US862519A - Coin-controlled vending-machine. - Google Patents

Description

. PATENTED AUG. 6, 1907.

E. P. SPAULDING.

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GOIN `OONTROLLBD VBNDING MACHINE.

No. 862,519. v PATENTED AUG. 6, 1907.

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No. 862,519. PATENTED AUG. 6, 1907. E. P. SPAULDING.

GOIN GONTROLLED VENDING MAGHNE. APPLIGATION FILED JUNE 1,;1906.

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UNITED 4STATES PATENT oEEIcE.,

ELIJAH F. SPAULDING, OF BROOKLYN,`NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO RUDOLPH F. EMMRIOH, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

COIN-CONTROLLED VENDING-MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 6,1907.

`Application tiled Tune 1,1906. Serial No. 319,689.

To all 'whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ELIJAH F. SPAULDING, `a citizen of the United' States, and a resident of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Coin- Controlled Vending-Machines, of whichthe following is a specification.

The invention relates to improvements in coin controlled vending machines, and consists in the novel features, arrangements and combinations of parts hereinafter described, and particularly pointed out in the claims.

The invention made the subject of this application comprises certain improvements on the vending machine disclosed in Letters Patent No. 810,576 granted to me January 23, 1906.

The object of the present invention is to simplify and render more efficient, durable and desirable the machine shown and described in the aforesaid Letters Patent.

My present invention pertains more` particularly to a novel construction and arrangement ofthe pivoted coin chute frame, the pivotally mounted ejector carried thereby, and the pivotally mounted coin receiver whose movement, when a coin is introduced thereto, tilts the said ejector into position for dislodging the article sold.

The invention will `be fully understood from the detailed description hereinafter presented, reference being had -to the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure l is a front view, partly broken away, of a vending machine constructed in'accordanee with and embodying theinvention; Fig. 2 is a sidey elevation, partly in section, of same, the side of the casing having been removed and a portion of the machine being in section on thedotted line 2 2 of Fig. l, Fig. 2 illustrating by dotted lines the initial positions of the coin- `receiver and goods-ejector prior to the entrance of a proper coin into said receiver and by full lilies showing the positions to `which the coin-receiver and goodsejector are moved, due to the entrance of a proper` coin to the receiver, preparatory to the movement of the operating mechanism for ejecting the article sold; Fig. 3 is a front elevation, partly broken away, of the machine, with the front of the casing removed to disclose the interior mechanism and with one coin-receiver in the position in which it is shown in Fig. 2; the left half of Fie. 3 corresponds with Fig. 4; Fig. 4 is a view corresponding with Fig. 2 but illustrating the goods-ejector as having been pushed inwardly to dislodge the article sold and the coin as having been dislodged from the coin-receiver, the latter having been relieved of the coin having automatically returned to its initial position,as shown by full lines in Fig. 4 and by'dotted lines in Fig. 2; Fig. 5 is a view correspondingwith Fig. 2, with the full height of the machine shown and the interior operative mechanism omitted; Fig. G is a detached top view of the goods-ejector; Fig. 7 is an end projection of same, taken fromlthe right hand end of Fig. G; Fig. 8 is a detached top view of the coin-receiver, Fig. 9 is a detached front view of the lower end of one of the stackholders for the articles to be sold, and illustrates the frame carried by the lower end of the holder for coperation with the inner end of the ejector, and Fig. l0 is an enlarged vertical section through a portion of the machine and is presented to illustrate more clearly the construction and operation of the ejector and the relation of same with respect to the lower end of the holder for the stack of confections during the operation of ejecting the lower piece from said stack.

ln the drawings, liu-designates the general cabinet or casing of the machine, thiscasing comprising sides 1G, a bottom l.7, a top 1S, a back 19, a removable front 20 having a glass panel 2l and a lower metallic front section 22 having at its lower end an inwardly turned portion or member 23 upon which the coins are finally received and below which is formed a passage 24 through which the purchased pieces of chocolate or other material may be removed in the customary manner. The inner edge of the member 23 of the front section 22 normally engages the lower edge of a rigid transverse metal frame 25 which prevents the lower end of the section 22 from being pressed inwardly and also prevents access to the receiving chamber formed above said portion 23. The upper portion ot' the frame 25 extends frontwardly and forms a flange or shelf 2G upon which the goodsejectors hereinafter described may rest, more especially when said ejectors are in their initial position shown by dotted lines in Fig. l and `whenafter said ejectors have been actuated, they are to return or are returning lo their initial position, as shown by full lines in Fig. 4.

The upper edge of the casing 22 engages the lower face portion of thc front 20, and the said front 2() rests upon lips 32 which are turned inwardly from the metal sides 27 of said casing 22. The sides 27 of the section 22 are formed with bearing slots 2S (Fig. 5) to pass upon studs 29 extending inwardly from the main sides lli and by which the casing 22 is pivotally hung. ln the sides 27 ofthe casing 22 is mounted a shaft 30 upon which the coin-chute frames", hereinafter described, are pivotally hung.

yThe front 20 is supported at its lower end upon the aforesaid lips 32, land the ripper end of said front is provided with a suitable lock 33 (Fig. 5) by which it may be secured to the top 18. At a suitable distance above its lower end the front 20, at its inner side, bears against studs 3l, which prevent the lower portion ol' said front' from being pushed inwardly, said studs boing rigid with the machine sides lG.

The holders 34 i'or the stacks of chocolates or other articles comprise aback, sides and inwardly extending iront flanges 35 which will embrace the ends ol the pieces of chocolate 14. The holders 34 are provided with lower recessed end plates 37 adapted to engage studs 38 extending inwardly from the machine sides i6 and which support said holders. 'lhe holders 34 are ol' tin or other suitable metal and will preferably be soldered together at their facing sides so that all ol the holders may be handled as one integral frame and lifted from the machine when the front 20 is removed.

The front section 22 is formed near its upper end with the coin admission slots 39 (Fig. l) and at the inner side of its l'aee with vertical inwardly extending walls or partitions 40 (Figs. 4 and 5), while in its iront lace said section 22 is provided with apertures to receive the actuating handles or rods 4l by which the operative mechanism of the machine may be set in motion to dislodge the articles sold.

ln the present instance l present a machine having two holders 34 for the stacks o1' condiments and two operating handle rods 41 for coperation with said holders, one rod 4l being provided lor each holder, but in practice the machine may have as many holders 34 and as many operating rods 41 as may be required. v Each rod 41 with its coperating parts is a duplicate of every other rod 41 and its coperating parts, and hence a description ol the construction and operation of one rod 4l with its coperating parts will be sutlicient for the purpose ol' this case.

The rod 41 projects rontwardly through an aperture in the front section 22 and is pivotally connected at its inner end with a pivoted coin-chute frame 42 which is ireely hung upon the shaft 30 and is in the form of a vertical plate having on one side face a runway or chute 43 (Figs. 2, 3 and 4) for coins and embodying a rear stop arm 44, a downwardly and inwardly inclined coin-ejector linger 45 and a` downwardly extending arm 46, to which is pivotally secured the ejector 47 for the goods sold. The handle rod 41 is pivotally secured to the lrame 42 at a point below the shaft 30, which represents the pivotal support lor said frame. rhe frame 42 also embodies, at a point below the lower end oi the chute 43, a transverse plate or table 48 upon which the coins finally tall and which inclines inwardly and downwardly and the purpose oi which is to tilt the coins backwardly therefrom to the coin-receiver 56,

hereinafter described, which is not connected with either the frame 42 or goods-ejector 47. rhe frame 42 presents a coin chute adapted to receive the coins from the slot 39 and direct'. the saine downwardly and toward the front ol the machine to the plate 48, whence the coins are tilted or fall backwardly into the coinreceiver 56, which, due to the weight of the coin entering it, will have its rear end tilted upwardly against the goods-ejector 47 and move said ejector into operative position, shown in Fig. 2, ior dislodging the article sold upon the operation of the handle rod- 41. One side of the coin passage through the ra1ne`42 is closed by the main vertical plate of said frame and the other side of said passage is closed, when the frame 42 is in its initial position, by the partition 40, which extends downwardl y, as at 49, along the edge ol' the plate 48, as shown in Fig. 2, so as to confine the falling coins to the plate 48 and enable the latter to conveniently perform its functions. The plate 48 is directly below the lower end of the chute 43 and the latter, as shown in Fig. 3, is cut away, as at 50, to permit the descending coins as they fall from the chute to tilt backwardly upon the plate 48 and pass thence to the coin receiver 56. The

'plate 48 is iol-med at its upper outer edge with a pin 5l over which the coins leaving the chute 43 must tilt backwardly, as indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 2, and which will enter the hole in a washer, should one be fed to the machine, and temporarily retain the same instead oi permitting it to pass from the plate 48 to the coin-receiver 56.

Upon the inner iront i'aee of the casing 22 I secure a magnet 52 below each coin slot 39 and withits poles in such relation to the lower end of the coin chute that a coin or disk fed to the machine will pass to the magnet and then il 'not acted upon by the magnet or by the pin 51, tilt rearwardly and slide down the plate 48 on its passage to the coin-receiver 56. The upper ends of the magnets 52 and upper edge of the plate securing th em to the casing 22 form a shelf upon which the coins pass from the chute 43, as shown in Fig. 2. .li an iron or steel disk should be fed to the machine the magnet would hold the same and prevent it from passing to the coin-receiver, and ii a washer should be led to the machine the pin 51 on the plate 56 will enter the hole therein and prevent the same from passing to the coinreceiver, and in either case upon the subsequent operation of the handle-rod 41 the iron disk or the washer will be dislodged and fall into the general chamber for coins without actuating the coin-receiver 56 to position the goods-ejector 57. The coin-chute 43 curves rearwardly, commencing at a point below the upper end oi the frame 42, as shown in Fig. 2, and at a point below the coin-slot 39 the frame 42 is provided with a transverse bar 54 between which and the upper edge of the chute 43 is formed an opening for the entrance of the coin to the said chute, this opening being carried away, however, from Operative relation with the coin-slot 39 when the frame 42 is moved inwardly from its initial position, at which time a solid portion 57 oi the frame 42 closes said coin slot 39. Upon the transverse bar 54 is secured a finger 58, preferably of light spring metal, which when the frame 42 is pushed inwardly will brush from the magnet any iron or steel disk that may be caught by the same. Y

The plate or table 48 has at its inner right hand corner, looking at the iront of the machine, a small upwardly turned oblique lip 55 (Fig. 2) to delect the coins passing over said table or plate toward the left so that they may fall into the coin-receiver 56 which is located slightly to the left of a central line through said plate 48, as indicated in Fig. 3. The plate 48 is also formed with a central slot 60 into which a thread may pass should an attempt be made to cheat the machine by `fastening the coin to a string or piece ol thread so as to withdraw the coin from the machine after the goods have been ejected.

1i a coin fastened to a thread is fed to the present machine and passes to the coin receiver 56 the thread will pass into the slot 60 and thereafter upon any attempt to withdraw the coin by means oi the thread, the coin will pass below the plate 48 and the string will extend up through the slot 60 and under such condition it will be impossible to withdraw the coin. l

locate the coin receiver 5G to one side of a central line through the plate 4S so that if a coin tied to a string is fed to the machine the str'ing will naturally be led into the slot (50.

The arm 4G forming a part of the tilting frame 42 extends later'ally fr'om the side of the main vertical plate of said frame and thence downwardly in line with the center' of the plate 4S, and the front edge of this ar'rn 4G compels the coin to r'ernain on and follow the direction of the plate 4S, there being a limited space between said edge of said arm 46 and the ripper sur'face of said plate.

The arm 46 of the frame 42 is also formed with a downwar'dly extending linger 6l which stands at about a centra-l line with the coin receiver 5G and aids in directing the coins as fed to the machine into said re ceiver. The coins will enter the receiver without regard to the finger' 6l but said finger' aids in compelling the coins to take the flat position in said receiver in which they are shown in Figs. 2 and 3. The frame 42 is actuated manually by the purchaser' pressing inwardly upon the r'od 4l for effecting the dislodgment of the articles sold, and said frame is returned to its initial position by means of a coiled spring G2 connected at one end with said frame and at the other end with the fr'ont section 22.

The goods-ejector 47 is pivotally secured to the arm 4G of the frame 42, and this ejector 47 is a light metal frame having at its inner or rear end a Ylip G3 (Fig. 6) adapted to r'est upon the upper slrelf-portion 2G of the frame 25 when the frame 42 is in its initial at rest position, as shown by dotted lines in Fig. 2. The ejector 47 is for'med with opposite sides 64, G5 fr'om which extend, in a lateral direction, flanges G6, G7, which dur'- ing the. oper'ation of the machine engage the lower ar'ticle of the stack and push the same from the holder S4, so that the same may descend to the discharge passage 24. The flange 67 is a plain lip as shown in Figs. 2, 6 and 7, and the flange Go' is likewise a. simple pla-in lip but is formed with a depressed edge portion forming a tooth or' pawl (5S which coperates with teeth G9 pr'ovided on the stack holder to compel a full movement of the ejector 47 before it can return to its initial position.

Upon the lower end of the stack-holder' 34 is pr'ovided a plate or frame 70 (Fig. 9) having a depending finger' 7l and inwardly turned flanges 72, 7 3 which ar'e below the lower edge of the plate 70 and upon which the lower article in the stack of condiments rests, a portion ofthe same being exposed between the upper surface of the .flanges 72, 7 3 and the main lower edge of the plate 70.

When the ejector 47 is tilted upwardly to its oper'- ative position by the entrance of a proper coin to the coin-receiver', as hereinafter explained, said ejector will take the position shown in Fig. 2 by solid lines, the lip G3 of the ejector becoming arrested by the linger 7l of the plate 70 upon the lips GG, 67 of said ejector' coming into the line with the space directly above the flanges 72, 7 3 of said plate 70, under which condition an inward movement of the handle-rod 4l actuating the frame 42, will result in the ejector' being' driven inwardly and its [langes 6G, G7 passing' above the flanges 72, 73 and against the lower article in the holder 34, the continued inward movement of the ejector pushing said lower' article from the stack. vWhen the ejector 47 has completed its full inward movement its lips G6, 67 will pass beyond the flanges 72 73 of the stacl: holder and said ejector' will then tur'n downwardly of its own weight to the position in which it is shown by full lines 7 0 in Fig.4, then resting upon the shelf 26. During the movement of the ejector' 47 inwardly its tooth (SS will slide over the teeth (39, which are formed on a. lip 74 of the flange 73 (Fig. 9), but said teeth 69 will prevent the return of the ejector' while its lips 6G, G7 ar'e above 75 the flanges 72, 73 by reason of the fact that the tooth GS upon any such return movement would engage and lock upon the teeth 69. The ejector' 47 is therefore compelled when once placed in its operative position and pushed inwardly against the lower' article of the S0 stack, to continue its movement until the lips GG, 67 pass beyond the flange 72, 73 and the ejector' is allowed to descend below said flanges 72, 73, at which time it may readily return to its initial position below saidflanges. The lips G6, 67 therefore operate as the means S5 for pushing the lower article from the stack and the lip 63 cooperating with the finger' 7], serves to arr'est the inner end of the ejector' after the latter' has reached its predetermined operative position, said lip 63 also serving to engage the flange 26 which supports the ejectorv 90 when the latter' is in its initial position.

The coin-receiver' 5G is made from a piece of light metal and is in the for'rn of a thr'ee-sided frame held at its opposite sides by pins 7 5 carried at the upper edge of a transverse plate 76. The pins 75 pivotally sup- 95 por't the coin-receiver and are slightly to the front of the center' of gravity of the r'eceiver. The coin-rcceiver' normally r'ests at its r'ear' edge upon a transverse rod 77 and at its fr'ont end is adapted to receive a coin, the weight of which will tilt the rear end of said r'eceiver 100 upwardly, as shown in Fig. 2, against the ejector 47 to tur'n it upwardly into its predetermined operative position. At the front end of the coin receiver 5G the latter' is formed with upwardly extending arms 7 8 79, which flare outwardly to a slight extent at their' ripper' portions l0 5 and have inwardly extending flanges SO, SlV respectively, as shown in Figs. 3 and S, which incline slightly downwardly and rearwardly and for'rn a support against which the coin may rest, as shown in Fig. 3. The arm. 79 is creased inwardly to form a groove S2 (Fig. 8) into l lO which the edge of the coin will pass upon entering the receiver, which groove lies between the inner face of the flange S] and the front wall of said crease. The arms 7S, '79 ar'e just sufficiently separated from each other' to hold a proper' coin without letting the latter slip downwardly 5 between them, but a coin deficient in diameter is permitted to slip down between the arms 7S, 79 without overbalancing the lfront end of the receiver' frame. lf a coin or disk def icicnt in weight should be fed to the coin receiver it will not overbalance the front end of said r'e- 20 ceiver and hence will not place the ej cctor 47 into its predetermined operative position.

I am also enabled to test a coin as to its thickness, and this is rendered possible by the presence of the groove S2 whose walls are at such angle that when a proper 125 coin is delivered to the receiver its outer' face will engage the flanges SO, 8l and one of its edges will be engaged by the arm 7 S while the rear corner of its other edge will be engaged by the inner wall of the groove 82 at a point near the transverse center' of the coin. lf 130 the coin should be deficient in thickness the inner wall oi the groove 82 will not engage the same and said coin will slip downwardly between the arms 78, 79. The coin receiver 56 is thus enabled to test the coin as to its weight, diameter and thickness and will lail to operate the ejector if a coin fed to the machine is deficient in either weight, diameter or thickness.

lhe operation oi the machine will be largely understood from the detailed description lna'einbeiore presented.

ln Fig. 2 I show the tilting or oscillatory frame 42 in its initial position receiving-a coin, which lf mnnber S3, and in the said figure the initial positions ol the ej ector 47 and coin receiver 56 are shown by dotted lines. The coin 83 will slide down the coin chute 43 and strike the iront casing 22 and then tilt backwardly over the pin 5l and l'all upon the inwardly and downwardly inclined table or plate 4S, down which it will pass and be by its contact with the lip 55 on said table deflected toward the lel't, the coin passing l'rom said plate 48 into the coin receiver 56, where l have shown said coin in Fig. 2. The weight ol the coin in the receiver 56 overbalances the'rcar end ol' the receiver and causes said end to turn upwardly, as shown by lull lines in Fig. 2, against the lowei' side of the goods-ejector v47, the pressure oi the eoin-receiver against said ejector' turning the latter upwardly into its predetermined operative position Or until the lip 63 thereof becomes arrested by the linger 7 Vl ol the stack holder 34.

When the coin-receiver and goods-ejector are in the positions in which they are shown in Fig. 2, the purchaser will press inwardly upon the handle-1'od4l. so as to turn the l'rame 42 inwardly to the position in which it is shown in Fig. 4. During this inward movement ol' thel frame 42 the ejector' 47 is caused to dislodge the article sold, and the linger 45 el said frame passing inwardly on the path of the dotted line shown in Fig. 2, leading from its lower end, meets the coin then in the eoin-rei'zeiver and dislodges the same, the dislodged coin falling downwardly between the sides of the coin-receiver frame and said frame then automatically returning to its initial position shown by lull lines in Fig. 4. After thc rod 4l has been pushed iully inwardly and the article sold has fallen to the runway 24, said handle'rod is released and the spring (i2 restores the i'rame 42 and parts carried thereby to their initial position.

l have hereinlwlore explained, in detail, the construction and operation of the ejector 47 and also the means provided lor testing coins and for preventing the repeated use ol a coin to which a thread might be tied, and the same need not be .further rel'erred to at this place.

Upon the upper end 'of the stack ol' conlcctions .l provide a weight S4 carrying a hook S5 which when the i'rame 42 is pushed inwardly to dislodge the last article in the stack to be sold, will pass upon and engage the arm 44 of said trame, as shown in Fig. 4 by dotted lines, and lock said frame at its inward position, thus preventing the machine, in respect oi the frame locked, from being operated by a purchaser, and said frame 42 when thus locked inwardly closes the coin slot 39 so as to prevent coins from being' led to the then inoperative part ol the machine, as shown in Fig. 4, in which l illustrate the plate 57 as preventing the entrance ol' a coin to the machine.

.lt has been found that persons at times introduce such material to the coin slots 39 as to choke the runways for the coins, and to prevent the choking of the coin chute in the present machine is one ot the objects of my invention. It will be seen on reference to Fig. 2 that the coin chute is closed at one side by the main plate of the frame 42 and at its opposite side by the partition 40 and that when the frame 42 is actuated, as shown in Fig. 4, the chute 43 leaves the partition 40 and is not only open at its lower end but also at its front and at -one side, thereby allowing anything within the frame 42 to i'reely pass therefrom. The form of the chute 43 is such that when the frame 42 is actuated, as shown in Fig. 4, it will be substantially impossible for anything to remain upon the saine.

ln the machine described in my aforesaid Letters Patent dated January 23, 1906 the frame carrying the coin chute is operated by a handle rigid with the trame and requiring for its movement the provision of an elongated slot in the lront casing oi the machine; one ot the purposes accomplished by the present invention is the elimination oi the said slot and the securing of a more etlicient structure and a more desirable movement by providing means for hanging the frame 42 l'rom its upper portion and equipping said frame with a pivoted handle rod 4l. extending through a. simple aperture in the front casing and connected with the trame 42 at a point below the pivotal support of the latter.

The fraud preventive devices shown and described in this application are not separately claimed herein because ot the requirement that they be made the subject ol a separate application, which will be liled to protect said devices.

W hat l claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters-Patent, ist- 1. ln a vending machine, a holder for the articles to be sold, a pivotally mounted frame after-ding a coin-chute and having an exposed handle, and a goods-ejector pivotally se cured to and carried by said frame, combined with a pivotnlly mounted coin-receiver below said ejector and independent o1 said traine and adapted upon receiving a coin to tilt against said ejector and position the same for ae tion, said frame also carryingl a coineiector adapted upon the operation ot' said frame to dislodge the coin from said receiver; substantially :is set forth.

L. ln a vending machine, u holder for the articles to be sold, a pivotally mounted trame having an exposed handle und :ii'l'ording a downwardly and i'rontwardly inclined coincnure, a downwardly und rearwardly inclined table below said chute over which the coins leaving said chute tilt and pass rearwardly, and a goeds ejector' pivotally secured to :ind carried by said frame, combined with a pivotally mounted coin-receiver below said ejector and independent of said trame und adapted upon receiving a coin to tilt .-i'ninst said ejector and position the same for action, said irame :ilso carrying a coin-ejector adapted upon the operation ot' said frame to dislodge the coin from said receiver; substantially as set forth.

23. ln :i vending machine, a holder' for the articles to be s.,-ld, a pivotally mounted trame having an exposed handle and aliording a downwardly and frontwardly inclined coinchute, a downwardly and rearwardly inclined table below said chute over which the coins leaving said chute pass rearwardly, and a goods ejector pivotally secured to and carried by said frame, combined with a pivotally mounted coinvreceiver below said ejector' and independent of said trame and adapted upon receiving a coin to tilt against said ejector and position the same for action, said frame also having :i linger normally disposed to compel the coin to take u flat position in said receiver and another finger which acts to dislodge the coin from the receiver when 1 said trame is operated; substantially as set forth.

't. ln a vending machine, a holder for the articles to he sold, a pivotally mounted trame affording a coin-chute and having an exposed handle, and a goods-ejector pivotally secured to and carried by said frame, said handle being pivotally secured to said frame below the pivot-point of the latter and extending frontwardly through an aperture in the front casing o1 the machine, combined with a pivotally mounted coin-receiver adapted upon receiving a coin to position said ejector for action, said frame also carrying a coin-ejector adapted upon the operation of said frame to dislodge the coin from said receiver; substantially as set forth.

5. ln a vending machine, a holder for the articles to be sold, a pivotally mounted frame having an exposed handle and affording a downwardly and frontwardly inclined coinchute, a downwardly and rearwardly inclined table below said chute over which the coins leaving said chute pass rearwardly, and a goods ejector pivotally secured to and carried by said frame, combined with a pivotally mounted coin-receiver below said ejector and independent of said trame and adapted upon receiving a coin to tilt against said ejector and position the same for action, said frame also having an arm in rear of said table and sutliciently near the same to conine the coin to said table during its passage over the same, a linger normally disposed to canpel the coin to take a flat position in said receiver and another iinger which acts to dislodge the coin from the receiver' when said trame is operated; substantially as set i'orth,

(i. In a vending machine, a holder for the articles to be sold, a pivotally mounted frame having an exposed handle and atording a downwardly and frontwardly inclined coinchute, a downwardly and rearwardly inclined table below said chute over which the coins leaving said chute pass rearwardly, and a goods ejector pivotally secured to and carried b v said frame, said table at one side having a lip to deflect the coins while passing over it, in a lateral direction, combined with a pivot-ally mounted coin-receiver disposed to one side of the longitudinal center o1 said table and adapted upon receiving a coin therefrom to position said ejector for action, said trame also having a coinejector adapted upon the operation of said frame to dislodge the coin from said receiver; substantially as set fortlL 7. ln a vending machine, a holder for the articles to be sold, a pivotally mounted frame having an exposed handle and affording a downwardly and frontwardly inclined coinchute and a downwardly and rearwardly inclined table below said chute over which the coins leaving said chute pass rearwardly, and a goods ejector pivotally secured to `and carried by said trame, said table at one side having a lip to deflect the coins while passing over it, in a lateral direction, combined with ia pivotally mounted coin-receiver disposed to one side otthe longitudinal center of said table and below said ejector and adapted upon receiving a coin therefrom to tilt upwardly against and position said ejector for action, said frame also having a coin-ejector adapted upon the operation of said frame to dislodge the coin from said receiver, and said holder and ejector havingr parts to contact with each other when said ejector is moved upwardly to arrest the saine in a predetermined position: substantially as set forth.

S. ln a vendingmachine, a holder for the stack of articles to be sold, a pivotally mounted frame carrying a chute to receive the coins from the coin-slot, a handle for operating said frame, a coin receiver to receive and temporarily hold the coins fed to the machine, and a goods-ejector carried by said frame and adapted to be positioned for action by the weight of a'coin in said receiver, said frame hav ing a finger for dislodging the coin from said receiver and also a stop-arm il, combined with-a follower Si mounted upon the stack in said holder and having a hook S5 which upon the inward movement of said frame at a time when said holder should be replenished, will descend upon and hook over said arm all and lock said frame at its inward position, said frame having a part adapted when the trame is thus locked to exclude coins at said coin slot; substan tially as set i'orth.

E). In a vending machine, a holder for the stack of artiA cles to be sold, a pivotally mounted frame carrying a frontwardly inclined coin-chute and an operating handle, a rearwardly inclined table below the coinchute to direct the coins inwardly, a goods-ejector pivotally secured to and carried by said trame, and a pivotally mounted coin receiver adapted upon receiving a coin to position said ejector for action, combined with means for automatically returning said frame and ejector to their initial position after they have been manually operated, and means for preventing said frame and ejector from returning to their initial position, after they have been started into operation, until they have made a complete movement from such pos tion substantially as set forth.

signed at New York city, in the county of New York and Stale of New York, this .'ltith day ot' May, A. l). 1906.

FlLliTAll F. SlAULDlNG.

Witnesses Citas. C. Ginn, Aa'ritnr. Manton'.

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