US948914A - Vending apparatus. - Google Patents

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A. H. ARNOLD. VBNDING APPARATUS. .APPLIOATIQN FILED Mums, 1909.`

Patented Feb. 8, 1910.

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' vnNDiNG APPARATUS.

To all uf'iom 'it Imay conccrni 'l Be it vknown that l, ARTHUR 'H ARNLD, a citizen of the United Statesyresiding at .Central, in the countyvo'f Piekensjan'd State of South Carolina, have inventedl new and-use ful Improvements inf Vending Apparatus, oit which the following is-a specification.

lvending apparatus for vendingcigars, chewing gum and various other kinds-ot goods` and articles. l

@ne object of the 'invention is to provide an 4apparatus of this character having` a simple, reliable and eliicient type of article' holding and vending mechanism.

nother object is to provide a vending apparatus having means for simultaneously Y discliarqingfan article from a single holder or artic es from twoor inore.holders.' With these and other objectsin view the invention consists ot the features-of conf struction, combination and arrangement; of

parts 'hereinafter fully describedr and claimed, reference being had to theaccony. panying drawings; in whichr- Figure' 1` is a vertical front to rear 'sectionth'rough the apparatus on the plane in .dicated bythe line 1-1 'of Fig. 2. Fig. 2- Ais a vertical transverse section on thelplane tig. 3

indicated by the line 2-2of Fig. I; is a sectional plan view' of the apparatus. Figs. 4 and" `5 are detail sections on the lines 4 4' and -of Fig. 3. 'n is Referring to the drawings, h1 designates the inclosing casing of the-apparatus, which as shownfisof rectangular form and Inayin' practice be'constructed of any suitable material. .This casing is provided at the front thereof witha door or closure 2, which may i 'be hinged or pivoted at one of its side edges tothe adjacent side of the casing, as shown at 3, and held closed at its opposite edge' by any desired type of fastening means, not` This door may be opened tor. re' pleiiishing the vending and change-making devices when occasion requires and for removing the deposited coins at desired intervals, and is provided with a glass or other transparent panel 4 through which the' interior mechanism may be viewed from the exterior. The door is also provided adjacent its lower edge with an outlet 5 for the discharge of the vended varticle and the-- change, it any, due the purchaser, said outi let having associated therewith a. receiving and retaining tray 6 and an overha-nging l 'Specication of Letters Patent. l nppiieation'aieii march ze, ieee. serial Naasaess.

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guard 7 to guide' the article or changjito the tray 'and prevent an unscrupulous person vfrom'attempting to manipulate-any of the internal devices without the prior deposit of proper coin. I Arranged` transversely within the front portion of .the casin is a supporting` frame This invention relates tocoin-controlled,

comprising a pair o side pieces S and upper and lower cross lpieces 9, and which is pref ei'ably subdivided by a series of vertical partitions 10'intoia number of spacesoi` compartments 11, 12 13, 14 and 15, the compartment 11 occupying On'eside 'or half of prising an endless `tleirilole conveyor 16 mounted-'upon guide pulleys 17 journaled on axles 18 iixed at their ends in one of the side pieces 8 and the adjacent partition 10. The

front stretch of this conveyer is arranged to move in parallel relation to and closely in rear ofthe panel 4 ot the door, and is constantly'of a length corresponding substantially to the height ofthe panel, which te'rf initiates at its lower edge adjacent the outlet `5.y l The outer surface of the conveyer carries'a continuous series of brackets or shelves 19 arranged in spaced relation and so constructcd that thel brackets or shelves upon the front 'stretch of the conveyer will oper` ate in conjunction with the panel 4 to provide a series of pockets to hold the articles '20.to be vended, which may be cigars," as shown, or any other desiredkiiid of lgoods `in suitable form.

The weight of the articles 20 on the front or working stretch of the conveyer serves to l operate the conveyer by gravity for the in-j' f termittent feed of the articles to the outlet 5,`iind suitable means are provided tor holding the conveyer against movement and per- 4mitting a prescribed degree of movement thereof for the discharge of a single article at a time. The means for pertormingthis function .comprises a bell crank deta-iningor locking lever 21 having an upwardly and rearwardly curved trip arm 22 and a lower, shorter detent arm or finger 23, which normally engages one of the brackets on the rear stretch of the conveyer to hold the latter against movement. T heleve-r is mounted 'at the angle of intersection of its arms upon` a rockl shalt 24 to which it is iixed by a s et screw y25, `which shaft is journaled?" in the upper'ends of `a pair of sup orting stand' -v ards.2 6 connected ,by-'a cross' ar 2'?"l extending transvers'ely from side .to side of the r 28 to' 'engage to ,limiti the "downward 4i'nove'me'nt'v of' the Extending upwardly and i. rearwardly I at e an angle vfromjthe bar 29 isabraclceta-rm .31

' upon which is pivotallymounted' areleasing .jor trip.: lever 32 provided atits lower end 'z with a. pivoted ffnger 33 adapted 1to rest V againstla seat shoulder 34jl and provided at it'supperend withy an angularly bent coin receiving portion 35 having an opening 36 for the rece tion of a prescribed size of coin, l y A tobenn erstoo'd that any onesof the 'devices e Ishown is contemplated,exceptwhere its par.` tioular.. fined.

eral chan e-.maling devic'es'are-designated. by the re ercnce characters y16, 16, 16and v 1651, and .each consists of an endless conveyerI Normally't e portion 3 5'of the'jleveris ar` ranged, to 'close'l theloweren'd of a' coinchute 5 37 incliningdownwardly and inwardly-from y facoin inlet'38 at thefupperfrontportion ofV the machine'. rl `he opening 36 willfpermit of A'the -passage ,therethrough without 'actuation of the. lever 32 of'a coinof smaller size 30 andl denominationy than .the one intended, fbut when the proper si'zefcoin' is/insertedandretainedjn said opening, the weight of the coin 'causes said lever to tilt tothe dot` front arjml upwardly, causing'the-f'ngr 33 to engage the arm 22, thereby tripping 'the' lever 21'to swing its arm or detent 23 down?" vswingsbackward by gravity to normal-posi- '5 noms@ that the datent 23 will. engage the l ,bracket followingvthat from which'it wasl released and 'again lock the conveyer' from movement: The trip lever 32,1-afterthef r'e lease of the coin, which drops therefrom by 520 gravity and rolls down an inclinedshelf 39 on to the front portion of thebottomfof the casing, also swings back by gravity 'to nor` mal position, in which operation its gpivoted linger 33 tilts' up on coming incontactwith 5.5 the arm .22 so as to passv easily lbeneath said arm and then drops by gravity to normal' position, resetting the apparatus orfthej-:su'bsequent operation. v

` The cigars or other articles carried byathe 6.0 conveyer-l may be vendcd-at any .certain .pricesay at vecents each, in wl'nch event itw-ill be understood that a ive cent piece shouldbe' inserted intothe slot 38 to eii'ecty the ,operation of the conveyer and discharge of'a single cigar orarticle, in the. manner ted' line position 4shown' in Fig. 1, rin` which" 35 Vits rear arm swings downwardlygkand its above described.; i' ltI is desirable inthe oper?.

ation ofl-a machine loff this hind' to also prof.

vdeja means' by which a' prospective -cusfA tomer not. having ya live cent piece on'hand 70 l 'may inserta coin fofA aI larger -Adenomination .'andjreceive a cigar'or article and. theproper amount of 'changel4 AI .provide af means by f whichseveralcoins of different' values greater .thana nickel .may be inserted, an article dis- 1 charged andthe proper amount of change j-given.tothecustomer. e .e

devices arearranged .within theA Vseveral .spaces or' compartments The change i making 12, 1.3,'14 and 15,` 'and inthe-'main are 'simi- Y lar in construction to the. goods vending de# 'son vice, and, as .they arealike. in coiistlru'ctiontoy for all. Theyv are in eiect vending devices,

v.differing broadly from the vend'in'gdevice- 16K rmerely in .the- 4 discharge of coi-ns insteadof oods, and hence in lthe use` of 'Atheterms vendm devices or any equivalent-1t 1s urp0se orj nature is specifically de.; 4or purpose of`dist'inction, the-sevcorresponding in construction to. the' conveyer 416;- and mounted'lin l1ke^-manner upon `4 the -LaXlesA j18, l each .of said change-making .each other,`a,description of'bne-Will 4suiiice conveyers, which varyin width according to' tlie widths 'ofthecornpartmentsand the sizes v of the coins' tobeheld-thereby, being pro# vscribed denomination, say a ivercent piece, while the pockets upon the'front stretch of conveyer ldeach-a single yfifty cent piece, so thatjupon'the deposit ofna dime, quarter, half-dollar or'silver .dollar inthe machine, ashereinafter described, an article may be discharged with the proper amount of change devices.;

Each change making deviceor conveyer is held from-'movement by a locking lever 40 `having a trip arm-41 and adetent 42 generally 'similar to' the lever 21said -lever 40 being however provided with` alug or eXtension'43 .mounted upon a plvotpin or screw 44 carried by an extension 4 5Lfrom the bar 27 and pro-V .vided with` contact surfaces 46 and 47 to engage an arm :48' projecting from the bar, to'

limit its tilting movement. The detent 42 is -vided 'witha series of brackets 19a 'identical' inf-form to the brackets 119 ofy the conveyer 16. The pocketsfformed byfthe ybrackets upon t-lie front stretch- 'of the conveyer 16a may each support a single. coin of a prevthe conveyer 16b each carries two ten cent v pieces,l those of the 'conveyer 16. each a. sin- -gle twenty-five ycentjpiece, and those ofl the provided to engage'the brackets on the rear *l lever S-similar tion to the `lever celving slot therein 1s of proper size toremaking device in question.

of 'the'coins inthe front pocketsl thereof.

The arm 18 is an equivalent of the arm 31 and lias'pivotally mounted thereon a strip 1n all respects in construe-i `32, except that the coin receive the denomination o :t coin to be inserted for .the actuation of the particular ,change- The trip lingers upon the series of levers 49 are designated 33a, 33h, 33c and33d respectively, Whilethe coin receiving slotsin the portions 351`oi said. llevers are respectively designated 36,

' 3612,36@ and 36d, each of which slotted porse'ries of coin insertion slots for'use in tions of the levers 1s arranged to communi- 'carte wlth the lower end ot a com chute 50 leading from a com insertion slot 51; The

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. -nec'tio'n with the article vending and changes making devices lare Larranged 1n alinement l'lwith'each other and bear in practice the nu- 2 5,

,nfgminations of coins to be inserted-therein.

{nierical designations .of the respective de- (t will 'be understood that the lever 46 is vnioi'inted 'independently of the shatfst and does not in operation ailect the same but merely releases the particular conveyer of the change-'making device associated there .with For the purpose of simultaneously operating both such particular change-male.

Jing device and the vending device, an actu- Vating arm or lever 52 is provided for cooperation with each lever 46 and its trip lever 49 and is xed to the shaft 24 by a L set screw 53, theA arrangement being such through the outlet 5,

-conveyer 16c and 16C1 that When the lever 4:9 is tilted by a coin its nger will simultaneously engage and trip Hence it will be posit a ten' cent piece in the correspondingly mark-ed insertion slot the vending devices 16 and 16a will be simultaneously operated to discharge a cigarand a nickel inV change while if a twenty-tive cent piece should be inserted in the proper vslot .the vending devices 16 and 16a will be simultaneously operated to discharge a and two' ten centv the. .slot 5.

cigar pieces in change through If desired the pockets of the.

may respectively contain the proper amount of'change to be given -When theyv -are simultaneously actuated'in like manner with the conveye'r 416, so that with the cigar forty-tive cents wouldv bei ejected by the conveyer 16c and'ninetylveV cents by the conve er 16d upon the respeciA tive deposits of a fty cent 'piece and a silver dollar in the coin slots associated therewith. But the. coins are preferably arranged in the pockets of the several change-makmg devices in the fdenominations :hereinbefore lever of the vending device 16C.

ydescribed and provision made for actuating with the vending de vice 16C provided with a laterally ezt- To this end the tending` arm 5l Vto 'engage` the correspondi ing trip lever of the vending device'16", while the trip lever-associated with the vendingjdevice 16r1 is provided with a laterally extending arm 55 to engage the said trip The arrangement of these arms .is such that the trip lever of the vending device 16b may bc op erated independently 'of thetrip levers of the vending devices 16C and 16'1, while the trip lever of thc vending' device 16c may be operated independently of the trip lever of the vending'device 16, but not without opera-ting the trip lever ot' the vending device 16l, while on the other hand the trip device associated with 16d can not. be operated Without depressing the trip levers of the'vending devices16b and 16c therewith. Hence when a hali dollar is 'deposited in lthe proper slot and operates the trip lever of the vending device 16, the trip leve-r of the vending devices 16 and 16b will be necessarily actuated therewith to discharge an article from Vthe vending device 16, two dimes from the vending device 16" and the vending device 16". When a silver dollar, on the other hand, is deposited in the proper slot the vending device will be opfV erated to discharge a cigar, while the vende the vending devieeA a twenty-tive cent piece from,

ing devices 16h, 16C and 161 will be simul- A taneouslyoperated therewith to respectively discharge two dimes, a quarter and a halfdollar, making the correct change.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the drawings, the mode oi use of my improved vending device will be readily understood, and it will be seen that a device of this kind is providedwhich embodies substantial advantages in simplicity of construction and vconvenience in use. @i course, the goods vending device may loe employed alone, or in connection with. one or more of the change-making devices,'and the latter may be employed independently ot the goods vending device, which variations are'held to'come Wit-hinthe spirit and scope of the appended claims.

Having thus fully described the invention, what is claimed as new, is

1. A vendin apparatus comprising a cas-` ing, a seriesV oigautoIn-atically movable vending devices arranged therein, detents for, respective.. vending devices locking the against movement,` releasing means for the respective detente', and .means 'whereby-the v detent, controlling `vv`any. particular vending vdevice may be operated independently of orl in conjunction'with one or moreof the conf tents ofthe other vending devices.

2. A vending apparatus embodyinfv a pluirality of automatically mov-able vending' devices, means for independently holding the same from movement, individual releasing devices for tlie respective holding means,

' means for operating one of 'said releasing `e'ratiing one or more devices, and means for simultaneously opl n of the other releasing' devices with he iirstamed releasing device;

' 3. ,A vending apparatus embodying an eiid- L less conveyer provided with a continuous weightfof `tent to release the carrier a fies ` able in one direction.

.holders and movable by series -of holders and movable under the articles therein, a pivoted gravity retracted detent adapted to engage the holdf ers' to prevent movement o saiduconveyer, v Vand a pivoted gravity "having a 4finger to engage andtrip said-dedeterniined -pe-k 4 ietracted trip device riod, s aidinger being independently mov- 'LLA vending 'apparatus embodying anendless conveyer provided with a series-,of gravity under the Weight of articles 'supported by the holders onone of the stretches thereof, a pivotally `mounted gravity retracted .detent adapted to engage the =-holders on the return stretch of the conveyer to prevent movement of the latter, and a .pivoted gravity movable trip device for moving said detent to coiiveyerreleasing position.

5. A vending apparatus embodying avplurality of automatically movable vending dei vices, detents for holding the same trom the first named releasing device,

p, vices, and each of the.y last consisting' vof endless con'veyer`4 provided tents 4coactingrvith yrespective vending tents, and. means whereby thedetent control# ling -any `particular vending device may be operatedindependently of'or in conjunction with one crf'm'ore of thede'tent-'s of the other `vendingV devices f y 7. A; vending ap iaratus lembodyin a series ofl automatica ly .'movableliol ers, fa' shaft; til-"detent mountednnjsaid shaft and ,operative,t'o` hold. 'one of the vending devices from movement,l detente mounted independfleasir.

o'usly actuate th trip, device associated with* sucli'detent.- V

' vices, a detent'for' locking one of said devices v from movement, ldetents .other vending'deviceagainst movement, the latter' na-med ldetents being mounted independently of A.named detcnts,' said trip devices. being v'condevices for retracting named detent, and

the trip device each of the other detents and certain of said devices for movement in unison.

In testimony whereof I aiiix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

ARTHUR H. ARNOLD.

fitnesses F. B. cream-Jr.,

casing, the latter being provided with a com-' mon discharge outletior Vthe -yending de' an y with lholders, dethe yholders to lock the" devices against '-inovery ment,'releas in'g"means for therespective device on thesh'aft associated With each of the 'i latter named detcntsa-releasingdevice for the first named detent, and a, releasing dei' vice 'foreach of .the other"detcnts,`

1 device being adaptedto simultanei-" "rality" of automatically movable fen ing denected for 'movement with the .irst nained-v detent, means for retracting the said first. :i

ently of 'said shaft forholding the other vending devicesl'from movement, av trip de-` said4 reg@ 8. rA vending apparatus comprisin aiplui-i the first named detent, -a .trip device" associated with each of Vthe latter associated therewith,- and means coupling i

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