US823956A - Coin-controlled vending machine. - Google Patents

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No. 823,956. I PATENTED JUNE 19, 1906. 8'. W. MEREDITH.

COIN GONTRGLLED VENDING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 23. 190B.

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COIN CONTROLLED VENDING DEVICE.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE WASHINGTON MEREDITH, OF WIOHITA, KANSAS, ASSIGNOR TO MILO R. MEREDITH, OF VVABASH, INDIANA.

COIN-CONTROLLED VENDING DEVICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 19, 1906.

Original application filed April 11, 1905, fierial No. 255,042. Divided and as application filed February 23' 1986. Serial No. 302,592.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE WASHINGTON MEREDITH, a citizen of the United States, residin at Wichita, in the county of Sedgwick and tate of Kansas, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Coin-Controlled Vending Devices, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to coin-controlled vending devices.

It is a division of a prior application for a patent for a cigar-vending machine, which was filed by me April 11, 1905, Serial No.

255,042 5 and it consists in the novel mcchan- 7 tom of their box A, as seen in Fig. 1, into the cells 9 of an endless belt, which is distended about sprocket-wheels 4 5. l

A spring-motor mechanism 15 16 17, Fig. 2, is wound up by shaft 18 and turns a ear 14, which meshes with a gear ll and w ich in turn (see Fig. 3) meshes with a larger ear 10 on the same shaft with the front spree. etwheels, and these latter give motion to the cell-belt to discharge the cigars whenever the motor mechanism is set into action throu h the coin-controlled devices, When the mec anism is at rest, these gears are locked by a detent 19, Fig. 3, pivoted at its rear end to the framework and havin a tooth 20, ads ted to strike against one (if the ratchet-test 13 of the disk 12. This detent lies in the same vertical plane with the disk 12 and is ressed down by a coiled-wire spring 21 an has a laterallyrejecting or right-angularly-bent end 22, lg. 2, that lies across the top of a coin-chute and in the path of the coin. The coin-chute occupies a plane parallel to the de tent 19. As the coin is forced under and past this bent end 22 of the detent, as in dotted lines in Fig. 1, said bent end 22 is lifted, and the tooth 20 of the detent bein withdrawn from tooth 13 of the ratchet-dis the motor mechanism is unlocked, and it then turns the gears 11 and 1D and the cell -belt until the detent takes up against the other ratchettooth 13. K

The coin-chute consists of four parts; the upper part 23, Fig. 1, which curves upwardly and forwardly and is the receiving-mouth. This part has pivoted in its sides a thin pronged wheel 24, which acts as a guard to prevent the insertion of a wire to surreptitiously lift the detent. One prong or arm of this wheel is weighted, so that it alwaysgravitates to a position that closes the path to the entrance of a length of wire 5 but when a coin enters and strikes the gravitating arm the wheel yields and allows the coin to pass, as the descent of the next prong above the coin does not obstruct the passage of a coin, as it would the entrance of an extended length of wire. At the bottom of the part 23 of the coin-chute is another horizontal part 25, in which slides a thin plunger 26, attached to a stem 27, that bears a push-button B on its end. This plunger is normally held out by a spring 28, and when the coin is inserted it drops in front of this plunger, as shown, and than upon forcing the push-button in the plun er strikes the coin, and forcing it inwardly and upwardly the edge of the top of the coin strikes the lateral projection 22 of the detent and forcing it up releases the looking-detent and starts the delivery mechanism into action. As the coin passes under the bent end 22 of the detent the downward s ring action of the detent forces the coin own into the receiving-chamber 29, and thence it passes into the trough 30, which leads down to an opening in the floor on which the vending device stands, and thence into any subjacent money-drawer. This coin-trough 30 is pivoted at 31, so that its lower end may be lifted from registration with the opening in the floor when it is to be removed therefrom, as indicated in dotted lines.

In the bottom of the part 25 of the coinchute there is an openin 33, which forms a seat for a proper coin in rent of the lunger. This o ening is of such size that a sine ler coin than t e pro or one will fall through it, and the action 0 the plun or will he ineffective. When a pro or coin, owever, rests in this seat and is orced forward by the plunger, such coin in rising from the seat will cause an upward or lifting action against the bent end. 22 of the-detent to more positively lift it from its locking position.

Although intended for cigars, it will be understood that this device may be used for vending any other articles of uniform size.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a coin-controlled vending-machine, the combination with the carrying-cells and a motor for actuating the same; of a tripping device consisting of a gear-wheel having a ratchet-tooth, a pivoted detent-arm arranged in the plane of and engaging said ratchettooth and having a laterally-projecting end, a coin-chute arranged parallel to the detentarm and passing beneath said laterally-projectin end and a plunger arranged in the coininto and ada ted to force the coin up against said latera ly-projecting end of the detent and lift the same away from the ratchet-tooth.

2. In a coin-controlled vending-machine, the combination with the carrying-cells and a motor for actuating the same; of a tripping device consisting of a gear-wheel-having a ratchet-tooth, a pivoted detent-arm arranged in the plane of and engaging said ratchettooth and having a laterallyrojecting end, a coin-chute arranged parallei to the detent arm and passing beneath said laterally-pro jecting end and having in its bottom a discharge-opening for improper coins said opening also forming a seat for a proper coin and a spring-plunger arranged to force a proper coin up out of said seat and against the laterally-projecting end of the detent-arm to lift the same.

3. In a coin-controlled vending-machine, the combination with the carryingcells and a motor for actuating the same; of a tripping device consisting of a gear-wheel having a ratchet-tooth, a pivoted detent-arm arranged in the plane of and enga ing said ratchettooth and having a lateral y-projecting end, a coin-chute arranged parallel to the detentarm and passing beneath said laterally-projecting end and having a sprin lunger for advancing the coin beneath said gent end of the detent, and a coin-trough pivoted beneath the discharge end of the coin-chute to permit adjustment of its discharge end.

4. In a coin-controlled vending-machine, the combination with the discharging devices, the coin-chute and the coin-controlled starting devices; of a coin-trough leading from the coin-chute and pivoted at its upper end below the coin-chute to permit the lower end of the trough to be adjusted as described.

GEORGE WASHINGTON MEREDITH. Witnesses J. G. HERMANN,

G. A. GINTER.

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