US967418A - Check-controlled mechanism for vending-machines. - Google Patents

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W. H. MQMANNUS. l 03110K coNTBoLLED MBGHAMSM FOR VENDING MACHINES.

APPLICATION FILED 93.28, 1910. 4 967,418.. Patenma Aug. 16, 1910.

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W. H. MUMANNUS.

CHECK GONTROLLED MBGHANISM FOR VENDIN G MACHINES.

APPLIGATION FILED APB.. 28, 1910.

Patented Aug. 16, 1910.

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llllLLldM ]H. McMANNUS, F LDS MGELES, CMIFRM, ASSIGMB TU U.' S. AUTO- MATIC VENDING MACHINE DMMY, lF LUS .dlGlELES, UMIFREM.

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llo all whom. 'it may concern:

Be it known that l, W'inLmM ll. hlnltlANNUs, a citizen of the United States, residing at Los Angeles, ,in the connty of lios Angeles, State of California, have invented certain new and useful linprovements in Check-@ontrolled Mechanism for llending- Machines; and ll do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and enact description of the invention, such as rvill enahle others skilled in the art to which it tains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to vending machines and has special reference to a chech controlled mechanism for sneh machines.

@ne object of the invention is to provide an improved .forni of chech receiving device for vending machines, the device heing adapted to control a motor.

lWith the ahoveand other ohjects in vieni, as Will he hereinafter apparent, the invention consists in general of a vending ma chine provided with a motor and delivering l device, the motor heilig controlled hy a novel i and improved mechanism.

rlhe invention further consists in certain novel details of construction and eomhinations of parts hereinafter fully descrihed, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and specically set forth in the claims.

` ln the accompanying drawings, lihe characters of reference indicate lihe parts in the several views, and Figurelisasection tahen through a vending machine and loohing to- Ward the front thereof, the section showing the motor and controlling mea-ns and having certain parts hrohenont in order to shovv the mechanism more clearly. l1" ig. Q is a transverse section similar to llig. l. ltlig. 3 is a view of one side of a chech carrier form ing part of this mechanism. Fig. t is a section taken diametrically through snch a carrier. from the side opposite to llig. 3. llig. t5 is a perspective View of a detent forming part of the controllingr mechanism.

'.lhe vending machine is provided ivith the usual casing d.

ln the machine here shovvn there has heen illustrated a vending machine arranged for the sale ofpencils hut it will he ohvions from what follows hereinafter that the device may he adapted for nse in vending 3 machines for other artirles as ivell as for 1 pencils. ln the pri-.sent device a pencil stori Epcciification ot Letters Patent.

Application niort April En, with.

yapperllig. 5 is a View of the carrier tahen j patenten aan.. in, rara Serial tto. ai'it. l

age chate is illnstrated and this chiite consists of spaced channel memhers h snitahly` supported in the casing.

lhocated adjacent the hottoin of the casing is a motor here shovvn as a cloch ivorh mechanism indicated in general at ld. lhis motor is to he tahen as typical of any form of motor hnt in every instance there is provided a drive shaft ll and a motor controlling element l2. ln the present showing this motor controllinlg element consists of a small revolving trip ivhich is carried to the motor in such manner that the Yspring of the motor enerts lont light torsional etllort on the trip so that it rerjnires lint little strength to stop the trip' and conseojnently stop the motor. vlhe shaft ll entends across the'article chiite and'is provided hetiveen the tvvo channels B with spaced star wheels 13 forming pencil delivering means. llpon the shaft il is posi-V tioned the chech carrier, the latter heing lined to the shaft to rotate therewith. rlhis chech carrier consists of a dish lat provided with a hoh l5 which tits npon the shaft ll. 'lhis dish lt has adjacent its center a series of radially arranged slots la and secnred. to one side of the dish in alinement vvith the .slots are coin receiving pochets llt. Ilhese pochets entend to the periphery of the dish and taper laterally toivard the center of the dish. rlhe inner ends of these pochets are open and terminate snhstantially in alinement with the onter ends of the halos l5. llpon the opposite face of the dish ld from the pochets lh there is provided a series of detente ll each of vvhich is pivoted adjacent the periphery of the dish as indicated at lil. hach of these detente has an arm ld which projects throngh a respective slot ll and entends across the hottom of the respective pochet ld. hach detent farther has an arm 2li entending in the opposite direction to its :arm llt and this arm all is provided ivith a notch 2l wherein is held the free end of a spring @il which is lined to the dish lll as at :Q2-l. 'llhe springs @El normally orge their respective detente ontivard .so that the arms lll engage against the enter ends ofthe slots lli and the hottoins of the pochets ld. llhe arms Elli of these detente project toward the motor itl and are so positioned on the dish that as the latter revolves vvith the ll these arms will intersect the path of the end 'of the nieniher lit so that this nieinher lil tit) tid

ltltl ldd lllll will strike the detents 20 and the motor be stopped thereby, the gearing between the member l2 and the shaft 1l being so arranged that 'the detents move in one direction while the contacting end of the member 12 moves faster in this direction each other.

At- C is a coin chute of any preferred construction and this coin chute is so arranged that a coin passing down therethrough will drop directly into one of the pockets 16. The mouth of the coin chute C is preferably arranged so that it is vertically above the shaft 11, the coin thus passing into the uppermost of the pockets 16. N ow, in the operation of this device when a coin is passed downward through the coin chute it will drop into the uppermost pocket 16. This will cause the spring 22 to` yield and permit the free end of the detent 17 which has its arm 19 across the bottom of said pocket to move inward. As this detent moves inward its arm. 20,

when passwhich has been in engagement with the member 12, will release this member and permit the latter to revolve. As soon as the member 12 is released the motor starts and this causes the shaft 11 to revolve until the next detent 20 comes into position'to be struck by the -member 12. As this detent engages said member the motor will be stopped. -'Ihe position of the d'uetent with a coin in the pocket is clearly illustrated in `igs. 3, 4 and 5 where the uppermost detent is shown in such position.' Now, as the carrier again revolves upon a second coin being deposited the first coin drops out of the carrier and thesprin 22 restores the detent depressed by said rst coin to position to engage the motor controlling element 12. During this revolution of the carrier and shaft 11l the pencils are engaged by the arms of the star wheel and successively fed downward through a slot 24, one pencil being delivered for each coin deposited.

There has thus been provided a simple and eiiicientdevice of the kind described andfor the purpose specilied.

' It is obvious that minor changes may be made in the form and construction of this invention without departing from the material principles thereof. It is not therefore desired to confine the invention to the exact form herein shown and described, but

it is wished to include all such as properly.

come within the scope of the appended claims.

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

1. `In a vending machine, a motor p rovided with a controlling element and a drive shaft, an article delivering device op.- erated by said drive shaft, a check carrier 'fixed upon and rotating with said drive shaft, a detent mounted on said carrier and engaging said controlling element, said delpath of a check received by tent being positioned on the carrier in the path ofa check received by the carrier and movable by said check to disengage from said controlling element, and means to restore the detent to position to engage the controlling element when the check is discharged from the carrier by the rotation thereof.

2. In a check controlled mechanism, the combination with a motor provided with a controlling element and a drive shaft; of a check carrier fixed upon said drive shaft, an open bottom check receiving pocket on said carrier, a detent pivoted to the carrier and engaging said controlling `element, said detent having an arm projecting across the bottom of said pocket and adapted to be struck by a check received-in the pocket to move the detent and free the controlling "element, and a spring normally holding said detent. in position to engage the controlling element.

3. In a check controlled mechanism, the combination with a motor provided with a controlling element and a drive shaft; of a check carrier fixed upon said drive shaft, a check receiving pocket on said carrier, a detent pivoted to ythe carrier and engaging said controlling element, said detent havin an arm projecting across said pocket an adapted to be struck by a check received in the pocket to move the detent and free the controlling element, and means to restore the detent to position to engage the controlling element when the check is discharged from the pocket.-

4. In a check controlling mechanism, the combination with a motor provided With a controlling element and a drive shaft; of a. check carrier fixed upon said drive shaft, a. check receiving pocket on said carrier, a detent pivoted to the carrier and engaging said controlling element, said detent having an arm projecting across said pocket and adapted to be struck by a check received in the pocket to move the detent and free the controlling element.

5. In a check controlled mechanism, the combination with a motor provided with a. controlling element and a drive shaft; of a check carrier mounted on said drive shaft, and a detent mounted on said check carrier and engaging said controlling element, said detent being positioned on the carrier in the the carrier and movable by said check to dlsengage from the controlling element. l

6. In a check controlled mechanism, the combination` with a motor provided with a controlling element and a drive shaft; of a check carrier mounted on said drive shaft, and a detent mounted on said check carrier and engaging said controlling element, said detent being positioned on the carrier in the path of a. check received by the carrier and movable by said check to disengage froml` the controlling element, and means to restore the dctent to position to engage the controlling element when the check is,dis`y charged from the carrier.

T. In a check controlled mechanism, the combination with a motor provided With a controllingelenient; of a carrier, check receiving means on said carrier, a detent on said carrier engaging said\ controlling element, said detent being released from the controlling element -by the presence of a chock in the check receiving' means, and means to restore the detent yto position to engage the controlling element when the check is discharged from the carrier.

8.111 a check controlled mechanism, the combination with a motor provided with a controlling element; of a carrier, check re ceiving means on said carrier, and a detent on said carrier engaging said controlling element. said dctent. being released from the controlling element by the presence of a check in the check receiving means.

9. In a check controlled mechanism, the combination of a revoluble check carrier, a motor to actuate the same and having a controlling element. a detent. mounted on and carried b v the check carrier and released by the check from said controlling element to canse the motor to pnt the carrier in operation, and means operative when the check has been delivered from the carrier to put the datent in position to engage the controlling element of the carrier.

10. In a machine of tbe'class described, a revoluble check carrier including a disk pro* vided with aseries of radial slots, a series of check pockets xed on one face of said carrier in alinement With said slots, said pockets having open bottoms, a series of motor Acontrolling detents pivoted on the opposite face of said disk, each of said detents being provided With an arm projecting through a respective slot and across the bottom of a respective i pocket, 'and springs normally holding said arms against the bottoms of said pockets.

11. In a machine of the class described, a revoluble carrier, an open bottom check pocket fixed on said carrier, a motor controlling detent, pivoted to said carrier, said detent having an arm extending across the bottoni of said pocket, and a ,spring nor mally holding said arm against said bottom.

In testimony whereof, I aiiX my signature, in presence of' two Witnesses.

WILLiAM' H. MQMANNUS.

'itnesses V. C. BRITENAILE,`

E. M. SCHEAF.

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