US879991A

US879991A - Coin-controlled selling apparatus for stamps, tickets, and the like.

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Publication number: US879991A
Authority: US
Inventors: Carl Robert Wedelin
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson AB
Priority date: 1905-10-17
Filing date: 1905-10-17
Publication date: 1908-02-25
Anticipated expiration: 1925-02-25

Description

' No. 879,991. PATENTED FEB. 25, 1 908.

0. R. WEDBLIN. 00m CONTROLLED SELLING APPARATUS FOR STAMPS, TICKETS,

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CARL ROBERT WEDELIN, OF STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN, ASSIGNOR TO AKTIEBOLAGETL. M.

ERICSSON & 00., OF STOOKHOLM, SWEDEN. I

COIN-CONTROLLED SELLING APPARATUS FOR STAMPS, TICKETS, AND THE LIIGE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb.' 25, 1908.

Application filed October 17. 1905- Serial No. 283.097-

ets, and the like, which are stored up in the apparatus in the shape of a ribbon.

The object of the invention is to provide devices by which the ribbon may be. fed for- Ward t y a p determinedste hin each selling-operation and which under all circumstances will keep the ribbon in position in such manner that incidental displacements of the same will be fully prevented.

The invention consists, principally, in the combination with an apparatus of the said kind of two sets of needles, or the like, adapted to perforate the ribbon or to enter perforations of the same and movable transversely relative to the ribbon in such manner that the one set of needles engage the ribbon while 'the other is out of engagement, the one set of needles being, moreover, movable in the longitudinal direction of the ribbon for moving the ribbon by means of an outer'liandle drfiy'othfif sfiitable device. The holders of the two sets of needles may be arranged in such manner that the twwsafnee dh s are on each side of the ribbon and the holder of the set of needles serving to feed the ribbon may be supported by the horde? of the other set of needles and guided by the latter in the longitudinal movements, so that the two sets of needles will always accompany each other in the transverse movements. The invention further consists in the combinations and arrangements of parts hereinafter described and claimed.

In the' accompanying drawings I have shown one embodiment of my invention.

Figure 1 shows 'a vertical section of the apparatus. Fig. 2 is a similar view partly in elevation the parts being shown in other positions. Fig. 3 is a detail in elevation. Fig. 4 is a horizontal section on line IV-IV in Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is a cross-section on line VV in Fi 2. Fig. 6 is a cross-section on line VI I in 2. Fig. 7 shows a detail-view of the guiding device for the two sets of needles.

The coin-receiving apparatus and the op erating member may be of any suitable type or construction and form no parts of the present invention. In the drawing is shown a slide 1 having a coin-slot and being connected by means of a link 2 to a spring-actuated draw-rod 3 and being adapted to be coupled together by the coin with the feeding device for the ribbon, but it will be understood that A coin receiving mechanisms and operating members of any other suitable construction may be used.

The ribbon 5 wound on a roller 4, or stored up in the apparatus in any other suit able manner, is inserted in a corresponding slot 6 in a fixed guide-block 7. The larger part of the latter is surrounded by the free end of a lever 8, the said end having the shape of a sleeve or casing of rectangular crosssection. The said lever is at 9 pivoted to a suitable bracket or the like 10 attached to the casing of the apparatus. The guideblock 7 is in the upper part provided with a number of longitudinal grooves 11 in which enter a set of needles, or the like, 12 secured to a plate 13 which is provided in the up er sleeve-shaped part of the lever 8 and s idable in t e longitudinal direction of the latter, the rear end of the said plate being guided, for instance by means of studs or the like, 14, provided on the lever 8, while the fore end of the said plate 13 may be provided with

lateral projections

15 and 16 engaging.

longitudinal slots

17 and 18 in the fore end of the lever 8. To the bottom of the sleeveshaped part of the lever 8 are secured two rows of

needles

19 and 20, extending upwards and entering

corresponding holes

21 and 22 in the lower part of the guide-block 7. The said rows of needles are at a distance from each other corresponding to the length of a stamp, or the like, and the plate, or the like,

13, serving as holder for the upper row of needles 12, is movable in its guides in the lever 8 a distance likewise corresponding to the length of a stam or the like. In order to obivate' contact etween the upper and the lower rows of needles in the end-positions of the former the needles of the upper row and the corresponding slots are arranged alternately with the lower rows of needles and the corresponding holes.

r, The rows of needles are preferably placed at right or substantially right angles to the longitudinal direction of the ribbon, whereby the needles in feeding a ribbon having perforations running at right angles to its longitudinal direction will enter the perforations and leave the same without injuring neither the ribbon nor the perforations.

As will be easily understood the upper and lower sets of needles will accompany each other when the'lever 8 is turned on its pivot 9, and when the lever is in its lowermost position, as is shown in Fig. 1, the upper row of needles 12 is in full engagement with the ribbon to be fed, While the two lower rows of needles are out of engagement with the said ribbon. The length of the needles is such that when the lever 8 is turned into its uppermost position the lower rows of needles engage the ribbon before the upper needles leave the same, whereby is effected that the ribbon is always held by at least one of the two sets of needles, and incidental dislacements of the ribbon are thus prevented. n the uppermost position of the lever 8 only the lower rows of

needles

19 and 20 are in engagement with the ribbon, as is shown in Fig. 2. 1n the lowermost position of the lever the feeding of the ribbon is accomplished by displacing the plate 13 supporting the upper row of needles, while the said plate in the uppermost position can be moved to its rearward position without moving the ribbon.

In order to' obtain the swinging movements of the lever 8 necessary for the said function the

projections

15 and 16 of the plate 13 may engage rectangular guide-slots 23 in fixed guide-blocks 24 on each side of the forward end of the lever 8. In the path of the said

projections

15 and 16 are provided spring-actuated levers, or the like, 25, 26, the springs of which will be bent during the longitudinal movements of the plate 13, so that the same at the end of the said movement can automatically move the projections through the transverse parts of the said rectangular guide slots 23 thereby effecting the transverse movements of the two sets of needles for bringing the same into and out of engagement with the ribbon.

The apparatus works a s foll owsg lf the levrsanatfitwo sets of needles are in the positions shown in Fig. 1 (the idle position of the a paratus) and a coin of the predetermine value be dropped down into the apparatus the coin will at first be received by the coin-slot of the slide 1-, the said'slot being in well known manner yielding in the longitu dinal direction so that the coin when the slide is drawn forward by means of the rod 3 can be pressedthrough the coin-slot by means of a fixed guide 271 When the coin has been pressed through the said coin-slot it will be caught by the plate 13 and the guide-block 28 for the slide '1, whereby the coin will couple together the slide 1 and the plate 13. The latter, which serves as holder of the upper set of needles, will now be moved forward whereby the ribbon will be fed forward a step that corresponds to the length'of a stamp, or the like. The

projections

15 and 16 during this operation move through the lower longitudinal parts of the guide-slots 23, and at the same time the lever 25 on each side will be pressed down by the

projections

15 and 16 into the position shown by dotted lines in Fig. 7 thereby bending their springs. When the forward inoyeinent isended, the lever 25 will lift the project ons 15 and-16 through the forward transverse parts of the guide-slots 23 whereby the lever 8 is swung into its uppermost position so that the upper set of needles is brought out of engagement with the ribbon, while at the sa 1 i e t i ne tlre lower set of needles will engage the ribbon. lhe plate 13 is thereupon movedbackwar'ds by the action of the spring 36 actuating the rod 3, the

projections

15 and 16 now moving in the upper longitudinal parts of the guide-slots 23 and pressing away the spring-actuated levers 26. When the plate 13 has reached its rearward position the levers 26 will bring the

projections

15 and 16 to move through the rear transverse parts of the guide-slots, whereby the upper set of needles will again be brought into engagement with the ribbon, while at the same time the lower set of needles will be disengaged from the ribbon.

For cuttin off the ribbonem lfiing as the $3 111 scissors, or the like, 006 eratin with the lever S and operated by Eli; latter during the transverse movements of the same. In the drawing is, as an example, shown a knife 29 which is movable in suitable guides provided on the wall 30 and by means of an arm 31,,or the like, connected to the lever 8. [herrj'h e holder of the upper set of needles has been moved into as forward )osition for feeding out a stamp, or the like, t irough the forward mouth of the guide-block 7 and the lever 8 is thereupon turned upwards, the knife 29 will also be moved iipwards so that it will cut off the stamp fed out from the guide-block 7. In front of the forward mouth of the latter is a chamber 32 which at its bottom is provided with a drawer 33, or the like, in which the.

stamp out off will drop down. After the draw-rod 3 has been operated and released it is only necessary to draw out the drawer 33 in order to reach the stamps, or the like, cut off. For preventing moisture, rain, or the like, to come into the apparatus when the drawer'is opened a projecting roof 34, or the like, may be provided above the said drawer and be of such length that the forward edge of the drawer will not be free until its rear edge, which has a rearward hollow or solid slide-shaped extension, reaches the inner part of the said roof. l/Vhen the backward e is e forward may be used a knife,

movements of the'slide 1 from the position shown in Fig. 2 commences, the coin will in well known manner drop down from the slide 1 into a cash-box, or the like, 35.

Instead of the lever 8 serving as a holder of the lower set of needles I obviously may use any other holder guided in any suitable manner. The number of rows of needles in each set may, of course, be varied at will. It may also be understood that the other parts of the apparatus may be modified in many ways without departing from the principle of the invention.

Having now dscribed my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. The combination in an automatic selling apparatus for stamps, tickets, and the like, stored up in the apparatus in the shape of a ribbon, of two sets of needles movable transversely relative to the ribbon and adapted to alternately engage the same, and means for moving the one set of needles in the longitudinal direction of the ribbon, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. The combination in an automatic selling apparatus for stamps, tickets, and the like, stored up in the apparatus in the shape of a ribbon, of two sets of needles movable transversely relative to the ribbon, the one set of needles being also movable in the longitudinal direction of the ribbon, holders supporting said sets of needles located 011 each side of the ribbon, the holder of the set of needles serving for the feeding of the ribbon being supported and guided by the other holder, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

3. The combination in an automatic selling apparatus for stamps, tickets, and the like, stored up in the apparatus in the shape of a ribbon, of two sets of needles movable transversely relative to the ribbon and adapted to alternately engage the ribbon, the one set of the needles being also movable in the longitudinal direction of the ribbon, holders supporting said sets of needles located on each side of the ribbon, the holder of the set of needles serving for feeding the ribbon having lateral projections, and fixed guide-blocks having rectangular guide-slots engaged by the said projections, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

4. The combination in an automatic selling apparatus for stamps, tickets, and the like, stored up in the apparatus in the shape of a ribbon,'of two sets of needles movable transversely relative to the ribbon, the one set of needles being also movable in the longitudinal direction of the ribbon, holders supporting the said sets of needles located on each side of the ribbon, the holder of the set of needles serving for feeding the ribbon havll levers provided in the pat having rectangular guide-slots engaged by the said projections, and s rmg jl ltllated T 6 the said projections, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

5. The combination in an automatic selling apparatus for stamps, tickets, and the like, stored up in the apparatus in the shape of a ribbon, of two sets of needles movable transversely relative to the ribbon and adapted to alternately engage the same, theone set of needles being also movable in the longitudinal direction of the ribbon, holders: for said sets of needles, a c utt1 ng d o11ce, and a confie'tion between the same and the one,

iso

of said holders, substantially as and for th purpose set forth.

6. The combination in an automatic selling apparatus for stamps, tickets, and the like, stored up in the apparatus in the shape of a ribbon, of two sets of needles, a lever sup porting the one set of needles, a plate slidably connected to the said lever and supporting the other set of needles, means for rocking the said lever, and means for moving the said plate longitudinally, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

7. The combination in an automatic selling apparatus for stamps, tickets, and the like, stored up in the apparatus in the shape of a ribbon, of two sets of needles placed at substantially right angles to the ribbon, a lever supporting the one set of needles, a plate slidably connected to the said lever and supporting the other set of needles, means for rocking the said lever, means for moving the said plate longitudinally, and a guideblock for the ribbon having grooves and holes corresponding to the needles, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

8. The combination in an automatic selling apparatus for stamps, tickets, and the like, stored up in the apparatus in the shape of a ribbon, of two sets of needles placed at substantially right angles to the ribbon, a lever supporting the one set of needles, a plate slidably connected to the said lever and supporting the other set of needles, means for rocking the said levers, means for moving the said plate longitudinally, a guideblock for the ribbon having grooves and holes corresponding to the needles, an arm secured to the said lever, and a knife connected to the said arm, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I have'signed my name to this specification in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

CARL ROBERT WVEDELIN.

Witnesses:

EVALD DALMAR,

KARL RUNEsKoe.