US2173782A - Vending cabinet - Google Patents

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Sept. 19, 1939; -J. HALAY VENDING CABINET Filed June 20, 1938 INVENTO ATTO R N EYS Patented Sept. 19, 1939 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE VENDING CABINET John Halay, Milwaukee, Wis.

Application June 20, 1938, Serial No. 214,788

2 Claims.

My invention relates to vending devices and more particularly to coin controlled locking devices for cabinets and the like.

One of the principal objects of my invention is to provide a coin controlled locking means for cabinets and the like which is simple in construction, durable in use, positive in operation and economical in manufacture.

Other objects and advantages will be apparent from the following description, appended claims and annexed drawing.

Referring to the drawing wherein like reference characters designate like parts throughout the several views:

Figure 1 is a front elevation of a cabinet having my invention applied thereto.

Figures 2 and 3 are sectional views taken on the lines 22 and- 33 of Figure 1 respectively.

Figure 4 is a view similar to Figure 3 illustrating the open or unlocked position of the parts.

Figure 5 is a detail side elevation of the keeper illustrating the same attached to a portion of the cabinet door.

In practicing my invention I provide a cabinet 5 having hinged thereto a door 6 and formed on one side with a. partition 1 dividing the cabinet into storage and lock mechanism chambers 8 and 9 respectively. The storage chamber is adapted for the reception of cans or the like containing gasoline, oil or other content, one of the cans being illustrated as at l0. The front of the cabinet enclosing the chamber 9 and adjacent the door 6 is fashioned with a coin slot H at the upper end thereof. Secured to the partition 1 in the lock mechanism chamber is a coin chute l2 having an upper end 13 in communication with the slot l l and a lower end fashioned with oppositely disposed slots l 4 and I5. Extending within the chute 12 through the slot I5 is a coin actuating member or wheel l6 fixed to a transversely extending shaft [1, the outer of which extends without the cabinet and is provided with a handle l8. The outer face of the wheel I6 is fashioned with an arm [9 connected to one end of a coil spring 20, the opposite end of said coil spring 20 being connected to the bottom of the cabinet.

Secured to the partition 1 and subjacent the arm 19 is a stop pin 2| for limiting the downward movement of the arm 19, the spring 26 normally urging said arm 19 into engagement with a pin 2| as clearly illustrated in Figure 2 of the drawing.

The wheel 16 is fashioned with a segmented portion forming a seat 22 for receiving thereon a coin 23 deposited through the slot l I and gravitated through the chute l2. Extending through the slot I4 is the lower end of a lever 24 pivoted to the partition 1 as at 25, the upper end of said lever engaging a recess 26 formed in the peripheral face of a bolt wheel 21. Said upper end of the lever 24 is normally urged into engagement with the bolt 21 by means of a spring 28 secured about a pin 29 formed on the side of a bracket 39 secured to the partition 1.

The inner face of the door 6 adjacent the free end thereof has secured thereto a keeper 3| formed with a centrally disposed opening 32 adaptedto engage an axially extending face 33 of a segmented section of the bolt wheel 21. Said segmented section is fashioned with an opposite- 1y disposed inclined face 34 adapted to engage the outer end face 35 of the keeper to effect opening of the door when the bolt wheel is rotated in counter-clockwise direction as clearly illustrated in Figure 4 of the drawing. The peripheral face of the bolt wheel is formed with a projection 36 adapted to engage the partition 1 upon rotation of the bolt wheel in counter-clockwise direction to limit the movement thereof whereby to maintain the segmented section of the bolt wheel in keeper receiving position to effect closing and locking of the door as hereinafter set forth.

The partition 1 is formed with a slot 31 through which one side of the bolt wheel extends for engagement with the keeper 3|. The bolt wheel is fixed to a vertically extending shaft 38 journaled in a pair of spaced bearing brackets 39 secured to the partition 1. Said shaft has fixed thereto one end of a coil spring 40, the other end of said spring engaging the partition and normally urging rotation of the bolt wheel 21 in counterclockwise direction.

Located within the storage chamber 8 adjacent the bottom thereof is a horizontally extending end section 4| of a vertically extending rod 42 located within the chamber 9, a slot 43 being provided in the lower end of the partition for the reception of the section 4| whereby the same may be raised and lowered relative to the floor of the cabinet. The upper end of the rod 42 has pivotally connected thereto a link 44 in turn pivotally connected to a bell crank lever 45 intermediate the end sections thereof as clearly illustrated in Figure 1. One arm of the bell crank lever is pivoted to the inner face of the front of the cabinet as at 46 and the opposite arm is of a width to form a closure for the slot l I when the section 4| is in raised position as hereinafter set forth. The upper arm of the bell crank lever 45 is operable through a slot 41 formed in the side wall of the upper section I3 of the chute l2 as illustrated in Figure 2.

Secured to the rod 42 between the upper end thereof and the section 4| is a collar 48 engaging the upper end of a spring 49 carried by said rod. The lower end of the spring 49 engages the upper face of a bracket 50 secured to the inner face of the front wall of the cabinet. Said spring 49 normally urges said arm upwardly to eifect closing of the slot 1 I by the arm of the bell crank lever as heretofore described. When the can I is positioned within the cabinet the same rests upon the section M of the rod 42 and the weight of said can causes the arm of the bell crank lever to be maintained in a position adjacent the slot II whereby to permit the insertion of a coin in said slot. Upon insertion of a coin in the slot II the same will be discharged through the lower endof the chute l2 and seat upon the seat 22 of the member i5. Rotation of the shaft I! through the medium of the handle I8 serves to move the coin 23 in engagement with the lower end of the lever 24 whereby the upper end of the lever 24 is moved against the tension of the spring 28 and out of the recess 26 thereby permitting the bolt Wheel to rotate in the direction of the arrows indicated on the drawing. Rotation of the bolt wheel in the direction of the arrows serves to move the door 6 towards open position by means of the wall 34 engaging the face 35 of the keeper 3 I.

When the door is thus moved to a partial open position the same may be manually moved to full open position and access had to the contents of the cabinet. When the can I!) is removed from the cabinet and from the section 4|, the spring ifi serves to actuate the rod 42 upwardly and close the slot i i through the medium of the arm of the bell crank lever 45 to prevent further insertion of any coins within the chute l2 should the door be closed and locked Without replacing a can in the cabinet.

From the foregoing it will be noted that I have provided a simple and reliable form of vending cabinet adapted to contain cans of gasoline, oil or the like and said cabinets may be positioned in strategic locations along highways for use of motorists and the like.

What I claim is:

1. A device of the character described, comprising, a housing, a coin chute within said housing and having an open lower end, a spring pressed coin actuating wheel mounted at the lower end of said chute for receiving a coin deposited within said chute, a spring actuated bolt wheel mounted in said housing and actuated by its spring to an unlocked position, and a lever pivotally-mounted within said housing and normally securing said bolt wheel in locked position against the tension of its spring, said lever having an end disposed adjacent said coin actuating wheel whereby a coin carried by said coin actuating wheel engages said lever and operates the latter to release said bolt Wheel to permit actuation thereof by its spring to said unlocked position.

2. A device of the character described, comprising, a housing, a coin chute within said housing and having an open lower end, a spring pressed coin actuating wheel mounted at the lower end of said chute for receiving a coin deposited Within said chute, a spring actuated bolt wheel mounted ,in said housing and actuated by its spring to an unlocked position, a lever pivotally mounted within said housing and normally securing said bolt wheel in locked position against the tension of its spring, said lever having an end disposed adjacent said coin actuating wheel whereby a coin carried by said coin actuating wheel engages said lever and operates the latter to release said bolt wheel to permit actuation thereof by its spring to said unlocked position, and means fixed to said coin actuating Wheel for operating the latter.

JOHN HALAY.

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