US896235A - Coin-controlled mechanism. - Google Patents

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lPMENIED lAUG. 18, 1908 H. BUCHOLTSSA a J. R. JONES. COIN GONTROLLED MEGHANISM.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 3, 19084.

3 SHEETS-SHEET 1.

l PATENTED AUG. 18, 1908.

H. W. NICHOLES & J. R. JON-ES.

GOIN CONTROLLED MECHANISM. APPLIGATIQN FILED JAN. 3, 1908.v

@Lvih'aeoam No. 896,235. PATENTED AUG. 18, 1908.

H. W. NIGHOLES J. R. JONES. GOIN CONTROLLED MEOHANISM.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 3, 1908.

3 SHEETS-SHEET 3.

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UNITED sTATns PATENT oFFioE.

HERBERT WHIT'IER NICHOLES AND JOHN REECE JONES, OF ATLANTA, GEORGIA, ASSIGNORS TO VENDING SHOWCASE COMPANY, OF ROME, GEORGIA.

COIN-CONTROLLED MECHANISM.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Y Patented Aug. 18, 1908.

` Application filed January 3, 1908. Serial No. 409,138.

To all 'whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that we, HERBERT WHITTER NIoHoLEs and JOHN RnEcE JONES, citizens of the United States, residing at Atlanta, in the county of Fulton and State of Georgia, have invented a new and useful Coin-Con-V trolled Mechanism, ofY which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to coin controlled mechanism for vending machines, and more especially to machines of that class em loyed forQthe sale of cigars and other small o jects.-

The principal object of the invention is to provide a coin controlled mechanism of very simple construction, for the purpose of unlocking or releasing a selecting and delivering device vby which the articles are discharged from the machine.

A further object of the invention is to provide a mechanism of this class in which the deposited coin serves as a iixed cam to coact with a movable cam in eecting the movement of the parts to released position.

With these and other objects, in view, the

invention comprises the various novel features of construction and combination of parts, which will be hereinafter more fully described, and pointed out particularly in the ap ended claims.

In t e accompanying drawingsz-Figure 1 is a sectional elevation of a vending machine provided with coin controlled mechanism constructed in accordance with 'the invention. Fig. 2 is a sectional plan view of the machine. Fig. 3 is a detail pers ective view showing the 'selecting tongs and t e tong su port. Fig. 4 is a vertical section through t e coin slot. Fi 5 is a sectional plan view illustrating a s ight modification of the invention, the machine being provided with two sets of selecting tongs, one of which is released and allowed to operate on the insertion of a nickel, while the other may be unlocked on the insertion of a quarter dollar and then allowed to operate six times, so that six cigars or other articles may be purchased at one time. Fig. 6 is a detail view of aportion of the mechanismfor locking the second set of tongs. Fig. 7 is a detail view of the locking wheel detached. Fig. 8 is a vertical section through the slot in which the quarter dollar is placed.

Corresponding parts in the several iigures are/indicated throughout by similar characters of reference.

The working parts of the machine are arranged within a suitable casing 10 that is formed principally of glass panels in order that the operation of the parts may be at all times in view.

Mounted in suitable bearings in the casing is a shaft 11 carrying a Ferris wheel 12 which supports a number of cigar boxes or other receptacles 14. The Ferris wheel may be turned in any suitable mannerl in order to bring any one oi the boxes to a se-v lecting position at the front of the casing.

Extending across the front of the casing is a horizontally disposed slot 25 in which is arranged a horizontal guide rod 26, and depending from the guide rod is a flat plate 27 that extends down parallel with the inner wall 0i the casing and preferably is held in contact v therewith by a small strip spring 28, although thisy will not be required where the machine is so supported or locked as to prevent tilting. The upper end of the plate 27 is provided with a pair of spaced outwardly turned/lugs having openings for the passage of the rod 26, and between these lugs is arranged a collar 32 that is pivoted on the rod and carries a small sleeve 33 of link-like form in cross section. Through the sleeve 33 slides a pair oi tongs 34 that preferably are formed of flat spring wire, the strip of which the tongs are made being preferably bent to form a handle 35 that is located outside the box or casing and is to be grasped and manipulated by the intending purchaser. The inner ends of the tongs are turned downward, Jforming jaws 36 which normally are held in open position by the inherent elasticity of the wire. The tongs are slidably'mounted in the sleeve 33 and may be readily moved to and fro on the rod 26, while the pivotal connection of the sleeve with the rod will permit swinging movement of the tongs in a vertical plane, so that the tongs may be readily manipulated in the examination and selection of cigars or other articles in the boxes 14.` The yplate 27 is normally held from movement to the left by a stop 40 projecting'irom the inner face of the Jfront of the casing, and to release the v the tongs 34, pushes the plate 27 to the left,

move the tongs to yselecting position, it becomes necessary to deposit a coin or check.

For this purpose, the front of the casing hasV a slotrfilinto nwhichra coin may be inserted,

and the coin fallsdown, turns ytofavertical position, and its edge strikes against the inner face of the plate 27 and forces the same outward so that the plate may clear the Stop ;..."A

The inner face ofthe plate is provided-with a cam 42 against which the coins-strike, and; the coin thereupon becomes slightly wedged between this cam and the inner wall of the s lot, so ythat when the purchaser, graspingV the camwill ride against the'projecting edge of the coin and the plate will clear the stop,

so that the selectingk tongs may be moved over the cigar box. The rear face of the stop Y, 40 is inclined, forming a cam over which the right hand edge of the plate 27 may readily ride when the plate is moved to the'right.

When the tongs have been moved over. theV cigar box, they maybe readily manipulated for the. purpose of raising the cigars for examination, and when one that suits the purchaser is found, itis raised by the tongs and the latter are moved toward the right together with the plate 27, so that said plate will pass beyond the straight shoulder of the stop 40 and the plate cannot then be returned for another selecting operation until after the insertion of another coin, it being understood that the previously deposited coin falls from the slot as soon as the plate 27 in moving to the left has cleared such slot.

Arranged within the main casing is a ar- I tition 48 that is disposed between one si e of the revolving carrier and the delivery slide or chute 4,9, which latter terminates in al drawer or. trough 50 into which the selected` cigar is delivered. When the operator movesY the tongs back tothe right, the tongs remain over this chute, andwhen the tongs are re- Y leased, the. cigar falls bygravity vto the delivery point. As before stated, it is then impossible to again move the tongs and plate to. selecting position until after the deposit of another coin or check.

The machine is preferably so arranged as to permit the purchase of a single cigar on'.

' slot 55' formed in a Wheel or disk 56 that is mounted on a short shaft or arbor 57 carriedy by the frame of the machine. The disk 56 is provided with a series of teeth or indentations 58 which are arranged to be engaged 65 byY a pawl 59 that is carried by the plate 27',

and each time the plate2'7 is lmoved for the: purpose of selectinga cigar, the pawl will. engage with one of they teeth or indentations and will turn the disk to the extent of onesixth ofV a revolution. After six complete movements and the selecting and removal of .n six cigars;` the disk will have been moved through a complete revolution and the pin 54 may reenter the slot 55, thus locking the 75 plate 27 and preventingfurther movement of thetongs until after the insertion of an#4 other quarterdollar.

We claim 1. In coin controlledmechanism, a ivot-'S ally and sl'idably mounted plateA a t1 table` sleeve carried thereby a pair ofselecting tongs slidably mounted in said sleeve, a stop disposed in the path of movement of the plate, and a coin engaged cam arranged on 85 said plate, said cam serving by contact with the edge of an inserted cointo swing the edge of the plate beyond the stop.

2. In coin controlled mechanism, a ivotallyk and slidably mounted plate a At1 table90 sleeve` carried thereby a pair of selecting tongs slidably mountedin said sleeve, a cas-y ing having a coin chute arranged to direct the edge of-a coin into engagement with the plate,

a stop normally limiting the movement of the plate in one direction, and a coin engag-H ing cam carried bythe plate and serving dur ingy the. sliding movement 'of the plate to swing thel latter. outward` clear of the sto 3. In a machine of the class describe, horizontallyslotted casing, a horizontal rod arranged within the` slot, aplate having-forwardly bent pivot lugs provided with open--l ings for vthe passage ofi the. rod, a tiltable sleeve also mounted on the, rod and movable with the plate a pair of selecting tongsv slid-l ably mounted in said sleeve, the casing hav-V ing a coin'chute through which the edgeof-4 the coin may be directed against the plate, a

iixed stcp for limiting movement-of the plate lilin one irection, and a coin engaging cam carried by the plate and serving during the sliding. movement thereof to swing said plateoutward clearv of the stop.

4. In combination, a pivotally andfslidably mounted plate, aselecting device carried thereby, a cam projecting from the plate and arranged to engage an inserted com, a

in or lug projecting from the plate, a revo,-

luble locking. disk slotted for the reception of said pin or lug, and means for rotating said disk and moving the slot outof alinement with the pin.

5; In mechanism of1 the class described, a

plate mounted for pivotal and longitudinal, 1.25 movement, a locking pin projecting from the plate, a revoluble disk having a slot for the as our O Wn, We have hereto affixed our signa# reception of the pin, interengaging means On tures in the presence Of two Witnesses.

the plate and disk for effecting revoluble HERBERT WHITTER NIGHOLES. movement of the latter, and a oam projeot- JOHN REECE JONES.

5 ing from the plate and arranged to be en- Witnesses:

gaged by an inserted coin. A. L. BROOKS,

In testimony that We claim the foregoing M. W. BROWN.

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