US477029A - Automatic vending-machine - Google Patents

Description

(No Model.)

RI W. UHLIG. AUTOMATIC V'ENDING IMIJCHIBFI.V

Patented June 1%71892.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE,

RICHARD lV. UHLIG, OF COLLEGE POINT, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO SETH R. BECKWTITH, OF EAST ORANGE, NET JERSEY.

AUTOMATIC VENDING-MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part f Letters Patent NO. 477,029, dated June 14, 1892.

Application tiled June 26, 1891. Serial No. 397,633. (No model.)

To LZZ whom t Iii/ay concern; for actuating the wheel. Fig. (l is a detail in 5o 1t known that I, RICHARD XV. UHLIG, a side elevation showing the coin-controlled citlzen of the United States, and a resident of wheel holding and releasing mechanism.

College Point, in the county of Queens and Like letters of reference refer to like parts 5 State of New York, have invented certain new in all the figures of the drawings.

and useful Improvementsin Automatic Vend- Referring now to the details of the draw- 5s ing-Machines,of which the followingis a speciings by letter, A designates a suitable base,

CVDIQD- upon which may be su pportcd and secured in This invention relates to certain new and any suitable manner an inclosing case A',

ro useful improvements in that class ot' devices which may be of any suitable material and as known as slot-machines]7 that operate to defanciful in design as may be desired. 60 liver certain articles through the deposit of B is a standard or upright secured to this coins; and the present invention pertains base in any suitable manner and is designed more particularly to that class of these mato support the operating parts, which consist ehines in which is employed arotary pocketed of a wheel B', which is provided with a pluwheel into which the articles are placed and rality of outwardly-opening pockets or comfrom which they are automaticallydelivered, partments b, radially arranged alternately mechanism being provided for preventing dewith an equal number of spaces around the enlivery of the articles and rotation of the wheel tire circumference or periphery of the wheel,

zo until the same is released by the action of the excepting at 1)',where one pocket or compartinserted coin. ment is omitted for a purpose hereinafter eze` 7o The invention has for its object, among plained. The peripheryof this wheel on one others, to obviate the necessity of pulling open side or edge is serrated, notched, or toothed, as

a drawer or slide to obtain the article after shown at h2, corresponding with the number of 2 5 the coin has been inserted in the slot. pockets or compartments of the wheel, includ- The device is designed more particularly for ing the omission. This wheel is carried bya the delivery of postage-stamps; but of course shaft O, which is supported in suitable bearit may be employed for the delivery of various ings in the standard B, as shown in the various other articles. views, and this shaft is designed to be spring- 3o Other objects and advantages of the invenactuated, which may be accomplished in any tion will appear in the following description, suitable manner. l have shown two forms. 8o and the novel features thereof will be par- In Fig. 5, O is a spiral spring arranged ticularly pointed out in the claims. around the extended end of the shaft with The invention is clearly illustrated in the one end secured to the shaft and the other 3 5 accompanying drawings, which, with the letend to a boss b3 on the standard, so that as ters of reference marked thereon, form a part the shaft is revolved in one direetionits spring of this specification, and in whichwill be wound up to give it momentum in the Figure l is a side elevation of my improved other direction. In Figs. l, 2, and 3 is shown device, with the inclosing case shown in secanother' means for accomplishing this pur- 4o tion. Fig. 2 is a transverse vertical section pose. ln these views C2 is a spring attached with the operating parts shown in edge view. at one end to the base, as at c, and its other 9o Fig. 3 is a horizontal section through the inend connected with a strap or cord, which is closing case, with the mechanism shownin top designed to be wound upon the shaft, as seen plan. Fig. i is a side elevation of the pockin said Figs. l, 2, and 3, the other end of the 45 eted wheel with'a portion broken away, and strap being attached to the boss b3, as seen at vshowing also the means for preventing delivc. The outer edges of the pockets are notched, ery of articles when desired. Fig. 5 is a deas shown at c2, and D are substantially semitail, partly in section and partly in side clecircular guides secured to the base beneath vation, showing one form of connecting-spring the wheel and surrounding the lower half or more thereof and extending slightly within the pockets through their notched edges, as seen in Figs. 2 and 3, the said guides being provided at their junction with the base wit-h projections d, that serve as guides at the delivery-chute. The guides at their upper ends may be strengthened and braced by arms c3, attached thereto and connected with the standard B, as seen in Figs. l, 2, and

The tension of the spring upon thc shaft may be adjusted by means of a set-screw Z1", as seen in Figs. l, 2, and 3.

E is the coin-chute, entrance to which is provided throiigh the inclosing case, the said chute being arranged to deliver the coins passed therethrough into a box or other receptacle-E', which is arranged within the case at the bottom thereof, as shown.

F is the spurious-coin arrester and rejecter. It is pivoted, as at e, to the standard or upright Band is arranged with its upper edge in the path of a coin th rough the coin-chute. Its normal position is in an inclined position, as seen in Fig. l, and its lower end communicates with the chute F, which extends in an iiiclined direction, as seen in Fig. l, and is arranged to deliver the spurious or improper coin to the 'front of the machine, as seen in Figs. 2 and 3.

G is a stop on the face of the wheel, as seen best in Fig. 1, and G 'is an arm or lever pivoted at g to the standard or upright B and at its upper end has connected thereto a liorizontal bar, arm, or rod G2, which is adapted to slide through an opening in the coin-chute, as seen iii Fig. l. This bar or arm carries a lug or pin g', which is designed to work in a curved slot g2 of the standard or upright, as seen in Fig. l, a spring H being arranged with one end secured to the standard, the other end secured to the said lug or pin, and the spring being coiled around or connected with the pivot of the arm or lever, all as shown in Fig. l.

I is the coin-actuated lever. It is pivoted at h to a lug or stud on the standard or coinchute and at its lower end carries an enlargement h', which extends within the coin-chute, as seen best in Fig. 6, the said lever being provided witli a pin t' upon each side of its pivot to engage the teeth or notches on the edge of the wheel, as seen best in Fig. 1.

J is a horizontal arm pivoted att" to the coin-chute and extending through a hole in the saine, with its inner end, which is curved, as shown in Fig. 6, arranged within the chute land its portion outside its pivot formed with the two notchesj to engage a projecting pin 7c on the lever I.

K is a slide movably held to one of the curved guides D, as seen in Fig. 4, and arranged to be moved beneath the wheel to open or close the delivery-chute, as may be desired.

As a safeguard against the machine being stolen, an alarm device may be attached, as shown at L, which will bc sounded immediately upon lifting the machine by the release of a spring-trip projecting through the base and held at rest by the weight of the machine.

The operation is as follows: The casing being removed, the pockets of the wheel inay be supplied with the requisite number of stamps or other articles by rst placing-in each of the pockets in the upper half of the wheel as many as it is desired to deliver simultaneously, and then by turning the wheel, so that the remainder of the pockets are accessible, the process of lling the pockets may be completed, the blank space on the wheel where the pocket is omitted leit directly above the deliverychiite M, which should have been previously closed to prevent the premature discharge of the articles in passing that point, the guides D retaining the same elsewhere upon the lower scmicircle. In turning the wheel just before it reaches the position described the arm closing the upper end of the coiii-chiite is also opened outward automatically by the contact of the stop on the wheel with the lever G. The casing being replaced and secured in position, the device is in readiness for the vending of the articles. When a coin of the predetermined value is inserted in 'the slot located at the top of the case at the entrance of the coin-chute, it is detiected in its downward course by the angular sides of the same, so as to lodge in the mouth of the channeled trip, when, it' it be of the proper denomination and have the exact size and weight required, it will be released by the tilting ot the said trip and continue its descent through said chiite to the coin-receiver beneath the wheel actuating the pendulum-escapement I J during its passage by contact with the triplever J and causing the Wheel to rotate slightly by allowing the disengagement of one of the pins with its engaging-notch and to advance one of the pockets over the delivery-chiite, when the contents of said pocket will be discharged through the opening for that purpose in the base of the machine. If the coin inserted is spurious or otherwise deficient by failing to tilt the channeled trip it will be discharged through the other chute F', and thereby returned to the depositor without operating the machine or effecting the delivery of the articlein the pocket. W'hen thewheel has completed an entire revolution simultaneously with the discharge of the article from the last pocket of the wheel just preceding the blank space, the upper rod or slide G2 will be automatically operated to close the entrance to the coin-chiite by the stop G on the wheel coming in contact with the lever G', and thus preventing the insertion of coins, and the rotation of the wheel being likewise checked thereby all further operation of the device is suspended until the case is again removed and the mechanism adjusted and the pockets refilled.

Various modifications in detail may be resorted to without departing from the spirit of IOO ITO

the invention or sacrificing` any of its advantages.

A spring M may be arranged to normally hold the escapernent in engagement so as to prevent rotation of the wheel.

What I claim as new isi. The combination,with a rotary pocketed wheel and a delivery-chute beneath the same, of curved guides upon their adjacent lower edges with integral vertical projections d, serving as guides at the delivery-chute, and a horiZontally-movablc slide upon one of said guides, and formed with a longitudinal slot and a shoulder at its inner end and adapted to move across the delivery-chute and to be guided and limited in its movement by one of said projections, and the means working in said slot, as set forth.

2. The combination,with the rotary pocketcd wheel having notched periphery, of the coin-chute, the coin-chute lever pivoted thereon and at its lower end provided with an en* largement working through an opening in the chute and at its upper end carrying a pin to engage the notches of the wheel, and a pivoted horizontal arm for engagement with a projection of the said lever, as set forth.

3. The combination, with the rotary pocketed wheel having notched periphery, of the coin-chute, the coin-chute lever thereon, and at its lower end provided with an enlargement Working through an opening in the chute and at its upper end carrying a pinto engage the notches of the wheel, and a pivoted hori- Zontal arm for engagement with a projection of the said lever, said horizontal arm being pivoted to the chute working through a hollow therein with its inner end curved and its upper portion formed upon its under side with separated notches, as set forth.

4. The combination, with a rotary pocketed wheel having a stop on one face thereof and the standard having a curved slot, of apivoted arm arranged to be moved by said stop and a rod connected with said arm and working through an opening in the coin-chute, as set forth,

5. In a vending-machine, the combination, with a rotary pocketed wheel with stop and coin chute, of the movable arm Working through an opening in the chute, a pivoted radially-arranged lever connected with said arm, a spring acting upon the lever, and a curved guide for thc arm, substantially as shown and described.

6. In a vending-machine, the combination, with the rotary pocketed wheel provided with a stop and the coin-chute, of the standard, the arm pivoted thereto and carrying a pin working in a curved slot in the standard, a horizontal arm carried by the pivoted arm and arranged to close the entrance to the coin chute when engaged by the stop upon the pocketed Wheel, and a spring arranged to act upon the said pin and the pivot of the arm, as set forth.

Signed at the city ot New York,in the conn ty of New York and State of New York, this 3d day of June, A. D. 1891.

RICHARD W. UI-ILIG. Witnesses:

LEW. F. BLANCHARD, CHARLIE BooTI-I.

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