US728774A

US728774A - Vending-machine.

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Publication number: US728774A
Application number: US12969402A
Authority: US
Inventors: Edward Shaw
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1902-11-01
Filing date: 1902-11-01
Publication date: 1903-05-19
Anticipated expiration: 1920-05-19

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 728,774, dated May 19, 1903.

Application filed November 1, 1902. $erial No. 129,694. (No model.)

To aZl whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD SHAW, a subject of the King of Great Britain and Ireland, residing at London, England, have invented Improvements in Vending-Machines,of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in vending-machines of the kind in which predetermined qnantities of goods are delivered from bulk and in exchange for a proper coin. Such machines are described in the specifi cations of my former application for Letters Patent, Serial No. 709,662, and former Letters Patent, No. 714,615, respectively dated March 18, 1899, and November 25, 1902, and in order that the nature of my invention may be understood I will describe my improvements as applied to the machine described and illustrated in the said specifications; but

the present invention may be carried out in a variety of ways, and some of my improvements may be employed without others.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 shows in front elevation a vendingmachine of the kind described in the said specifications having some of my present improvements embodied therein. Fig. 2 is a section on the line K K of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a rear view of the removable front portion of such machine. Fig. 4 shows in side elevation the coin chute and holder with adjacent part-s. Fig. 5 shows in plan the parts represented in Fig. 4. Fig. 6 shows the parts represented in Fig. 1 in opposite side elevation thereto. Figs. 7 and 8 show in front and rear elevation, respectively, the parts represented in Figs. 4 to 6. Fig. 9 is a sectional view corresponding to the line L L of Fig. 8. Fig. 10 is a similar view to the preceding, figure, but showing the parts in another position. Figs. 11 and 12 are cross-sections corresponding to the lines M M and N N, respectively, of Fig. 3. Fig. 13 is a longitudinal section corresponding to the line 0 O of Fig. 2. Figs. 14 and 15 are detail views hereinafter referred to. Fig. 16 shows the paper-bag compartment in plan. Figs. 17, 18, and 19 show in side elevation, in plan, and in front elevation, respectively, mechanism whereby the goods delivery is stopped upon the completion of a weighing operation. Fig. 20 shows in central longitudinal section the hollow drumaxle provided with an endless traveling band for conducting goods to the weighing device. Fig. 21 shows in front elevation the means for driving said band. in vertical section and in horizontal section a part of a goods-containing drum. Figs. 24: and 25 show in front elevation, partly in section, and in central longitudinal section, respectively, goods-displaying and clutchactuating means. Figs. 26 and 27 are detail views hereinafter referred to. in side elevation, partly in section, a weighing device with means for causing a variation of the center of gravity of the scalebeam. Fig. 29 is a similar View to Fig. 28, except that all the parts are shown in elevation, illustrating an arrangement for causing a variation of the center of gravity of the beam. Fig. 30 is a view, partly diagram- Figs. 22 and 23 show Fig. 28 shows niatic and in elevation and partly in section,

showing thecombination of the machine with a clock and an operating-switch. Figs. 31 and 32 show in front elevation and in side elevation, partly in section, corresponding to the line P P of Fig 31, respectively, the machine arranged within an opening formed through the front wall of a dwelling-house.

In the drawings the parts that correspond to parts shown in the drawings accompanying the specification of my former Letters Patent, No. 714,615, are indicated with corresponding reference characters.

Referring to Figs. 1 to 19, inclusive, a machine is shown adapted to supply goods in exchange for either of two coins of difierent diameters-for example, a halfpenny or a farthing. A rotatabledisk shaped coin-holder d has formed in its periphery two grooves or shoulders e and f. The halfpennies are led to the groove or shoulder e and the farthings to the groove or shoulder f, stops 126 in the said grooves (one stop only is seen on the drawings) carrying the farthing or halfpenny in the holder d into engagement with one or the other of two levers 6 or g, the movement of either of which through the lever-shaft h,

bevel-gear 7c, shaft m, gear y y, and clutch q couples the external handle r, that drives the coin-holder d, to the drum-actuating means.

Each coin groove or shoulder is formed with a narrow recess 128, and coins of the proper kinds, which owing to their thickness cannot enter the deep narrow recesses 128 of the grooves or shoulders, rest against a fixed abn tment 129 when they enter the holder and until they are engaged by the stops 126 thereon; but disks or the like of the proper diameter but of less width enter the narrow recesses 128 of the grooves and drop back under the fixed abutment 129, and thus do not operate the mechanism. The fixed abutment 129 consists of an end wall of the coin-chute b.

In Fig. 7 a coin of proper kind (marked A) is shown resting against the abutment 129, and in dotted lines in the same figure is shown a thin disk (marked A*) that has entered the narrow recess 128 of the groove or shoulderf and is dropping clear of the abutment 129.

The arm 140,carried by the halfpenny-lever 6, is connected by a link 130, Fig. 3, to a .crank 131 on a shaft 132 extending toa point near the weighing device of the machine and there provided with another crank 133, that may be connected by a link 134 to one arm of a bell-crank lever 135, pivoted to the scalebeam-supporting standard 136, the other arm of said bell-crank lever 135 being linked to a weight 137, capable of sliding along the weight-arm 11 of the scale-beam, as shown in Fig. 29. Upon actuation of the halfpennylever 6 the weight 137 is moved away from the fulcrum of the beam. The weight 137 is held in this position during the succeeding weighing operation by the engagement of an arm 140, projecting from the halfpenny-lever, and to one end of which one end of the link 130 is connected with a spring-catch. The catch may comprise a plate 141, of considerable weight, mounted on a piece of steel wire 142,fixed tothe casing. The arm 1'40is pressed upwardly against the edge of the yielding plate 141 until the said arm passes a projection or shoulder 143 on the said plate, which then becomes engaged with it,'and thus holds the weight 137 until the spring (hereinafter described) that returns the entire mechanism to its original condition andwhich is more powerful than the spring 142 of the catch, is

allowed to come into action by the tipping of the bucket.

For returning the parts to their normal positions a coiled tension-spring 144, Fig. 11, is secured at one end to a fixed part of the machine and at the other end to a stirrup-piece 145, which embraces a lever or arm 146, that is moved each time the machine is operated, said stirrup-piece 145 carrying a roller 147, that bears against the lever 146. The said lever, which is fixed to the gear-wheel y of the mechanism that causes the coupling of the external handler and drum-operating mechanism, slides in contact with the faced side of a fixed bracket 148, Figs. 11, 17, 18, and 19, in which is mounted a rock shaft 149. This rock-shaftis provided with an arm 150, that lies in the path of the free end of the lever 146, so that as the lever is moved by means of a coin it will act on the arm and rock the shaft 149, a second arm 151 on which will then become engaged by a detent 152, pivoted at its lower end to the bracket 148 and connected by a rod or wire 153 to an arm 154 on the scale-beam. The lever 146 is then held by the arm 150 of the rock-shaft 149 until the tipping of the scale-beam moves the detent 152, and thus releases the rockshaft 149, the sliding lever 146 being thereupon drawn back by its spring 144 and the whole mechanism set in its normal position. The detent 152 is capable of being moved laterally on its pivot 155 against the action of a weight 156, or it might be a spring, by the arm 151 on the rock-shaft, which when becoming engaged therewith comes in contact with a cam-like part 157, formed on the said detent.

The coin-holder dis loosely mounted on the handle-shaft 158, and on its boss is formed a tooth 159. Mounted within a pawl-drum 160, that is fixed to the shaft 158 and partly surrounds the boss of the coin-holder d, is a spring-pawl 161, which engages the tooth 159 on the boss of the coin-holder (1 only when the shaft 158 is rotated in the' proper direction. On the end of the said pawl-drum is a cam-like projection 162, against which bears a spring-pressed lever 163, pivoted to one side of the coin-chute b and connected by a rod 164 to a crank-arm 165 on a spindle 166, which has secured to it a flap or plate 167, that forms part of the coin-chute b. A spring 168, hearing against the crank-arm 165, keeps the flap or plate 167 in such position as to block the coin-chute b at a point sufficiently beyond its slot at to allow a coin to enter it, (see Fig. 9;) but if the machine-operating handle be turned the pawl-drum 160 will be rotated, and its cam 162, acting on the lever 163, will cause the flap or plate 167 to assume a position in which it closes the coin-slot a, but leaves an inserted coin free to pass down the chute b and into the corresponding groove or shoulder of the coin-holder d. (See Fig. 10.) R0- tation of the coin-holder d then causes a bent pin 169, projecting from the shaft 72, carrying the halfpenny and farthing levers 6 and g, to engage a projection 170 on the flap or plate 167 and lock the latter in the position shown in Fig. 10, in which it closes the coin-slot a until the goods have been delivered.

In the machine being described the handleshaft 158 is provided with a cam consisting, it may be, of a bent wire 171, Figs. 14 15, adapted to work in a slot 172, formed in the suitably-weighted free end of a wire-com nector 173, whose other end is jointed to a hinged arm of the figure 77, Fig. 3, the arrangement being such that as the shaft 158 is turned the fignres arm is caused by the cam 171 to move forward against the action of a spring 174, which when the cam is out of the slot 172 draws the arm back, and thereby attention is directed to the beforementioned notice 72, to which the hand of the movable arm is directed.

For conducting goods from the goods-con- TIC taining drums 71 to the scale pan of the weighing device there may be provided, as shown in Figs. 20 and 21, in the fixed hollow axle 109, on which the drums 71 are mounted, an endless traveling band 175, carried on rollers 176 and the upper length of which forms the bottom of an inclined trough or chute 177, the exit of which is closed by alight door 178, so freely hinged as to open upon the goods coming in contact with it. The band 175 is kept conveniently taut by means of a hinged lever 179, provided with a weight 180 and with a roller 181, bearing upon the lower length of the band. The drum-operating pinion-shaft s is geared to a transversely-arranged shaft 182, Fig. 21, that is connected, it may be, by a universal coupling 183 to the spindle of the front pulley or roller 176 of the endless traveling band 175.

The scale-pan may be held in a vertical attitude until the desired weight of goods has entered it by an upwardly-extending tooth or projection 184:, Fig. 29, on that side of it which is nearer the fulcrum of the beam becoming engaged with a weighted pawl 185, pivoted to theseale-beam standard, which tilts against the action of its weight to allow the scale-pan to assume its filling attitude. Instead of the pawl 185 being pivoted to the standard it may, as shown in Figs. 1 and 3, be pivoted to the scale-pan and the tooth or projection 18% fixed to the standard.

Below the scale-pan is a discharge-passage 186, leading to the exterior of the machinecasing and ending in a slightly-inclined receptacle 187, Fig. 2, adapted to receive the goods.

201 indicates a box adapted to contain paper in the form of bags or sheets, each of which has one edge or corner turned under, as shown at 201, the arrangement being such that the turned-under edge of the lowest bag or sheet projects through the bottom of the box 201, which is cut away to admit of this.

192 is the slot, through whichabag or sheet is delivered to the purchaser by means of the hooked lever-arm 188, that is pivoted at 198, so that as it is rocked about its pivot the point of its hook engages with the turnedunder edge or corner 201 of the lowermost sheet or bag and passes it through the slot 192. The hooked lever 188 is capable of being actuated by an externally-arranged handle or knob 189, provided for the purpose. This handle is fixed to a sliding stem 190, provided with a collar or enlarged portion 191, that upon the handle or knob 189 being drawn forward by the operator comes in contact with the hooked lever-arm 188 and carries it forward until its hooked end engages with the turned-down corner of a paper bag which conveniently protrudes through a suitable slot formed in the bottom of the paperbag receptacle 86 and projects, with such turned-down corner of the bag, through the slot 192, formed in the machinef'ront, so that the bag can be withdrawn. On releasing the back to its normal position; but the leverarm 188 is held, with its hooked end closing the slot 192, bya detent 196, that engages an arm 197 on the spindle 198 of the hookedlever 188. The detent 196 is momentarily disengaged each time the handle r of the goodsdelivery mechanism is coupled to the drumactuating shaft 8 by means of a link 199, (see Fig. 29,) connecting it to one arm of a lever 200, pivoted to the machine-casing, and Whose other arm is bent so as to extend through the coin-slot of one of the links forming the lower length of chain 64, which receives the coins from the holder d, the arrangement being such as to actuate the detent 196 at each movement of the chain, the bent end of the lever-arm 200 slipping then from the one link to the next, or, as shown in Figs. 3 and 12, the detent 196 may be momentarily disengaged at each operation by means of a spring-detent 201, carried at the free end of an arm 202, fixed to the transverse shaft m.

Into each goods-containing drum 71 there may project from the hollow axle 109, on which it is mounted, a rod 203, Figs. 22 and 23, which may be formed with a hooked and pointed end and which extends into the drum "71 to a point near the buckets 103 thereof for the purpose of breaking up materials caking or sticking together. Conveniently the drums are each mounted upon gun-metal rings 2071: of L-section, arranged back to back upon the hollow axle 109, their juxtaposed projecting flanges serving as a distance-piece between two adjacent drums. The drums shown in Figs. 22 and 23 each comprise a pair of dished metal plates and a segmental ring 102, formed with teeth in its edge, the buckets or scoops 103 consisting of separate castings or stampings secured to projections 205 of the ring 102 by means of rivets 206.

Samples of the goods contained in the several drums 71 may be displayed in a series of sector-like compartments 207, Figs. 24 and 25, formed in a cylindrical casing 205, having glass ends and provided with a central bearing 209, in which is fitted a short shaft 210, carrying an index 108, provided with a handle 211. This casing fits within a circular hole or recess 212 in the front of the machine and is readily withdrawable, being fixed therein by a sort of bayonet-joint, comprising projections 213 on the casing and corresponding slo'ts 214 in the machine-front, and being locked when in position by a springpressed pin 215 entering a slot 216 in the easing, and thereby preventing it being turned, and consequently withdrawn,until the pin 215 is drawn back, to enable which to be done it is extended to or provided with a wire extension 217, that leads to the money-box chamber69 of the machine. (See Fig. 31.) The front end of the cam-clutch shaft 218 extends into the hole or recess 212, in which the cylindrical casing 208 fits, and engages with the short shaft 210, mounted in the said annular casing, in such a manner as to rotate therewith, but to be capable of endwise movement relatively thereto. For the purpose of obtaining access to the compartments 207 the rear glass end of the casing is simply held therein by'spring finger-clips 219. To enable any one of the drums 71 to be put in gear, according to the position of the index 108 which works over the glass face of the goods-sample compartments 207, there are fixed to the clutch-shaft 218 radial arms 220, corresponding in number and position to the goods-sample chambers 207. At the rear end the shaft 218 passes through a bearing 221, Whose rear face is formed with a series of preferably V-shaped recesses 222, Fig. 26, corresponding in number and position to the arms 220, fixed to the shaft 218, which is pressed forward by a spring 223. 224, fixed to the shaft 218, has a suitablyshaped portion or point, Fig. 27, that works,

over the recessed face of the bracket 221, and its point enters the recesses 222 successively as the shaft 218 is rotated. When the point of the arm 224 is in one of the recesses, the shaft 218 is moved forward by its spring 223, and that arm 220 corresponding to the sample compartment 207 to which the index 108 points is caused to bear against one end of a lever 225, pivoted to the framework of the machine, and whose other end is connected at 2 26 to a sliding pinion 227, that is always in gear with its corresponding drum 71. Each pinion 227 is formed with clutch-teeth 228, and a light spring 229 tends to keep it out of engagement with a half-clutch 230, secured to the drum-operating shaft 3, until the pinion is caused by its corresponding arm 220 on the clutch-shaft 218, acting on the corresponding lever 225, to move into gear with its corresponding half-clutch 230.

When some of the goods in the drums 71 are of greater value than others, to enable equal values to be obtained for a given coin, no matter which kind of goods are desired, a series of weights 231, Fig. 28, are suspended above the scale-beam arm 11 and one or more of them caused to drop thereon, according to the change in value of the goods withdrawn.

In one arrangement each weight 231 of the series is formed with a central aperture 232, that in the top weight being smaller than the next, if desired, and so on. The weights 231 are threaded on a cord 233, having secured to it a similar number of beads 234, increas ing in size from the uppermost to the lowermost and to the same extent as the apertures in the weights, the lowermost bead being of such a size that it will not pass through the hole in the'lowermost weight, and so on. The cord passes over suitable guide-pulleys 235 and is actuated through a spring-pressed lever 236 by the cam-actuating shaft 218, so that when said shaft is set to couple up the An arm drum 71 containing the cheapest goods all the weights 231 will rest on the scale-beam arm 11; but if it be reset to couple up the drum containing goods of the next lowest value the weight-carrying end of the cord 233 will be partly raised up by means of the lever 236, which is caused by its spring to bear upon the periphery of a cam 237, fixed to the shaft 218, and one weight 231 will be lifted from the scale-beam by means of its bead 234, and so on, the amount of movement of the lever 236 being determined by the eccentricity of the cam-periphery.

When means suchas above described are provided for the purpose ofcausingthedeliveryof a weight of goods difiering according to their value, it is desirable to prevent the shaft 218 being moved more than once for each operation. For this purpose the shaft 218 may have fixed to it a notched wheel 238,'a springpressed lever 239 being provided, one arm of which is bent and is caused to take into a notch of the wheel 238 by means of a cam 240, fixed to the coin-operated shaft 72..

A clock 241, Fig. 30, may be combined with the vending-machine,adapted to be wound by the operation thereof from-time to time and to operate a switch whereby electric lamps for lighting up the machinesuch as the lamp 242, Figs. 1 and 3can be switched on and 0E at certain times. Means consisting in the example shown of adjustable pins. 243 for varying the lighting-up and extinguishing times are provided. The windingarbor of the clock may be geared, as at 244, to the drumactuating shaft 3 (see Figs. 25 and 30) of the machine by a band 245 or the like. To prevent overwinding'of the clock, the band 245 works on a pulley 246, that is mounted loosely upon one of the gear-shafts, and a wheel 247, fixed to such shaft and provided with a ring 248 of suitable friction-increasing material, is caused by a spring 249 to be pressed against one face of the pulley 246, so that when fully wound the wheel 246 simply slips over the face of the wheel 247.

To provide in a simple and economical manner for control over vending-machines of the kind referred to in which predetermined quantities of goodssuch, for example, as sweets, nuts, or marblesare delivered from bulk in exchange for coins, in order to insure satisfaction being given to purchasers of the goods, to protect the interests of the owner or owners of the machines, to guard against the supply of goods falling short of the demand, as also against fraudulent use of or tampering with the machines, and to enable any unsatisfactory working of the mechanism to be readily discovered, so that defects may be promptly remedied, I provide in some suitable part of the wall of any appropriate buildingsuch, for example, as a cottagean opening through which a part of the vending-machine can project into a position that will render accessible to persons outside of the building or of the apartment in whose IIO wall the machine is fitted those portions of the machine adapted to receive coins and to deliver goods in exchange therefor, those parts of the machine at which it is supplied with goods and at which the container of money previously deposited by purchasers is to be unlocked being located at the inner side of the wall in a manner to be easily accessible to the person or persons having control of the machine.

The wall may be of brick, stone, wood, or other material or materials, and the opening in which the machine is partly located, as aforesaid, may be part of a larger opening, the part or parts of which not filled by the machine is or are normally closed by a door or doors or shutter or shutters or window or windows. Such a combination of wall and vending-machine may be variously arranged.

The internal mechanism of the vendingmachiue itself may be of any suitable construction so long as the external formation and arrangement of the machine be appropriate to the opening in the wall wherein it is partlylocated and such as to render the goodsreceiving and money-locking parts accessible to the authorized controller at the inner side of the wall and the coin-receiving and goodsdelivering parts accessible to persons at the reverse side of the wall with which the machine is combined.

Figs. 31 and 32 of the drawings illustrate by way of example one arrangement wherein a vending-machine 250 of the kind last hereinbefore described is arranged within a frame 251, which lines an opening 252, formed throughthe front wall 253 ofadWelling-house, such as a cottage, which opening is made to serve a twofold purpose-that is to say, to accommodate in its lower part a portion of the machine 250 and above it a window 254, whereby that portion of the opening not filled by the machine is closed, the formation of the lower part of the window being such as to accord with that of the juxtaposed upper part of the machine.

In conjunction with the wall and the machine there is provided a stand or support 255 at the inner side of the wall, and the arrangement issuch that the machine is carried partly by the lower member of the frame or lining 251 of the opening and partly by the stand or support, the front of the machine projecting slightly beyond the outersurface of the frame 251. and the drum-containing chamber 256 of the machine extending into the corresponding front room 257 of the dwelling-house. The clock 2 11 is preferably provided with two faces, one exposed to the public and one to the room 257. The actuating-handle r is mounted on a pin fixed to the machine-casing, and it is geared to the coin holder shaft through the medium of an idle pinion 258. The money-box door 82 is provided with a lock such as described in the specification of my former patent, No. 714,615, and can only from the inor lining of the lower part of the windowopening.

Assuming the window 25a to be an ordinary one with upper and lower sashes, the bottom of the lower sash must be altered, for instance, by making it with an arch-like recess at the middle, so as to conform to the top surface of the front part of the-machine, thereby when down making a close joint between the machine and the sash, and the arrangement of the parts being such that when the lower sash is in this position the window can be fastened from the inside with a sashfastener or fasteners of any suitable kind.

I consider it advantageous when practicable to select for the purposes of my invention a window near a door of the building, asillustrated in the example.

.The operation of the vending-machine is as follows: It is assumed that the index 108 is set over that sector-like compartment 207 exhibiting the class of goods desired and the drum containing such goods placed in driving connection with the clutch-shaft .9 through the mechanism hereinbefore described with reference to and shown in Figs. 24 to 27, inclusive. A suitable coin--say a coin of the smaller diameter of the two coins of different diameters in exchange for which the machine is designed to supply goodsplaced in the coin-slot a will fall through the coinchute 1) into the groove f ofthecoin-holder d, and upon then rotating the shaft 158 in the proper direction by meansof the'external handle 4 the coin will be carried by the corresponding stop 126 into engagement with the lever g so moving it, and thereby through the lever-shaft h, gear is, shaft m, and gear y y cause the part-clutch q, that is so mounted as to slide on the shaft 158, to be moved into engagement with the adjacent partclutch on the end of the drum-operating shaft 8. The parts are held in this operative position by means of the mechanism hereinbefore described with reference to and shown in Figs. 17 to 19, inclusive, the lever 146, which is secured to the gear-wheel y and moves with it, being prevented in opposition to its spring 14st from returning to its normal position. Continued rotation of the shaft 158 will then cause the drum which is in driving connection with the shaft 8 to be rotated, and its buckets 103 will thereby carry up small quantities of goods contained in said drum and drop them into the flared mouth of a chute 35*, that leads them into the trough 177. The upper length of the endless band 171 forms the bottom of this trough, and asthe band is at this time'being driven by the drum-operating shaft 3 through gearp and shaft 182, Fig. 21, the goods are conducted down through the exit of the trough 177 into the scale-pan of the weighing device. Upon the predetermined weight of goods having entered the scale-pan the beam 11 tips and, through the connecting rod or Wire 153 and lever 152 releases the lever 146, which thereupon is drawn back to its normal position'by the spring 144, consequently operating the gear-wheel y, to which the lever is fixed, so as through the gear 1 to slide out of engagement the part clutch q and disconnect the drumoperating shaft 3 from the handle-shaft 158. The tipping of the scalebeam also releases the scale-pan, which then tilts and discharges its contents through the discharge-passage 186 into an inclined receptacle 187 or into a paper bag delivered from the machine by mechanism hereinbefore described and fitted in the receptacle, so as to receive the goods. After moving the lever g the coin falls from the coin-holder and runs down the inclined chute 67 into a link of the coin-carrying chain 64, where it may be easily seen through the window 70. The abovementioned movement of the arm 9 by the coin, and consequent partial rotation of the shaft m, causes the chain 64 to be advanced one link at each operation by means of a lever 58, fixed to said shaft, a connecting-rod 57, pivoted lever 56, which carries a springpressed ratchet-pawl, and ratchet-wheel 61, to which is secured the chain-wheel 60. The said partial rotation of the shaftm also effects the release of the paper-bag-delivery mechanism, which may then be operated by the external knob 189, as hereiubefore described.

What I claim is- 1. In a vending-machine, the combination of a coin-chute, means adapted to cause delivery of goods in exchange for a coin, a rotatable coin-holder formed with a shoulder and with a recess in said shoulder, the shoulder being adapted to receive and support coins from the said coin-chute and the recess being adapted to receive thin disks of metal from the said coin-chute, and a stop fixed to said holder and adaptedv upon rotation of the holder to carry a contained coin into engagement with the operating mechanism, substantially as described.

2. In a vending-machine the combinatio with automatic weighing mechanism, means adapted to cause delivery of goods thereto in exchange for coins of different values, a coinchute having channels of diiferent widths according to the diameters of the coins in exchange for which goods are to be delivered, acoin-holder form ed with grooves each adapted to receive coins from one of the channels of the chute, and arms each capable of being moved by a coin in one of the grooves of the coin-holder upon the operation of the latter i and each adapted to thereby render the goodsdelivery mechanism operative, of means adapted to be actuated by the movement of the arm that is moved by the coin of greater value and to thereby cause a Weight to slide along the weight-arm of the weighing mechanism and thus to cause the machine to deliver a greater weight of goods in exchange for the coin of greater value substantially as described.

3. In a vending-machine of the kind in which predetermined quantities of goods are delivered in exchange for a proper coin, the combination with automatic weighing mechanism and coin-operated means adapted to cause delivery of goods thereto, of a lever fixed to one of the moving parts of the coinoperated mechanism, a spring fixed at one end and at its other end connected to the lever, a fixed bracket in contact with one side of which the said lever is adapted to slide, against the action of said spring, each time the machine is operated, a rock-shaft mounted in said bracket and provided with an arm that lies in the path of, and is adapted to be engaged by, the said lever, a second arm fixed to the said rock-shaft, a detent pivoted to the bracket-and adapted to engage the said second arm of the rock-shaft when such shaft is moved by the action of the lever, and means, connecting said detent to an arm on the scalebeam of the automatic weighing device, whereby the tipping of the said beam moves the detent and releases the rock-shaft, substantially as described.

4. In a vending-machine the combination with means adapted to cause delivery of goods in exchange for coins of different values, of a coin-chute having channels of difierent widths according to the diameters of the coins in exchange for which goods are to be delivered, a pivoted plate that forms part of said coinchute, a rotatable coin-holder Whose boss is formed with a tooth, a shaft upon which said coin-holder is loosely mounted, a pawl-drum fixed to said shaft and partly surrounding the boss of the coin-holder and a pawl mounted within the pawl-drum and adapted to engage the tooth on the boss of the coin-holder only when the shaft is rotated in the proper direction, a cam-like projection formed on the end of said pawl-drum, a pivoted lever adapted to bear against said cam, a rod connecting said lever to an arm on the pivot-spindle of said pivoted plate, a second arm on said pivot-spindle and a bent pin projecting from a coin-operated shaft adapted to engage the said second arm and thereby lock the said pivoted plate in a position such as to close the coin-slot until the goods have been delivered, substantially as described.

5. In a vending-machine,.the combination with means for storing goods in bulk, means adapted to cause delivery of goods therefrom in exchange for a coin, an endless traveling band, an inclined chute vwhose bottom is formed by the upper length of the traveling