US547748A - whitton - Google Patents

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D. E. WHITTON. COMBINED OOIN OPERATED VENDING MACHINE AND GOODS DISPLAYING DEVICE.

I @tented Oct.

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D. E. WHITTON.

COMBINED GOIN OPERATED VENDING MACHINE AND GOODS DISPLAYING DEVICE.

No. 547,748. Patented Oct. 8, 1895.

Ww M La I (D 1 o I 2 N Q L ,/f/ 1 s wq N :Y ZE-L UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

COMBINED COIN-OPERATED VENDlNG-MACHINE AND GOODS-DISPLAYING DEVICE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Lettere Patent N o. 547,748, dated October 8, 1896.

Application filed January 16,1806. Serial No. 536,017. (No modul.)

To au whom it may concern.-

lle it known that 1,])Av1n E. WnrrToN, of Soi..erville,in the county of Middlesex and State ol Massachusetts, have invented certain 5 new and usefnllirprovements in a Combined Coin-Operated Vending-Machine and Goods- Displaying Device, of which the following is a specification.

This invention has relation lo coin-ope1- o ated vending-machines generally, and particularly to such as are designed to be used forthe sale otliquids-such as perfumery, the.

It is the object of the invention to provide a device of the kind mentioned which shall 5 be simple in construction and certain in operation and by which the liquid may be discharged directly from the glass bottle or tank in which it is contained, so that it may not be brought into contactwith metal or other deleo terious substance.

It is also the object of the invention to coinbine with a machine of the kind mentioned an exhibiting or advertising device, so that the substance being sold may he exhibited :5 and advertised to the users of the machine and the public.

To these ends the invention consists of the novel construction, arrangement, and relationship of parts or elements, whereby the 5o described functions or results are accomplished, all as I will now proceed to explain in detail and then pointed out in the appended claims.

Reference is to be had to the annexed draw- ;5 ings, and to the letters marked thereon, forming a part of this specification, the same letters designating the same parts o'r features, as the case may be, wherever they occur.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a front elevato tion of my improved vending-machine and displaying device. Fig. 2 is a sectional side elevation thereof taken on the line 2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a sectional rear elevation taken on the line 3 3 of Fig. 2. Fig. L is a rear ele- 5 vation of the operativo mechanism, the rear plate being removed. Fig. 5 is a detail view of the stopping mechanism. Fig. G is a detail view of the means for raising the plunger. Fig. 7 is a detail view of the coinchute 5o or raceway leading from the coin-inscrting slot in front of the machine to a point in the interior, where it can net upon the releasinglever.

In the drawings, a designates the frame or casing, which is preferably inclosed on all 55 sides, the front b being ot glass.

c is a partition dividing the case into two compartments (Z and e. In the front compartment d the bottles or other receptaclesfcontaining the liquid to be vended are placed so 6o that they may be exposed to view through the glass front b. 'lhe rear compartment e is made to contain the mechanism which operates to discharge the liquid from one of the bottles orreceptaclesf. 'lhesaid mechanism 65 may be described as follows: Supposing that the liquid in thecenterbottleof threearranged in a row in the compartment (Z is to be acted upon, a discharge-tube r1 will be inserted through the cork h of said bottle, so that it 7o will extend down into the liquid, its upper bent end extending through an opening 'i formed in the front of the casing. Another tube j, extending through the cork 7i, will be connected with the coinpressible air-bulb 7.', 75 which is supported in a metallic cr other rigid bracket or frame Z and adapted to be operated on the principle of the bulb of an atomizer or syringe.

m designates a harrei containing a spring, (not shown,) which may be wound u p like the spring of a clock, and which is constructed and arranged so as that it may when permitted turn the wheel n., which engages the pinion o, with which the toothed wheel p is 85 compounded. lhe latter wheel engages the pinion, (l with which the toothed wheel r is compounded. 'lhe wheel rengages and drives the pinion s, with which the toothed wheel t is compounded, the latter wheel engaging and 9o driving the pinion n ou the shaft of the governing device 1r.

zt is a lever pivoted at its rear end to the frame of the operative mechanism and connected at its front end tothe frontend of a 95 slightly-overbalaneed lever Jr, pivoted at 1/, and having its rear end provided with a curved plate ,1' or other similar means extended under. the discharge end of the coin-chnte or race` way a', so that a coin passing through the roo raceway may fall upon the plate .1', depress the reargend of the lever .r, and raise its forward end and the forward end oi the connected lever w. tin the slntit to which the pinion l und toothed wheel r are secured is a dish it', provided with a notch in its periphery. Said disk is arranged directly beneath the lever n', which ls provided with the lng e' on its lowersldendnpted torldeon thoperlpherv ot the disk h' and to lall into the said noter when the latter is ln its uppermost position, le as is shown in Fig. 5. 'lhe lever n' ls also provided with ndependim,r linger il,adapted when the said lever is ln lowered or normal position, ns shown in the last-mentioned ligure, to como into contact with a laterally-exx5 tending pin c', connected with the toothed gear-wheel l, and stop the rotation ol the said wheel and the whole train actuated by the spring in the barrel m.

j" is a lever pivoted at its rcarend and prozo vided on its front end with a plungeror presser g,adapt\d when the forwa 'l end of the lever j" is raised to pass upward against and compress the bulb L'. 'lhc said lever f is provided on its lower side with a lug h', which is z5 adapted to be engaged by one ol' a series ol` laterally-extended pins i from the toothed gear-wheel p, as is clearly shown in Fig. G, so that when the said toothed wheel p is rotated, or partially rotatcd,onc of said pins i', acting 3o on thclug L, will rascthe said plunger-lever so that the plunger will compress the bulb until the pin 1'. shall pass from initier the lug 11.', when the lever will drop by gravity to the position shown in the last-mentioned ligure.

7" designates a spring acting on the leverx merely to assist in counterbalancing the same. When it is convenient to counter-balance the lever a: in any other way or ways this` spring may be dispensed with.

l. is areceptaele for the colti passed through the chute a.

In the use ofthe invention a coin may be inserted in the slot k in front of the casing, and the said coin ruiming down tho chute or raceway a will fall upon the plate s and depress the rear end of the lever at, raising its frontend and the front end ot' the lever w, with which it is connected. This action will raise the lug c of the said lever w ont of the notch in the disk b', so that said lug may rest on the raised portion ot the peripheryof said disk and hold the said lever w raised. At the saine time the depending ngercl :.ill be released from the pin c of the gear-wheel t, and the spring in the barrel m will set the mechanism in motion. Under these condition. 'he .fheel p will be partially turned, so that the pin t under the lug h'will raise the leverf', causing the attached plunger g to be raised, compressing the bulb k, forcing the air therein through the tubej into the bottle f, and at the same time thereby forcing a quantity of the liquid therein out through the tubeg and the aperture yz'. After the disk l1 shall have made a complete revolution the lug c ol` the lever a' will drop into the notch iu the periphery thereof, the said lever will fall by gravity, and the depending linger il will he brought down into position to engage the pin c oi the wheel t and stop the nievement ot tho mechanism. linx-lng the operation the pin i. acting under the lng h', will have passed from under said lug, allowing the leverf' and attached langer y to drop, releasing the bulb la and permitting it to again lill with air and to he pnt in readiness l'or anotneroperatlon. iiy providing the ease with the glass front l: and arranging the botties fthereln, the user of the machine is given opportunity to see the character or kind ot liquid that may be delivered and to see when the liquid is exhausted, and the proprietoris afforded an opportunity of displaying and advertising his goods. By the provision of the apertrre t', considerably larger in diameter than the end ot the tube g, and the provision also of the false hole or port i in the casing, mischievous persons are prevented from securing a discharge of liquid from the bottle or receptacle fb-y an attempt'J to blow into the tuhc g.

ilavin'f thus explained the nature ot the invention and described a way of constructing and using the same, though without attempting to set; forth all of the forms in which it may be made or all ofthe modes of its use, itl is declared that what is claimed isl. A coin-operated liquid vending machine comprising in its construction a front compartment (I, a rear compartment e, and a vcrtical partition c dividing the two compartments, the front compartment being adapted to support in upright position glass vessels containingtheliquid,andhavingaglass front through which the liquid receptacles may be displayed, and the rear compartment being adapted to contain and support the coinoperated mechanism, a delivery tube passed through the stopple of one of the said receptacles into the liquid therein, a comprcssible bulb, a second tube communicating between the interior of the bottle and said bulli, and a plunger for acting upon the said bulb to compress it iuteriuittingly, said plunger being operatively connected with said coinoperatcd mechanism.

2. A coin-operated liquid vending machine comprising iu its construction aliquid recep tacle, a delivery tube, a eomprcssible bulb, a tube connecting said bulb with said receptacle, a plunger for compressing said bulb, a motor for operating said plunger and having a wheel with pins, a lever adapted to engage said pins and hold said motor in a state of rest, a second spring held lever engaging the first said lever, and having a coin receiving plate, whereby when a coin is dropped on said plate the first said lever will be freed momentarily from said spring held lever, and the motor will actuate said plunger, substantially as set forth.

3. 'lhc combination, with thc compressiiile bulb, of a lever, a plunger connected therewith adapted to operate on the bulb to cempresa the saine, tho said lover' having a dependent ing, a wheel provided with pins adapted to act on said lng and raise the lever and to allow the latter to fall after the pins uhali have passed from under the lutz, and means to iutermittiugiy rotate said wheel, substantially as sot forth.

4. 'ihe combination, with spring-actuated gearing` ot a wheel t provided with a laterally projecting pin, a lever w provided with a ing and a iiuger the latter being adapted to engage said pin, and stop the movement ofthe mechanism when the lever is down, a disk provided in its periphery with a notch to re ceive the lug ou the level', coin-controlled means for raising the lever to release the finger t'rom Haid pin and allow the mechanism to operate, a wheel p comprised in said apri ngaetuated gearing, provided willi a laterally projecting pin Qa comprensible bulb, a pinn zo tzer adapted to act upou said bull), and a lever f to which the said plunger is attached and provided with a lug upon which the pin t" is adapted to act, substantially as set forth.

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