US1752635A - Vending cabinet - Google Patents

Description

April 1, 1930.

D. c. FoNDA 1,752,635

VENDING CABINET Filed March 11, 1927 oiljig, .1 and approximately on the. line tion taken on the line 4 4;

Patented Apr. 1, 1930 mm sr r es; PATENT or c DOUGLASS C. FONDA, OF WEST ORANGE,

nntawaan NEWJ'ERSEY, ASSIGNOR TO'NIXON VENDING AND CHANGE MAKING MACHINES, INC.,

on NEW Yoniciw. Y., a oon'ronnrioivor VENDING CAIB'INE'IZ' Applicationfiled .March 11, 1927. Serial No. 174,549.

A; main. object of the, present; invention I is to provide, ,afcabinet involvinga construction 10 of means whereby the door elementwillbe secured. in closedposition againstaccess to the; goodscontained within the; cabinet, and whereby upon thjedeposit of a proper. purchase coin the door. element may be readily 15. openedby :the purchaser, who is;- thereupon put; in;p0ssc Si n of. the goods purchased.

A nother objectof the inventionis to provide. a; cabinet. involving a construction of means; which will permit the .owner or his 20, authorized attendant to open the doorelement without the deposit of a purchase coin.

A. furtherobj ect of the invention is to provide for, a. cabinet .or similar article holding structure arnovel coinoperated door control hich wil be imple. Q Q i ma ufacture and highly .eflicientinuse;

Other objects. will. appear. hereinafter.

invention consists in the, combination and arrangement of parts herein after; de-

30 scribedandclaimed.

The invention will be best understood. by reference; to, the accompanying y forming. a part of this specification, andfin which v Fig. 1 is a perspective View offa cabinet made. in accordance with the present invention; M

2..is a view, taken on a largerscale than the view 22 thereof; f

Fig. 3'represents a cross section taken on thevline, 353 or Fig. 2'; and V I Fig. 4 represents a fragmental vertical-secof. Fig. 2.-

Referring to the drawing, where. a selected embodiment of the inventionhas'been illustrated, 5, denotesa cabinet, or casing interior ly div'ded intofanup'p er, or stock coinpart:

ment a lower onmoney compart nent f drawing fragmental verticaljsectional.

by a. floor 8'located'an. appreciable distance above the base plate 9. For closing the upper .or stock compartment a frontdoor 10-is employed, this door being preferably secured for opening and closing inovementby a suitedge. With this hinge is associated aspringl 12,,arranged to closethe door automatically and to keep it closed at all times. Near its free edge the door 10 is provided with an. exterior knob 13fby which it is manually opened, and below'saidknob there is a coin deposit slot 14 for receiving the purchase coins- For thelower-or money compartment 7 which serves asa cash box, there is a front door 15. preferably hinged as at 16at its lower horizontaledge so as to open outwardly and downwardly. For manually opening and closing the door-l5 a fingerpiece, 17 is provided; andin order that'no one eX- cept the owner or authorizedattendant may have access to thecash compartment, this door is equippedwith a. suitable key operated. lock 18. '7

In its preferred. formiof construction as illustrated in the accompanying drawing, the coin operated control for the upper door 10 comprises a coin holding structure including. oppositely disposed endwalls or jaws l9 and 20 arranged at the bottom ofzthe stock compartment at the floor Sand spaced apart to receive snugly between them the.Ypurchase coin as 21 as it drops from the downturned. end 22 of the coin chute 23 down which the coin has rolledon its circumference after having been insertedthrough the coin deposit slot 14. The jaws 19; and20 as :wellasth'. chute 23 are supported uponwthe side 24. of.

able hinge 11 extending along. one vertical the cabinet, said side being preferably thick-.

' ened or built out at 25 for this purpose. The

jaw 19land chute 23 aremadefast to the cas-, ing side, while the-jaw 20-is"niou nted for pivoting upon a stud 26. In the construction shown, the; portion 25 of the casing side con; stitutes a backingwallor sheet-forthe chute and for the coin pocket 27 between saidjaws 19 and- 20 and defined atthe inner side by flanges 28 and 29' formed, respectively, on said jaws. To sustain the coin within thepocket and between the jaws,.the1pivotally mounted jaw 20 near its lower end is furnished with a pin 30 which extends transversely of the coin engaging edge of said jaw at a suitable point inwardly of the free edge of the flange 29.

According to an important feature of the invention, the pivotally mounted jaw 20 is which is screw-threaded upwardly through the catch piece. The jaw 20 is set or positioned so that a deposited coin of proper denomination will drop into the pocket between the two jaws and be sustained therebetween by the pin 30 when the hook rests upon the adjusting screw; and it will be observed in this connection that by manipulating the adjusting screw the entrance gap between the jaws may be finely adjusted. The hook is normally urged into engagement with its seat and upon leaving its seat, into engagement with its notch, by a spring 36 held in tension by stud 26 and having one end attached at 37 to the arm 31 and the other end extending over post 38 on jaw 19. By this arrangement, upon attempting to open the door 10 when there is no coin between the jaws 19 and 20, the hook on leaving its seat will slip into the notch. A slight outward movement of the door will thus result in locking the door and preventing access to the stock compartment. When, on the other hand, a coin has been deposited and reposes between the jaws, such deposited coin will maintain the pivotally mounted aw against turning when the seat for the hook is withdrawn under the opening movement of the door, with the result that the hook will escape engagement with the notch, permitting the door to be fully opened; and it will be noted in this connection that the lug or catch piece 34 is made with an inclined abutment 39 with which the hook is engaged during the withdrawal of the catch piece, so that the pivotally mounted aw will be turned in a direction to effect a discharge of the sustained coin during the opening movement of the door. The discharged coin drops through an opening 4 in the floor into the cash compartment below.

In order that the owner of the cabinet or his authorized attendant may have access to the stock compartment without inserting a purchase coin, the jaw 20 is furnished with a finger piece 41 which projects downwardly through the opening 40 into the cash compartment 7 where, upon unlocking and opening the door 15, it may be seized so as to manually maintain the jaw 20 until the door 10 has been opened.

As previously pointed out, the door 10 is When the door 10 has been opened far enough to give free access to the stock compartment, the hook will drop down over the inner end 42 of the catch piece, which inner end will thereupon act as a stop preventing the closing of the door until the hook, through the manual pivoting of the jaw 20, has been raised again to clear said inner end. hen,

therefore, the door 10 is notcompletely closed, it is an indication that the stock has been sold.

Preferably and as shown, a shield 43 is ar ranged about the chute, jaws and associated parts so as to protect the same. The stock compartment may be subdivided inany manner desired and the door 10 is preferably provided with a glass pane 44 through which the stock may be observed.

While I have illustrated and described the preferred form of construction for carrying my invention into effect, this is capable of variation and modification without departing from the spirit of the invention. I, therefore, do not wish to be limited to the precise details of construction set forth, but desire to avail myself of such variations and modifications as come within the scope of the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is:

l. A vendin cabinet having a door attached thereto for opening and closing movement and provided witha catch piece; and a coin holding pocket structure within the cabinet including a, swingable end wall having thereona projecting hooked arm adapted to rest upon said catch piece to maintain said end wall in place for admitting a coin into said pocket structure when said door is closed and adapted also to be itself maintained in position from where it will automatically interlock with said catch piece consequent upon the opening movement of said door, substantially as described.

2. A vending cabinet having a door attached thereto for opening and closing movement and provided with a catch piece; a coin holding pocket structure within the cabinet including a swingable end wallhavingthereon a projecting hooked arm adapted to rest upon said catch piece to maintain. said end wall in place for the reception of a coin in said pocket structure when said door is closed and adapted also to be itself maintained in position from where it will automatically slide into interlocking engagement with said catch piece consequent upon the opening movement of said door; and said end wall with its hooked arm being adapted to be sustained independently of said catch piece by a coin in said pocket structure to prevent such interlocking action, substantially as described.

3. In a vending cabinet, a door mounted for opening andclosingmovement aprojection on said door provided with a notch and a slideway; a coin holding pocket structure including a swingable end wall; a projecting hooked arm on said end wall adapted to have support on said projection to maintain said end wall .in place for the reception of a coin in said pocket structure when said door is closed and adapted also to be itself maintained in position from where it will pass downward and upward on said slideway into and out of interlocking engagement with said notch consequent upon the opening and closing movement of said door, substantially as described.

4. In a vending cabinet, the combination with an openable door provided with a catch, of coin holding mechanism including a pivotally mounted jaw; a projecting arm on said 'aw by which to turn the same on its pivot and ooked to have interlocking action with said catch consequent upon the opening movement of said door; and an adjustable element car ried by said catch and constituting a rest for said hooked arm to adjust the position of said jaw and hooked arm, substantially as described.

5. In a vending cabinet, the combination with an openable door and a side plate, of a coin deposit chute constructed with said side plate and having a downturned delivery end; a pair of spaced jaws associated with said side plate to constitute a coin receiving pocket therewith at the delivery end of the chute, one of said jaws being fixed and the other being pivoted; an arm extending from the pivoted jaw; a projection on said openable door constituting a support for said arm including an adjustable element for critically adjusting the pivoted jaw relatively to the fixed aw; and spring means for placing the pivoted aw under tension to urge said arm into engagement with the adjustable element, substantially as described.

6. In combination, an openable door a side sheet; a pair of spaced jaws associated therewith to constitute a coin receiving pocket; one of said jaws being fixed to said sheet and the other being pivoted thereto; flanges on the confronting ends of said aws in oppose relation to said sheet; a transversepin fixed on the pivoted jaw inwardly of the free edge of its flange for engagin the circumference of a coin entered into sai pocket and thereby to retain the same between said jaws; a projection on said openable door for maintaining said pivoted jaw in set position; and means for swinging said pivoted jaw from set position, substantially as described.

7. A vending cabinet comprising a door with a catch; a coin receiving pocket structure including a pivotally mounted end wall having an outwardly projecting hooked arm adapted to interlock with said catch; said end wall being pivoted near its top end with its depending lower portion swingable inwardly of the pocket structure; said hooked arm being normally supported at its free end on said catch so that, upon the opening movement of the door, it will swing into interlocking engagement with said catch as said lower portion swings inwardly of the pocket structure; said lower portion being adapted to abut on a coin introduced into the pocket structure and thereby to serve as a stop for preventing swinging movement of the end wall in a direction to effect engagement of the hooked arm with said catch, substantially as described.

8. A vending cabinet comprising a door with a catch; a coin receiving pocket structure including a pivotally mounted end wall having an outwardly projecting hooked arm adapted to interlock with said catch; said end wall being pivoted near its top end with its depending lower portion swingable inwardly of the pocket structure; said hooked arm being normally supported at its free end on said catch so that, upon the opening movement of the door it will swing into interlocking engagement with said catch as said lower portion swings inwardly of the pocket structure; said lower portion being adapted to abut on a coin introduced into the pocket structure and thereby to serve as a stop for preventing swinging movement of the end wall in a direction to effect engagement of the hooked arm with said catch; and a finger piece on said end wall by which manually to swing the same on its pivot, substantially as described.

9. A vending cabinet comprising a door with a catch; a coin receiving pocket structure including a pivotally mounted end wall having an outwardly projecting hooked arm adapted to interlock with said catch; said end wall being pivoted near its top end with its depending lower portion swingable inwardly of the pocket structure; said hooked arm being normally supported at its free end on said catch so that, upon the opening movement of the door, it will swinginto interlocking engagement with said catch as said lower portion swings inwardly of the pocket structure; means on said lower portion for sustaining a coin introduced into the pocket structure; said lower portion being adapted to abut on a coin sustained in the pocket structure and thereby to serve as a stop for preventing swinging movement of the end wall in a direction to effect engagement of the hooked arm with said catch, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification.

DOUGLASS G. FONDA.

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