US629505A - Vending-machine. - Google Patents

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No. 629,505. Patented July 25, |s99.

' J. a. HOLLANDS.

VENDING MACHINE.

(Application filed Mar. 15, 1899,)

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JET G. HOLLANDS, OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN.

VENDING-MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 629,505, dated July 25, 1899.

Application filed March 15, 1899. Serial No. 709,165. (No model.)

To all who/1'1, it may concern:

Beitknown that I, JET G. HOLLANDS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Detroit, in the county of Wayne and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Vending-Machines, of which the following is a specification,referencebeing had therein to the accompanying drawings.

The invention relates to vending-machines of that class in which the articles to be sold are extracted from the machine by aplunger within the casing, which is adapted to be coupled to the operating-handle by the insertion of a coin of proper denomination in the receiving-slot therefor.

It is the object of the invention to obtain a simple construction of extracting mechanism and also to obtain a machine in which the goods are held in a plurality of receptacles, all of which are to be operated by a single extracting device.

The invention therefore consists in the peculiar construction, arrangement, and combination of parts, as more fully hereinafter described and claimed.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a vertical longitudinal section of my machine. Fig. 2 is a horizontal section on line w 00, Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a perspective View of the extracting mechanism. Fig. iis a plan view thereof. Fig. 5 is a section on line y y, Fig. 4; and Fig. 6 is a plan view of the detachable receptacle for holding the goods.

Upon a suitable base A is mounted for rotation a casing B, adapted to inclose the receptacles for holding the goods and which is preferably of cylindrical or polygonal shape. In the drawings Ihave shown this casing as of octagonal shape, and it comprises the lower head a, the uprights Z) at each of the angles, and the plates 0, preferably glass, between said uprights.

O is a vertical post or shaft forming the axis upon which the casing is adapted to revolve. WVithin the casing B is detachably placed a removable frame D, carrying a plurality of vertical tubes E, forming the receptacles for the reception of the goods. This removable frame preferably consists of the sleeve d, surrounding the shaft G, and the spider-heads e, to which the tubes E are secured. The tubes E are preferably open on their front sides, being provided only with the in. The lower ends of these tubes are adapted to project through apertures in the head a Y of the casing B and are provided with the bottom plate or shelf g and also have their front and rear walls cut away to permit the extracting-plungerto force the lowermost article from the receptacle.

F is a cover for the casing B, centrally'apertured for the passage of the post 0 therethrough, and is adapted to be locked in position by a suitable nut, collar, or other lockin g device on the upper end of the post C.

The base A is provided with suitably bearings, such as 72, upon which the head a of the casing B rests, and surrounding this bearing is an annular groove or channel through which the lower ends of the tubes E may pass in the rotation of the casing B. Within the base is formed a chamber containing an inclined chute 2', down which the extracted articles are adapted to slide, and at one side of the base is an opening j, through which the article may be taken out. The extracting mechanism is preferably located in the base A, in front of the casing B and directly above the chute i, and is of the following construction:

It is the extracting-p111 nger, which is sliding] y secured in bearings within the base A in a position to be in line with one of the tubesE and adapted when moved inwardly to enter said tube through the cut-away front and force the lowermost article out to the rear.

lis an operating shank or handle for the plunger k, arranged in line therewith and passing out to the front of the base A. This operating-shank is provided with the tongue m, arranged opposite a corresponding slot 7t in the plunger is, so that when the handle Zis moved inward the tongue or will enter the slot 11. without imparting any movement to the plunger 75. Between the end of the tongue m and the plunger 70 is a space sufiicient to permit of the coin passing, and in the base A, directly above, is arranged an entering-slot 0 for said coin. Beneath the plunger 7c and the handle Z are arranged the bars or plates 19, which at one end are pivotally secured to the casing and at their opposite ends are drawn toward each other by the tension of the spring q. These bars or plates are normallya sufficientdistance apart to permit any away to leave a space between more than the coin of lesser diameter than the one which the machine isdesigned to employ to drop between them; but the proper coin will be supported on said plates, so as to be between the end of the tongue m and the plunger k. The bars 19 are also provided with a series of notches q, and at their inner ends are cut diameter of the coin.

With the arrangement of parts as thus far described it will be readily understood that when the proper coin is inserted in the slot 0 it will drop between the tongue m and the plunger is and rest upon the bars 19. In this position if the operating-handle Z be moved inward the coin will act as a coupler between said handle and the plunger 70, forcing the latter inward and knocking out the articlein the registering tube E. The coin will then drop between the bars 19 into a receptacle or drawer, such as 1'. their normal position, it is necessary to return the plunger 7a and handle I, and to accomplish this it is usual in devices of this kind to attach a spring to the plunger, which when. the. pressure on the operating-handle is relieved will draw said plunger backward again into its normal position. An objection to the use of a spring is that inasmuch as its tension clamps the coin between the plunger audits operating-handle the coin cannot drop unless special provision is made for relieving the pressure temporarily. This necessitates complicating the mechanism and is entirely avoided in my construction, in which I dispense with the use of the spring for returning the plunger and in place thereof provide a lost-motion connection between the operating-handle Z and said plunger. In the drawings I have shown this connection as comprising the pins 3, on opposite sides of the plunger is, and the hooked arms ton the operatinghandlqwhich when the plunger is in its innermost position are adapted to engage withsaid pins 3 andin the return of the handle I draw the plunger back also. For returning the handle any suitable device may be employed, such as the springs 11.. With this construction when the plunger is moved inward in the operation of the machine the coin will rest on the bars 19 until it has been moved forward to the position where said bars are cut away and the article has been extracted from the receptacle E. As soon as the pressure is relieved on the handles the operation of the springu, will return the same, relieving the pressure of the tongue m upon the coin and allowing the latter to drop between the bars. The hookstwill then engage with the pins 5' and return the plunger, as be fore described.

The object of the notches q in the bars 1) isto prevent the return of the plunger after a partial operation, which is accomplished by the coin engaging with said notches and beingheld thereby from movement in the re verse direction.

To restore the parts to.

The operation of loading the machine is performed by first removing the cap F and drawing out the removable frame or holder D and placing the packages or goods to be vended in the receptacles E. This may be done much more conveniently than if it were necessary to load the receptacles through a door in the casing, as is usual in other constructions. When all of the receptacles are loaded, the frame maybe placed again within the casing and the cover F replaced and locked in position, so as to prevent tampering with the machine. y

In the complete operation of the machine when the purchaser desires to extract an ar ticle from any one of the receptacles E. he first rotates the casin g B until the particular receptacle which contains the articles'which,

It will thus be seen that my machine has the advantage of enabling the purchaser to.

select from a n u mber of difierent articles held,

respectively, in the different receptacles E the particular one which he desires, and. that it is only necessary to provide the machine with a single extracting device for all of these vari ous articles. machine is greatly simplified from one in which a separate extracting device would be.

required for each of the receptacles.

V hat I claim as my invention is- 1. A vending-machine, comprising a chambered base, an upright post or shaft thereon,

a casing rotatively mounted upon said shaft, a detachable top therefor, a holder having a plurality of vertical tubes for the reception of the goods and removably secured within. said casing the tubes having their lower ends.

projecting therethrough into a chamber within the base, and a single coin-controlled ex- Thus the construction of the tracting device, with which each of said tubes is adapted to be registered.

2. In a vending-machine, extractingmechanism comprising a plunger and an operating-handle in alinementwith each other having a coin-slot between their adjacent ends and a registering tongue and groove; and two spaced plates beneath said plunger pivoted at one end and yieldingly held from spreading by a spring, said plates forming supportingledges for the coin during the movement of the plunger and beingprovided with a series of notches for engaging with said coin to prevent the partial operation of the plunger.

In testimony whereof I aiiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JET G. HOLLANDS;

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