US402800A

US402800A - Percy b

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Publication number: US402800A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1889-05-07
Anticipated expiration: 1906-05-07

Description

(No Model.)

P. B. BOSWORTH.

AUTOMATIG VENDING APPARATUS.

Patented May 7., 188-9.

W/T'IVESSES:

ATTORNEYS.

N4 PETERS. Phnla-Liihogmpher. Washinglan; D. c.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

PERCY B. BOSWVORTI-I, OF BROOKLYN, NEIV YORK, ASSIGNOR OF ONE- HALF TO CHRISTIAN BAECHTOLD, OF SAME PLACE.

AUTOMATIC VENDING APPARATUS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 402,800, dated May 7, 1889.

I Application filed February 13, 1889- Serial No. 299,726 (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, PERCY B. BOSWORTH, of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, a citizen of the United States,

have invented certain new and useful Improiements in Automatic Vending Apparatus, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an improved vending apparatus of that class in which a mer- Io chandise-delivery slide is released by the dropping of a coin into a coin-chute; and the invention consists of a vending apparatus the casin g of which is provided with a merchandisc-delivery chute, a recessed delivery-slide 1 guided in said casing and provided with a slot that registers with a slot of the casing and the delivery-opening of the coin-chute, acoinchute attachedv to the delivery-slide and twisted from a transverse position at its upper end into a vertical position at its lower end, a pivoted locking-lever the shank of which is guided in a recess of the coin-chute,

- while its recessed upper part engages a fixed lug of the delivery-slide, and a pendent gate hinged to the delivery-slide and forming contact with the channel at the upper part of the coin-chute, so as to prevent the withdrawal of coins or other devices that are introduced into the coin-chute for tampering with the locking mechanism.

The invention consists, further, of additional elements and details of construction, which will be fully described hereinafter, and finally pointed out in the claims.

3 5 In the accompanying drawings, Figures 1 and 2 represent vertical longitudinal sections of my improved automatic vending apparatus, showing the same respectively in a normally-locked position and in open position, with the delivery-slide drawn out and released from the locking mechanism; and Figs. 3 and 4 are vertical transverse sections, respectively, on line a: w and 'y 11 Fig. 1..

Similar letters of reference indicate correspending parts.

In the drawings, A represents the casing of my improved automatic vending apparatus, which is provided with a larger lower part, A, and with an upper smaller part, A in which latter the merchandisc-delivery chute or chamber B is located. A horizontal partition, to, divides the upper and lower parts of the casing A, said partition being provided at the interior of the casing A wit-l1 a recess, a, for

the U-shaped rear end of the delivery-slide 5 5.

O. The rear part of the delivery-slide O is guided in the recess a of the partition a, the upper end of the U-shaped rear part of the delivery-slide being guided in a recess, 19, of the front wall upper part of the casing A at the lower end of the delivery-chute B. The front end of the U-shaped rear part of the delivery-slide C is flanged, so as to close the recess in the front wall of the upper part of the casing A, as shown clearly in Fig. 1.

The rear part of the delivery-slide O is provided next adjoining the flange, at the front end, with a recess, cl, which corresponds in size to the delivery-opening of the chute B and the merchandise that is fed from said chute B on the partition m below the chute B and recess (1, so that the merchandise in the chute Bsuch as confectionery-may be supplied one at a time into the recessed rear part of the delivery-slide and moved in forward direction with the same, so as to be dropped onto the lower part, A, of the casing in front of the upper part, A as shown in Fig. 2. The main part of the delivery-slide C extends through an opening in the front wall of the lower part of the casing A to the outside, and is provided with a knob or hook by which it is pulled in outward direction whenever the locking mechanism of the delivery-slide is released. 8 5

To the rear wall of the lower part of the casing A, and to the rear end of the deliveryslide 0, is attached a helical spring, 0, which serves to return the delivery-slide 0 into its normal position after it has been pulled out. 0 In the top of the lower part, A, of the casing A, and vertically above a slot, e, in the front end of the delivery-slide, is arranged a trans verse slot, 6, for dropping the coin by which the locking mechanism is released. The slot e registers with the slot 6 in the deliveryslide 0, and with the upper opening of acoinchute, E, which is attached to the under side of the delivery-slide The upper part of the coin chute E is arranged in vertical position transversely to the delivery-slide (J, while the middle part of the coin-chute A is twisted, so that the lower end assumes a vertical position parallel with the side walls of the easing A, as shown clearly in Figs. 1 and 2.

Adjoining the upper part of the coin-chute E and back of the same is hinged to the under side of the delivery-slide C a pendent gate, E, which forms contact at its lowerend with the middle part or channel of the coin.- chute E, and which is moved back whenever a coin dropped into the coin-chute, but which is instantly returned into contact with the coin-chute when the coin has moved past the gate. The gate E prevents the withdrawal of any coin, wire, or other implement inserted into the coin-chute with a view of releasing the locking mechanism, but with out paying the proper equivalent for the merchandise delivered. The pendent gate serves thus as a safety device by which tampering with the vending apparatus is prevented.

To a bracket-arnnf, attached to the rear wall of the casing A, is fulcrumed a locking lever, F, which engages byits recessed upper part or latch a fixed lug, f, at the underside of the delivery-slide C, while the lower end or shank of the lever F is guided in a recess, f in the upper edge of the lower end of the coin-chute E, as shown clearlyin Fig. 1. The shank of the lever F is made in the shape of a wire of the thickness of the coin required for releasing the locking-lever, said shank being guided in the lower end of the coin-chute in following the pressure of the coin on the same.

A guard-hook, G, is pivoted to a bracketarm, q, sidewise of the coin-chute E, and intended for the purpose of preventing the shank of the locking-lever swinging too far backward in case the vending apparatus is not supported in horizontal position. The pivoted guardhook G prevents the clearing of the wire shank of the locking-lever from the lower end of the coin-chute and forms a second safeguard by which the proper working of the releasing mechanism is secured.

The operation of my improved vending apparatus is as follows: \Vhen a coin is dropped through the coin-slot at the front part of the casing A, it is passed through the slot of the delivery-slide into the upper transverse part of the coin-chute, then by gravity in downward direction, so as to push the hingedgatc aside and roll with considerable momentum into the lower vertical part of the coin-chute, where it strikes against the wire shank of the lockinglever, so as to move the same backward and release the latch from the lug of the delivery-slide U, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1, whereby the latter can be drawn in forward direction, so as to deliver a piece of confectionery or other article of merchandise to the front part of the casing, whence it is removed by the party who has dropped the coin into the apparatus. As soon as the dclivery-slide is moved forward the coin which has been retained in the lower end of the coinchute by a block or abutmenton the rearwall of the casing is dropped to the bottom of the casing as the'coin-chuteis also moved forward and provides sufficient space between i lower end and the abutment for the dropping of the coin. The twisted shape of the coin-chute has the advantage that the coin passes from a vertical transverse position to a vertical. position parallel with the side walls of the casi n g, by which tampering with the apparatus is prevented, as itdoes not permit the draw ing back of the coin when once dropped. The twisted coin chute also serves to retard. a sheet-metal disk of less weight than the coin required for releasing the locking-latch, which thereby arrives at the lower end with less momentum, so as not to overcome the inertia of the locking-lever and release the same from the lug of the delivery-slide. It thus appears that a high degree of security against tamperin g with the vending apparatus is obtained by the coin-chute in connection with the pendent gate at the upper part of the same and the guard-hook that works in connection with the wire shank of the locking-lever at the lower end of the coin-chute. As the vending apparatus is made of comparatively simple construction, it can be made at a comparatively small expense and can thereby compete with similar vending apparatus in the market.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. The combination of a merchandise-delivery chute, a guided and spring-acia1ated delivery-slide having a recessed rear part vertically in line with the delivery-chute, a coin-chute attached to the delivery-slide vertically below a coin-slot in the casing, a locking-lever below the delivery-slide, the shank of which is guided in the lower end of the coin-chute, and a fixed lug at the under side of the delivery-slide that is engaged or released by the latch of the locking-lever, sub stantially as set forth.

2. The combination of a guided and spriilgactuated delivery-slidehaving a slot registering with a coin-slot in the casing of the apparatus, a coin-chute attached to the deli verysl'ide below the slot of the same, said chutebeing twisted so that its lower end assumes a vertical position, a fulcrumed locking-lever having a latch, a shank extending into the re cessed lower end of the coin-chute, and a lug at the under side of the delivery-slide, substantially as set forth.

The combination, in an automatic vending apparatus, of a guided and spring-actuated dcliveryslide having a slot registering with the coin-slot of the casing of the apparatus, a coin-chute attached to the deliveryslide below the slot of the same, said coinchutc being twisted so that its lower end as sumes a vertical position, and a pendent gate hinged to the delivery-slidc back of the upper transverse part of the coin-chute, so that its lower end forms contact with the same and serves to arrest any coin, wire, or other device introduced for tampering with the releasing mechanism, substantially as set forth.

4. The combination of a casing, a deliveryslide guided in said casing, a twisted coinchut-e attached at its upper end to the delivery-slide and having a lower vertical end, a fulcrumed locking-latch engaging a fixed lug of the delivery-slide and having a wire shank extending into the lower vertical end of the coin-chute, and a pivoted guard-arm that prevents the shank of the locking-lever from passing to the outside of the coin-chute, substantially as set forth.

5. The combination of a casing having a lnerchandise-delivery chute in its upper part- PERCY B. BOSWORTI-I.

WVitnesses:

PAUL GOEPEL, CARL KARP.