US967725A

US967725A - Coin-controlled apparatus.

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Publication number: US967725A
Application number: US52411009A
Authority: US
Inventors: Ambrose S Carnell
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1909-10-28
Filing date: 1909-10-28
Publication date: 1910-08-16
Anticipated expiration: 1927-08-16

Description

A. s. GARNELL. lvGOIN GONTROLLED APPARATUS.

APPLIoATIoN FILED 00123, '1900.

Patented Aug. 16, 1910.;

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'A. S. CARNELL. GOIN GONTBOLYZBD APPARATUS. Arrmofa'nox FILED 001.23, 1909.

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L *mui g 23 MBBQEQE CARNELL, @E NEW YORK, 1*?. Y.

, y i oornzconrnniann Meesteres.

animaso To all zi/hora fit amy concern:

Be it; known 'that 1, Aramees S. CARNELL, of New York, in the county of New York and in the State of New York, have invented a certain new and useful `Improvement, in Coin-Controlled Ap aratus, and do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof.

y invention, relates particularly to a coin-controlled apparatus designed to be used in connection with machines for vending large articles, and especially publications, such as newspapers, periodicals, etc.

apparatus.

I have shown my invention in the aeco1npanying drawings, in Which- Figure l is a vertical crosssection of the coin-controlled apparatus; Fig. 2 is a horizontalcross-seetion of the same; Figs. 3 and 4 are vertical transverse cross-sections of the same taken on lines 3-3 andi- 1tot Fig. 1; Fig. 5 is a vertical longitudinal cross-section showing theparts in the position in rwhich the coins are discharged into the coin tray; Fig. (l is a transverse vertical 'cross-section of the modification ot a certain portion of the apparatus; and Fig". 7 is a diagrammatic detail of a portion of the zip-- paratus showing,T the location of the coins therein.

In the drawings, l is a casing containing a shaft 2 adapted te be operated by means of a crank 3 haviiml a handle i. The shaft 2 has keyed thereto a slotted cylinder 5 by means of a key t3, the cylinder bcingrr provided with a coin-receiringq slot 7. Upon the exterior of the cylinder there is loosely supported an outer cylinder 8 metrically-opposed slots 9 therein and carrying upon its periphery a gear-wheel 10. The gear-wheel 10 meshes with one of the gears of any desired type of vendingr inachiue. An inclined chute 1'! one face ot' the cylinder 5 by means ot.' screws 1Q. The inclined. chute 11 is designed to receive the coins inserted into the machine through a coin-guide or slot 13 is attached to Speditionen of Letters intent. Application lo @otenet e@ havin;` diai a bracket .Patented Auna liti, Elwin.

projecting through thetop ole the casingq L lil/Then the parts are in the position in which they are adapted to receive coins through the guide 13, as shown in Fig. l, the top ot the inclined chute l1 is designed to contact with a projection 14 carried upon the undersurface of a slide 15 carrying a. slot- 16 adapted to register guide 13. The slidel 1s secured to the underside of the top of the casing l by means of slide brackets I1 7. lllhcn the top `of the inclined chute 11, is pressed against the 'projection 14, the slot 16 is maintained in aIinementWt-h the opening in the guide 13, but at other times the slot 16 is nier-fed out ot' alineinent witlrthe opening in the coin-guide 13 through the agency oit a springl 1S attached at one end to the slide' 15, and at the other end to an cyelet 19 attached to the inside ot the casing' 1. When a coin is fed into the guide 16 `While theparts are out. ot position, as shown vin Fig. 1, the coin Vwill pass through the in clined 'chute 11, through the cylinder 5 and into at least a poi-.ion or" a coin chamber 20, which is attached to the shaft 2 by means ot yokcs 2l carrying pins 22 passing through ,said shaft. A plurality ot transverse pins Q13 are provided passinglr through the walls ot the coin chamber Q0. movable ,so as to permit the machine to be operated by" a varying number oic coins,

The shaft. 2 is supported at one end by a hearing brat-imi 24- supported from the lside tot the casing 1, which bracket carries upon its exterior a cani surface 25. A; rod 26 having; a notch 27 is designed to run over the cam surface ported in slide brackets .27 carried by one side oit thceoiu chamber Q0. 'The other end of the rod 26 is designed to engage with one of a pair of diainctrically-opposed projections 98 carried by one face of the outer cylinder 8. The outer cylinder 8 is pro- The pins 23 are rcrided upon its exterior with a pair vof da! pinsn 29, which copermetrica]ly-opposcd atc with a pawl 30 pivotally supported upon 31 secured in the side of the casing 1.

A shield 32 is provided at one side of the rotating` parts attached to the shaft 2, in order to guide they coins into a receiving tray located beneath the shaft 2.

' ln the modification shown inr Fig. t3, the parts are constructed exactly like the parte shown in the preceding figures, except that with the opening in the i lpgrovision is made to provient the apparatus -side of the slide and a hinged gate 36 at the other side thereof.

`In the operation of the apparatus,assum ing that ther 'parts are in the position as shown in Fig. 1, and that all of the pins 23 are present in the coin-receiving chamber 20, a coin upon being inserted inthe coinuide 13 passes downwardly through the s ot 16 in the slide-15 into the inclined chute 11, and nally into the slot 7 in the cylinder 5, where the coin extends slightly beyond the slot` 7 into one of the slots 9 in the outer cylinder 8. In case one or more of the pins 23 have been removed, then the rst coin will pass beyond the pbsition indicated above until it contacts with the nearest remaining pin. A suiicient number of additional coins is then inserted to cause |the last coin to occupy a position in the slot 7 and vover-lapping the same into the slot 9 carried by the outer cylinder 8. In case all of the pins 23 have been removed, the machine will operate as a five coin machine. A right ot Fig. 1, is the only one left in the machine, the machine will be av three coin device. If the middle pin is left in, the machine will be set for operation by two coins, and if all of thel pins are left in, a single coin will cause the machine to operate. now the shaft 2 is operated by means of the crank 3 in the direction shown by the arrow- Ain Figs. 3 and 4, the outer cylinder 8 will be caused to rotate in unison with the cylinder 5. rIhe first effect of this rotation will' be to cause theinclined chute 11 to release the spring-operated slide 15,

\ so as to throw the slot 16 out of alinement with the slot in the coin-guide 13. A further rotation of they shaft 2 will bring the coins opposite the gna-rd 32, which will prevent the coins from being discharged until the shaft has been rotated 180 degreesfso as to bring the coin chamber 2O immediately above the coin tray 33. When this position is reached, the coins will he discharged into the tray. In this position of the parte the rod 26 will have been withdrawn through the agency of the cam surface'25 from engagement with the projection 28. Further rotation in the same directionnis prevented by the contact of the end of the rod 26 with the stationary bearing 211. It is, therefore, only possible to rotate the shaft 2 in the reverse direction. The parts aremoved in this direction in order to re-set them for receiving additional In case the pin 23, shown at the.

esmas coins. As the shaft is'rotated inithe reverse direction, the end of the rod 26 passes completely over the end of the rejection 28, and as this movement is contlnued and the coin chamber 20 approaches its vertical position, the rod 26 1s again moved inwardly until it contacts with the other projection 28 and causes the other slot 9 of the outer cylinder/8 to come 1n perfect alinement with the slot 7 of the-cylinder. Si' multaneonsly the top of the' inclined'chute 11 contacts with the projection 14, so as to bring the slot 16 into alinement with the slot in the .coin-guide 13. The parts are prevented from moving farther than the position indicated in Fig. 1 by the presence of the pawl 30, which cooperates with the stops 29 carried by the periphery of the outer cylinder 8. When the shaft has thus been rotated in a reverse, direction for 180 degrees, the parts 'are again in position to receive coins.

The modification shown in Fig. 6 operg ates in a similar manner, except that should one more coin be inserted than necessary, the insertion of more than one coin in excess being impossible, the rotation of the parts would cause the one additional coin first to be released from the slide 15 by automatically raising thegat/e 36 into a horizonvtal position, and then by discharging the additional coin from the inclined chute 11, when contact is made with the edge of lthe coin guard 32. When this coin hastluis been discharged from the coin-guide 11, it

slides downwardly edgewise between the ro` tating parts and the coin-guard 32 into the coin tray 33.

IVhile I have described 'my invention above in detail, I wish it to be understood that my invention is a broad one and capable ot' many changes without departing from the spirit thereof.

1. In a device of the character described,4

the combination of a slotted member, a

wheel carried upon the outside of said firstmentioned wheel and provided with onev or more slots registering with the slot in said first-mentioned wheel, a plurality of movable pins in said slotted member adapted to require the insertion of one or a plurality of coins to operate the device.A

2. In a device of the character described,

a rotary shaft, a slotted Wheel thereon, a

second slotted wheel adjacent thereto and movable relative thereto, and means for causing the slots to be brought into registry upon the rotation of the shaft, comprisin a pin projecting from, the second slotte wheeh and a slide-bar attached to `the firstmentioned slotted wheel. i 3, In a device of the character described;

-a rotary shaft, a slotted wheel thereon, a

second slotted wheel adjacent thereto and moveable relative `thereto, and means for Causing the slots rohe brought into registry upon the rotationI of.' the shaft, comprisinga pin projectinr from the second slotted Wheel and a Sli e-bar attached to the firstmentioned slotted Wheel'adapted in one position thereof to be moved out ot' the path of the pin. l

4f. In a device of the character described, a rotary shaft, a slotted wheel thereon, a second slotted Wheel adjacent thereto and movable relative thereto, and means for causing the slot-s to be brought into registry upon the rotation of the shaft, comprising a pinrprojectin from the second slotted wheel and e :slit` e-bar attached to the firstmentioned slotted Wheel adapted in one position of the rotary shaft to be moved out of the path of the pin. y

5. In a device of the character described, a rotary shaft, a Slotted Wheel thereom'a second'slotte'd Wheel adjacent thereto and movable relative thereto, .and means for causing the slots to he brought into registry upon lthe rotation o'l'- the shaft, comprisin a pin projecting from the second slotted wheel und a cammctuaed slide-bar attached to the tiret-mentioned `slotted wheel adapted v in one position of the rotary hshaft to'be moved out of the path of the pln. (i. In a device of the character described7 the combination of a coin guide, a movable y slotted member for receiving the coins from saidigulde, and a `guard attached to the underside of the guado to, prevent the insertion of come when the guide and slotted