US932698A - Coin-operated mechanism for vending-machines. - Google Patents

Description

v A. E. GRIFFITH. GOINOPERATED MECHANISM FOR VBNDING MACHINES. APPLICATION FILED PEB. e, 1907. BENEWED JUNE 1`v1, 1999.

Patented Aug. 31, 1909.

Z SHEETS-SHEET l.

A. E. GRIFFITH. u GOIN OPBRATED MEOHANISM FOB. VENDING MACHINES. 'APPLIOATION `Hmm 11:11.11, 1907. BENEWED .mim 11, 1909.

982,698. 'Patented Aug. 31. 1909.

2 sums-SHEET 2.

9&1@ @Vt-0:41519!! M mliw. L uuml um mumnluns. wAsmNGYoN'. n. c

ARTHUR E. GRIEETH, or

COIN-OPERATED MFKZI'lIl-LBTISIW FR VENDINGr-MACHINES.

` Specification of Letters Patent.

Application led February 8, 1907, Serial No. 356,326.` Renewed June 11, 1909. Serial No. 501,446. I

To ail whom it may cof/tecra'.l

Be itknown that I, ARTHUR E. GRIFFITH, a citizen of the United States, residing-in Jersey City, in the county of Hudson and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new` and useful Improvements in Coin-Op-` erated Mechanisms for Vending-Machines, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to" an improved coin-operated mechanism for Avending Vmachines and-other automatic devices, said actuating mechanism being so arranged'that by the dropping of a` coin the locking of the operating lever with the shaft ofthe mechanismis produced, while during the return motion of the operating lever` the coin is dropped into a suitable receptacle; and for this purpose the invention ,consists in a coinoperated mechanism v which comprises the novel features and combinations of parts to be fully described hereinafter and finally pointed out in the claims. f

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l` represents a side-elevation, partlyd in section, of my improved coin-operated mechanism, Fig. 2 is a plan-view of Fig.` l, Fig. 8 is a side-elevation similar to Fig. l, but with the guard-plate removed so as to adapt the coin-chute for. coins of different thicknesses, Figs. 4 and 5 are `vertical transverse sec-` tions on lines 4, 4, and 5, 5, F ig.8,Fig. 6 is a vertical transverse section on line 6, 6, Fig. 1, Figs.` 7 and A8 are vertical transverse sections respectively. on lines 7 7, and 8, 8, Fig. 3;, Fig. 9 is anw-inside `view of the slotclosing plate, and Figg 10 is a detail frontelevation ofthe coin-receiving slot.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts throughout they several figures Referring to the drawings, S represents an upright shaft which is supported in suitable bearings of a vending machine or other coinoperated device, said shafttransmitting the required degree of motion from` the coinoperated mechanism` tothe operative parts of the machine or device. VThe *shaft `S passes through a horizontal partitions, the space abovewhich serves as acoinreceptacle C. To the upper end of the shaft Sis attacheda disk DV which is provided with a slot d inline with a hand-lever L which is placed looselyon the shaft S so as to swing forward and backward from'one side to `the other onythe lsame. `The hand-leverL `is the disk along back into its starting position. i

Tothehand-lever L is attached near its inner end, adjacent to the shaft S, an inclined `coin-chute F by means of a flanged portion 7, the upper end of the coin-chute -inoving along the inside of the casing C1 "when the lever is moved for the purpose of turning the shaft i S. lThe coin-chute is formed of twoV sections, one section being attached to the hand-lever L, while the other section is hinged by means of perforated ears f1 at its upper part to similar perforated ears f2 of the fixed section of the coin-chute. The hinged section F1 forms with the fixed section a coin-chute which is closed at the lower part byj means of a flange at the ingoing end of the coin-chute up to a'certain distance from the same, after which it is open at the lower end so that a wrong coin or token which is dropped into the coin-chute through the slot inthe casing drops into the lower portion of the two sections forming the coinchute, into a delivery-chute Gr, which is of considerable width at its upper end and tapering 'at its lower end, where it is connected with a delivery-opening and a cup O2 which can'be connected with the casing C1. The wrong coins or tokens that are dropped into the coin-chute pass tothe open lower end of the `same into the delivery-chute G and are thereby prevented from passing on to the slot in the disk D. AIn the hinged section F1 of the coin-chute is arranged an opening 0 of sucient size through which the coinsor tokens can` also drop to the outside to the wide upper end ofthe coin-chute. The outgoing lower end of the coin-chute is open at its lower part, the opening being in line with theV edgejofthe hand-lever L and with the edge of theslot d in the disk D, so that the coinwhich the mechanism is set vfor passes downwardly to the v end of the coin-chute and drops through the slot in the disk onto oHN P.

Patented Aug. 31, 1909.

the coin-supporting plate ornshelf E, etendi ing with its 4upper half. alongside fof the hand-lever L into the comchute and with V Vthe lower half through the slot d onto the coin-supporting A-plateflt In this :position the hand-lever L is intel-locked with the disk D, so that theghand-lever 1can be turned in i itsy guide-.slot in the casing and moved Vthrough an'angle of`90o more or less, as

shown in Fig. The motionof the hand leverimpartsrotary motionto ,the shaft and produces thereby the actuation of the vend,-A

V ing or other,devices.` As soon as the `coin arrives at the Vend of the lcom-supporting plate it drops into the.'coin-receptacle C, in which the coins are collected and from which `Athey are removed from time to time.

' lhenit isy desired :to use the coin-operated mechanism for a' speci-lic coin, such as a one y or ten-'cent piece,.a retainingplate of sheet- Ymetal is 1'attached to the 'lower part of Athe hihgedsection F1 by being screwed` to a heel, as shown m Fig. l, which retammg-plate eX- tends into the vopening o of the coin-chute and lby its upper end around Ithe upper `part and over the top of the chute, as shown in Figs. l and 6. ln vthis case'the coin'is not dropped into the delivery-chute G, but conducted into-the slot al ottl ythe disk D on the coinsupporting plate or shelf E. The re-` tainingplate is bent in inwardly-projecting portions that fit exactly to the sides of the coin used. lAny other coin is heldback andreleased without operating `the delivery mechanism of the machine or device, yby simply shaking the-hand-lever to and fro so that the hinged section ofthe coin-chute -is oscillatedand thereby the coin dropped into the deli-very-chutebelow so as to be delivered to the outside,` if wanted,7without producing the regular Vworking of the delivery mechan ism. T'Vhen'the retaining-plate is used it is necessarytoregulatethe'coin-opening or slot in the casino' Clrso as-to -Jermit onl a coin used, such as a one or tencent-piece. As the opening ofthe coin-slot would permit any thinner coins Yto be dropped, yit is necessary to remove-the retaining-plate so asto return such -coins or sheet-metal tokens which are erroneously put ein, back-through the delivery-chutetothe cup C?, if desired.

" 1F or 4preventing any dropping of coins or interference with the 4mechanism while the lever iismoved linto position for turning the shaft S, a slot-closing -plate 'H is pivoted to th'einside-of the casing vertically above -the 'the machine or device.

coin-slot. The plate H is moved sidewise,

in theposition shown in Fig. 8, when the shown in Fig. 9, when the hand-lever with the coin-chute is moved after the coin has been dropped into the same so as to operate During the movement of the hand-lever and coin-chute the coin-slot is closed `at the inside and thereby the dropping in of coins prevented. As soon as the hand-lever and coin-chute are returned into normal position the slot'closing plate is moved sidewise so that the coinslot is opened and the coin-chute ready for receiving the next coin foroperating the vending machine or devices.

The coiiroperated mechanism can be used with vending machines and Yother automatic devices when connected by suitable mechanism with the actuating-shaft. This mechanism may -be either connected directly with the shaft or through the disk D, which orthis purpose may -be provided oat its periphery witha series of teeth (ZX, as shown.

Hav-ing thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent :f l

l. In a coin-operated mechanism for vending machines, the combination, with a shaft, of a hand-lever applied loosely to said shaft, means'A whereby saidshaft and `hand-lever are locked together by the coin, a coin-chute carried "by said hand-lever and composed of a `stationary section and a section hinged to the'upper edge of said stationary section,l

said sectionshaving an opening between them Vat their loweredges and the hinged section being provided with a sideropening, a retaining-plate bent about the lower edge of said hinged section andextending over said sideopening throughout a part of the length thereof and over the top of saidsection, andmeansffor holding said retainingplate in position. i j 2; In a coin-operated mechanism', the combination, Vwith-'the sha-ft and the hand-lever, of mechanism whereby said paits may be locked 'by the coin, a coin-chute carried by said `hand-lever, va. part having a coin-slot to register with the -inlet-mouth of said coinchute, and means for automatically closing said slot when said chute is moved away from the sameby saidhand-lever.

3. The combination, with the shaft, the hand-lever and the mechanism whereby said parts are locked bythe coin, of a coin-chute mounted on said hand-lever, apart having a coin-slot to A'register with said coinfchute, and a pivoted` plate which normally closes said `coin-s1ot but which is `held away from the slot by said coin-chute when 4the latter is in position to operate the mechanism.

iio

A 4. In a coin-operated mechanism for vending machines, the combination of acoin-receptacle, a shaft passing vertically through said coin-receptacle, a disk provided With a slot keyed to said shaft, an operating handlever placed loosely at the upper end of said shaft above said disk, astationary coin-sup porting plate below said disk, a coin-chute supported on said hand-lever, means for limiting the motion of said hand-lever for operating the shaft, means for returning the disk bythe hand-lever into initial position,

a coin-opening in line With the ingoing end of the coin-chute, and a slot-closing plate pivoted to the inside of the casing and adapted to close the coin-opening When the coin-chute is moved with the hand-lever for turning the shaft and Whichis moved side- Wise of the coin-opening When the shaft is returned With the lever'into initial position.

5. In a coin-operated mechanism for vending machines, the comblnation, With a handlever for operating the delivery mechanism,

of a coin-chute supported on said hand-lever,

\ a coin-slot in the casing of the vending machine in line With the upper end of the coinchute, and a slot-closing plate pivoted to the inside of the casing and adapted to close the coin-slot When the hand-lever and coin-chute are moved for `performing their function and to move sidewise of said coin-slot when said hand-lever and coin-chute are returned into initial position.

In testimony, that I claim the foregoing as my invention, I have signed my name in presenceof two subscribing Witnesses.

ARTHUR E. GRIFFITH. Witnesses:

PAUL GOEBEL, HENRY' J. SUHRBIER.

Images