US3779358A - Actuating mechanism for vending automats - Google Patents

Actuating mechanism for vending automats Download PDF

Info

Publication number
US3779358A
US3779358A US00246228A US3779358DA US3779358A US 3779358 A US3779358 A US 3779358A US 00246228 A US00246228 A US 00246228A US 3779358D A US3779358D A US 3779358DA US 3779358 A US3779358 A US 3779358A
Authority
US
United States
Prior art keywords
locking member
coin
bore
housing
actuating mechanism
Prior art date
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.)
Expired - Lifetime
Application number
US00246228A
Other languages
English (en)
Inventor
H Borner
Current Assignee (The listed assignees may be inaccurate. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation or warranty as to the accuracy of the list.)
Andreae and Mayer GmbH
Original Assignee
Andreae and Mayer GmbH
Priority date (The priority date is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the date listed.)
Filing date
Publication date
Application filed by Andreae and Mayer GmbH filed Critical Andreae and Mayer GmbH
Application granted granted Critical
Publication of US3779358A publication Critical patent/US3779358A/en
Anticipated expiration legal-status Critical
Expired - Lifetime legal-status Critical Current

Links

Images

Classifications

    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07F—COIN-FREED OR LIKE APPARATUS
    • G07F5/00—Coin-actuated mechanisms; Interlocks
    • G07F5/02—Coin-actuated mechanisms; Interlocks actuated mechanically by coins, e.g. by a single coin

Definitions

  • a coin slot is provided for receiving a coin which will close the end of the bore in the actuating member to permit actuation thereof by the pressing member while a coin receiver is provided for receiving the coin near the position which it occupies when the locking member is moved into actuated positlon.
  • the present invention relates to an actuating mechanism for vending automats with a locking member which, foractuating a release mechanism to release goods after the insertion of a checked coin, is longitudinally displaceable in a housing against the thrust of a return spring.
  • Such actuating mechanism is intended to be used in particular in connection with a vending automat having a parallelepiped-shaped housing the front side of which is closed by a detachable cover or lid and has at least one dispensing opening for the goods while comprising a plurality of compartments for receiving the goods, the compartments being arranged one above the other.
  • the compartments for receiving the goods are formed by a plurality of flaps pivotally conected to the housing within the range of the rear wall thereof. These flaps, by means of one of their front corners, respectively rest on a supporting cam of an elastic yoke v stationarily mounted on a vertical wall.
  • the yoke is pivotable by means of a slide which is displaceable in vertical direction and is pivotable toward the front. After the insertion of a checked coin into the automat, the slide is after actuation of the locking member stepwise movable in upward direction by means of a displaceable locking strip.
  • Vending automats of the just described fundamental construction are known in various embodiments. Vending machines with individual compartments usually receive such types of goods which cannot be directly stacked one upon the other.
  • FIG. 1 is an isometric view on an enlarged scale of the actuating mechanism according to the invention.
  • FIG. 2 is an isometric view of the actuating mechanism according to the invention while indicating in dash lines a portion of the inner structure.
  • FIG. 3 represents an isometric view of the actuating mechanism according to the invention with the locking member in pushed-in condition, some parts of the inner structure being exposed by showing some parts of the actuating mechanism broken away.
  • FIG. 4 represents a perspective view of the locking member.
  • the actuating mechanism according to the present invention is characterized primarily in that the locking member is provided with a longitudinal bore into which a pressing member may be inserted which is passed from the housing for the locking member toward the outside.
  • the actuating mechanism according to the invention is furthermore characterized in that in front of the opening of the locking member in its rest position,
  • a coin chute is so arranged that a coin insertedinto the coin chute covers up the opening of the bore, a passage for the coin displaceable by the pressing member together with the locking member and covering up the opening of the bore being arranged blow the locking member.
  • the locking member has its'outside provided with arresting means into which a nose drops for briefly arresting the locking member in this actuating position when the locking member occupies the position for actuating the release mechanism.
  • the nose is located at one end of a resilient pivotable lever the other end of which is equipped with a stud which, when the pressing member is pushed in to the housing for the locking member, engages the outside of the pressing member whereby the nose is resiliently pressed against the outside of the locking member.
  • This arresting member serves to briefly arrest the locking member during the return movement of the pressing member so that the coin which previously was clamped fast between the locking member and the pressing member and covered up the bore opening of the locking member will be released so that it can pass through the passage into a collecting container.
  • that end of the pressing member which faces the looking member has a section with a reduced diameter so that the stud of the pivotable lever can move inwardly for relieving the nose.
  • the outside of the locking member is provided with a recess for receiving a strip which is adapted to be arrested in different positions, the arresting member being provided in this strip.
  • the strip is in conformity with the present invention provided with a thread meshing with the outer thread of an adjustable screw which is rotatably mounted in the locking member but is not adjustable in axial direction.
  • the actuating mechanism according to the present invention is of particular advantage in connection with vending machines as they are described, for instance, in German Offenlegungsschrift No. l,907,824.
  • the locking member of the actuating mechanism is adapted to displace an arresting strip in vertical direction, the arresting strip forming a portion of the release mechanism for the release of goods after the insertion into the vending machine of a checked coin.
  • the actuating mechanism and the release mechanism are so designed and cooperate with each other in such a manner that, after the insertion of, a coin, the arresting strip of the release mechanism is, after the locking member has been pressed into the housing therefor, lifted by a certain distance in order to bring about a release of the respective goods.
  • the problem in connection with the actuating mechanism according to the present invention consists in making the displacement of the locking member for actuating the release mechanism dependent on the insertion of a checked coin corresponding in value to the price of the selected goods into the vending machine.
  • the actuating mechanism A comprises a housing 1 for the locking member 2 which latter is displaceable in the housing 1 in horizontal direction.
  • the locking member 2 has substantially the shape of a cylinder block the top side of which has formed thereon an extension 3 which extends in the longitudinal direction of the locking member 2.
  • This extension 3 is for forming a cam path 4 provided with a corresponding recess as illustrated more specifically in FIG. 2.
  • the locking member 2 which is displaceable in axial direction is surrounded substantially on all sides by the housing 1, with the exception of that portion of the extension 3 which is provided with the cam path 4.
  • the extension 3 is exposed toward the outside so that, for instance, a non-illustrated roller or the like can rest on the cam path 4 and roll on this path in response to a displacement of the locking member 2.
  • This roller which is not illustrated, but rests on the cam path 4 forms a part of the release mechanism of the vending machine in such a way that by a displacement of the locking member 2 in horizontal direction, the roller which is guided in vertical direction will change its position as to height and when it has reached the upper section 4a of the cam path 4 will actuate the release mechanism in such a way that the selected goods will be released.
  • the locking member 2 is provided with a longitudinal bore 5 which is open toward the front side of housing 1.
  • a return spring 6 has one end resting against the rear end of the locking member 2, while its other end rests against the rear wall la of housing 1.
  • the return spring 6, when in relaxed condition, is partially located in a longitudinal bore 7 provided in'the locking member 2, the longitudinal bore 7 being separated from the longitudinal bore 5 by a transverse partition 8.
  • the locking member 2, when in its rest position, is pressed by return spring 6 in the direction toward the front wall 1b of housing 1.
  • This front wall 1b is provided with a bore 9 which is in alignment with the longitudinal bore 5 of the locking member 2.
  • the locking member 2 When the locking member 2 is in its rest position, it is by means of a suitable non-illustrated abutment held in spaced relationship to the front wall lb by such a distance that between the front wall 1b and the front end of the locking member 2 there will be left free a gap which will be sufficient for receiving a coin fed through the coin chute 10.
  • This coin receiving gap which forms the lower end of the coin chute 10 is so arranged and designed that a coin which is located in the coin receiving gap will cover the opening of the longitudinal bore 5 of the locking member 2.
  • the bottom side of the housing 1 is at a distance from the front wall lb provided with a passage 11 leading to a non-illustrated coin collecting container.
  • the actuating mechanism A furthermore comprises a pressing member 12 which is diagrammatically illustrated in FIG. 3 and has a conical end 13.
  • This pressing member 12 is in the rest position of the actuating mechanism mounted in such a way and guided in the longitudinal direction in such a manner that the conical end 13 will be located outside the bore 9 in the front wall lb of housing 1 or will only partially extend into the bore 9 of the front wall lb of the housing.
  • the locking member 2 can by actuation or inward movement of the pressing member 12 be displaced against the thrust of a return spring 7 into its rear abutting position because the pressing member 12 will no longer be able to enter the longitudinal bore 5 since the coin 14 closes off the opening of the longitudinal bore 5.
  • the non-illustrated roller which forms a part of the release mechanism will through the intervention of the cam path 4 be displaced in upward direction by the actuation of the release mechanism so that the selected goods will be released.
  • the front end of the locking member 2 will be located above the passage 11 so that the coin 14 can drop out of the housing 1 downwardly into the non-illustrated coin collecting container after the clamping effect exerted upon the coin between the front end 13 of the pressing member 12 and the front side of the locking member 2 has been eliminated. This will occur when the pressing member 12, after a proper actuation of the actuating mechanism, has returned to its starting position due to the action of a non-illustrated return Spring.
  • the housing 1 is within the region of its front end provided with laterally protruding bearing ears 15 which serve for pivotally bearing a resilient two-arm pivotable lever 16.
  • One end of lever 16 is provided with a nose 17 which through a recess 18 of housing 1 extends inwardly, whereas the other end of lever 16 is provided with an angled off stud 19 which embraces the front wall 1b of housing 1.
  • the actuating mechanism A which means when the pressing member 12 is not or only with its conical end 13 moved into the bore 9, the stud 19 extends partially from the side beyond the bore 9.
  • the lever 16 with nose l7 and stud 19 is so designed that in the rest position of the actuating mechanism, the nose 17 will either not at all or only under a slight pressure rest against the outside of the displaceable locking member 2, whereas by moving the pressing member 12 which fills the bore 9 over the major portion of its length, the stud 19 pivots outwardly whereby the nose 17 is pressed outwardly.
  • the locking member 2 is within the region of its mantle line located opposite nose 17 provided with an arresting notch 20 which is provided in a strip 21 that is displaceable in the longitudinal direction of the locking member 2.
  • the locking member 2 is provided with a recess 22 which extends in the longitudinal direction of the locking member 2 and which has an undercut portion 24 into which a nose 23 extends which latter extends substantially over the entire length of strip 21.
  • the strip 21 closes the interruption of ,the arched line of the cylindrical main body portion of locking member 2 which interruption is formed by the recess 22.
  • Strip 21 tapers towards its rear end in such a way that there will be formed a radially inwardly widening groove 37.
  • This groove 37 is intended in the rest position of the locking member 2 to receive nose 17 of the-lever 16.
  • a setting screw 25 which within the region of its head is provided with a circular groove 26.
  • a transverse pin 27 extends into groove 26 in such a way that, while the screw 25 may turn, an axial adjustment of screw 25 will be prevented.
  • This screw 25 has its threaded shank 28 extending into a longitudinal bore 29 in the locking member 2. Bore 29 has a greater diameter than the outer diameter of the threaded shank 28. That side of strip 21 which faces toward the threaded shank 28 is provided with thread windings meshing with the thread windings of the shank 28. By turning the screw 25, strip 21 can be adjusted in axial direction.
  • the locking member 2 can, after the pressing member 12 has been pressed inwardly, be displaced toward the rear so that the release mechanism will be actuated by the non-illustrated roller which moves on the cam path 4.
  • the nose 17 of lever 16 engages the notch 20 of the displaceable strip 21 at relatively great force. This force is due to the fact that the stud 19 of lever 16 has by the pressing member e 12 been pivoted outwardly out of the range of bore 9 with the result that the nose l7 pivots inwardly.
  • the adjustability of the notch 20 or of the strip 21 will permit to make up any machining inaccuracies within the region of the release mechanism so that the notch can be placed for each individual vending machine into the proper position in which it will be assured that in response to the actuation of the release mechanism and the release of the respective goods the coin 14 inserted into the actuating mechanism will always be able through passage 1 1 to drop downwardly and cannot be used a second time for the actuation of the release mechanism.
  • actuating mechanism for a coin controlled vending machine; a housing member, a locking member reciprocably mounted in said housing member, a spring in the housing member biasing said locking member in one direction, a single pivot lever engagable with said locking member, said locking member being moveable against the thrust of said spring to cause vendable material to be released from said machine, a longitudinal bore extending into said locking member from the one end thereof which faces in said one direction, an upwardly extending coin chute formed in said housing and at the bottom overlying said one end of said locking member whereby a coininserted in said chute will drop to the bottom thereof and overly the end of said bore, a reciprocable pressing member at said one end of said locking member aligned with the bore and no larger in diameter than said bore, said pressing member being operable to move said locking member against the thrust of said spring only when a coin overlies the end of said bore and therefore to actuate said pivot lever to engage said locking member, and a coin release aperture disposed to register from below with a coin at the said one end of said
  • actuating mechanism for a coin controlled vending machine; a housing member, a locking member reciprocably mounted in said housing member, a spring in the housing member biasing said locking member in one direction, said locking member being moveable against the thrust of the spring to cause vendable material to be released from said machine, a longitudinal bore extending into said locking member from the one end'thereof which faces in said one direction, an upwardly extending coin chute formed in said housing and at the bottom overlying said one end of'said locking member whereby a coin inserted in said chute will drop to the bottom thereof and overly the end of said bore, a reciprocable pressing member at said one end of said locking member aligned with the bore and no larger in diameter than said bore, said pressing member being operable to move said locking member against the thrust of said spring only when a coin overlies the end of said bore, and a coin release aperture disposed to register from below with a coin at the said one end of said locking member when the locking member is moved to material releasing position, said housing member having a hole to receive said
  • An actuating mechanism which includes means supporting said pressing member outside said housing and including a biasing means to return said pressing member from actuated position thereof.
  • An actuating mechanism in which said locking member is formed with a longitudinal recess, a strip mounted in said recess, one end of said strip being engageable with said portion of said lever in the rest position of said locking member.
  • An actuating mechanism which includes means for adjusting the axial position of said strip in said recess.
  • An actuating mechanism according to claim 5 which includes a screw rotatable on said locking member but nonaxially moveable thereon, and threads on said strip engaged by the threads on said screw, said screw being rotatable for adjusting the axial position of said strip in said notch.

Landscapes

  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • General Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Control Of Vending Devices And Auxiliary Devices For Vending Devices (AREA)
US00246228A 1971-04-23 1972-04-21 Actuating mechanism for vending automats Expired - Lifetime US3779358A (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (1)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
DE2119833A DE2119833B2 (de) 1971-04-23 1971-04-23 Betätigungsmechanismus für Ver kaufsautomaten

Publications (1)

Publication Number Publication Date
US3779358A true US3779358A (en) 1973-12-18

Family

ID=5805644

Family Applications (1)

Application Number Title Priority Date Filing Date
US00246228A Expired - Lifetime US3779358A (en) 1971-04-23 1972-04-21 Actuating mechanism for vending automats

Country Status (9)

Country Link
US (1) US3779358A (enExample)
AT (1) AT309861B (enExample)
BE (1) BE782519A (enExample)
CH (1) CH533343A (enExample)
DE (1) DE2119833B2 (enExample)
FR (1) FR2133858A1 (enExample)
GB (1) GB1359255A (enExample)
IT (1) IT952122B (enExample)
NL (1) NL7205478A (enExample)

Citations (4)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US1418091A (en) * 1922-05-30 Coin-controlled lock
US1550842A (en) * 1922-12-16 1925-08-25 William D Pennington Clock bank
US1758330A (en) * 1929-05-04 1930-05-13 George W Osborne Sales-indicating mechanism
US2288249A (en) * 1939-02-06 1942-06-30 Kooperativa Forbundet Forening Change giving vending machine

Patent Citations (4)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US1418091A (en) * 1922-05-30 Coin-controlled lock
US1550842A (en) * 1922-12-16 1925-08-25 William D Pennington Clock bank
US1758330A (en) * 1929-05-04 1930-05-13 George W Osborne Sales-indicating mechanism
US2288249A (en) * 1939-02-06 1942-06-30 Kooperativa Forbundet Forening Change giving vending machine

Also Published As

Publication number Publication date
DE2119833B2 (de) 1973-10-04
FR2133858A1 (enExample) 1972-12-01
CH533343A (de) 1973-01-31
IT952122B (it) 1973-07-20
DE2119833A1 (de) 1972-11-02
NL7205478A (enExample) 1972-10-25
GB1359255A (en) 1974-07-10
BE782519A (fr) 1972-08-16
AT309861B (de) 1973-09-10
DE2119833C3 (enExample) 1974-05-02

Similar Documents

Publication Publication Date Title
US3779358A (en) Actuating mechanism for vending automats
GB503257A (en) Improvements in or relating to coin controlled vending machines adapted to give change
US3401704A (en) Coin magazine for slot machines designed to return change
US3978960A (en) Coin authenticating slide mechanism
GB1523208A (en) Automatic coin-cheking mechanism
US4221285A (en) Coin chute to accommodate various coin slides having differently sized coins and coin combinations
US4313450A (en) Coin-dispensing device
US4981027A (en) Three position lock mechanism for a vending machine
US3130736A (en) Empty switch actuating coin feeler for money-actuated devices
US4262818A (en) Coin dispensing apparatus including guide tube and cams for retaining coins in the guide tube
US3782518A (en) Coin controlled vending apparatus
GB1123788A (en) Improvements in or relating to article delivery mechanisms for vending machines
US4591042A (en) Coin machine for a newspaper, magazine, food or other item dispensing apparatus
US3351172A (en) Coin controlled merchandise ejecting apparatus with reciprocating merchandise ejecting racks
US3805936A (en) Coin handling escrow device
US1948650A (en) Coin controlled dispensing machine
US3469669A (en) Coin operated machine for making change
US1940039A (en) Slug detecting mechanism
US3195706A (en) Coin controller for games and the like
US3548990A (en) Coin selector for vending machine
USRE31085E (en) Coin chute to accommodate various coin slides having differently sized coins and coin combinations
US1451787A (en) Coin-operated vending machine
US2492988A (en) Control mechanism
US3599648A (en) Coin changer having downwardly biased coin tube
US3912063A (en) Floating caliper block for coin chute