US830033A - Automatic vending-machine. - Google Patents

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No. 880,033. PATENTED SEPT. 4, 1906. G. G. YOCUM.

AUTOMATIC VENDING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 25, 1905.

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Attorney TED STATES GEORGE C. YOCUM, OF SCRANTON, PENNSYLVANIA.

AUTOMATIC VENDING-MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 4, 1906.

Application filed March 25, 1905. Serial No. 262,004.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, GEORGE C. YooUM, a citizen of the United States, residing at Scranton, in the county of Lackawanna-and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Automatic Vending-Machines, of which the following is a specification.

My present invention relates to machines for automatically cutting off and delivering checks from paper strips. The machine is intended principally for delivering checks such as are commonly used in connection With soda-Water fountains. It is customary at present for the purchaser. to obtain a ticket or check from one clerk and to hand it to the clerk dispensing the beverages in payment for a drink. The purpose of this custom is to save the clerk at the soda-water fountain, whose hands are usually wet or moist, the trouble of handling money, also to serve as a check upon the honesty of the clerk. By means of my im rovements the services of the clerk who so ls the checks may be dispensed with, as the machine will automatically cut ofl and deliver a check to the purchaser Whenever the latter inserts a coin of the re er denomination in the machine.

The details and o eration of my invention will be clear from the following description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings.

In the accompanying drawings, which illustrate'my invention, I have shown the mechanism inclosed in a suitable casing, the latter being shown in section in some of the views.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a plan view of the machine, the casing being shown in horizontal section. Fig. 1 is a side View of the machine, on a small scale, showing the motor belted thereto. Fig. 2 is a side view of the mechanism, partly broken away, the parts being shown in their normal positions in full lines and the positions of the coin-lever and tappet-levcr at the time when a coin first enters the coin-lover being indicated in dotted lines and the casing being shown in vertical section. Fig. 3 is a similar View showing the position of the parts while the belt is running on the tight pulley and illustrating the operation of moving the belt-shifting devices to carry the belt onto the loose pulley. Fig. 4 is a side viewof the mechanism, taken from the opposite side of the machine from that shown in Figs. 2 and 3, the casing being shown in vertical section and the tappet-le- 'shifted back onto the loose ver being shown in full lines the ositionwhich it assumes when a coin is firstinserted in the coin-lever and in dotted lines in the position which it assumes at the time the belt-shifting devices are unlocked-or released to permit the belt to shift onto the ti ht pulley. Fig. 5 is a rear view of the mec anism. Fig. 6 is a section on the line 6 6 of Fig. 2. Figs. 7 and 8 are detailsectional views showing the locking device for the belt-shifter in two positions.- Fig. 9 is a detail view show ing the coin-lever tilted by a coin and the tripping-pin on the tight pulley engaging the coin-retaining device; and Fig. 10 is an end -view of the coin-lever, illustrating the movements of the coin-retainer.

Referring to the drawings, A indicates a suitable casing within which themachin'e is inclosed, and-B, Fig. 1, indicates a suitable motor which runs continually while the machine is in service and operates-the mechanism by means of a belt (I. This belt C normally runs upon a loose pulley 1, which turns upon a main driving or operating shaft 2 and is shifted automatically each time a coin is inserted into the machine onto a pulley 3, which is fixed to the operating-shaft 2. The rotation of the operating-shaft causes the feeding and cutting mechanism to deliver one ticket, and the belt is automatically time the ticket is delivered. he manner of efi'ecting'the movement of the belt will be hereinafter described. The tickets are ar ranged in .the form of a paper-roll D, which is suitably supported within a reel 4, journaled upon a pair of standards 5 in the rear of the casing. The paper strip (1 extends from the roll between a air of feed-wheels 6 and a roller'i, arranger beneath thefeed-Wheels. A spring-brake 8 bears lightly against the paper-roll and prevents the strip of paper from becoming loose within the machine. These feed-wheels are turned in the direction indicated by the arrow, Fig. 4, each time the op erating-shaft 2 is turned by means of a crank 9, securcd to said shaft and connected by a link 10 to a rocker-arm 11, which is journaled upon a post 12 and connected to one end of a link 13, the other end of said link being connected to a clutch-lever 14. The clutchle ver 14 is connected to a clutch-head 15, Figs. 1, 4, 5, and 6, which is journaled upon an extension of the shaft 6, which supports the feed-rollers. The clutch-head 15 has teeth, as shown, which in one direction of moveulley by the ment engage teeth upon the disk 16, which is secured to the shaft 6, and in the opposite direction the teeth of the clutchhead slip over the teeth on said disk. It will be seen from the arrangement of links and levers between the operating-shaft and the clutch-head that the arm 14 will oscillate forward and then.

backward each time the operating-shaft makes a complete revolution. Durin the forward movement of the arm 14 the c utch will cause the feed-wheels to turn and feed forward a length of paper equal to one ticket. On the backward movement of the arm 14 the feed-wheels will remain stationary, as the teeth of the clutch-head will slip over the teeth on the disk attached to the feed-wheel shaft andlwill be held against any backward movement by a pawl 17 engaging teeth 18 upon the disk. The paper 'WhlCh is fed forward by the feed-wheels rests upon a chute consisting of two separately-Sn ported sections 19 and 19", leading to a sibt 20 in the casing, through which the ticket is delivered when out off. After the feed movement has ceased a rotary knife or cutter 21 shears the paper transversely adjacent to the end of the part 19 of the paper rest or chute. This cutter makes one complete revolution for each movement of. the operating-shaft 2. As

bine bevel and spur pinion 26,

' and mounte shown, the cutter is mounted upon a shaft 22, extendin parallel with the paper-support d in suitable bearings in the machine; The shaft 22 may be geared directly to the shaft 2; but in the drawings the cuttershaft is geared to the operating-shaft by .means of a train of. gearing proportioned to make the shafts turn in unison. As shown, a bevel-pinion 23 upon the cutter-shaft engages bevel-teeth upon a combined spur and bevel pinion 24, and a bevel-pinion 25 upon the o erating-shaft 2 engages a similar com suitably j ournaled beneath said latter shaft; The spurteeth upon the pinions 24 and 26 each mesh with a spur-gear 27, b means of which motion is communicated rom one set of 'inions to the other and from the operating-s aft to the cutter-shaft. The normal osition of the knife or cutter isshown in full ines in Fig. v6, and the position of the cutter when it first enga es the paper is indicated in dotted lines.

rom t e foregoing description it Will be apparent that each revolution of the operating-shaft 2 will cause the paper to be fed forward the length of one ticketand the cutter is arranged to sever the 'pape'r immediately afterthe feeding movementhas stopped, the

cutter making one revolution for each revolution of the operating-shaft.

The loose pulley 1 is constantly driven in the direction indicated by the arrow, and a pinion 28 is secured'to and rotates with the oose pulley upon the shaft2. This pinion engages a large spur-gear 29, which is j ournaled upon a suitable standard 30 and has at one side of its rim a tappet 31 for a purpose to be hereinafter described. Normally the loose pulley, the gear 29, and the pinion 28 are driven continuously, the remaining parts of the machine being stationary until a coin is inserted into the machine. of rotationof the loose pulley and the cam or tappet-gear 29 are indicated by the arrows in the several figures of the drawings.

The belt C passes between the arms 32 of a belt-shifting lever 33, which is pivotally secured to the base of the machine by a pivotscrew 34. The belt-shifter swings in a horizontal'plane for a sufficient distance to shift the belt from the loose pulley onto the tight pulley. A sliding rod 35 is pivotally connected to the belt-shifter, and this rod is provided with a shoulder 36. A spring 37 constantly tends to draw the belt-shifter into position to move the belt onto the tight pulley; but the belt-shifter is normally held in The direction position with the belt running on the loose suitable bearing 39 and carries an upwardlyextending bracket 40. Upon the hub of the tight pulley is arranged a pin or detent 41, which normally rests upon the top of the bracket 40 when the latter is in its normal position. (Shown in Fig. 2.) A spring-finger 42, secured to the bracket 40, extends over the pin 41 in the normal position of the parts, and it will be seen that the tight pulley is normally locked between the finger 42 and, the upper end of the bracket 40. When the slide 35 and post 40 are'moved by the spring 37 into tight pu ley by the release of the detent 38, it will be seen that the looking or detent pin 41 will be disengaged from the bracket 40. In Fig. 3 the bracket is shown in full lines in its normal position and in dotted lines moved rearwardly. The bracket 40 is also provided with a shoulder or cam-surface 43, arranged so that it will be in the path of the in 41 when the bracket 40 is moved rearwar ly, as shown in Fig. 3, and it will be seen that after the belt-shifter has moved into position to direct the belt onto the tight ulley and the pin 41 has been released from the bracket40, the tight pulley will rotate, bringing the pin 41 against the cam or shoulder 43, and the continued m vement of the tight pulley will return the bracket 40 to its normal position. The detent 38 then drops behind the shoulder 36 and holds the slid e-rod, bracket, and beltshifter in the normal position during the remainder of the revolution of the tight pulley,

osition to throw the belt onto the be delivered and cut off.

The detent or locking device 38 is released each time a coin is inserted in the machine by the following mechanism: The detent is arranged to slide vertically in a suitable bracket 44 and is normally pressed downward by a spring 45. A pin 46, secured to the detent, extends through a vertical slot 47 in a vertically-movable rod 48, (see Figs. 7

and 8,) having its upper end pivoted to the shorter or lighter end of a counterbalanced lever 49, which is pivoted upon a suitable standard 50. A link 51 is connected to the longer or weighted arm of said counterbalanced lever and to one end of a tappet-lever 52. The cam or tappet-lever 52 is pivoted upon a suitable support 53, and its free end is movable into position to be engaged by the cam or tappet 31 upon the wheel 29, as indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 2 and in full lines in Fig. 4. Normally the cam or tappet-lever is held with its free end out of the ath of movement of the tappet, as indicate( in full lines, Fig. 31, by means of a coin-lever 54, which is pivoted upon a suitable support 55 and which has a weighted end normally resting upon the lighter or shorter arm of the counterbalanced lever 49. As shown,'the lever 54 has a weight 54 at one end and a coin-receptacle56 at its opposite end, said receptacle being arranged in line with a coinchute 58. As long as the weighted arm of the coin-lever 54 rests upon the free end of the lever 49 the tappet-lever 52 will be held Whenever a coin is inserted through the coin-chute into out of the path of the tappet.

the coin-receptacle 56, the coin-lever 54 tilts under the weight of the coin, and the counterbalanced lever 49 is thereby ermitted to rock, causing the depression of t e rear end of the tappet-lever and the elevation of its forward end into the ath of the tappet 31, as indicated in dotted lines in Figs. 2 and 5. The tappet-lever is temporarily held in its position bythe pin 46 upon the detent 38, which forms a stop to limit the upward movement of the rod 48 so long as the latter is onl actuated by the weight of the counterba anced lever 49.

As the cam or tappet-wheel 29 is constantly rotated the tappet 31 will engage the free end of the ta pet-lever 52 soon after the latter is allowe to assume the position shown in dotted lines, Fig. 2, by the insertion of a coin into the machine. When the tappet engages the tappet-lever, the latter is moved from the position shown in full lines in Fig. 4 into the position shown in dotted lines in said figure, thus causing the weighted end of the lever 49 to be drawn down and causing the free end of said lever to pull upward upon the rod 48, which in turn lifts the detent or locking device 38 and permits the slide-rod 35 and belt-shifter to be drawn backwardly by the spring 37. The belt-shifter is thus released automatically when a coin is inserted in the machine, and the locking-pin 41 upon the tight pulley is released at the same time.

The coin-receptacle 56 here shown consists of a trough 56 of sufficient depth and width to hold a coin edgewise upon the coin-lever, and the coin is retained inposition when the lever is tilted by a wire 60, pivotally connected to the'under side of the coin-lever and 1 having a finger 61 extending across the rear open end of the coin-receptacle. This coinretainer has an arm 62 projecting laterally therefrom into the path of a tripping-pin 63,

secured to one of the spokes of the tight pulley. Soon after the tight pulley is started .into operation the pin 63 engages the arm 62 and tilts the coinretainer, so that its arm 61 will move out of the pathof the coin and release the latter. The coin-lever' 54 then falls into its normal position.

The operation is as follows: When a coin is inserted into the coin-chute, the coinlever tilts under the weight of the coin, thus releasing the counterbalanced lever 49 and permitting the longer or weighted arm of the latter to move downward and throw the tappet-lever up into position to be engaged by the rotating tappet 31. The tappet-lever is then moved by the tappet, causing the counterbalanced lever 49 to rock, and thereby move the detent or locking device 38 out of engagement with the shoulder on the sliderod 35. The belt-shifter is then moved b the spring 37 into position to shift the be t onto the tight pulley and the tight pulley is simultaneously unlocked by the rearward movement of the bracket '40. The tight pul- I ley then starts into operation, causing the operating-shaft 2 and the feeding and cutting mechanism to be actuated, as hereinbefore described. Shortly after the tight pul ley has started into operation the coin-retainer is engaged by the pin 63 and the coin is released from the coin-lever, allowing the latter to fall back onto the light arm of the lever 49. The cam or shoulder 43 is then engaged by the pin 41 on the tight pulley and the bracket 40 and slide 35 are drawn back to their normal positions, allowing the locking device 38 to fall in behind the shoulder 36. This occurs during the first half of the revolution of the wheel. The belt then starts to shift back again onto the loose pulley. Dur- &

Having described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,

1. In a coin-controlled machine, a tight pulley, a loose or idle pulley, a motor operatively connected tosaid loose pulley, mechanism actuated by a coin and by the motor for operatively connecting the motor with the tight pulley, said mechanism comprising coinretaining means, and devices actuated by said tight pulley' for releasing the coin from said coin-retaining means and for disconnecting the motor from the tight pulley.

2. In a coin-controlled machine, a tight pulley, a loose or idle pulley, a motor, a belt connecting said'motor to said loose pulley, mechanism actuated by a coin and by the motor for shifting the motor-belt onto said tight pulley, said mechanism comprising coin-retaining means, and devices actuated by said tight pulley for releasing-the coin from said coinretaining means and shifting the belt back onto said-loose pulley.

3. In a coin-controlled machine, a tight pulley, a loose or idle pulley, a motor, a belt connecting said motor to said loose pulley, mechanism actuated by a coin and by the motor for shifting the motor-belt onto said tight pulley, said mechanism comprising coin-retaining means, devices actuated by said tight pulley for releasing the coin from said coin-retaining means and shifting the belt back onto said loose. ulley, and means for stopping the tight pu ley after the belt has been shifted onto the loose pulley.

4. In a coin-controlled machine, a tight pulley, a loose pulley, a motor, a belt connecting said motor with the loose pulley, a belt-shifter, a spring arranged to move said shifter to carry the belt onto the tight pulley,

a locking device normally holding said shifter;

in position with the belt on the loose pulley, mechanism adapted to be actuated conjointly by a coin and by the motor for releasmg said locking device, said mechanism comprising coin-retaining means, and devices 0 erated by the tight pulley for releasing t e coin from said coin-retaining means and for resetting said belt-shifter. 7

5. In a coin-controlled machine, a tight pulley, a loose pulley, a motor, a belt connecting said motor with the loose pulley, a belt-shifter, a spring arranged to move said shifter to carry the belt onto the tight pulley, a locking device normally holding said shifter in position withthe belt on the loose pulley, mechanism adapted to be actuated conjointly by a coin and by the motor for releasing. said locking device, said mechanism comprising coin-retaining means,'devices operated by the tight pulley for releasing the coin from said coin-retaining means and for resetting said belt-shifter, and means for stopping the'tight pulley after the belt-shifter has been reset.

6. In a coin-controlled machine, a tight pulley, a loose pulley, a motor, a belt connecting the motor with the loose pulley, a belt-shifter, a locking device normally holding said shifter in position with the belt on the loose pulley, a spring for moving said shifter into position to throw the belt onto the tight pulley when the locking device is released, a tappet-lever operatively connected to the locking device and movable into and out of the path of said tappet, a coin-lever normally holding the tappet-lever out of the path of the tappet, said coin-lever having means for retaining a coin thereon, means for moving said tappet-lever into the path of the tappet when the coin-lever is depressed by a coin, to cause the movement of the beltshifter, and devices operated by the tight pulley for releasing the coin from the coinlever and for resetting the belt-shifter.

7. In a coin-controlled machine, a tight pulley, a loose pulley, a motor, a belt connecting the motor with the loose pulley, a belt-shifter, a locking device normally holding said shifter in position with the belt on the loose pulley, a spring for moving said shifter into osition to throw the belt onto the tight pu ley when the locking device is released, a tappet constantly operated by the loose pulley, a tappet-lever operatively connected to the locking device and movable into and out of the path of said tappet, a coin-lever normally holding the tappet-lever out of the path of the tappet, said coin-lever having means for retaining a coin thereon, means for moving said tappet-lever into the path of the tappet when the coin-lever is depressed by a com, to cause the movement of the belt-shifter, devices operated by the tight ulley'for releasing the coin from the coinever and for resetting the belt-shifter, and Ineans'for stopping the tight pulley after the belt-shifter has been reset.

8. In a coin-controlled machine, a tight pulley, a loose pulley, a motor belted to said oose ulle a locking device arranged to hold t e be t-shifter in position with the belt on the loose pulley, a spring arranged to move the belt-shifter into position to throw the belt onto the tight pulley when the locking device is released, a rotary tappet constantly driven by the loose pulley, a tappetlever movable into and out 'of the path of sald tappet, a counterbalanced connectinglever between said tappet-lever and the lockin device, a coin-lever normally resting upon sa1d connecting-lever and movable by a coin to release said latter lever, said coin-lever having means for retaining a coin thereon, and devices operated 'by the tight pulley for releasing the coin from the coin-lever and for resetting the belt-shifter.

9. In a coin-controlled machine, a tight pulley, a loose pulley, a motor belted to said loose pulley, a belt-shifter, a spring normally tending to move the belt-shifter into position to hold the belt on the tight pulley,\ means operated by the tight pulle for movm the belt-shifter to shift the be t onto the oose pulley, a detent arranged to lock the shifter with the belt on the loose pulley, a tap etwheel constantly driven by the oose pulley and having a tappet thereon, a tappet-lever operatively connected to said detent, means for moving said tappetlever into the path of movement of the tap et to effect the release of the detent, a coinever normally holding said tappet-leverout of the path. of movement 0 the tappet, and adapted to, release said latter lever when a coin is inserted in the machine, said coin-lever having means for to move said shifter into position to direct,

the belt onto the tight pulley, a rod connected to said shifter and having a shoulder thereon, a detent arranged to engage said shoulder and lock the shifter in position with the belt upon the loose pulley, mechanism actuated by a coin and by the motor for releasing said detent to cause the belt to shift onto the tight pulley, said mechanism comprising coin-retaining means, and devices actuated by the tight pulley for releasing the coin from the I coin-retainin means and for moving said.

rod into positlon to be engaged and locked by the detent.

11. In a coin-controlled machine, a tight pulley, a loose pulley, a motor belted to the oose ulley,"a belt-shifter, means for moving said shifter to carry the belt onto the ti ht pulley, a slide connected to the belt-shi ter and havin a partadapted to engage and lock said tlght pulle a locking device normally holdin said S de in engagement with the tight pulley and s id belt-shifter in position with the. belt on he loose pulley, mechanism actuated conjointly by a coin and by the motor for releasing said locking device,

said mechanism comprising coin-retaining means and-means actuated by the tight pulley for releasing the coin from the coin-retainin means.

12. n a coin-controlled machine, a tight pulley, a loose pulle a motor belted to the ooseulley, a belt-s 'fter means for moving said shifter to carry the belt onto the ti ht pulley, a slide connected to the belt-shi er and having a part adapted to engage and lock said tight pu ey, a lockingdevice normally holding, said slide in engagement with the tight ulley and said belt-s 'fter in posltion Wltht e belt on the loosepulley,mechanism in'presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE o. 'YooUM.

Witnesses:

JENNIE JAMES,

SMITH.

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