to close the coin box, means to raise and lower said pintle to open and close the coin box, and other means operable on movement of said plunger in one direction to actuate said raisng and lowering means to cause said pintle to move to raise the cover and cause coins thereon to drop into said.

coin box.

2. In a vending machine, a ease for goods to be vended, a delivery plunger, coin freed mechanism associated Withl'said plunger, a separate coin. box, said box having a closure thereon, said closure comprising tWo members hinged together, means to operate the closure, means to deliver coins upon saidV closure, and means whereby the operation of the plunger Will cause said closure to move to cause coins thereon to be deposited in the box after which the closure will move to closed position to receive other coins thereon.

3. In a coin actuated mechanism, a coin receptacle comprising a box having' a botraise the cover. i

5. In a coin controlled mechanism, a cas-Y tom and having a top thereon, said top comrprising tWo members-hinged on acomrnon pintle disposed above the top ofthe box, acoin chute leading to the top of the box,

a coin freed plunger, and means whereby upon the insertion ofa coin and the actuation of the plunger saidfpintle Will lirst be raised to allow the eoinson'the boxy tobe dropped into the box after which the pintle will be lowered to closethe receptacle so that the last used coin Will be deposited vupon thek Y top of the box.

4f. In a coin controlled mechanism, a casing, a coin released plunger, a coin box,-a discharge chute for coins, 'said coin boxbeing disposed beneath said chute, said box having Wings at each end thereof, an aperture in each Wing, a pintle movable in the.`

apertures, a cover hinged to said pintle, and adapted When'in one position to close the money box, a rock shaft vin said leasing, an

arm'on said rock shaft, said arm engagHV ing said pintle and being adapted to raise and lower it, and means voperated by move'- ment of said plungerinone direction to rook said shaft and said-arm to thereby ing, a coin released plunger, acein box, ay discharge chute for coins, saidcoin boxbeing disposed beneath said chute and having a bottom and having Wings `at eachv end thereof,'an 'apertuie in each end Wing, a

pintle movable in the apertures, a cover hinged to said pintle, and adapted when in one position to close the money` box, a rock shaft in said casing, an arm on said shaft, said arm engaging said pintle Vand being adapted to raise and lower it, a pivoted dog on said plunger and means operable on movement of said plunger in one direction for causing said dog to rock said shaft and said'arm to thereby raise the cover to cause coins thereon to drop into said coin box, said plunger having coin slots therein and` means to discharge vcoins from the coin slots after the coin box covers have been raised and lowered.

6. In a device of the class described, a casing, a coin released plunger, a coin box, a discharge chute 'for coins, said coin box being disposed beneath said chute and having a bottom and having Wings at each end ies .llO

thereof, an aperture in each end Wing, a

pintleV movablein the apertures, a cover supportedby said pintle, and adapted -When in one position to close themoney box, a roel; shaft in said casing, arms on said rock shaft, said arms engaging said pintle and being adapted to raise and loWer it, another arm on said rock shaft, said other aim being associated with said'coin released plunger, a

Vpivoted dog on said plunger adjacent to lsaid other arm and means whereby movement of said plunger in one direction Will cause said dog-to rock said shaft and said first mentioned arms to thereby. raise the cover to cause coins thereon to drop into said coin.

pintle movable in the apertures, pair'of cover members hinged to said pintle, and adapted When in one position 'lo close the money box, said pintle proyectingl beyoml the ends of said box, a rook @hait insaid casing, arms on'said roer shaft, said arms enga-ging said pintle and being=` adapted to raise and lower it, an .other arm on .said rock shaft, said other arm being associated With said coin released plunger, a piv Y dog)r on said plunger adjacent to'said oy arm and means whereby movement oit plunger in one direction will cause said dogg to rock said shaft and said iirstmentioned arms lto thereby raise the covers 'to cause .coi ns thereon yto drop into said coin box after coin box, a

which said covers Will close, said plunger having` coin slots therein and means to discharge coins from the coin slots after the Coin box covers have been raised and lowered. Y

8.,In a coin actuated mechanism, a casing, a coinreceptacle comprising,` a box,

means to deliver coins to said box, said oasing having an aperture therein, a removable closure for said aperture, said box having a removable bottom, said removable bottom. being,l arranged adjaeent to said removable- `closure and means whereby said fbo'ttoniis held immovable by said closure when said closure is in an operative position.

9. In a coin controlled mechanism, a easing, a coin box in said easing, means to direct a coin tor said coinbox, said eoin box having a bottom and having,` a Wing at each end thereof, an aperture in eaeh wing, a

pintle movable in the apertures, a pair oit;

si gnatu re.

i WILLIAM H. ROVE.

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