US690068A

US690068A - Vending-machine.

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Publication number: US690068A
Application number: US4313601A
Authority: US
Inventors: Herbert S Mills
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1901-01-14
Filing date: 1901-01-14
Publication date: 1901-12-31
Anticipated expiration: 1918-12-31

Description

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UNTTED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HERBERT S. MILLS, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

VENDING-MACHINE.

SPEGIFIGATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 690,068, dated December 31, 1901.

I Application filed January 14, 1901. Serial No. 48,186. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HERBERT S. MILLS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented new and useful Improvements in Vending-Machines, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates particularly to a machine for vending small packages or blocks of material, such as packages of gum or the like.

portion of the frame of the machine and showing also one of the rotary carriers employed; Fig. 3, a vertical section taken, as indicated, at line 3 of Fig. 1; Fig. 4, a broken vertical section taken similarto Fig. 3, but showing a different position of certain of the parts; Fig. 5, a section parallel to the front of the casing and looking toward the front of the machine; Figs. 6 and 7, rear views of a portion of the front of the casing and showing different positions of the coin-operated mechanism connected with the machine; and Figs. 8 and 9 similar views, but showing added parts.

Generally stated, the invention involves in its preferred form the use of a rotary carrier provided with vertically-disposed peripherally-arranged receptacles, coincontrolled mechanism through the medium of which said carrier is rotated, and means for locking the carrier against rotation when a receptacle becomes empty.

A represents the frame of the machine, comprising a base portion A, a superimposed portion A superimposed commodity-receptacle chambers A a removable top A for said chambers, a lower casing-front portion A and an upper casing-front portion A B B, two coin-slots connected with the casing-front portion A 0 C, coin-controlled mechanisms corresponding with the two coin-slots; D, one of two horizontally-disposed shafts connected with the coin-controlled mechanisms; D D bevel-gears connected with said horizontal shafts; E, coin-detectors, (one only being shown,) one member of which comprises a movable magnet E; F, coin-actuated wheels comprising portions of the coin-controlled mechanisms; G, magnet actuating devices connected with the coin-controlled mechanisms; H H, vertically-disposed carrier-actuating shafts provided with bevel-gears H H engaging the gears D D I I, rotary carriers supported from and rotated by the shafts H H; 1 vertically-disposed commodity-receptacles shown supplied with packages of gum or the like a; J J, Fig. 5, adjustable stops serving to engage the lowermost packages of gum as the receptacles rotate past the stops, delivering the same into a common dischargechute J and K combined carrier and coinstops (one only being shown) pivoted at b.

The construction of the coin controlled mechanism herein shown is fully disclosed in patent to me, No. 614,618, granted November 22, 1898, and my application, Serial No. 30,899, filed September 24C, 1900. The construction of the coin-detector herein employed is now in common use, and no claim thereto will be made in the present application. The combined carrier and coin-stop herein shown is believed to be novel and will be fully described. The rotary carriers and the means directly connected therewith for operating them are believed to be novel.

As illustrated in Fig. 2, the portion A of the frame has a flat rectangular top and is provided with perforations 0, through which the vertical carrier-actuating shafts project. The rotary carriers comprise the base portions I I and the vertically-disposed commodity-receptacles 1 as clearly shown in Fig. 2. The com modity-receptacles are of rectangular cross-section and may be conveniently formed from sheet metal and fixed into sockets formed in the carrier-bases, as illustrated. In this construction the outer walls of the receptacles are formed by a stationary casing A which casing may be conveniently formed of two open-ended cylinders fitting into suitable sockets on the portion A of the frame and surmounted by a common cap or cover A, shaped to conform to said cylinders. The

-outline of the cover A is indicated in dotted drawn from the receptacles, andeach carrierbase also has circular slots g,which receive the studs J J duringthe rotation of the carrier. The receptacles are arranged on the advance side of the perforations g, the studs J J serving to engage the lowermost parcels as the carriers rotate and disengage said parcels from the bottoms whereon they are supported, causing them to fall through said perforations.

Each coin-controlled mechanism has as a portion thereof a manually-operated knob or handle h, connected with a rock-shaft h, carrying a coin-engaging arm 7L2. The manner in which motion is communicated to the coinwheel F through the medium of a coin interposed between the arm 72. and studs on the wheel F is well understood in the art. As shown in Fig. 6, a passage serves to conduct the-coins from the bogus-coin detector to the coin-wheel.

Each carrier and the mechanism through which it is rotated is independentof the other carrier and its rotating mechanism, the machine being in reality a double machine with a common discharge-chute for the two carriers. The studs J and J are so located that the packages from both carriers will be discharged at the chute J Each carrier-base is provided with a rim Z, having recesses Z, corresponding to the location of the receptaclesl The lower end of the stop K bears normally against the rim Z under pressure from a spring m. As shown in Fig.3, the packages of gum project out flush with the inner surface of the rim Z, and the lower end of the stop K is provided with a beveled surface m. As the lower end of the receptacle passes the lower end of the stop K said lower end of the stop enters the recess Z and bears upon the end of a package. Further rotation of the carrier causes the beveled surface to ride up onto the rim Z. When there is no package in position to engage the lower end of the stop, the stop is free to move to the position shown in Fig. 4, thereby locking the carrier against further rotation. The inner wall of the coin-chute is provided with a perforation m which permits the upper outturned end of the stop K to move into the coin-passage when the lower end of the carrier-stop is in the locking position. (Shown in Fig. 4:.)

The operation of the machine may be briefly stated. A coin is inserted at either of the coin-slots B or B. The customer may then turn the handle h which corresponds to the coin-slot in which the coin is deposited, and through the medium of the rock-shaft h, arms h and inserted coin the coin-wheel F will be turned. The shaft D is rigid with the coinwheel, and motion will therefore be communicated to'the vertical carrier-actuating shaft on the side of the machine which is being operated. As the carrier moves it carries one of its receptacles past the corresponding parcel: stopJ or J and the lowermost parcel or pack age is engaged by said stop and held against movement while the carrier continues its rota tion. When freed from the receptacle, the parcel drops into the chute J and is delivered to the purchaser. One actuation of the knob h serves to rotate a carrier through one-sixth of a revolution inthe construction shown, thereby delivering to the purchaser but one package. The lower end of the stop K rides upon the periphery of the carrier-base and over the ends of packages contained in the receptacles until a receptacle is encountered which is empty, when the carrier is locked against further rotation and the upper por tion of the stop enters the coin-slot, thereby preventing other coins from being fedinto the machine. The receptacles themselves thus have an orbital movement during actuation of the machine. The manner in which the magnet E is actuated from the arm h is described in my pending application, Serial No. 30,899, filed September 24, 1900.

Changes in details of construction. within the spirit of my invention may be made. Hence no limitation is to be understood from the foregoing detailed description except as shall appear from the appended claims.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a vending-machine, a yieldinglv-held movable carrier-stop, and a carrier having a wall upon which one end of said stop rides and a recess which said stop may enter to lockingly engage the carrier when a receptacle needs recharging, substantially as described.

2. In a vending-machine, a rotary carrier having vertically-disposed receptacles, a rim for the base of said carrier having recesses at said receptacles, and a yieldingly-held mov able stop bearing normally upon said rim and riding across said recesses by contact with IIO packages until a receptacle becomes empty,

when said stop serves to lock the carrier, sub-: stantially as described.

3. In a vending-machine, the combination of a rotary carrier having at its base a circumferential wall provided with recesses,- vertically-disposed receptacles arranged at said recesses, and a pivoted stop' K having one end engaging said circumferential wall, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

4:. In a vending-machine, a rotary carrier having peripherally-arranged vertical receptacles and having its bottom recessed to re ceive a package-stop, and having also a cirpackages in said receptacles, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

HERBERT S. MILLS.

| In presence of- D. W. LEE, ALBERT D. BACCI.