US819422A - Coin-actuated vending-machine. - Google Patents

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P .ATENTED MAY L 3906.

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PATENTED MAY l, 1906.

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` J. J. GREEN.

GOIN AGTUE'EEE VEEDING MACHINE.

APPLIOATIN FILED DBO. 6, 1904 2 SHEETSSHEET 2.

UNITED sfrArEs VPATENT OFFICE'.

JOHN JAY GREEN, OF BOONTON, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR TO EDWARD P. COE AND LEONARD BRUNNER, OF NEW YORK, N.. Y.

oom-ACTUATED vENDiNG-MACHINE.

To a/ZZ whom, it mayconcern:

Be it known that fl, JOHN JAY GREEN, a citizen offthe UnitedStates, and a resident of Boonton, in the county of Morris and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Coin-Actuated Vending-Machines, of which the following is a specification.

M invention relates to coin actuated ven ing-machines; and it consists in the hereinafter described and claimed improvements in construction and method of operation thereof, resulting in increased economy of. construction, certainty of operation, and prevention of imposition both by and upon the vendee.

The accompanying drawings illustrate my I im rovements.

igure 1 is-a detail top view of the coin carrying and actuating devices Fig. 2,r a central vertical section of essential parts of my machine, taken on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1 seenin the direction of the arrows; Fig. 3, a detail top view of the coin carrying and actuating devices on an enlarged scale; Fig. 4, a transverse section taken on the line 4 4 of Fig. 3 and seen in the direction of the arrows; Figs. 5, 6, and 7, details illustrating part of my receipts-stopping deviceand its operation.

A is the case containing and supporting ehuteBfor articles l) b, till T, and other mech- 'anism and devices hereinafter described. A is provided with an openable face portion a2, hinged to A on rod a3, on which it is partially rotatable sulliciently to alord access to till T and other contained portions of case A and with a door a overlapping a2, and which when closed and locked prevents in the usual Way the undesired opening of the case. The

upper portions of case A, door a, chute B, te., are not shown, these being unnecessary to an understanding of my invention. Chute ,as shown is vertically disposed and of such dimensions as to afi'ord storage and passage rlhese articles are stored and carried in the chute, as shown in Fig. 2. l

b is a weight or follower supported by resting on top olsaid articles within said chute.

. 'ol is a cylindrical stop-pin, likewise normally supported by said articles and passing ,loosely through a centrally and vertically disposed perforation b3 in t.

Specicationof Letters Patent. Applicaties sied December c, 1904. serai No. 235.669.

Patented Mav 1, 1906.

` b4 is a handle to b.

b5 is a flange at the bottom of b2.

. b is a countersunk portion of b to accommodate ange b5.

The articles b are normally supported by resting at both ends upon Han es 67 117, projecting inwardly from sides of e ute B. (See Figs. 2, 4, and 5.) a2 is rovided with a slot a.4 for insertion of coin Within casing A is rigidly supported a horizontally-disposed Hoor D. Said floor supports the coin-actuating mechanism, top view of which separated from theremainder of the machine is shown in Figs. 1 and 3. Said coin-actuating mechanism comprises a rectangular frame having vertically disposed and rigidly connected sides E E E2 E3 and rigidly connected with said sides a loor or bottom portion e', to which is secured a horizontally disposed ratchet e.

e2 is an adjustable gage-piece provided with slot e3 and adjustably secured to flange e4 of the frame E by set-screw e5.

G is a cylindrical operating rod which passes through face portion a? of case A, aY

portion thereof projecting outwardly therefrom, so as'to be pushable inwardly from the exterior thereof in direction of the arrow (shown in Fig. `1,) the location of G relatively to the exterior of the machine beingindicated by the dotted lines so lettered in Fig.l 2. G passes through circular slots in E E2 of dialneter such to support and guide the rod without unduly han'ipcring its reciprocating movements. A head g on rod G limits outward movement of latter by abutting against E2. A spiral spring g is secured at one of its extremities to stud g2 on g and at the other to stud g3 on E. Said spring retracts G to normal position when released from inward pressure by the vendee.

g4 is a vertically-disposed brace rigidly secured to and carried by rod G. gi is another brace similar to g4 and likewise rigidly secured to G. g" is a cylindrical auxiliary operating-rod to which braces g4 are also rigidly secured. g, like G, passes through E2 in a circular slot in the latter, having a diameter sized to support and guide g" without impeding its reciprocating movement. Braces g4 g5 are spaced apart approximately a little more than the thickness of the actuatingcoin C or preferably, as shown in Fig. 8, a little less than twice the thickness of suchcoin,

97 is a circular bevel-edged gage-plate rigidly secured to between braces g4 gi. The

bevels on 17 are extended so as to meet,

thereby imparting a sharp or knife edge to (17 at its greatest diameter. Brace g5 has integral therewith or rigidly attached thereto a raised horizontally-disposed carrier projecti )Iig,p1ovided with a slot. g". (iand itsconnected comovable parts as above enumerated are wheh in normal position located as shown in Fig. 2, so as to bring the space between g4 and g5 lireetl y under chute f1.4. Gageplate a2 is accurately adjusted so as to intercept and hold coin dropped through chute a4 by reason of the peripheral edge of said coin contacting with inner edge of' said guideplate c2 and knife-edge of 17. The coin thus passes from the coin-chute in the first instance partially into the space between gt and gi and is held from falling through said space between said braces by its said impact against said operative edges of c" and 07. lt follows that a coin whose'diameter is even a trifle less than the space between y* and gi will fall through and fail to operate the n iachine, while when the space between g and gi is, as

in the preferred construction shown in Fig.

A3--11 (1 but little less than twice the thickness of the coin--a coin whose thickness is somewhat less than that required will likewise. fall through, passing in this instance between .(/7 and g" -or lnward pressure being now applied to outer extremity of operatingrod G, the latter, with its connectml parts, earv ries the coin inwardly until the latter becomes superimposed over floot c. As the inward movtmcnt continues the edge of the coin is carried beyond edge of gage-plate cl', whereupon the coin drops slightly between braces g4 gi until its lower edge rests upon ratchet c. As the inward movement continues the coin, loosely supported in asubstantially vertical on-edge position betweencoactingbracesgg, pushed forward by g" and bearing at the lower portion of' its periphery upon ratchet. r", rides upwardly over the incline of each ratchettoo'th and drops in front ol'each tooth insuccession, whereby its forward movement once comnwnced withdrawal of the coin is rendered impossible. 'lhe front of' the coin near its upper edge or periphery during its said forward movement contacts with and pushes forward the then undermost ofthe articles It, as shown in Fig. 5, and the alternate rises and falls of the coin as it passes over the ratchet tend to prevent jamming. As the article is thus forced forward and away 'from the support afforded by the flange bl, it passes progressivetf and proportionately horizontally, without tilting,onto cacrier-platee*until it is wholly supported and carried by the latter, as shown in Fig. (i. When this stage is reached, the space between braces g" and e5 will have been carried beyond floor c and its ratchet e and the coin will drop through slot Y-siuastzz O in floor e 'and bebanlred in till T. Pressure on rod (l being now withrh'awn,spring retracts latter with its connected coniovah e l parts above described, with the result that carrier-plate g is `'withdrawn from beneati article l), one end of the latter being abutted against its nex. succeeding article orweight b', which has in the meantime taken in the chute the place last previously occupied by the article from beneath which carrier-plate 11 is, as aforesaid, being withdrawn. f'then spring g has retrz'lcted rod G with its said connected parts to normal or first position, as aforesaid, the article vl) wiil be left without support and will fall into delivery-chute S of the machine within reach of the purchaser.

l/Vhile the articles are passing through the chute B, weight /,rests upon them and operates asa follower. l/Vhen the last article has been delivered'4 as` aforesaid, Ab 'fills its-place within the chute, whereupon stop-pin fdrops first into the position indicated by fhg, 5 and finally attains relatively to tmeratinq-rrai (i and its connected parts the positioii illustrated in Figs. 6 and 7. This brings the lower extremity of the stop-pin b2 below the level of the carrier-plate g and within the slot therein g, which relation ot the parts causes stop-pin ffl to abut against edge gl of carrier-plate g8 within slot y and iocks operating-rod (l, with its connected parts, into the `position shown in lfig. 7, in which it will be u'iulerstood that the coin-receiving space hetween braces g g5 is no longer located beneath the coin-chute a", the result being tha t a coin dropped through the hitter finds no support and passes downward between af purchaser. l

Among the numerous features'ot' my organized nachine as above described which l deem particularly notmvorthy attention is directed to the particular accuracy of gage accomplished by the combination of adjustable gage-plate c2 and circular knife-edged gage-plate (17 in their particular locations relatively to each other, as shown. the coaction of the said knife-edge with thc adjustable edge of the horizontally-disposed gage-piecel cl bearing against the periphery of the coin at different levels, 'as shown, increasing the accuracy of the adjust nent possible in its relation to,th coin,and the knife-edge formation preventing spurious coins of undue thickness from being supported by the parts on tl cir introduction thereto through the slot of ille machine. 'lhe coin after being dropped into coin-chute e* attains considerable momentum before striking the siiperioriy-dispi)sed angular edge ot' the adjustable gage plate c2, from which it rebounds slightly in a direction angularly to that of its first descent, to fall again with sonze rotary movement in a. path l which causes it t0 impinge knife-edge of cirand till 'l` into delivery-chute S, where it is, accessible to be recovered by the mtending" IIO cular bevel-edged gagelate g?, from which again .it slightly reboun s toward inferi-orlydlspos'edangular edge of e2, and thus after a series of progressively-dininishing bounds from latter to knife-edge and back is iinally stopped by contacting tangentially simultaneously again said inferior edge of c2 and at a single point against said knife-edge, owing to the distance between these points being a trifle less than th'e diameter of the required com. part to the -coin irregular oscillatory n'ovements, `which usually. res '.lt in throwing the center of its edgey to one side oi the knifeedge. Now in the preferred construction shown in Fig. 3, the width ol the space between g and g5 being but little less than twice the thickness ol the coin, a coin of substantially less 'than required thickness will work in between the knife-edge and eitherig and g5 and drop clear through the coin-chute without actuating the machine. Note also the effect of the ratchet upon the coin, whereby with the assistance of the braces g gi the vwithdrawal of the coin is prohibited after its actuating function upon the article has been commenced also, the `vloaction of stop-pin b2 with slot g", whereby after the last article within the chute has been delivered the movable parts are locked in a position which prevents the coin dropped into the receivingchute from actuating th'em or being retained in the niachine, thu efl'ectually preventing all imposition upon purchasers.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is the following, viz:

1 In acoin-actuated vending-machine, the combination of a vertically-disposed chute for a coin, a stationary gage-plate having a horizontally-extended. operative edge projecting into, beyond, and transversely of the path of said chute at a given level, a movable gagedisk disposed in a vertical plane rectangularly disposed toward and at a lower level than said edge of said gage-plate, said operative edges being spaced to sustain said coin between them, coacting braces horizontally movable in a direction parallel with said 0perative edge of said gage-plate and disposed to support the coin in edgcwise presentation to said operative edges and nzeans to move saidl braces and gage-disk relatively to said operative edge of said gage-plate, whereby the coin is supported by said braces and operative edges until n.oved beyond the operative edge of said gage-plate.

2. In a coin-actuated vending-machine, the combination of a verlically-disposed chute l'or a coin a stationary gage-plate having a horiZontally-extendeil operative edge projecting into, beyond, and transversely of the path of raid chute at a given level, a movable knife-edge gage-disk disposed in a vertical plane rectangularly disposed toward and 'at lhe rebounds' mentioned tend to ima lower level than said edge of lsaid gageplate, said operative edges being spacedto sustain said coin between them, coacting braces horizontall movable in a direction parallel with said7 operative edge of said gage-plate and disposed to support the coin in'edgewise presentation to said operative edges and means to move said braces and gage-disk relatively to said operative edge of said gage-plate, whereby the coin is supported by said braces and operative edges until moved beyond the operative edge of said gage-plate. I

3. In a coin-actuated vending-machine, the 'combination of a vertically-disposed chute for a coin, aistationarygage-plate having a horizontally-extended operative edge projecting into, beyond, and transversely of, the path oi' said chute at a given level, a movable gage-disk disposed in a vertical lane. rectangularly disposed toward and at a ower level than said edge of said gage-plate, said operative edges being spaced to sustain said coin between them,A a chute for an` article, a lloor extending beneath the bottoni ot said Q article-chute to sustain the weight of said coin, coacting braces movable relatively to said lloor and chute and arranged to loosely lhold said coin in substantially upright, on-

edge, presentation relatively to and while sustained iirst by said operative gage-edges and afterward by said Iloor and means to move said guide-disk and braces past said operative edges o'l" said guide-plate, over said lloor, and past the bottom ot' said articlechute.

4. In a coin-actuatedvending-machine, the combination of a vertically-disposed chute for the coin, open at top and bottom, a stationary gage-mate having a horizontally-extended operative edge projecting into, and transversely oli, the ath'oi said chute at a given level, a mova le gage-diskl havinga peripheral knife-edge in a vertical plane rectangularly disposed toward and at a lower level than said edge of said gage-plate, said edges being spaced apart'less than the dianieter oi said coin, and a pair of braces, parallel with each other and with said plane of said knife-edge, spaced apart less than double the v thickness of said coin and each equidistantly disposed lon opposite sides of said knife-edge, whereby a com of required diameter and thickness is arrested and held within said chute, while a coin of deficient diameter or thickness falls through. v

5. In a coin-actuated vending-m achine, the

combination of a vertically-disposed continuous coin-chute, open at top and bottom, a horizontally-1novable coin-carrier normally interposed medially in the path of said chute, a chute lor an article, means to move said carrier horizontally out of said path of said chute to bank said coin and to deliver said article, in said article-chute`a follower norermee seid eoii'iwehute, whereby a coin deposited in ro said chute 'after delivery o said article Jhills through the chute and is returned to the depositor..

- JOHN JAY GREEN.

1 Witnesses PHrLrP ,(1. Priori, l WILLIAM STAHL.

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