US841210A - Vending-machine. - Google Patents

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PATENTED JAN. 15, 190?.

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VENDING MACHINE.-

APPLIOATION FILED JAN.15,190'6.

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No, 841,219. I PATENTED JAN. 15, 1907.

G. 0. YOGUM.

VENDING MACHINE.

APPLIUATION FILED JAN.15,1906.

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G. G. YOGUM. VENDING MACHINE. APPLIOIATYJION FILED JAN.1 6,1906.

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Be it known ,that I, Gnonen O. Yootm, a! citizen of the United States, residing at Scranon, in thecounty of Lackawanna and State of z-l fennsylvania, haveinvented certain new useful-1m rovements in vVending-Ma- --chine's', 0t 'hi'eh thefollowingis a specification. I v

inven ion-comprises a motor-driven to ven gmachjnein wllich,themotor which ac'tuates the delivery mechanism may beoperatcdf'to deliver one ormore articleside- 1 pending =u' on; theva'hie of the coin inserted in ithe'imac eq. I

[nthe accompanying drawings I have illustrated in invention-1n connection with a machine. or feeding-and cutting off tickets from a tieket etrip, the machine there shown beingdesigned particularly for vending, sodav 2o water land other checks or tickets which are to be exchanged by the purchasers for drinks. ,The; construction, 0 oration, and advanta es cfn'nyimprov vending mechanism wi 1 be clear fromthefiollowing specification, taken. in-connection with the accompanying '1 .dmi n'za which flfigl ire 1 is a top plan view of the machine, the baek of the casing being removed and the cover being'shown in horizon talsection on a 130- line passing through the openings in the cover for the delivery of tickets and ejected 1"coins, the ;m'0 vable parts'of the mechanism j; being shown'in their normal positions Fig;

l 2, avertical section through the machine on 1 line 2 2 of Fig. 1, showing the coin-.operatmg-mechanism inside elevation, the coin- "be t me and'ccimreleasing p'arts'being shown v in their normal positions and the mam operl at ingegeair of 'the-motor being omitted. Fig. v to ,3 isa etail viewlookin from the rear of the Inachjne', showin the den-governor and the r novable' detent" 'or stopping and releasing 7 the motor; Fig.4 is a right side view of the 1 coin-balance and the mechanism for releasing the coins', the releasingdevices beingshown in their normal positions and the coin-balance being shown in full lines in the position which' it occupies when a dime is first inserted intd the balance, the dotted lines indicat- 3 ing the. position of the balance after the coin hee -been vreleased from the first pocket or.

' compartment of thebalance-and has moved ,-into the' 'second. pocket or compartments js'a left side view of the coin balance e g mechanism, the parts being they occupy at the time when the coin-is released from the"; first compartment of the balande-.fe--Fig.-6 is a top plan view of the coin balance and rele'asing devices,fthe parts beingkfl iionmling the samelpesitions as in Fig 5,. j 3 :Finitiiqnt view of the coin-chutes andieoinsbalan of the chutes being tly bnok I i Fig. 8 is a diagrammatic viewillustratan'g the. manner in which a cfioin' isjifieted as h machine if inserted into theftoinc the motor-is in o eration. 1 p A Referring to igs. 1 and earths dremngs, A indicates a suitable casin'g ;tvith1 ,'which1 the vending mechanism is containeds With: in the base of the casing is a removable cash:- drawer B, abovewhich is suitably arra' W a base (I, which supports the movable'paitsof the vending mechanism. "On this base between a pair of horizontal, plates ,1 and 2 is, arranged a suitable spring-rhotor D, Whit/h ymay be'xvound u by means of a'key 'ap to thewinding-s it 3 atthe'center '0 the, main operating-gear i. It is unnecessary to. describe or. illustrate 80 the motor and the ticket-feeding and cuttin ofl mechanism in detail since the spec" form of motor and the delivery mechanism are not claimed herein. It may be stated briefly, however, that the main operatingear 4. drives a shaft on which is mounted 1,; evel-pinion 5, the latter meshing with a pins; ion 6 u on a shaft 7 carrying a rotary knife",- 8, whic knife is adapted to cut oil a ticket 7 from a ticket-strip 9 after the feed-wheels 10 "go have fed the strip forward the length of one ticket. These feed-wheels are intermitten-tly operated to .feed the strip forward through an opening 11 in the casing by means of a clutch'12, havi'nga crank-arm 13, connected by a link 14. to a lever 15, the lat ter being connected atone end by a pivotpin 16, Fig. 6, to the to plate 1 of themetor and being c'onnecte at a-point interme? diate .of its ends by a link 17' to a rotatable arm or lever 18. This lever 18 connected h at one end to a shaft 19,-having thereon a pinion 20, which meshes with the operatinggear 4. It will be readily seen the arrangement'is such that for each rotation of the shaft 19 the-lever 15 and. crank 13 willibe moved backward and forward, thus causing. the feed-wheels to move the ticket-strip in termittently. After the feed movementof the strip has ceased the knife 8 severe. the

strlipyfl M g A gralpeei' one t1 v l non a suitable standard pivoted a coin-balance E,

and upon. its longer arm 29', which positc end portion sorted in the machine, but one ticket will be fed forward and cut oil; but if a coin having the value of two tickets is inserted by'designnraccident the machine will feed and cut off tickets. This is accomplished by the 1-:ie 'ianism which will now be described. 21, projecting up- 1 of the motor, 1s consisting of a le ver 22, having on its shorter arm a weight 23 arm a coin-receptacle comprising thetwoplates and 26, secured to the sides of the lever 22 and projecting upwardly therefrom, these sides flaring outwardly at'the top, as shown in Figs. 1, 2, 6, and 7. This coin-receptacle has a primary cmnpartment e adjacent to the pivotal point 27 of the lever and a secondary compartment :2 at. the outer end. of the lever. A coin-retainin device e.is arranged at the outer end of the primary compartment 6, and a coinretaining device 6 is arranged at the outer end of 'the'con'ipartment e, these re-- taming devices being normally in positions to prevent coins from rolling out of the com partmonts. 4

As shown in Figs. 4 and 6, the coin-retaining device 2 consists of'a wire having a central portion journaled in a bearing 28, ar ranged longitiulinally of the coin-receptacle, saiilwire having an upwardly-turned portion '29, provided with an overturned end 2!), which normally extends through slots in the sides 25 and 26 and is adapted'to prevent coins inserted in the con'ipartment or pocket e from passing into the compartment or pocket e. The coin-retainer e also has an extends downwardlyand, thence laterally beneath. the coin-relic ;taclo, as shown in .Figs. 4. to 7, ii'iclusive. The coinrctuinol' e as shown, also consists of aTvire havi-ng its central portion pivoted in a suitable hearing 3 arranged on the under side of the lever 122,:rnd this wire has an upwardly projecting portion 32 with an overat the outer end of the comwardly from the top plate turned end 32 partment e to engage and prevent coins from roiling out of said compartment. The op- 32" of the wire extends downwardly and thence laterally in the same; general direction. as the arm 29" of the coin retainer as shown best in Fig. 7. When the roin-lmlance is in its normal or horizontal position, as shown in Figs. 2 and 7, these arms 29" and 32 of the coin-retainers extend over thoarms 33 and b4, respecti.vely, of a trip ing-leverll;'hut in the normal position of t in coin-balanmi these arms of the c oin-re- Fig. 3, thus releasing .ment 6, it causes the motor.

iary pocket 1 and tainers do'not engage the arms ot'tho tripp1ng-levcn 'lhe coin-balance is normally held in tile hormrmtal position (shown in Fig. 2) by the r o weight .53, and in this position of the coinmils-nee the motor is stoppeu l or locked 5 against movement by a detest-lever 35, Figs. l

' (-ncl oi lho lmlnnitg) and When thecoinrbalan'ce is tilted, however, as i shown in" Figs. 4 and 5, the detent-lever is moved into the dotted position shown in the motor, as will beevident. When the coin-balance returns to normal position, the detent35- moves into" the path of the stop-pin 37, and stops the motor.

I Coins of .dilferent denominations, such as dimes and five -eentpieces, aredelivered from the coin-chutes X and V; into the pockets 'or compartments e and e of the coirnbalance, as will be hereinafter de-' scribed. When a dime enters the compartcoin-balance to tilt into the position shown in full lines in Figt' l, thus moving the 'dctent lever 35 outof ment with the stop-pin 37 and releasingv the In this position of the coin-ha once the arr-n 2!) of the coin-retainer .6 rests upon the upper. arm 33 of the forked releasinglevcr F; but the arm 32* of 'tl ecoin-rctaincr e is some distance above-the lower arm 3401 the forked lever, as shown in Fig. 4.. In this position a short upward movement of the k. forked lever will roclothe retainer e without rocking the retainer (1. When the motor starts, the lever 18 rotates from its normal position (shown in Fig. 1) in the directionol' the arrow and causes the nmvement of the feed-wheels. The knife 8 is simultaneously rotated hvl he motor, and a ticket is fed and cut oil' by the time the level has made one connilete revolution. As the lever 18 nears the cndol' a. revolution a cam 18* on the'end of the lovei'passes under the lowerarm 34 ol' the forked Lever, F and raises. the latter lever,

thus locking the coin-retainer 6 until its overturned end 2!) is movcdout of the/path oi the c0in ,,as shown in Fig.6. The dime d then runsinto the secondary compartment I e of,the coin-receptacle and is prevented from leaving the coin-balance by. the secondary retainer 1:. After the coin-retainer has been moved to releasethe cointhe rotary lever .18 passes out under the forked lever F, allowing the tion shown in Fig. 4, wherein the free end of thearm 34 rests upon the top plate 1 of the motor. When. the dime reaches the secondthe forked lever F dro is to its normal position, the longer arm ofthe coin-balaimc tilts l'arthcr downward, indi- (sited in dotted linesin Fig. 4, (owing tothe shilling ol' the weight of the coin to th'e'outer the arm of the coin-retainer a swings bitcku'ardflas indi catcd in dotted lines in'said fi ure, over the portion 34 of the arm 34, which is higher engagelatter to. return to the posi-- o 21 above the pivotal point of the coin-bal than the outer portion-34 0f said The motor continues in operation while the lever 18 is makings second revolution and a second ticketis fed, and cutofi'. As the rotary lever 18 nears the completion of its second revolution the cam 18E iit its free end passes under thearm 340i the forked lever F as before and the'latterlever. When the lever E lifts the coin-retainer e, is rocked thereby until its overturned'e'nd 32 is moved out of the path ofthe-coin, and the latter then rollsofi offthe end of the balance and into achute 39, throughwhichiitis conducted Into the cash-drawer .B. During this second upward movement. 'of'the forked lever the coin-retainer e is also rocked, although no function is then performed by this retainer. After the-coin'leaves the coin-balance the latter swings back into its horizontal posi tion, and the 'detent is thereby moved into positionto engage the stopin 37 and stop the motor. The .lever '18, owever, passes from 1 under, the forked lever F before themotor is stopped by the return movement of the coin-balance. v

It will thus be seen that a dime inserted in the primary pocket or compartment e of the coin-balance will cause two tickets to be deliv' end. When a nickel or five-cent piece is inserted in'the mach1ne,'it enters the secondar'y pocket e on the outer end of the coin-balance, and the latter immediatelyswings into the dotted position shown in Fig. 4, or

' slightly below said dotted position, so that on arranged so as-to increase the weight applied to the shorter arm of the balance when-a coin enters the secondary ocket.. As shown, this weight is suspende upon. a wire rod 41, which is pivotally mounted in the standardance'. This wire rod, as shown in Fig. 6, has a horizontalv portion 41*, which passes through suitable openings or hearings in the yokeof the standard 21, and the end 41 of the arm extends over the weight 23. In the "norrnal osition of the coin-balance the end 41* of t .ie wire is above and out of engagement with the weight 23, as shown in Fig. 2, pso that the .coinbalance is. easily tilted l y a 1 dimeente'ring'=theprimary pocket. Vi/ ien the dime moves .iinto the secondary pocket or'an ckeienters said pocket, the weight 23 presses-upwardly;against theiend 4-1 of thel -toiretain a coin of the.dianfeter I but the remainder-of this flange is cut away,;-

wire, thus swing the counterbalancing weight 40 to one "s de, .as clearly shown in Fig. 4, andthe increased weight thus applied to the shorter arm of the coin-balance prevents the coin from moving the longer arm of the balance too far downwardl A single coin-slot 42 is provided in the hp p'er part of the cover of the machine, through which the coins for operating the machine are inserted. As the machine lllustrated in the drawings is'intended to be operated by five and ten cent pieces, the coin-slot is made just large enough to receive a five-cent piece and to prevent the insertion of any larger coin. The chutes XV, X, and .V,.are all open at one side, as shown, and provided with coin-retaining flanges extending along the tops and bottoms of the chutes. The chute XV has at its open side a lower flange 43, and

it aiso'has an upper flange 43- the lower edge of which is at such distance above the bottom of the chute that a coin of the diameterofa dime will not be engaged by theflange e3, while a coin of larger diameter, such as a penny or a nickel, will be engaged bysaid flange 43" and retained within the chute. Upon the interior of the wall of the chute XV and at theupper' part thereof is arranged a cam or projection 45, which deflects the upper part of a dime passing down the chute XV and throws it out ofsaid chute into a receiver 44, having flaring sides and formingthe upper end of the chute X. This receiver- 44 is suitably formed to keep the dime upon' its edge and direct it into the lower; part of the chute-X, which. has flanges 4.6 and 47 for retaining the dime in the chute until it'passes too from the chute into the primary compart ment of the coin-balance; Ifa dime is inserted in the machine, therefore, it will be thrown out of the chute XV and carried by the chute X to the rimary'compartrnentof the coin-balance. ihe chute V, which is a continuation of the chute XV, has flanges 48' His and 49, which will retain a five-cent piece I -A five-cent piece inserted in the coin-slot will therefore be carried. into the secondary pocket of the coin-balance. The first or uplow enough per portion 48, of'the flange548 is of a penny;-

as indicated: at 48*, so that the distance between the bottom of the chute and the lower edge of the portion 48 is less than the diameter of a penny, If a penny is inserted in themachine, it will go down through the chute XVand into the chute V, and it will then be ejected-by a cam or pro'ection i secured to the'inner side of the c .ute V. The penny after leaving the chute V will ran; into} .a trough or chute P and. be conducted out 'of the machine through the opening 50 in the operated by a penny casing. The machine, therefore; cannot bein 1 the manner described and asingle ticket will be delivered. If a dime is inserted, this coinwill enter the primary pocket of the coin-balance, and two tickets will be delivered Pennies inserted ;-in the; machine will be thrown into the chuteV and carried out of the I machine without operating-it. In practice after acoinhas been inserted-in the machine and the motor is in operation another coinmay be inserted before the machine comes to a stop. 'In such case it is necessary to prevent the second coin from interfering with the 'operation'of the machine. For this purpose a coin-chute R is arranged 'at'the right of the chutes X and .V and below the laterally-inclined ends a: and col? the same, so th at when the coin-balance is tilted into its lower position by the weight of one .coin another coin inserted in dthe machine will pass 'directly into the chute R and roll downward into the chute P and out through the opening 50.

. .n-Fig. 7 the coin-balance is shown in itsormal position, wherein it will be evident at aco'm passing through the inclined ,end

12 of the chute V (or the inclined end m of the chute X) will fall into the coin-balance; but

"when the coin-balance is depressed by the weight of one'c'oin, as indicated diagrammatically in Fig. 8, the com d Wlll pass over the top of'the coin-balance and into the chute R. j "l he coin will therefore pass to, the outer side of the machine, so that the ous tomer may regain it. 4

"1. In a vendin -machine, a motor, a coinchute, a coin-ha ance having means con nected therewith'for stopping and releasing the motor, said balance having primary and secondary coin-compartments, meansfor retaining a coin in each of said compartments, and means for releasing the coin fromsai compartments successively. I I v 2. In a vending-machine, a motor, a coinohute, a coinbalance having" mcans connected therewith for stopping and releasing. the motor, said balance having aprimarf compartment adapted to receix e a coin from the chute and a I secondary compartment adapted to receive the com from sa d primary compartment, ,00111 retaining devices for each of said compartments and means actuated by the motor for releasing the/coin from the primary compartment after a given movement of the-motor, and for releasing the coin from said secondary compartment after a further movement of the motor. i

3. 'In a vending-machine, a motor, a coinalance movable to release and start the moi the forked lever F for engagigg) senate ary coin-compartments and acoin-retainer for eaehrompartment,means for directing a coin into said primary compartment, and means, actuated by the'motor, for o erati the coin-retainers of the primary an secon ary compartments'smbceissively.

oted coin-balance having-primary and secondary coin-compartments arranged at successively. greater distances from itspivotal point, a coin-retainer for each compartment, means for directing-a coin into the primary compartment, and means, actuated by the motor, for operating said coin-retainers.

,5, In a vending-machine, the combination with a, motor anda coin-balance havin means'c'onnected therewith for stopping an releasing the motor, said balance having primary and secondary.compartments and a coin-retainerior each compartment, of a chute for delivering a coin into the primary tor, and means actuated by said device for moving said coin-retainers to release the coin from said compartments successively.

,6. In a vendin -machine, a coin-chute, a motor, a coin-balance having means concompartment adapted to receive a coin from the coin-chute and a secondary compartment adapted to receive the coin from the primary compartment, ooin retainers for each of said compartments, said coin-retainers being pivotally connected to the balance and having laterally-projecting arms, a device for engaging and moving said arms, and means actuated by the motor for moving said device.

motor, a coin-balance having means (3011-7 nec'ted therewith forstopping and releasing the motor, said balance having a, primary "compartment'adapted to receive a coin from the, coin-chute and a secondary compartment adapted to receive the coin from the primary compartment, coin retainers for eachof said compartments, said coin-retainers being pivotally connected to the balance and having laterally-projecting arms, and moving said arms, and a cam, actuate y the motor,

8. In a vending-machine, the pivoted c'oinhalance having primary and secondary coincompartments arranged at different distance's from the pivotal point of the balance, coin-retainers for said compartments, means for releasing the coin from ,said compartments successively, and a freely-suspended counterbalance adapted to be engaged by the coin-balance when the latter tilted by the 5 weight of a coin. i

9. In a vend ng-machine, a coin-chutehavtor, said balance having primary and second- 51. In a vending-machine, a motor, a niv- 7 In a vending-machine, a coin-chuta a .for moving said forked lever interrnittently.

compartment, a device movable by the mo- I nected therewith for stopping and releasing the motor, said balance having a primary one side of Said" balance arranged to receive I comsfrom the mclmed end ofsaldffirst-mem Wltn'essesz ing its lower, or discharge end laterally in- 5 In testimony whereof I alffix my signature clined, a coin-balance normally in position to 3 in presence of two Witnesses.

receive a coin from said ehute, and a chute at GEORGE Q YOCUM.

tibn'ed chute Whexi'tlie coin' balance is moved Swu'm,

'1 from its-normalppsition byacoin R. Lotus GRAMBS.

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