US948226A - Vending-machine. - Google Patents

Description

A. B. JONES.

VENDING l MACHINE.

APPLIGATION FILED DB0.1,19o8.

Paten-ned Feb.1,l9-1.

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- UiviTnD sTiiTns PATENT union- ANDREW -BOURNE JONES, 0F LEXINGTON, KENTUCKY, ASSIGr'NQR T0 CENTRAL VEND- ING MACHINE COMPANY, 0F LEXINGTON, KENTUCKY, A CORPORATION.

A vENnINe-MACHINE.

Specieation of Letters'atent.

Patenten Feb. 1, 1910.'

Application tiled December 1, 1908. Serial No. 465,513.

To all whom 'it may concer/a.'

Be. it known that I, ANDREW B. JONES, a citizen of the United States, residing at Lexington, in the county of Fayette and .State of Kentucky, have invented certain.

new and useful Improvements in .Vending- Machines, of which the following is a specilication. y

My invention relates to improvements in vending machines and among its objects is the provision of a machine for vending ennvelops, or articles of like eharacter,operated in conjunction with a coin, whereby the delivery o the article is effected. Also to improve certain features of construction inthis class of machines and to provide simple and effective devices for delivering the envelop with absolute `certainty, from a stack or pile, without marring or soiling.

The invention consists essentially in a machine of this character wherein a coin is utilized to render an actuating lever operative in combination with the envelop delivery mechanism, and also means for returning the parts of the mechanism to normal positions.

The invention further consists in novel features of construction and combinations and arrangements of 'parts as hereinafter set forth and claimed. Y

In the'accompanying drawings I have illustrated one example of the physical embodiment of my invention constructed ac# cording to the best 'mode I have so far de'- vised for the practical application of the principles.

Referring to the drafwings in which like reference characters indicate' similar parts: Figure 1 is a front view ,of the machine,

the envelops being omitted. Fig. 2 is a' ed in the casing. Fig/.2a is a diagrammatic detail view. Fig. 3' is a rear view of the machine, the back of casing beingremoyed for convenience of illustration. Fig. 4 is a view of the operating mechanism, the parts 'shown in the position they assume after delivering an envelop, but not yet returned to their-normal positions, with the The casiimr which incloses the mechanism and in which the envelops are supported, is preferably rectangular in shape, and is passes through the leg 15 of actuating composed of metallic front portion 1 and glass portion 2; side and rear Walls and 4, and preferably a removable wall or door 5 which provides access to the interior' of the casing for replnishing the stock 'oiilelklfM `Velp This door maybe locked. by mea'ig:

of a staple 6 and fastening-device 7.. The

casing is divided longitudinally by the partition 8, which is preferably inclined, for a purpose to lbe disclosed later, and at the front of the casingterminatesat a longitudinal slot 9 formed in the front wall ot the easing. This partition divides the casingy into upper and lower compartments 10 and 11 in which the envelops` and operatingv mechanism are respectively located. A second vpartition 12 extends vertically of the casing and forms a supporting Wall upon casing and extending rearwardly with an .incline toward the back of the casing, 'and the drop portion 15 terminates just above a pocket or coin receptacle, to' be described. The leg 15 of the coin slot .pis cut awayat 16, and into this cut away portion .or open- `ing, the bell 17 projects a suflicient distance.

to be in the path of a fallincoin as it t e coin slot. Thus as the coin falls and strikes the bell, a signal vis given. The bell is supported by means of the hanger 18 secured tothe vertical .partition'of the casing.

Thea'ctuating lever 19 is pivotally'supporte at 20 on the bracket 21', the bracket being secured to the vertical partition 12, Y'

and this lever extends through the-vertical slot 22 in thel front of thecasing. The lever is depressible, as by means-of pressure on the button or handle 23, against the tension et spring 24 which is securedto the eyelet 25 on the lever-and bracket 26 on the partition.

The operating lever27 isfree to move on the pivot 2.0 and is located close to the lever 19. Both'thse levers .are free to turn 'on the pivot and are free pf each other except when connected by a coin. Tothis end a pocket or recess is formed by the ofset walls 19a of lever 19, just below the termination -of the coin slot, and a projecting lug 19b extends across the upper portion of this recess,

c 19 to the lever i9. The `op- .leverp' is provided with a rib or recess of tne lever 19, and the lov-ver end of this rio is Ispaced for enough from the lim'll Supported upon the shi't 3() are two rocker arms 3l and i 30 is provided Awith a lug or hearing portion 33 which is normally in contact with the under edge ot Carver. is shown, and projecting the coin. t the saaie time the arm 35 will myce d e-Wn back'into position by the spring 3S the operating lever 2'?, and is slidable thereon. The rocker arm 321.5.' connected by rod a to the pivoted lever arm 35 which is adapted to rock on its bearing 'supported l s'iring connected at 3f) by bracket A tends to hold the lever arm in a rear- Ward location. This rocker armv in its movement is adapted to move the envelop delivery means, and to this end is connected by link 59 to the envelop ejector at the pivot point if). The ejector -ll is a fiat `plate lavine' a turnen up end '1l-Q and a heut rear portion i3 for the pivotal connection 40.

The ejector is adapted to reciprocate forward and back vard, sliding up and dovvn the incline ot the partition 8, a, slot skt being -cnt in the partition to accommodate the The ejector is travel of the 'bent end 43. .guided in its moi-:ementv by passing under the cleat 45. The operation ot die device is as follows: p

j fulfil the purposes set forth as theobject ot' A coin is 'pushed through the slot in the front ot the machine and passes rearwardly through the slot and drops down through the vertical thereof, striking and ringing the bell in its descent. the recess hetween the actuating and operating levers and is held therein as above described.

The coin Jfalls into secured thereto, said spring 38 being lighter, that is, of less tensile strength than the spring rlie return movement of the arm forces back the ejector secured thereto, While at the same time it rocks the shaft and forces the arm 3l and thus the lever 28 upward into their normal position. lt Will be readily understood that since the spring 38 is attached to a projection on the arm 35 near its pivot point a slight resistance applied to the upper end ot the levi s will greatly retard the movement thereof, and as the spring has to operate a number of parts to return them to normal position, said lever and other parts ivill citer considerable resistance and will consequently be returned to position at a much slower rate than is the lever l5), and as the pressure of the goods will bear down upon the ejector and cause ity to bind against the plate on which it is mounted, there Will be a,noticeableretardance of the yreturn of the lever 27 to normal position. Since the coin is barely supported at all timos by the lower end of the steeply sloping abutment Q8, the moment the retaining pressure oit the lug i9 is removed said coin will drop to the bottoni of the machine,

, and it will he understood that a very slight difference in the rate of movement of the two levers Will produce this result, althou'h in practice I make them move at greatly different rates of speed, as will be understood trom the foregoing.

lTrom the above description taken in coni nection with the drawings it is evident that 'lfhe actuating lever is now depressed on its pivot, carrying with it lthe operating lever, agau'is't the tension ot spring 24. 'The operating lever hears down on lug 3S, rocking the tivo arms Ell 'and 32 with the sliatt 30. The rocking ot' arm pulls on rod 34, thus drawing the lever arm 35. forivard on its pivot, and through the medium ot the link -ll the ejector is carried forward. .is the ejector uuives torivard, the 'curved up trout eiul 42, engages under the flap of the lovferuiost envelop 50, as clearlyvshown in li`ig. 2, and the continued forward movement o'll llie ejector forces the envelopthrough the lront longitudinal slot ylhe envelop liaving been delivered, the purchaser vill nati urally release the lever l?, which lever will through the medium or". the heavy spring 2e! he immediately and torcihly returned to normal position. renuiving the pressure trom l have produced a mechanism which Will my invention.

Having thus fully described my invention, what l claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is: t

in a vending machine," the combination with the frame, of an inclined partition secured therein and dividing the frame into tvv'o superposed compaitiiients, said frame having a slot formed therein just. abovethe loiver end o't' the partition, an ejector mounted on the partition and adapted to Work through said slot, said ejector having a curved rear end 4adapted to project downwa rd through and move in a slot formed in the partition, a rock lever pivotally secured to the treme, a link operatively connecting toe lcf'ter to the end of the ejector, a root shaft iournaled in the hase of the machine, said sliait being provided with a pair ot' a ruis, a link connecting one ot the arms with the rock lever, an abutment carried by the other arnnan actuating lever and an operating Vlever mounted on a common pivot near the rear of the machine, said operating lever being so positioned asv to contact with the abutment on the rock arm for moving the latter, and the actuating lever being proand a lighter spring for more graduallyrevided With an upper and the operating lever turning al1 the other parts to position. 10

with a lower abutment, said abutments to- In testimony whereof I alx my signature, getherforming a pocket to receive a coin to in presence of two Witnesses. lock the levers together, a. heavy spring for ANDREW'BOURNE 'J ONES. instantly returning the actuating lever to Witnesses:

position and remove the pressure from the O. B.. AMBROSE, I

coin to permit it to drop out of the pocket, 1 I GEO. B. ROSE.

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