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US3361505A
US3361505A US552461A US55246166A US3361505A US 3361505 A US3361505 A US 3361505A US 552461 A US552461 A US 552461A US 55246166 A US55246166 A US 55246166A US 3361505 A US3361505 A US 3361505A
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Meigs W Newberry
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07F—COIN-FREED OR LIKE APPARATUS
    • G07F11/00—Coin-freed apparatus for dispensing, or the like, discrete articles
    • G07F11/007—Coin-freed apparatus for dispensing, or the like, discrete articles wherein the storage and dispensing mechanism are configurable in relation to the physical or geometrical properties of the articles to be stored or dispensed
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47F—SPECIAL FURNITURE, FITTINGS, OR ACCESSORIES FOR SHOPS, STOREHOUSES, BARS, RESTAURANTS OR THE LIKE; PAYING COUNTERS
    • A47F1/00—Racks for dispensing merchandise; Containers for dispensing merchandise
    • A47F1/04—Racks or containers with arrangements for dispensing articles, e.g. by means of gravity or springs
    • A47F1/08—Racks or containers with arrangements for dispensing articles, e.g. by means of gravity or springs dispensing from bottom
    • A47F1/10—Racks or containers with arrangements for dispensing articles, e.g. by means of gravity or springs dispensing from bottom having mechanical dispensing means, e.g. with buttons or handles
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07F—COIN-FREED OR LIKE APPARATUS
    • G07F11/00—Coin-freed apparatus for dispensing, or the like, discrete articles
    • G07F11/02—Coin-freed apparatus for dispensing, or the like, discrete articles from non-movable magazines
    • G07F11/04—Coin-freed apparatus for dispensing, or the like, discrete articles from non-movable magazines in which magazines the articles are stored one vertically above the other
    • G07F11/08—Coin-freed apparatus for dispensing, or the like, discrete articles from non-movable magazines in which magazines the articles are stored one vertically above the other arranged in two columns in staggered relationship

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  • each corded stack funnelshaped column of a multiple column storage compartment is comprised of a pair of elongated side guide members secured to the compartment frame structure in generally vertical positions spaced from each other.
  • the securing means for at least one of the guide members is adjustable to enable the spacing between pairs of guides to be changed to thereby accommodate a different diameter size of circular cross-sectional article in corded stack relation.
  • each pair of giude members are curved at their lower ends to converge towards each other to reduce the corded stack of articles to single article outlet spacing, it is a feature of the present invention that the adjustable securing means is so constructed and arranged that each movable guide member is moved simultaneously both vertically and horizontally in a predetermined relation to the fixed position of the article releasing gate at the lower end of the column when the spacing between each pair of side guides is changed to change the storage stack to accommodate a different size of articles for vending.
  • one guide of each pair of sid guides for each column is fixedly and non-adjustably secured to the compartment frame structure while the other guide element of each pair of guides is adjustably secured to a fixed guide element of a next adjacent pair of side guide elements forming an adjacent side-by-side column structure.
  • the movable and adjustable one of each pair of side guide members may be adjustably secured to a fixed intermediate member or support of the frame structure instead of to and adjacent non-adjustable fixed guide element.
  • adjustable securing elements which may comprise a pin on the adjustable guide member received in an inclined slot on either an extension of a next adjacent fixed guide element or the intermediate frame structure so that the movement of an adjustable guide element during its adjustment is constrained to follow the path of the inclined slot to thereby be moved simultaneously in both horizontal and vertical directions in a predetermined manner or relation.
  • the pin be secured to the adjustable guide member or the slot be formed on the adjustable guide member and vice versa.
  • FIGURE 1 is a fragmentary front elevational View, partly in section, of a vending machine embodying the adjustable compartment guide structures and showing two side-by-side column structures for corded stacks of articles with the righthand column structure adjusted to contain a smaller size of articles of circular cross-section than the left-hand column structure;
  • FIG. 2 is a fragmentary cross-section generally on the line IIII of FIG. 1 but taken at the front of the column structure;
  • FIG. 3 is a fragmentary cross'sectional view along the line III-III of FIG. 1 and otherwise similar to FIG. 2 of the drawings;
  • FIG. 4 is a cross-section along the line IVIV of FIG. 1 extending from front to back through the guide structure of the storage compartment;
  • FIG. 5 is a fragmentary view looking from left to right of the portion of the frame structure shown by FIG. 2 of the drawings;
  • FIG. 6 is a fragmentary simplified view of a modified form of the invention.
  • FIG. 7 is a cross-sectional view similar to FIG. 2 but taken on the line VIIVII of FIG. 6;
  • FIG. 8 is a cross-sectional view similar to FIG. 3 but taken on the line VIII-VIII of FIG. 6 showing the second embodiment of the invention.
  • FIGS. 1 through 5 of the drawings the presently preferred embodiment of the invention will now be described in detail.
  • the gating mechanism at the lower end of each corded stack column of articles which is operated during each vending operation to release a single lowermost article for vending is not shown in detail.
  • such gate mechanism may comprise a star wheel device such as generally shown at 10 rotatable about the axis 19 and having article releasing rods 11, 12 and 13 for articles at the front of the corded stack, such as the article 15 shown by FIG. 4 of the drawings,
  • each column of corded stack articles is in reality a tandem stack of front and back corded stack columns of articles such as the cans, for example shown at 15 and 26 by FIG. 4 of the drawings.
  • the tandem columns of articles may be kept separated from each other by a floating spacer mem'- ber 21, such as shown by FIG.
  • ditferent lengths of cans may be accommodated in the corded stack column by simply changing the size of the floating vertical spacer member 21 to alarger size, for example, such as shown by dotted outline at 22 when accommodating the smaller length cans that are also shown by the dotted outline at 25 and.
  • the forward release rods 11, 12 and 13 and the rearward release rods 16, 17 and 18 are equally angularly spaced with relation to each other in such manner that cans will be vended alternately from the front row and from the rear row for each alternate respective vending operation when the star wheel is rotated an angular amount equal to the angular spacing.
  • the star wheel vending gate 40 for the adjacent right-hand column is shown with a small size can 41 resting on its article release bar 42 in such manner that upon the next vending operation to rotate the star wheel 40 about its axis .-3 by an angular amount equal to the angular spacing between each of the release rods 42, 45, 46, 47 and 48, the can 41 to be caused to be released and vended with the can 49 thereafter supported on article release rod 47 and prevented from being vended.
  • the next angular rotation of the star wheel 40 during a subsequent vend will move the article release bar 47 to the position previously shown to be occupied by the article release bar 42 and the can 49 will be lowered to the position shown by the previouslyvended can 41 ready to be released upon a second subsequent vending operation.
  • Each column of corded stack articles is formed by a pair of elongated side guide members, such as the guide members 50 and 60 forming the left-hand corded stack column and the guide members 7% and 80 forming the right-hand corded stack column.
  • One of the guide members of the pairs of guide members forming the next adjacent columns, such as the guide elements 90 and 100 are also shown, it being understood that any desired numbers of pairs of elongated guide members may be used to provide the desired number of side-by-side corded stack storage columns within the vending machine cabinet structure.
  • the cabinet structure includes a plurality of internal frame members, most of which are not shown in order to simplify the drawing, but upper and lower rear frame cross members 110 and 111 are shown.
  • Each of the right-hand elongated guide members 98, 69 and 80 of each pair of guide members is fixedly and nonadjustably secured to the cross members 110, 111 of the frame structures, by means of spot welding or the like.
  • each of the left-hand elongated guide members for each pair of guide members forming each side-by-side column structure are adjustably secured to respective ones of the fixed guide members 9%, 60 and 80.
  • each movable guide element is provided with a pair of extension members such as the members 51 and 52 to which are secured respective pins 53 and 54.
  • a supporting strip, such as shown at 55, is fixedly secured to the fixed non-adjustable guide member and is provided with inclined slots 56, 57 in which the respective pins 53, 54 are received.
  • the adjustable guide member 70 is adjustably secured to the fixed guide member 60 by means of the extensions 71 and 72 carrying pins 73 and 74 received in slots 76 and 77 of the supporting strip 75 that is secured to the fixed guide channel 60.
  • the inclined slots such as shown at 56, 57 and 76, 77 are formed in bumped out portions or recesses 55a and 55b for support member 55 and 75a and 75b for support member 75.
  • the respective extensions 71, 72 or 51 and 52 of the respective adjustable guide members 70 and 5t] are movably received within the respective recesses.
  • a wing nut W may be threadedly secured to the pin 53 and such wing nut may be tightened or loosened to enable the'position of the movable channel member to be changed and thus secured in the newly adjusted position, as will be obvious to those skilled in the art.
  • each of the pins 54, 73 and 74 may also be provided with wing nuts for purposes of securing the guide in a desired adjusted position.
  • the adjustable guide member when moving an ad justable one of the elongated guide members 50 or, 70 to change the spacing of the respective pair of side guide members for accommodating a different size article, the adjustable guide member will be moved both horizontally and vertically simultaneously since it will be constrained to follow a predetermined path of movement defined by the pairs of inclined slots, such as the slots 56 and 57 or 76 and 77.
  • each of'the' pairs of guide members such as the guide members 50 and 60 or 70 and 80
  • the lower ends of each of'the' pairs of guide members are curved to converge towards each other and, with the position of the discharge gate fixed by the fixed axis for the discharge gate, such as the axis 19 or 43, the lower end of the movable guide member 50 or 70 is required to be moved upwards as it is moved inward to maintain the desired outlet relationship to the fixed axis of the respective star wheel gate members 10 and 40.
  • a plurality of alignment apertures such as shown at and 121 and 122 may be provided on the support strip, such as the support strip 75 that is effectively an extension of the non-adjustable-guide 60. Similar alignment apertures are provided such as shown at 130, 131 and 132, for example, on an extension plate 135 secured to the lower end of the respective adjustable guide member, such as the guide member 70.
  • a locking pin such as shown at 136 may be inserted through any aligned ones of the apertures 120-122 on the fixed supporting strip 75 and the apertures 130432 formed in the extension 135 of the adjustable guide 70, and thus a predetermined adjusted position for the adjustable guide member is easily obtained.
  • the fixed right-hand guide element is secured to a compartment framework cross members 151 and 151a through a spacer member 152.
  • the left-hand adjustable guide channel member is adjustably secured to a vertically extending support member that is fixedly secured to the frame cross members 151 and 151a.
  • the vertically extending support 170 is provided with a plurality of vertically spaced parallel inclined slots 172 and 173 in which are received the respective pins 174 and 175 carried by the movable elongated guide channel member 160.
  • the adjusted position of the movable channel member 160 may be changed, and it will be noted that the inclined slots 172 and 173 will predetermine that the movable guide channel 160 be moved simultaneously both in a horizontal and a vertical direction with a predetermined relation.
  • a vending machine column structure for a stack of articles comprising:
  • first and second elongated side guide members for retaining said articles against lateral and endwise movement
  • At least one of the securing means for said first and second guide members having adjustment elements to simultaneously change both the vertical and horizontal position of the respective guide member in a predetermined relation when adjusted and comprised of a plurality of vertically spaced inclined slots on said frame structure with vertically spaced pins secured to the respective guide member and received in a respective one of said slots;
  • an adjustable one of said guide members comprising a plurality of apertures in inclined spaced relation to each other through said frame structure and a plurality of apertures in inclined spaced relation to each other through the adjustable one of said guide members with a lock pin to be rem-ovably positioned through aligned ones of the apertures of the frame structure and the adjustable guide memher at a given adjusted position.

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BE698882D BE698882A (cs) 1966-05-24 1967-05-23
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US3437239A (en) * 1967-09-15 1969-04-08 Rock Ola Mfg Corp Can vending mechanism
US3713715A (en) * 1970-07-06 1973-01-30 Kinematics & Controls Corp Article delivery systems for vending machines
US4191296A (en) * 1976-11-03 1980-03-04 Morgan J Robert Article dispensing rack
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US20060074524A1 (en) * 2000-05-23 2006-04-06 Munroe Chirnomas Method and apparatus for storing articles for use with an article handling device
US20050252925A1 (en) * 2004-05-14 2005-11-17 Maytag Corporation Product positioning mechanism for a vending machine
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