US876126A - Vending-machine. - Google Patents

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No. 876,126. PATENTBD JAN. 7, 1908. G. C. YOOUM.

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vENmNG-MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 7,1908.

Applieatir`Y filed August 30. 1906. Serial No. 332.699.

To a'll whom it may concern.'

Be it known that l, GEORGE C. YOCUM, 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 Vending-Machines, of which the following Ais a specification. y

This invention relates vto a motor driven vending machine, in which the motor which yactuates the delivery mechanism may be operated to Vdeliver one or more articles, depending uggn the value of the coin inserted 1n the mac `ne.

In the accompanying drawings l have illustrated my invention in connection with a machine for feeding and cutting off tickets,

from a ticket strip, the machine there shown being designed particularly for vending soda water and other checks or tickets which are to be exchanged by the purchaser for drinks.

The construction, operation and advantages of my improved vending mechanism w1ll be clear from the following specilication, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, 'in which,

Figure 1 is aplan view of the vending machine, with the cover and coin chutes removed, the front oflthe casing being shown in section and part of the top supporting plate of the motor, being broken away; Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the coin opere-fing mechanism, with the arts in normal posiil)ar view showiri'g the position of the parts shortly after the machine has commenced to operate; Fig. 4 is a similar view showing the positions of the Rafts after the shaft carrying the caro wheels as nearly completed a revolution; i Lg. 5 1s a section on the line 5-5 of Fig. 4, showing the levers for stopping and releasing the motor in plan view; Fig. 6 is a section on the line 6-6 of Fig. 2, the main operating gear of the motor# being omitted, parts being shown in their normal positions; Fig. 7 is a side elevation of the coin operating mechanism, taken at the right hand side of Fig. 4, the coin receptacle being partly broken away and the slide for retaining coins in the primary compartment of the receptacle being raised to permit the coin to move into the secondary compartment; Fig. 8 is a section on the line 8-8 of Fig. 3; Fig. 9 is a side el'evation of .the governing fan and the detent for releasing and engaging the same, and Fig.

10 is a section through the coin receptacle on theline 10-10 in Fig. 6.

Referring to Fig. 1 of the drawing, A indicates the casing of a vending machine, with the trop removed. and the front part of the casing 'shown in horizontal section.' Within the casing'is arranged the spring motor M, which actuates a pair of feed rolls 1 for intermittently feeding forward a paper ticket strip 2, and also a rotary knife 3 which cuts off tickets from the strip when the feeding movement ceases in the manner hereinafter described. The motor has a main operating rear 4, connected,I as shown in the various figures of the dr:v Jing, by a train of gearing 5, 6, 7', 8,9, 10 and 11 to a shaft 12 havin a fan 13 .thereon for governing the speer1 of t e caring is suitably motor. The train of mounted -upon shafts aving bearings in upper and lower plates 14 and 15. The shaft 16 has at its upper end a crank 17, and a link 18 connects thls crank with a lever 19. One end ofthe lever 19 is pivoted at 20 to one side of the motor frame, and the opposite end of the lever is connected by a link 21 to an arm 22 of a clutch or ratchet 23 on the feed wheel shaft 24. Each rotation of the crank 17 causes the lever 19 to oscillate about its pivotal point from the normal position, shown in full lines, in Fig. 1, to the position shown 'in dotted lines, and back. During the movement of th. ylever from normal position, the clutch 23 does not rotate the feed wheels,\but during the return movement to normal position the clutch engages the, feed wheel shaft and rotates the feed wheels, the latter thus feeding forward a ticket onto an inclined latform or chute 25 which leads to an opening 25a in the front of the casing. This feeding movement, as stated, occurs during the last iialf turn of the crank 17, and just before thcy motor comes to -a stop, as hereinafter explained, so that when the motor is again started a piece of the paper strip equal to the length of the ticket will rest upon the platform 25, ready to be' cut oH-by the rotary knifel 3 when the motor is again 'started into operation. This knife is mounted upon a shaft 26 which is connected by gears 27, 2S and 29 to the main operating gear 4, and is normally held in position to commence cutting off ,the ticket when the motor is started. The knife makes one rotation for each oscillation of the lever 19. lVhenvthe motor into operation, and

while the lever 19 is moving from the normal position to the position indicated in dotted ines in Fig. 1, the feed wheels and strip then being stationary, the knife cuts 0H the previously fed ticket, which slides down a platform 25, and out of the machine through the 'opening 25a in the casin vWhile the knife is making the second haf of its revolution after cutting off the ticket the oscillating lever returns to its normal position an causes the feed Wheels to move and feed forward another 'ticketfonto the shelf or platform 25, ready to be cut off at the neXt rotation ofthe knife. l

The shaft 31 to which the main operating gear and the .motors ring are connected, is provided With a ratc et or clutch arm 32,

aving a socket 33 therein to receive the end of a rod or key which is to be inserted through a horizontal slot inthe side of the casing fcrthe purpose of Winding .the motor. A suitable recording device R is operated by a tooth 18L on Ithe link 18, to record'the num- Vber of tickets fedv and cut off. I provide means for automatically releasing the motor when a coin of the value of a ticket. is placed in the machine, and for automatically stopping` the motor after a single ticket has been out off and another ticket hasbeen fed forward; or if a coin having the value of several tickets is insertedin the machine a corresponding number4 of tickets willbe cut off and fed forward before the machine comes to a stp. Y y coin receptacle C is suitably secured to the top plate of the motor by a standard 34. This receptacle as shownin Figs. 67 and 10 consists of a narrow trough having ` sides 35 and 36 fitting-.closelyagainst the sides of a coin balance D, which latter is pivoted lnear the top and at one end ofthe receptaclein ears or brackets 37', and-'has a Weight 38 at one end which holds'the balance normally in horizontalv position,as shown in Fig. 6,

and in dotted'lines in Fig. 7. The coin balanceis connected by a link 39 to one end of a detent 40, which latteris pivoted at a point intermediate its ends upon a suitable support 41. The opposite end of the detent engages the fan13, as shown in Figs. 2,15, 6 and 9, and prevents operation of the motor as long as the coin balance is in horizontal position. When, however, -the coin balance is tilted by a @0in into the position shown in dotted lines in Fig. 6 and in full .lines in. Fig. 7, the detent 40 is thereby rocked out of engagement with the fan as shown in Figs. 7 and 8, and in dotted lines in Fig. 9 and the motor is thus permitted to operate until the coin balance and detent return to their normalpositions. After the coin balance has been tilted out of the normal position by the Weight of a c oin placed on the, balance, and the detent thereby moved .out of engagement with the fan to release the motor, the detent and coin' bal-A ance cannot-'return to their normal 'ositions to stop tliehiotor until vone ticket as been cut off by the knife 3 and another ticket has been fed forward into osition to be cut 0H.' Thisis accomplished y an interposing or locking lever 42 see Figs. 5 and 8) pivoted at 43 tothe lower plate 1.5 lof the .motor frame and movable by a cam wheel 44 in one direction and in the o posite direction by a spring 45.. The cam W eel 44 is mounted upon the lower part of the shaft 16, as-shown in the various figures ofthe drawing, and this shaft, as before stated, operates the feeding and cutting off mechanism, one ticket lbeing cut off and another fed forward for each revolution of Ithe shaft 16. The .cam 44, therefore, rotates once for each feeding and cutting operation. In Fig. 5 the cam wheel 44 and lever 42 are shown, in their normal ositions in full lines, with the end 42BL o the lever close to the .detent 40, and the end 42b on a low .portion of the cam wheel. As soon as the coin balance is tilted by a coin so as to move-the detent out of engagement with the fan, the motor startsinto operation and turns the ycam-'wheel in the direction indicated by the arrow in Fig. 5. This causes the cam 44 to rock the lever 42 and force the end 42a of the latter under the detent as indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 5 and in full lines in Fig. 8. This will prevent the detent lfrom again engaging the cam untilthe cam 44 has made a complete revolution, when the low portion of the cam will again be brought opposite the end 42b of the lever from the coinv balance the latter will rock' into its normal horizontal position-shown in Fig. 6, and move the detent mto positlon to be engaged by the fan, thus stopping the y motor. Y

I provide means whereby a coin of one denomination, as for instancea five-cent piece,

dropped onto the coin balance will Vbe released therefrom while the cam shaft 16 is making one revolution, so that for a coin of a givenl value .one ticket will be delivered and the motor will then stop, but where a coin of higher value is inserted in the machine the coin balance and detent will not be released during the first revolution of the cam shaft, and a number of tickets proportioned to the value of the coin will be out off and delivered. The machine shown in the draw' ing is adapted to make one complete cycle'.A of operations when a com of one value 1s Inserted inthe machine and to make two cornplete cycles of. operation lwhen a coin ofydouble 'the value is placed'in the machine,

but itv will be apparent from the draw-ing and the following description that by in.

creasing'the numberfof coin retainers vand 'H20 30 forward.

operating them in succession, the number o tickets cut oil' and delivered by the insertion of a single )in may be correspondingly increased. In Figs. 6 and 7 X and V indicate the lower ends of coin chutes for delivering coins of different denominations into the different parts of the coin receptacle. In my Patent No. 841,210, and also in my allowed application, Serial No. 332,598, I have 10 yshown a system ofchutes for assorting coins placed in a common slot in the casing of a vending machine so that coins of one denomination will pass through one chute and those 'of another denomination will ass through another chute and in practice use such coin assorting means in -connection lwith the vending machine here shown. With such a system of chutes a coin of one denomination will ass through the chute V and land on the ee end of the coin balance, While 'a coin .of higher denomination will pass through the chute X and land on an intermediate part of the'coin balance.

When-the coin balance is depressed by a coin, lthe motor is started into operation as previously described and it is then desirable to prevent another coin from entering the coin receptacle until the motor has operated .tocut off one ticket and feed another ticket I, therefore, provide a movable plate or shutter 46, which is hinged to the -top of the side 36 of the coin receptacle, and .'form's a continuation of said side, and this plate normally rests against a st .op47, 'when the r. tor is stopped, as shown in Fig. 2, leaving the top' of the receptacle open,`but as soon as the motorstarts into operation the plate or shutter is automatically drawn over mtothe position shown in Fig.' 3 so as to close 4o the top of the coin receptacle until one cycle of operation is completed, when, just before the motor comes to a stop, the plate or shutter is again moved to open position. vbe noted from an inspection of Figs. 2 and 3 that the lower ends of the coin chut'esfor-l deliveringcoinsinto the receptacle are inclined so thatif a coin suitable for operating the machine should be inserted iiito the machine .while the'motor is in operation and the shutter closed,VA the coin will pass through the chute-X lor V, as the case may be,I and drop into' a lretl'irn'chute, R which will conduct the conto the outside Aofthe casing f the machine, asdescribed 4in my co-pending applica- {.tion above mentioned.v But when the motor is stopped, the plate or shutter 46 lies in the therefore- `"coinsuitable for operating the machine, passing through either chute while i the motor is"4 stopped, will be deflected from its course by -the plate or shutter and will be directed into the coin receptacle and onto the coin balance, after which the motor immediatelystartsint-o operation and the shutter 6,5v cl'osesuntilone cycleof operations has been It will g from the chutes, and

completed. This f automatic closing and opening of the deflect'ing plate or shutter is accomplished by means of a lever 48, loosely connected at one end 'to the plate and pivotcd at a point intermediate its ends upon a V suitable standard 48a. A spring 49, connected to the short arm 48h ofthe lever normally tends to move the lever into position to close the shutter, as shown in Fig. 3, but when the motor is stopped this short arm of the lever rests upon a cam or pin 50 which rotates with the cam shaft 16, the shutter thus being held open and the'sprin 49 being v held under tension, ready to causet e closing of the shutter as soon as the motor starts into operation and the shorter arm of the lever' is released from the pin 50. Figs. 2 and 3 show the lever and shutter in the successive posiiions. It will be seen that when the cam shaft and pin 50 have made a ycomplete revo- 85 Tution in the direction indicated by the arrow in Fig. 8the pin will again engage and lift the shorter arm of the lever, thus rocking the latter to open the shutter or deecting pla 're at about the time when the motor comes to a stop, or has completed onecycle of opera- -,coin entering through said chute passes onto th'e free end of the coin balance and the latter is depressed thereby into the position indicated by dotted lines in Fig.- 6 and in full lines in Fig. 7. The coin then rests upon then free en d of the lever and against the vertically movable coin retaining slide v, having an arm 51,.extending across the open end of the receptacle. In Fig. 7 the dotted circle d indicates a coin in this position. The coin retaining slide v is pivoted at its lower end to a camlever 52, which latter is suitably pivoted between its ends upon a post 53, as shown shown in Fig. 8. A spring 54. is provided for pulling the free end of the cam lever 52 downward and thus raising the retaining slide v,- 1 10 but ynormally when the motor is stopped the free end of the cam lever is held in raised position, and the retaining slide in its lower position, by a cam 55V upon the upper side of a cam wheel E which is carried by the cam 11'5 shaft 146 as shown in Fig 2.

When a coin of the value of a single ticket such as a five cent piece, passes onto the free end of the coin balance from lthe chute V it l will lodge temporarily against the arm 51 of 120 the coin retainer fv. The motor starts by reason of the tilting of theucoin balance and the consequent movement of the detent 40 out of engagement with the fan governor 13, and the free end of the locking lever 42 125 is forced by the cam Wheel 44 under the detent. The 'free end of the cam lever 52 then `trips oil' of the cam surface 55 and the spring f 54 pulls down' the free'end of the lever, thus causing theoin retaining slide v to move u vending machine.

wardfand allowjthe coih to roll olli' ot"A thecoin' balance and out'of the coin receiver into 'a hopper 56 leading to the cash drawer' of the l Immediately after the starting'or' the motor the free end of the cani .-lever '48 also drops oil the pin 50 upon the.

cam wheel E and thespring 49 moves said lever to close the deflecting plate or shutter, as previously explained, to prevent another coin from passing into the coin-'receptacle while the motor is in operation. VAfter the coin has be'enkreleased from the coin balance andphas dropped out-of the receptacle, the coin vbalancev anddetent are prevented from -returning to their'nornial positions to stop ythe tree end of the camlever 52 and thus causes. the coin'retaining slide/e) to move downward to normal position. After the coin slider; has returned to normal position, the cam or pin 56 moves the lever 48 to open the"v deiiector plate or shutter 46, and. then themotor' comes to a stop by reason of the free' end of the locking lever 42 passing from the high circular l:part oi' the cani wheel 44 onto the` lower part of said wheel. This movement ofthe locking lever causes the release of the detent-40 which in turn is moved to its normal .position in engagement with the fan by the weighted coin balance which Swings into its normal position.

Vhen a coin oi' the vvalue of two tickets, as for instance a diine,- isinserted iii the inachine, it passes through the chute X onto the coin balance, and in order to cut oli' and de` liver two tickets moans are provided wherebytlic motor is not stopped after its iirst cycle of oi'ieratizms but continues its move nient until i 'o c Ylisis are cut oli aiidled forward. T s aecoi'iiplislied by providing an -addiiionai e retaining slide which practically, .i 'ii s the coin receptacle above the balance into two ifininpartinents zand 7i.

yAs showi'i in the drawings the slide :e is movable vertically in suitable guides 57 upon the side 35 of the coin receptacle and it' has at its upper end a right'angled stop which projects through a vertical slot ,59 in the side 35, into the receptacle above the coin balance.

.The slide is connected to a cani lever 66 which is suitably pivoted between its ends upon a standard 53 and the free end 60L oi 'this .cain.lever extends beneath the cani Wheel E, as shown in Fig. 2, in position to be v 1 enga ed by a cam surface 61. i\ ornialiy the camy ever does not engage the canisiir-V ,aee and therefore the coin retaining slide :I:

"arenas 'normally rests in its lowermost position byA reason of its own Weight. l l

Assuming Vthat a coin 'of the value of two tickets enters the chute X while' the motor is stopped, the operation is as' follows: Thev coin balance is tilted by the coin into the position indicated in dotted lines in Fig. '6, and the coin is held upon the central portion of the balance by the shoulder v58 on thev slide The motor then operates as previously described, the' locking lever 42 first passing vunder the detent 40, and the shutter 46 moving to closed position. T he retaining slide v is then moved lupward and allowed to :drop back, but during this first upward and downward movement performs no function.l as there is no coin on the' free end of the coin-A balanoe for it to release. Near the'en'd of the first revolution vof the shaft 16 the Gamsurtace 61 engages the end 6()a of the lever-60. and the latter is rocked so as to move the slide upward as show-n in Fig. 7, thus releasing the coin d from'the primary compartment' of the ooinreceptacleand per# mit-ting it to roll down'against the retainer e, as shownin dotted lines in said figure. Before the shaft l16 completes one revolutionl the cam 61 passes by the free end of the lever 60, .thus permitting the coin retaining slide x to return to its'normal position; As the coinv balance, at the end of one complete revolution 4of the, cani shaft 16, is still held down by the coin, which now rests .against `the retainer e, the detent 40, connected to locliing lever 42 moves out from under it at the end of the firstre-volution of the shaft. 'l lierefore the motor 'continues in operation,

the locking lever being moved under the detent during the -first part of the second rotation of the shaft 16 and the coin is then released frein the secondary compartment of the coin receptacle by the movement of the retaining slide o. l'l'ie deflecting pla-te or shutter 46 opens at the end of the first rotation of the cam shaft 16, and .immediatelyv closes at the commencement of the second rotation. .During ythis'second rot-'ation the coin slide a: is'lifted and then released, performing no function, and at the, end of thel sec-ond rotation of the shaft the deiiecting plate or shutter moves to open position and: then the lockingA lever 42 becomes disengagml from the detent 40, thus permitting the coin balance to move to normal position -and drop the detent into engagement with theifan governor, thus stopping the motor.

It will be seen that the two coin retaining slides are always in position to retain a coin, when the motoris stopped, and that if a coin is inserted in the primary compartment of the coin receiver, it will not be released from. i

the coin .balance until the 'machine has started upon .its second cycle of operations,

so that two tickets will be cut off whereas if the coin is dropped into the secondary 'compartment, from the coin chute V, it will be released before the machine has completed 5 its first cycle of operations, and therefore only one ticket will be cut off. In practice, as stated, by means of suitable coin asserting` chutes, coins of the value of one ticket will pass through the chute V into the secondary compartlnent ofthe receiver, and coins of the value of-two`tickets will pass into the primary compartment. I By simply lengthening the coin balance and providing a greater number of retainers arranged to operate successively, it will be evident that the machine may be made to operate as many times as is desirable in order to deliver tickets corresponding in number to the value of the coin. What I claim is 1. In a coin-operated vending machine, a motor, a coin balance, means operated by the coin balance forreleasing and stopping the motor, a chute for delivering coins onto said balance, a device normally arranged to direct coins from the chute on to the balance, and means operatedf-by the motor for moving y sald devlce into position to permit coins to ass from the chute without engaging the' alance while the motor is in operation.

2. In a coin operated vending machine, a motor, a coin balance, means operated by the coin balance for releasing and stopping the motor, a chute for delivering coins onto i said balance, a deflector normally in the path of coins passing from the chute and adapted to direct coins onto the balance, and means,

operated by the motor for moving said deiector out of the path of the coins after the motor has started into operation.

3. AIn a coin operated vending machine, a motor, a coin balance, means operated by the coin balance for releasing and stopping themotor, a chute for delivering coins onto i ysaid balance, a detlector normally in the path of coins passing from the chute and adapted to direct coins onto the balance, means operated by themotor for moving said delector out of the ath of the coins after the motor has starte into operation, and a chute arranged to receive coins passing from said first mentioned chute While the deflector plate is out of the path of the coins.

4. In a coin-operated vending machine, a -motor, a stationary coin receptacle, a coin balance movable within the receptacle, means operated by the coin balance for releasing and stopping the motor, a chute for delivering coins into said receptacle, a hinged 80 deiiector at the up er part of said receptacle, and'means for ho ding s aid deflector in the path of coins passing from the chute while the motor is stopped and for moving said defiector out of said path when the motor is `in operation.

5. 'In a coin-operated vending machine, a motor, a stationary coin receptacle, a coin balance movable within the receptacle, means operated by the coin balance for releasingl and stopping the motor, a plurality of coin rdetainers supported independently of the balance for retaining a coin upon dit`- ferent portions of the balance, and means operated by the motor for moving said retainers successively to release the coin.

6. In a coin operated vending machine, a coin balance, means operated by the balance for releasing and stopping the motor, a plurality of coin retainers, supported independently of the balance, for retaining a coin on different portions of the balance, and means operated by the motor for moving said retainers at intervals to release the coin from successive portions of the balance. l

7. In a coin operated vending machine, a motor, a coin balance, means connected with the coin balance for releasing the motor when the balance is depressed by a coin, a plurality of coin retainers supportedindependently of the balance for temporarily retaining a coin on different portions of the balance, means operated by the motor for locking the balance in its depressed position, means operated by the motor for moving said retainers at intervals to release the coin from successive portions of the balance, and means operated by the motor for releasing the coin balance.

8. In a coin o erated vending machine,

a motor, a coin alance, means connected with the coin balance for releasing the motor when the balance is depressed by a coin, a plurality of coin retainers supported independently of the balance for temporarily retaining a coin on diil'erent portions ot the 105 balance, means operated by the motor for locking the balance in its depressed position, means operated by the motor for moving said retainers successively to release the coin, and means operated by the motor for releas 110 ing the coin balance.

9. In a coin operated vending machine, a stationary coin receptacle, open at one end, a pivoted coin balance fitting between thesides of said receptacle and extending from its pivotal point toward said open end, a coin retaining slide having a part extending across the receptacle at its open end, a second coin retaining slide extending over the balance between its free end and its pivotal point, said slides being each supported independently of the balance and normally in position to retain a coin on the balance, means connected With the coin balance for releasing the motor when the balance is depressed by coin, and means operated by the motor for movmg said retainers successively.

10. In a coin operated vending machineh a motor, a stationary coin receptacle, a com balance therein, two coin retainers supported independently of the balance and adapted to retain a coin on dillerent portions of the halance, means operated by the coin balance lor releasing the motor when the hala-nee is depressed and for stopping the motor when the balance moves to normal position, means operated by the motor for locking the ooin balance in its depressed position and for releasing the hala-noe after the motor .has made a, given movement, and means operated by the motor for moving said coin retainers al# .ternately 11. In a coin operated vending machine, a motor, a stationary coin receptacle, a coin balance therein, two coin retainers supported independently of the balance and adapted to retain a Coin orf different portions :if the bal ance, means operated by the Coin halai'iee for releasingthe motor when the balance is depressed and for stopping the motor when the balance moves to normal position, a device for looking the com balance, a cam operated by the motor for moving said device to look .avesse and release the balance, and means operated hy the motor for moving said lcoin retainers alternately.

i2. Vln a coin operated vending machine, a motor, a stationary coin receptacle, a coin balance therein, two coin retainers supported independently of the balance and adapted to retain a ooin on di'llerent portions of the balance, means operated by the Coin balance for releasing the motor when the balance is' depressed and for stopping the. motor when the balance moves to normal position, a lever for locking and releasing the coin balance, levers for n'ioving said coin retainers, and a Cam shaft having Gains thereon and driven by the motor for operating said levers.

In testimony whereof l ax my signature,

' in presence of two witnesses.

oponen o. YooUM.

1Witnesses:

MENA B. MILLER, N. WV. Cnoss.

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