US628938A - Coin-controlled machine for selling cigars. - Google Patents

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No. 628,938. Patented July l8, I899. J. V. HOEYE.

COIN CONTROLLED MACHINE FOR SELLING CIGARS.

(Application filed .nm. a, 1898.) (No Model.) 3 Sheets-'Sh68f l.

No. 628,938. Patented July 18,1899.

.1. v. HOEYE. I

COIN CONTROLLED MACHINE FOB SELLING CIGARS.

(Application filed Jan. 3, 1898.) "0 3 Sheets-Shem 2.

No. 628,938. Patented July I8, I899.

J. V. HOEYE. COIN CONTROLLED MACHINE FOB SELLING CIGARS.

(Application filed Jan. 3,v 1898., (No Model.)

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JAKE V. HOEYE, OF BOONEVILLE, IOVA.

COIN-CONTROLLED MACHINE FOFtSELLING CIGARS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters 1 atent No. 628,938, dated July 18, 1899. Application filed January 3, 189 8. Serial No. 665,265. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAKE V. HOEYE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Booneville, in the county of Dallas and State of Iowa, have invented a new and useful Coin- Oontrolled Machine for Selling Cigars from Original Packages, of which the following is a specification.

The object of this invention is to provide coin-controlled mechanism for selecting, receiving, and delivering individual cigars from a receptacle.

This invention consists in the construction, arrangement, and combination of elements herein after set forth,pointed out in my claims, and illustrated by the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a side elevation of the machine, the side of the casing or inclosure being removed. Fig. 2 is a plan of the machine, partly in section, on the indicated line 2 2 of Fig. 1, the top plate of the casing or inclosure being removed. Fig. 3 isa front elevation of the machine. Fig. 4 is a sectional plan of a portion of the machine on theindicated line 4 4 of Fig. 1. Fig. 5 is a detail plan of a portion of the coin-tripping mechanism, and Fig. 6 is a front elevation of the mechanism shown in Fig. 5. Fig. 7 is a detail in elevation of the lower end of the releasing-bar and yielding-pressure device sustaining the same normally. Fig. 8 is a detail of one corner of the cigar-receptacle.

In the construction of the machine, as shown, an inclosure 0r casing 10 is provided with a superstructure or tower 11 rising therefrom and arranged with an opening door 12 in the rear thereof. Machine heads or frames 13 14 are mounted in the casing 10, rigidly connected by cross-bars 15, and stationarily positioned relative to the casing. A shaft 16 is mounted for rotation in the machine heads or frames and left side of the casing 10, and

a shaft 17 is mounted for rotation in the upper end portion of the tower 11 parallel with the shaft 16. Sprocket-Wheels 18 19 are mounted rigidly on the shaft 16 and are connected by sprocket-chains 2O 21 to drums 23 on the shaft 17. Apexed lugs, studs, or lingers 24 25 are mounted in series on the chains 21, one of the lugs for each of the links of the chains, and project outwardly therefrom.

The lugs 24 are made of felt, rubber, or other yielding compressible elastic substance in order that in contacting with the cigars, as, hereinafter described, said lugs will not damage, abrade, or break the wrappers thereof. A receptacle or box 26 is located in an inclined position within the tower 11 immediately at the rear of the chains 20 21, and the lugs 24 25 extend within said box or receptacle and travel therein when the chains are actuated. The box or receptacle 26 is removed and replaced relative to the tower through the opening door 12. Cigars 27 are arranged in a single layer in the box or receptacle 26, as illustrated, and as the box is inserted in the tower the cigars lie within individual recesses between the studs 24 25 on the chains. A shaft 28 is mounted for rotation in the frame 13 and left wall of the casing 10- and is provided with a drum 29, having four concaved faces, which drum preferably is made of or covered with felt or other yielding material. located immediately beneath the lower end of the box or receptacle 26, and when said box or receptacle ismounted in the tower the lower end thereof is released from the sides 31 of the box and folded backwardly against the bottom of the box, as shown in Fig. 1, to permit the descentof the cigars individually upon the successive concaved faces of the The drum 29 is drum 29. It may here be stated that for purposes of packing, transportation, and bandling the end 30 of the box 26 is connected to the sides 31 thereof by a loop or link 32, which may be removed before the box is mounted in the tower. The loop or link 32 is an angleiron pivoted to the side of the boxby a tack and overlapping and embracing the end of the box. A large gear-Wheel 33 on the shaft 16 meshes with a smaller pinion 34 on the shaft 28. the frames 13 14, and a gear 36 thereon meshes with the gear 33 on the shaft 16. A pinion 37 on the shaft 35 meshes with a large gear 38 on a power-shaft 39, and a convolutc spring 40 is fixed to andwound upon the shaft 39 and connected at its outer end to a pin 41, seated in the heads or frames 13 14. Ashaft 42 is mounted for rotationin the heads or frames 13 14 above the shaft 39, and apinion 43 thereon meshes with the gear 38 on the The shaft 35 is mounted for rotation in 5 angles to form a finger 58.

shaft 39. A shaft 44 is mounted for rotation in the heads orframes 13 14,and a pinion 45 thereon meshes with a gear 46 on the shaft 42. A balance-wheel 47 is mounted on the shaft 44 5 and provided with a stop-pin 48, projecting therefrom near the periphery thereof. The power-shaft 39 is provided with a key 49, to which manual force may be applied to wind the spring 40 upon said shaft. A trough or guideway 50 is mounted within the casing and leads from a point adjacent to the drum 29 to and through a slot in the front wall of said casing, by means of which trough the cigars are individually received from the drum 29 I5 and discharged through the front wall of the easing into a position to be obtained and removed manually.

The train of mechanism above described is actuated by the spring'40 unwinding from 2c the shaft 39, and if the movement of the shaft 39 be traced through the train of gears it will be seen that motion is conveyed to the balance-wheel 47 in a high degree and to the traveling chains 21 in a lesser degree. In the travel of the chains the studs 24 25 deliver the cigars one at a time upon the successive concaved faces of the drum 29, and said drum, being in the train of gearing, will successively deliver the individual cigars to the trough 50, on which they fall by gravity through the front wall of the casing. The train of gearing or mechanism whereby the cigars are successively delivered to the drum 29 and by said drum to the trough is stopped 5 bya detent 51, fixed at one end to a shaft 52, which detent successively engages notches 53 in a wheel 54, mounted on the shaft 35. A detent 55 is fixed to the shaft 52, journaled for oscillation in the heads or frames 13 14, 0 and engages at times with a shoulder on a cam-wheel 56 and at other times rides upon the periphery of said cam-wheel. A11 arm 57 is fixed to the rock-shaft 52 and, extending downwardly and forwardly, is bent at right A rock-shaft 59 is journaled in the machine heads or frames 13 14, adjacent to the rock-shaft 52, and a detent 60 is fixed to said shaft 59 and extends rearwardly therefrom into the orbit of travel 50 of the stop-pin 48 on the wheel 47 or adjacent thereto.

A releasing-rod 61 is positioned vertically in the casing 10 and extends through the top plate thereof, which rod is stepped at its lower 55 end in a socket 62 and rests on an expansive coil-spring 63 within said socket, Fig. 7. A chamfered-faced releasing-lug 64 is fixed to and extends rearwardly from the releasingrod 61 within the casing 10, and an arm 65 is 60 fixed at one end to the rock-shaft 59, extends across, above, and in close proximity to the finger 58 of the arm 57, and has its forward end located in the plane of reciprocation of the lug 64 and immediately below said lug.

65 Thus in the downward movement of the releasing-rod 61, effected by manual force applied to the upper end of said red, the lug 64 will engage the forward end of the arm 65 and depress said arm, thus oscillating the shaft 59 and raising the rear end of the detent 60 into a position to engage and stop the travel of the stop-pin 48 on the balance-wheel 47. In its downward movement the arm 65 engages and depresses the finger 58 on the arm 57, thereby oscillating the shaft 52 and raising thedetents 51 and 55 from thedetent-wheel 54 and cam 56, respectively. This operation releases the mechanism or train of gearing, which under the impulse of the spring 40 moves in regular order, the detent 55 riding on the cam 56 and, acting through the rock-shaft 52, retaining the detent 51 out of engagement. with either of the notches 53 on the detent-wheel 54. The train of mechanism moves until the stop-pin 48 engages and is stopped by the detent 60 and then ceases its movement until the releasing-rod 61 is freed from the depressing manual force and permitted to return under the expansion of the spring 63, at which time the arm 65 is released and the detent 60 falls out of the path of the traveling stop-pin 48, permitting the resumption of movement 011 the part of the train of gearing. The train of gearing or mechanism continues to move a predetermined distance measured by the periphery of the cam 56. In the rotation of the cam 56 the shoulder thereon is brought into contactwith the hooked end of the detent 55, and simultaneously therewith the hooked end of the detent 51 drops into the next succeeding notch 53 of the wheel 54 and locks the mechanism. The predetermined distance of travel of the train of mechanism is coincident with the necessary distance of travel of the chains 20 21 required to deliver a single individual cigar from the receptacle 26 into one or another of the concaved faces of the drum 2.).

Normally the releasing-rod 61 is restrained from material downward movement by the engagement of a lug 66 thereon with a hook, stud, or projection 67 on a tripping-wheel 68, which tripping-wheel is mounted for oscillation on a shaft 69, supported by the heads or frames 13 14. The tripping-wheel 68 is heavier on one side than the other, slightly overbalancing toward the releasing-rod 61, and the movement of oscillation of the tripping-wheel is limited by a pin 70, seated in and projecting from the frame or head 13 into a notch.7l, formed in the upper portion of the periphery of said wheel and extending some little distance along said periphery. Thus when the tripping-wheel is in its normal position, overbalancing toward the releasing-rod, it is held against further movement and through the lugs 66 67 prevents the downward movement of the releasing-rod in that direction by the pin 70. The lug 66 normallyis out of engagement with the lug 67 of the tripping-wheel in order that the tripping-wheel may be tilted or oscillated in the direction opposite to its normal balance by the weight of a coin or check of predetermined size an d specific gravity. An

a distance as will admit a check or coin 75,.

of predetermined size and specific gravity, that is inserted through the ingress-port 72 and tube 73 and rests upon the yoke 74:. The weight of the coin or check 75 is sufficient to overcome the counterbalancing of the tripping-wheel and tilt or oscillate the same in such a manner as to cause a movement of rotation sufficient to elevate the lug 67 beyond the lug 66 and permit a downward movement of the releasing-rod 61 under manual impulse.

A stud or projection 76 is fixed to and extends inwardly from the frame or head 14, med a leaf or wing 77 is hinged at one end to the inner end of such lug, stud, or project-ion and extends outwardly therefrom and at right angles thereto horizontally beyond the periphery of the tripping-wheel (58. The leaf or wing 77 is held normally with a lug 78 thereon in contact with one side of the tripping-wheel 68 by a leaf-spring 79, fixed to the stud 76 at one end and extending outwardly in contact with the rear face of the leaf. The leaf or table 77 is provided with a book 80, of right'angled form, fixed to one face thereof and projecting outwardly therefrom. An arm 81 is fixed to the releasing-rod 61 and extends forwardly therefrom and is bent downwardly above the space between the outer arm of the hook 80 and the adjacent face of the leaf 77. A wedge-shaped lug or cam 82 is fixed to and extends downwardly from the downturned end portion of the arm 81 and is projected into the space between the hook 80 and adjacent face of the leaf 77, with one of its chamfered faces in contact with said hook. In the downward movement of the releasingrod, permitted as heretofore described, the wedge-shaped lug 82 acts upon the hook 80, moving said hook laterally, and with it the leaf 77, away from the adjacent side of the tripping-wheel 68 against the resilience of the leaf spring 7 9. The downward movement of the releasing-rod 61 is limited by the engagement of the arm 81 with. the upper edge of the stud or projection 76 prior to the passage of the Wedge-shaped lug 82 beyond the hook 80. The outward movement of the leaf 7 7 relative to the tripping-wheel is sufficient to release the coin or check from the yoke 74 and permit said coin or check to fall within the forward portion of the casing, from whence it maybe removed by means of a locked door 83 in the front wall of the casing when desired by the operator. A slot 84L is formed in the central portion of the wing or leaf 77 and is traversed by the shaft 69' of the tripping-wheel, thus providing means for the free oscillation of the leaf, as described. The at-- taching end portion 74 of the yoke74, where by said yoke is secured to the tripping-wheel, is inclined inwardlypartially across the face of said wheel to provide a retaining seat wherein the coin or check 75 temporarily is held pending the release thereof, as described, Fig. 5 and dotted "lines, Fig. 6. release of the coin or check 75 from the tripping-wheel said wheel of its own specific gravity resumes its normal position, as shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings.

I claim as my invention-.1.-

VI. A coin-controlled cigar-vending maehine,.comprising the following elements in combination, to wit: A spring-actuated train of gearing; stop mechanism whereby said train of gearing is looked; a release-bar arranged for manual actuation to release said stop mechanism from the train of gearing; tripping mechanism whereby the release-bar normally is locked and arranged to be coinactuated for tripping; conveying mechanism arranged to deliver the cigars successivelyand operated by the train of gearing; a receptacle for the cigars wherein the conveying mechanism receives and moves the individual cigars; a discharge-chute; and a casing in closing the mechanisms.

2. A coinactuated cigar vending machine comprising a receptacle for the cigars, conveying mechanism arranged to carry the cigars collectively from the receptacle and discharge the said cigars consecutively, a drum or measuring-wheel arranged to receive the cigars consecutively from the conveying mechanism, a chute arranged to receive the cigars consecutively from .the drum, mech- Upon the A anism for driving the conveying mechanism and drum,lockingmechanism,manually-actuated mechanism for releasing the locking mechanism, a coin-released tripping mechanism for alternately locking and releasing the releasing mechanism together with a casing inclosing the mechanisms.

3. A casing arranged to receive a box of cigars, a conveyer arranged to receive and convey the cigars from the box, spring-actuated mechanism actuating the conveyer, delivery mechanism arranged to receive the cigars from the conveyer and deliver the same, locking mechanism, a releasing rod or bar arranged for manual actuation to release the locking mechanism, and coin-controlled tripping mechanism arranged to release and lock the releasing bar or rod alternately.

4. In'a machine of the class described an inclosing casing, a door for said casing whereby a box of cigars may be inserted within the casing, conveying mechanism arranged to receive the cigars from the box, adelivery-drum arranged to receive the cigars from the conveying mechanism, a chute arranged to receive cigars from the drum and discharge the same outsidethe casing and coin-tripped manually-released spring-actuated driving mechanism whereby the conveyer mechanism and delivery-drum are actuated and controlled.

5. In a machine of the class described a conveying mechanism com prisingadriving-shaft, sprocket-wheels on said shaft, a countershaft, drums on the counter-shaft, sprocket-chains traveling on the sprocketheels and drums aforesaid, apexed and cushioned studs on said sprocket-chains, a cigar rack or box arranged to contain cigars and receive the studs on the chains, and an inclosing casing, in combination with a train of gearing attached to the driving-shaft, a spring for driving said train, locking mechanism in said train and coin-released tripping mechanism for releasing said locking mechanism.

6. In a machine of the class described a conveyer having a driven shaft, a train of gearing driving said shaft, a spring driving said train of gearing, a branch train of gearing driven from the first said train, stop ,actuationof the rod.

JAKE V. HOEYE.

Witnesses:

E. T. DUFUR, F. E. DUFUR.

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