US779237A

US779237A - Coin-controlled vending-machine.

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Publication number: US779237A
Application number: US21705804A
Authority: US
Inventors: Robert Stanley Prichard; Charles V Wertz
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1904-07-18
Filing date: 1904-07-18
Publication date: 1905-01-03
Anticipated expiration: 1922-01-03

Description

No. 779,287. PATENTED JAN. 3, 1905. R. S. PRIGHARD 5: 0. V. WERIZ. COIN CONTROLLED VENDING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 18,1904.

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UNITED STATES Patented January 3, 1905.

PATENT OFFICE.

ROBERT STANLEY PRIOHARD AND CHARLES V. VVERTZ, OF PORTSMOUTH,

I OHIO.

COIN-CONTROLLED VENDING-MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 779,237, dated January 3, 1905.

Application filed July 18, 1904. Serial No. 217,058.

To (all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, ROBERT STANLEY PRIOHARD and OHARLEs V. VVERTZ, citizens of the United States, residing at Portsmouth, in

the county of Scioto and State of Ohio, have invented new and useful Improvements in Coin-Controlled Vending-Machines, of which the following is a specification.

Our invention relates to improvements in what are termed coin-controlled vendingmachines, particularly designed for the vending of shoe lacings or strings, &c., contained in preferably cylindric or tubular packages and the like. I

Said invention has for its object, among other things, to provide for diverting or defleeting any iron substance which may be inserted into a nickel or coin receiving slot out of the plane of the coin-receiving tube, preventing the same from entering the latter; to similarly affect any long pieces of brass or wire or wood attempted to be passed into said tube or tubes via said slot or slots and to effect their final delivery into the slug-receiving chamber; to provide against the surreptitious actuation of the article or package delivering or vending slide or carrier by the insertion into the coin-tubes, for instance, of any inferior material-as pieces of lead, tin, cardboard, wood, and the likewhich may be prod need in dimensions and shape in imitation of the required coin or nickel necessary for that purpose; to guard against the clandestine eX- traction or removal of the contents of the ar 3 5 ticle or package containing compartment, and

to provide for carrying out the aforesaid objects in a simple, effective, and direct manner.

Said invention consists of sundry combinations and arrangements of parts, substantially as hereinafter fully disclosed, and particularly pointed out by the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, illustrating the preferred embodiment of our invention, Figure 1 is a front elevation thereof. Fig. 2

is a vertical transverse section of the same. Fig. 3 is a perspective view in general with the casing partly broken away and partly in section, more fully showing certain of the internal mechanism. Fig. 4 is a horizontal section produced just above the coin-engaged slide or carrier and below the covering-plate therefor. Fig. 5 is a like section taken just above said plate, through which the coin-tubes deliver. Fig. 6 is a broken-away rear elevation of the interior mechanism. Fig. 7 is a plan View disclosing more particularly the horseshoe-shaped magnets arranged in connection with the coin-receiving slots and above the coin-conducting tubes. Figs. 8,9,10, and 11 are certain enlarged detailed views showing more clearly the sundry movements of the coin-engaged slide, its dog or latch, and the package carrier or slide engaged by said latch or dog, also disclosing the action of a deposited coin upon the latter and the action of said coinengaged slide upon a subterfuge object deposited in the machine, respectively. Figs. 12 and 18 are enlarged broken-away perspective views of the bottom casting or support for the coin slide or carrier andof the latter, respectively. Fig. 1 is a detached perspective view of the package-carrier. Fig. 15 is a like view of the coin engaged or actuated dog or latch for securing the package-carrier in locked position. Fig. 16 is an enlarged broken-away perspective view more especially of the top or covering plate of the coinslide and package-carrier support or inclosure. Fig. 17 is an enlarged broken-away section disclosing more particularly the upper portion of one of the coin-receiving tubes and adjunctive parts.

In the practicing of our invention we employ a suitable casing 1, having in its preferably glass-faced front portion 1 a number or plurality of coin compartments or chambers 1, more particularly for receiving or holding cylindric packages or receptacles containing shoe lacings or strings, &c., for vending. Each compartment 1 is preferably constituted of a plate of suitable cross-section, with its longitudinal edges bent or stamped up with forward and inturned lateral portions 1", the front of the compartment thus formed being open intermediarily of said inturned portions or terminals, whereby while providing for effectively holding the packages the latter are readily observable'through the glass front of the casing as desirable in providing for the timely replenishing thereof. Said compartment-forming plates are seated at their lower ends upon the plate 8, interiorly of short upstanding studs 1*, cast upon the latter, while said first-referred-to plates have their extreme rear upper edges let in behind pendent plate extensions 1, cast with the lower edge of the upper end transverse casting 1 of the easing 1. The glass-faced front 1 comprises, preferably, a cast frame, itself subdivided into two general series of smaller frames or openings, one series, 1, being restricted to a relatively contracted cross-sectional area of the extreme upper part of the primary frame, and the other series, 1 extending from the aforesaid series downward, but with a single subframe 1 forming the lower end terminal of the central longitudinal member of said latter series, the whole having the effect to render said front highly ornamental and inviting or attractive, which is not to be ignored, but rather appreciated from a commercial viewpoint, especially as relates to the purpose of this invention. Said compartments or chambers 1 open at their lower ends into a common downward-extended offset chamber 2 at the front side of the machine, designed or adapted to receive the vended packages as they are released and drop from the aforesaid compartments, as more fully disclosed hereinafter. Said chamber 2 has its downward and rearward curved front wall and bottom in part formed partly, preferably, by a separate light malleable plate 2, suitably secured in place, while the remaining part of said bottom is formed by the extending of the casing-bottom beyond the lower edge of said plate and the corresponding edge of the chamber 2, said casing-bottom being further extended a short distance upward away from the outer side of said chamber, thus forming an open-ended receptacle or trough 2", down into which rolls the vended article or package from said chamber as the latter is released, as before noted, for ready removal by the purchaser.

The glass-faced front or frame 1 is set into the casing 1 in any suitable way, preferably as shown, so as to be readily removed and replaced, as may be required in filling and refilling the package, containing compartments aforesaid, and is furnished and equipped with a suitable lock or key, as at 3, at its upper edge, for the required protection of the contents of said compartments.

In the upper end transverse casting l of the casing 1 are the coin or nickel receiving slots 4:, any number desired being used, according to the intended capacity of the machine, and upon the opposite or interior surface of said upper end casting are cast suitably-spaced-apart lateral plate-like projections or ribs 5, two of which being arranged in connection with each coin-receiving slot, and arranged in alinement therewith are the coin conducting or receiving tubes proper, 6, of which said ribs form continuations and which will be more fully described later. Horseshoe-shaped permanent magnets 6 are suitably secured in position, as presently noted, with their poles opposed directly to the upper edges of the coin-receiving slots to deflect or divert any pieces of iron inserted through the latter from the coin-receiving tubes, said iron pieces being conducted away via an inclined plate or chute 7, suitably secured in place, and finally dropped into the slug-receiving chamber usually provided in machines of this character for that purpose. Said magnets are bodily clamped between suitable pieces of non-conducting material 6 upon the transverse or horizontal bar of a bracket 8, whose arms are suitably secured or bolted to the casing 1 upon its interior, bolts, as at 6, being passed through plates 6", applied to the upper pieces of said non-conducting material and through the latter and said horizontal bar and secured by nuts.

The coin-receiving tubes or conductors 5, preferably of some light or malleable metal, with their rear portions or surfaces left partially open in the direction of their lengths, as if traversed by a longitudinal slot, have their upper ends provided with forward edgehooked terminals 5, taking into oblong openings or slots 5" in the upper end transverse casting 1* of the casing 1, said ends also having at their rear edges plate extensions 5 adapted to cooperate with the lateral ribs 5, above described, to conduct or direct the coin or coins inserted through the slots therefor into said tubes or conductors. The lower ends of said tubes or conductors are suitably secured or bolted to a covering-plate or adjunctive part 8 of a casting supporting certain other parts, as presently disclosed, which plate has opposite said lower ends of tubes slots 9 for the passage therethrough of the coin or coins dropping from said tubes on their way to the coin-engaged slide or carrier. Said tubes or conductors are inclined laterally, although incidentally inclined vertically, to provide for the indirect delivery of the deposited coin or coins into the slide engaged by or receiving the same as in actuating the machine, as later made more apparent.

A slide or carrier 9 in the form mainly of a frame arranged to be actuated bya suitablyknobbed rod or handle 9, centrally connected thereto at its front, is supported beneath the plate 8 upon the casting or support 8, before referred to, having lateral upstanding guide flanges or extensions 8" therefor. Said han dle or rod 9 extends out through an opening in the preferably outwardly bulged or offset front plate 2' of the chamber 2 and is suitably encompassed by a spring 9, having oneend bearing or housed in a socket formation or elongation 9 of said bulged front plate, outside of which is arranged the knob of said upon the frame or slide 9 to hold the lastnamed normally under pressure, and therefore to effect the automatic return movement thereof after its actuation and release, as will be readily understood. Said slide or frame 9 is itself subdivided into a number of compartments or divisions 9, according to the number of compartments the machine may contain, each subdivision 9 having its inner cross-bar 9 suitably centrally reduced or depressed, as at 9, and said depressed portion provided with a coin-receiving slot 9 while just beneath said cross-bar the support 8 has an opening 8 about in alinement with the coin-receiving tube or conductor, but not sufficiently exposed to permit the coin to fall or pass therethrough. This opening permits the dropping throughit in attempting the actuating of the coin-slide of any light materialas pieces of cardboard, tin, and the like which may be produced in imitation of a coin and entering and passing through the cointubes,'said material being received below in the coin-receiving dish or receptacle 10, suitably placed in position in the casing-chamber below the support or casting 8. Said support or casting has also a central longitudinal depression 8 itself terminating at a point about where the coin is to be dropped or released from the carrier 9 in an opening or hole 8 as presently more fully disclosed, said depression extending clear from the one edge of said casting or support inward or about in a line parallel with the coin-receiving slot 9 of the transverse or cross bar 9 of the slide or carrier 9 and has a slightly-upraised longitudinal elevation or hearing 8 for the relatively lower edge of the coin to rest on, ofiset laterally from the opening 8 and jutting at its forward end into the opening 8 through which latter the coin drops below into the coin-receiving dish or receptacle.

A series or plurality of slides or carriers 11 for receiving and releasing the packages or articles for vending is arranged to be actuated by the movement of the slide or carrier 9 for dropping the deposited coin, each carrier 11 consisting of a frame arranged within each compartment or subdivision 9 of the carrier 9 and resting in its initial position upon the support or casting 8 with its rear end in contact with and limited as to its inward movement by stops 11 in the form of lugs cast with said support. The inner upper edge of each carrier 11 has extending centrally therefrom a plate-like elongation or arm 11 itself having a greatly-contracted extension or projection 11 arranged laterally of its longitudinal center and resting within the depression 9 of the inner transverse slotted bar 9 of the coin-engaged slide 9. Said projection has upstanding therefrom a stud or projection 11, projecting into a slot 11 in the coveringplate 8 and arranged immediately at the outer lateral edge thereof about in a line with the free end of the arm proper, 11 for actuating the gong-operating mechanism upon the dropping of a package, as will more fully presently appear. Said arm or plate 11 is equipped with a dog or latch 12, of peculiar construction, with its one end provided with lateral trunnions 12, bearing or pivoting upon said plate atthe corresponding end thereof. or rather at its juncture with the package-carrier and within housings 12, produced in the plate 8 laterally of a slot 12, also formed in said plate, said slot, to-

gether with a coincident slot 12"", produced in said arm, jointly providing for the reception of said dog or latch, as shown, the extreme underneath beveled end or edge 12 of the latter bearing normally upon the inner upper edge of the transverse bar 9 of the carrier 9 con' tiguously to the coin-receiving slot 9 of said bar, the purpose of which will be disclosed hereinafter. The slots 12 12 of the plate 8 and arm 11 open out through the free end of said arm and into a right-angled slot extension 12, respectively, the latter being also produced in said plate 8 and in continuation of slot 9 whose distant end portion is arranged in alinement with the lower end of a coin-receivingtubeor conductor, which is duplicated, of course, for each such tube or conductor. By this arrangement it is noted that each coinreceiving tube or conductor delivers its coin laterally of the coin-receiving slot 9 in the slide or carrier 9, said coin in' such delivery passing from said tube to and finally entering said slot, while the light imitation substances entering said tubes drop through the slot 9 and lodge upon the inclined portion of the bar 9 of the coin-carrier 9, and when the latter is actuated will fall through the opening 8 into the coin-tray below. Said dog or latch is held under pressure by a spring 13 with its lower end preferably receiving and held in place by a stud 13, projecting from the upper surface of said latch or dog, while its upper end is let into a socket [4 in the under side of a bridge or yoke 14:, upraiscd from and cast with the plate 8 and spanning the slot 12 in said plate. It will be understood that the tension or pressure of said spring is such as to prevent the unlocking of said dog or latch by the contact therewith of any light or inferior substanceas lead, tin, and the like inserted into the transverse-bar coin-slot 9, said substance being bent or deflected under the action of said dog or latch at its under neath beveled edge in any attempt to effectively actuate the machine or so as to release the package-dropping slide or carrier. Said dog or latch-bar has extending from very near its extreme beveled end inward or rearward an underneath stepped surface forming a lateral stop 12 at said end engaging the plate 8 to limit the downward movement of said dog or latch, a forward facing or presented shoulder 12 rearward of and downward from said stop and again rearward of and downward Q from said shoulder, a second shoulder 12 also facing or presented forward with the inter mediary surface between said shoulders normally inclined downward and forward, as at 12, all as clearly indicated especially in any of Figs. 8 to 11, the functions of which will be apparent presently. Said dog or latch has still an additional underneath stepped surface, but in a lower plane than and laterally of the previously-described like surface, forming a shoulder 12, facing or presented rearward or reversely to the direction of presentation of the aforesaid shoulders with the surface in rear of said shoulder inclined downward and rearward, as at 12 further referred to later.

Arranged and suitably journaled in position in an upstanding stud or bearing 15, cast with the plate 8, and an upright support or bearing 15, bolted to the latter, is a rock-shaft 16, equipped at the required intervals or points thereon with tappets or cams 16, adapted to be engaged by the upstanding studs 11 of the package-dropping slides or carriages 11 as the machine is actuated as in effecting the vending operation. Said shaft has suitably secured thereto near one end a clapper or hammer 17, adapted to deliver its blow, when the machineis actuated as just stated, upon a' gong or bell 18, suitably secured in position upon the upright 15, before referred to. A spring 19,suitabl y connected to one end of said hammer and to the covering-plate 8, respectively, serves to automatically effect the re turn movement of said hammer after having been actuated.

A suitable back plate 20 closes that part of the casing 1, cleats or notched studs 21 and longitudinal flanges 21, cast laterally with the latter, being adapted to aid, with cross bars or braces 22 and other suitable fastenings. to secure or hold said back plate in place.

In operation the person desiring a package of shoe-lacings or other article with which the appropriate compartments or tubes are supplied places a coin or nickel into one of the slots for receiving the same. Said coin rolling down into the required tube instead of dropping directly into the unlocking mechanism takes a lateral course, passing into the slot 9 and at the terminal of the latter its movement is arrested with its relatively upper edge projecting a short distance out of the same. The knobbed rod or handle of the slide or carrier 9, whose inner bar is provided with the slot 9, containing the coin, is grasped and pulled outward to its maximum limit. During the initial part of such movement the coin will lift the dog or latch 12 as the latter engages the beveled edge or end 12 of said latch, which will have the effect to disengage said dog from and release the package-dropping slide, and during the remainder of said movement said slide will be moved, with its pac age, from over the casting or part 8, permitting the delivery or dropping ofsaid package into chamber 2 below, the coin having been previously dropped or delivered through the opening 8 into the dish for its reception. Simultaneously with the dropping of the package the stud 11 upon the'corresponding package carrier or slide will strike or engage the registering tappet or cam 16 of the rock-shaft 16, actuating the hammer 17, consequently signaling upon the bell 18 the fact of the dropping of such package. It is further noted that should an attempt be made to tamper with the machine,as by moving the coin and package-droppingslides in a reverse direction while the coin is still in transit or before the dropping thereof,the shoulder 12 of the latch or dog 12 would in its engagement with the coin, be effective to render such an attempt unsuccessful, as disclosed by Fig. 10. Again, the package-dropping slide is prevented from being manipulated as when the same has arrived by the actuation of the coin-dropping slide at its delivery-point, so as to permit the robbing of the machine or effect the dropping of more than a single package, by the provision of the shoulder 12 of the latch 12, whose engagement with said package slide or carrier when said dog has dropped to its normal position guards against the repetition of the aforesaid movement thereof only in the regular way, as above pointed out, as 9 will be apparent from the relation of the parts when in their initial position. As will be noted by reference to Fig. 11, any attempt to manipulate or tamper with the machine by the lodging into the coin-slot 9 of the coin-engaged slide 9 of any inferior metal piece, as lead, tin, &c., or other unauthorized substance, will be frustrated by the holding action of the spring of the dog or latch, as against such substance dislod ging the latter, as is made apparent, it is believed, from the practical operation of the machine.

It is apparent that our machine is equally adapted for vending various other articles of merchandise-such, for instance, as medicaments, toilet articles, gum, cigars, &c.

Latitude is allowed as to details herein, as they may be changed as circumstances suggest without departing from the spirit of our in- Vention.

WVe claim 1. A vending-machine, employing a coinengaged slide or carrier, a package-dropping slide or carrier, a dog or latch engaged by the coin carried by the former for lifting said dog out of engagement with, and releasing, said package-carrier with the movement of said coin-carrier and to effect the subsequent movement of said package-carrier simultaneously with the continued movement of said coincarrier,said latch havinga lateral forward-endsupporting flange arranged in a plane above the coin-engaging edge of said end, and means for the effective retention of said latch to its initially-locked position.

2. A vending-machine, employing a coincarrier, a package-carrier arranged within the former, a dog or latch pivoted in a flxture and having its forward or free end provided with an underneath beveled edge and having a lateral forward-end-supporting flange arranged in a plane above the coin-engaging edge of said end, and a spring exerting its normal tension or pressure upon said latch or dog to lock it in its initial position, said dog or latch adapted to secure said package-carrier in position and by the engagement with which dog of the deposited coin as the coin-carrier is moved outward, said dog is disengaged from said package-carrier.

3. A vending-machine, employing a coincarrier comprising a frame, a package-dropping slide or carrier arranged within said coincarrier or frame, a support adapted to serve initially as a bottom for said package-carrier, a spring-pressed dog or latch pivoted to a fixture to secure said package-carrier, said coincarrier having a coin-receiving slot and said dog adapted to be engaged by the coin contained in said slot and to be thus disengaged from said package-carrier by the movement of said coin-carrier, and said latch or dog having a lateral forwardend supporting flange arranged-in a plane above the coin-engaging edge of said end, and means for the effective retention of said latch or dog in its initiallylocked position.

4. A vending-machine, employing a coincarrier provided in its inner cross-bar with a coin-receiving slot, a package-carrier arranged within said coin-carrier and adapted to have its bottom opening initially closed and a dog or latch pivoted to a fixture, for initially securing said package-carrier, said dog adapted to be disengaged from said package-carrier by the movement of said coin-carrier and the engagement of the coin carried thereby with said dog or latch, and said latch or dog having a lateral forward-end-supporting flange arranged in a plane above the coin-engaging edge of said end, and means for the effective retention of said latch or dog in its initiallylocked position.

5. A vending-machine, employing a coincarrier adapted to receive a coin at its inner end, a package-carrier arranged to have independent movement within the former and to have its delivery-opening initially closed, and a dog or latch pivoted to a fixture and having its effective end engaging said package-carrier and itself to be disengaged from the latter by the action of the coin carried by said coin-carrier as in actuating the machine, said dog having a shoulder upon its lower surface engaging said package-carrier, to prevent the unauthorized movement of said carrier, and said latch or dog having a lateral forwardend supporting flange arranged in a plane above the coin-engaging edge of said end, and

means for the effective retention of said latch or dog in its initially-locked position.

6. A vending-machine, employing a coincarrier, a package-carrier arranged to have movement within the former and to have its delivery-opening initially closed, and a dog or latch pivoted to a fixture and having its beveled end adapted to be engaged by the coin of the coin-carrier, said dog orlatch having upon its under side near said end, a shoulder for initially locking said package-carrier, and said latch or dog having a lateral forward-endsupporting flange arranged in a plane above the coin-engaging edge of said end, and means for the effective retention of said latch or dog in its initially-locked position.

7. A vending-machine, employing a coincarrier, a package-carrier arranged to have movement within the former and to have its delivery-opening initially closed and a pivoted dog or latch having upon its under side, near the beveled end, ashoulder engaging said package-carrier and adapted to prevent the reverse or rearward movement of said package, as when in transit and prior to the dropping of the coin from the coin-carrier.

8. A vending-machine, employing a coincarrier, a package-carrier arranged to have movement within the former, and a pivoted dog or latch with its beveled end adapted to be engaged by the coin carried by said coincarrier, said dog or latch having upon its under side shoulders adapted to prevent the reverse movement of said package-carrier, as when in transit and prior to the dropping by the coin-carrier, of its coin and when in its initial position, respectively.

9. A vending-machine, employing a coincarrier, a package-carrier arranged to have movement within the former, and a pivoted dog or latch with its beveled end adapted to be engaged by the coin carried by said coincarrier, said dog or latch having, upon its underneath surface, oppositely-facing shoulders arranged in planes one lower than the other, and adapted to lock said package-carrierin its initial position and to prevent the reverse movement of said carrier at a certain juncture in its actuation.

10. A vending-machine, employing a coincarrier, a packagecarrier arranged to have limited movement within the former and to have its delivery-opening initially closed, and a pivoted dog or latch having its free end disposed contiguously to the coin-slot of said coin-carrier, and having a lateral lug or projection at said end, to limit the downward movement thereof, said dog also having upon its under side oppositely-facing shoulders engaging said packagecarrier in different positions, as specified.

11. A vending-machine employing a coincarrier, a package-carrier arranged to have limited movement within the former and having a slotted arm with its slot opposed to a corresponding slot in the covering -plate for said package-earrier, and a pivoted dog or latch resting at its free end upon said coincarrier eontiguously to its coin-slot, and arranged within said slots. and having a shoulder in its lower surface near said end engaging said package-carrier initially locking it in position.

12. A vending-machine, employing a coincarrier, a package-carrier having an arm and arranged to have movement within said coincarrier, a support or base for said packagecarrier having upstanding studs to limit the movement of said package-carrier, and a dog or latch bearing or pivoting in housings in a covering-plate for said package-carrier, said covering-plate and arm having therein registering slots receiving said dog or latch, and said arm engaging ashoulder of said dog initially locking the latter in position.

13. A vending-machine, employing a coin carrier, a package-carrier having an arm and arranged to have limited movement within the former, a support or base for said package carrier having a depression or guide within which depends the corresponding portion of said coin-carrier, and a dog or latch pivoted at one end in housings in a coveringplate secured to said base or support, said dog or latch having a shoulder upon its under side, near one end to engage said arm and initially lock said package-carrier in position.

14. A vending-machine, employing a coinearrier, a packagecarrier arranged to have limited movement within the former, a base i or support for said packagecarrier having a lateral opening therethrough as also a coindropping opening in the path of the travel of said coin-carrier, a pivoted dog or latch adapted to be engaged by the coin deposited in the slot of said coincarrier, and itsell adapted to engage and initially lock said package-carrier in position, and a covering-plate for said carrier having a lateral slot delivering into said coin-carrier slot, and ranging in line with said lateral opening of the support or base.

15. A vending-machine, employing coin and package carriers, means for operating said carriers, a coin-tube adapted to laterally deliver the coin into the coin-carrier, a base or support for said carriers having a lateral, slug passage or opening delivering into the coin-tray below and a plate having a slot extension with its distant end, as relates to its coin-delivering end, arranged under said cointube and adapted to deliver the inferior materials or slugs via said slug passage or opening when said coin -earrier is actuated. said slugs lodging upon the coin-delivering inclined portion of said coin-carrier during the. delivery of the coin.

In testimony whereof we have signed our names to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

ROBERT STANLEY PRIOHARD. CHARLES V. WERTZ.

Witnesses:

VM. L. REED, CHARLES WEBER.