US1860028A - Dispensing machine for bottled goods - Google Patents

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Patented May 24, 1932 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE HERMAN E. HEAD, OF ARVIN, CALIFORNIA, ASSIGNOR- OF TWO-THIRDS TO A. 3'. 3103-.

ARDSON, OF ARVIN, CALIFORNIA, ONE THIRTY-SIXTH T MARY JOSEPHINE HEAD} ONE THIRTY-SIXTH T0 JAMES HEAD, ONE THIRTY-SIXTH I'O DONALD HEAD, ONE

THIRTY-SIXTH TO BONNIE 'HFAD, ONE THIRTY-SIXTH TO DAVID HEAD, AND

SEVEN THIRTY-SIXTHS TO WILMA HEAD DISPENSING MACHINE FOR BOTTLED GOODS My invention relates to and has for a purpose the provision of a machine in which a large quantity of bottled goods such as carbonated beverages of various flavors, can be stored, and the bottles dispensed from the machine with the utmost ease and dispatch. It is a further purpose of my invention to provide a'dispensing machine of the above described character wherein the dispensing 19 operation is coin controlled so that the machine can only be operated to dispense bottles upon the insertion of a coin into the machine. I

It is another purpose of my invention to provide a dispensing machine for bottled goods in which the latter can be maintained in a cold state ready for serving when dispensed from the machine, all in such manner as to avoid the' present practice of placing bottles in an ice containing chamber, from which the bottles are removed by hand which is very undesirable, for due to themelting of the ice with the attendant accumula tion of water in the chamber, the bottles become partly or wholly submerged in cold water, thus necessitating that the clerk reach into the water in order to remove the bottles.

Furthermore, although the bottles may be ori 'nally stored, in such a chamber in an ord e rly manner so as to segregate bottles containing beverages of different flavors, the bottles soon become mixed and scattered about in the chamber so that it is difiicult for the clerk to locate a bottle containing beverage of a particular flavor desired.

. These disadvantages are entirely overcome in the machine embodying my invention; and bottles of beverages of different flavors, after being placed in the machine in a predeter- 4 mined arrangement, are maintained in a cold state and can be dispensed from the machine as desired.

I will describe only one 01 15 of dispensing Figure 2 is a vertical longitudinal sectional I view taken on the line 2 2 of Figure 1 and looking in the direction of the arrows.

Figure 3 is a horizontal sectional view taken on the line 3-3 of Figure 2 and looking in the direction of the arrows.

Figures'l and 5 are vertical transverse sectional views taken respectively on the lines, 4-4 and 55 of Figure 2, and looking in a the directions of the respective arrows.

Figure 6 is a fragmentary view similar to Figure 2 and illustrating another position of the dispensing and coin controlled mechanisms, and y F igure 7 is an enlarged fragmentary sec-v tional view of the coin-controlled mechanism.

Referring specifically to the drawings in which similar reference characters designate. similar parts in each of the several views, my invention in its present embodiment comprises a receptacle R preferably of rectangular shape and supported by .feet 10 in a slight ly elevated position from the floor. The interior of the receptacle constitutes a cold 1 storage chamber 0 in which bottled goods are;- adapted to be stored and their contents maintained in a dold state. The receptacle is'of double walled construction with suitable insulating material 11 interposed between a metallic lining 12 and the outer side walls 13, end walls 14 and bottom wall 15 of the receptacle. I

In the present instance the chamber C is designed to receive ice as the refrigerating medium, and to this end the receptacles top wall 16 is provided at one end with a filling opening 17 normally closed by a hinged door 18, and through which blocks of ice are valve controlled drain pipe 21 is provided at the lowermost portion of the chamber to permit draining of the water when desired.

Spanning the chamber C transversely and secured at their ends to brackets 22 fixed to the side walls 13 of the receptacle, are a pair of angle bars 23 and 23 on which are supported horizontally in side by side relation and longitudinally of the chamber, a plurality of platforms 24 all of identical construction and each of U-shaped cross section to form troughs ,on which bottles to be stored are adapted to be supported in upright positions one in advance of the other and confined against lateral displacement. In the present instance five of the platforms 24 are illustrated, which number will be varied in accordance with the desired capacity of the machine.

For each of the platforms 24 a conveyor is provided and comprises. an endless belt 25 trained over pulleys 26 and 27 and an idler pulley 27 .Each of the pulleys 26 is rotatably mounted on a pin 28 supported between and from a pair of ears 29 which depend from each platform 24 at one end thereof. The upper stretches of the belts 25 ride upon and are supported by the platforms 24, and the bottles to be stored in the chamber C are placed in upright positions one in advance of the other directly on the belts so that a row of bottles will be supported on each of the belts for movement thereby to' successively feed the bottles in response to driving, of the belts in the direction of the arrowin Figure 3, to the position wherein the foremostbottle on each belt will be disposed directly beneath and accessible through an opening 30 formed in the top wall 16 of the receptacle, for removal from the chamber.

The movement of the bottles by the belts to the position wherein the foremost bottle on eachbelt is disposed directly beneath the openings 30, asshown in Figure 6, is definitely limited by an abutment in the form I ofla vertically disposed metal plate 31 spanmng the chamber C transversely and having a. flange 32 secured to the underside of the top wall 16 to rigidly support the plate in the path of movement of the bottles on their respective belts.

In the present instance each of the openings 30 is normally closed by a door 33 hinged at 34 on the top wall 16 of the receptacle and having a depending rib 35 disposed in the path of movement of the bottles. The rib ofeach door is provided with an inclined surface 36 constituting acam and positioned to be struck by the upper end of the foremost bottle on one of the belts during-movementof the foremost bottle from the position shown in Figure 2 to that shown in to thereby eflt'ect movement of the door to the open position shown in the latter figure so that the door can be manually raised to the fully opened position shownin broken lines in Figure 6, to permit removal of the foremost bottle.

In the present instance the pulley 27 ofeach of the belts 25 is rotatably mounted on i an arm 37 mounted for rocking movement on a shaft 38 fixed at its ends in brackets 39 secured to L-shaped frames 40 supported by the angle bar 23 and by angle brackets 41 secured to the side walls 13 of the receptacle. Each arm is normally urged by a spring 42 to the position shown in Figure 2 V wherein the respective belt is out of engagement with a driving element 111 the form of a roller 43 fixed to a shaft 44 journaled 1nbearings 45 supported on the frames 40. One end of the shaft 44 extends exteriorly of the receptacle through one of its side walls 13,

and a stuffing box 46 surrounds the shaft to prevent leakage of water from the chamber around the shaft. To the outer end of the shaft 44 is fixed a gear 47 constantly meshing with a pinion 48 fixed to a stub shaft 49 journaled in a bearing 50 supported on v the side wall 13. Also fixed to the stub shaft 49 is a relatively large pulley 51 over which vis trained an endless belt 52 also trained over a relatively small pulley 53 fixed to theshaft 54 of an electric motor 55 sup:

ported underneath the receptacle R from the bottom wall 15 thereof, so that when the motor is energized the roller 43 will be driven in the direction of the arrowin Figure 2.

In the present instance an by the provision of coin controlled mechanisms, each of the'arms 37 is capable of being moved from the normally'urged position shown in Flgure 2 to the position shown in Figure 6 wherein the respective belt 25is moved into engagement with the driving roller 43, the motor 55 being concurrently energized to drive the roller 43 and thus efi'ectfeeding of the bottles on the belt. As the mechanisms for all the arms .37 are identical in construction, a' description of one mechanism will sulfice for all.

Each coin controlled mechanism comprises an actuator in the form of an operating lever 56 pivoted intermediate its ends at 57 on the top of an inverted common to all the mechanisms and secured to the top wall 16 of the receptacle. One end of the lever terminates in a dome shaped pad 59 by which the lever is adapted to be manually depressed, and to the other end of the lever is pivotally connected by a pin and slot connection 60, one end of a link 61. The other end of the link is pivotally connected at 62 to one of the arms 37 so that when the lever is depressed from the normally elevated position shown in Figure 2 andto which it is urged by one of the springs 42, to the fully depressed position shown in Figure 6, the arm 37 will be rocked from the position shown in the former figure to cup shaped housing 58 that shown in the latter figure to engage the against movement to the position shown in Figure 6 by a latching member in the form of a pin 63 slidably mounted in a cylinder 64 fixed in the housing 58 and normally urged by a spring 65 to the projected positlon shown in Figures 2 and 7 wherein its forward end projects into an arcuate coinchute 66 formed in the housing 58 concentric with the axis of the pivot 57 and slidably receiving an arcuate shaped plunger 67 depending from the operating lever 56. The portion of the pin 63 normally projecting into the coin chute 66 forms an abutment for the plunger and normally limits the depressing move ment of the lever 56 to the position shown in Figure 7.

A coin receiving opening 68 communicates laterally with the coin chute 66 above the pin 63; and with the lever 56 occupying the normally elevated position shown in Figure 2, a coin deposited into the opening 68 will be free to gravitate into the coin chute in advance of the plunger 67 and will come to rest upon the portion of the pin 63 projecting into the coin chute. With a coin in this position as shown in full lines in Figure 2, and the lever depressed to advance the plunger 67 against the coin and thus tend to force the coin past the pin 63, the coin will act against the beveled extremity 69 of the pin which constitutes a cam surface, and will retract the pin sufliciently against the action of its spring 65 topermit the coin and the forward end of the plunger 67 to pass the pin so that the coin will be free to traverse the coin chute and deposit into a coin drawer 7O enclosed by the housing 58 and normally locked against access by a suitable lock 71.

,As the coin traverses the chute under the action of the plunger 67, it momentarily bridges a pair of insulated contacts 72 and 7 3 constituting a normally open switch forming part of a circuitshowndiagrammatically in Figure 7 and including the motor 55 and a source of current supply 74, so that the circuit willbe momentarily closed to energize the motor concurrently with the engagement of the respective belt 25 with the driving roller 43, to effect driving, of the belt an amount sufiicient for the foremost bottle on the belt to be moved from the position shown in Figure 2 to that shown in Figure 6, thus rendering the foremost bottle accessible for removal from the chamber 0 through the respective'opening 30.

By reference to-Figure 2 it will be clear that the maximum level of ice water in the chamber Cas definitely controlled by the of the bottles will be maintained in a cold state and yet can be readily removed through the openings 30 without reaching into the water.

, Access to the chamber'C for the loading of thebelts 25 with the bottles of beverages to be stored in the machine for dispensing therefrom, is had through an opening 75 normally closed by a door 76 preferably glass paneled so thatthe supply of bottles can be viewed, thus enabling the clerk to determine the supply of bottles inthe machine at any time. v

In the use of the machine, bottles of beverages of diiferentfiavors are loaded on the different belts 25 and in the present illustration, the five belts provide for five different flavors of beverages. Suitable indicia (not shown) may be provided on the pads 59 of the operating levers 56 to indicate the particular flavor of beverage contained in the bottles which will be dispensed as a result of actuations of that particular operating lever. It will be clear that in operating the machine it is only necessary that a coin a be inserted in one of the coin receiving openings 68 and the particular operating lever 56 associated therewith, be then depressed from the position shown in Figure 2 to thatshown in Figure 6 to cause an operative connection to be established between the driving roller 43 and that belt-25 controlled by the selected operating lev'er, as well as to concurrently cause the motor 55 to be momentarily energized to drive said belt and effect sufficient feeding of the bottles thereon to dispose the foremost bottle in the position shown in F igure 6 wherein it is readily accessible for re moval from the chamber C through the particular opening 30 directly above the bottle. Although the momentary operation of the niotor may drive the belts a greater distance for bottled goods embodying my invention,

it is to be understood that various changes and modifications may be made thereinwithout departing from the spirit of the invention and the spirit and scope of the appended claims. I

I claim.

1. A machine of the character described .comprising a receptacle having a top opening, a platform in the receptacle, a conveyor including an endless belt and pulleys over which the belt is trained with its upper stretch overlying the platform to support bottles in upright positions one in advance of the other for movement by the belt successively to a position wherein the foremostbottle is accessible through said opening for removal from the receptacle, a rotary dri"- ing element, means for mounting one of said pulleys for movement bodily to occupy one position wherein the belt is out of engagement with the driving element, and another position wherein the belt engages the driving element so as to be driven by the latter, and means for moving said pulley to its sec- 0nd mentioned position.

2. A machine of the character described comprising a receptacle having a top open- 1n in c luding an endless belt and pulleys over which the belt is trained with its upper stretch overlying the platform to support bottles in upright positions one in advance of the other for movement by the belt successively to a position wherein the foremost bottle is accessible through said opening for removal from the receptacle, a rotary driving element, a pivoted. arm on which one of said pulleys is mounted for movement thereby to occupy one position wherein the belt is out of engagement with the driving element, and another position wherein the belt engages the driving element so as to be driven by the 'latter, a link'connected to the arm, and an actuator connected to the link for moving the arm to the position wherein the belt engages the driving element.

, HERMAN E. HEAD.

a platform in the receptacle, a conveyor

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