US1178935A - Coin-controlled vending-machine. - Google Patents

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H. L. MORRISON. com CONTROLLED ENmNG MACHINE.

APPLICATION FIYLED SEPT. 7. |9175.

Patented Apr. 11, 1916.

3 SHEETS-SHEET lco M y H. L. MorzmsoN. COIN CONTROLLED VENDING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 7| |915.

1,178,935. Patented Apr. 11, 1916.

3 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

H. L. MORRISON. com coNTnoLLED vENDlN MACHrNE.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 7. 1915.

Patented Apr. 11, 1916.

L ML@ and improve the efiiccncy of machines HARLAND L. MORRISON,

OF BELOIT, WISCONSIN.

COIN-CONTROLLED VENDING-MACHINE.

.application tiled September To all wi/1.0m it may concern.

Be it known that l, llxnnixo L. Monnisox. a citizen oi the linited States, and resident of Beloit, in the county of Rock and State oi' lVisconsin. have invented certain new and useful li'nprovcmellts in Coin- (lontrolled Vending-l`-lachinesg and I do hereby declare' that the following is av full, clear, and exact description thereof.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in coin-controlled vendingI machines. It is in general the object of tile present invention to simplify the struct 're this character.

An imliortant and 'nore specific objrrt is' to provide an exceedingly simple coin-ir u; between the ejecting carriage of a mag-l u e of this character and the members forA jeeting the contents of the machine whefeov upon the carriage reaching its ejeeting 1. stion the coin will be automatically released and allowed to drop from locking position into the coin receptacle.

Another object is to incorporate the above coin lock in a machine including a` ilurality of compartments and a pluralit7 of ejectingA members co-acting therewith whereby upon a single movement of the ejecting carriage all oi the ejecting members which are locked thereto by the proper insertion of a coin in the machine may be simultaneously actuated to eject articles from the machine.

With the above, and other objects and advantages in view7 the invention resides more particularly in the novel combination, arrangement and formation of parts more particularly hereinafter described and particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

Reference is had to the accompanying drmvings wherc'n similar characters of reference designate (':orresponding parts throughout the. several views and in which:

Figure l is e. vertical sectional view taken centrally through a vending machine constructed in accordance with the present invention; Fia'. tis a horizontal view taken through the machine on a plane adjacent the bottoms of the article compartments and showing' said bottoms broken away in parts to more clearly disclose theejeeting mechanism. this view being taken on line 2-2 of Fig. 3; Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view taken on the line 3-3 of Fig.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 11, 191.6. 7,1915. semina/19,264.

l, and Fig. Vl is a detailed perspective view showing one, or' the ejecting members and the supporting rods therefor.

Referring now more particularly to the accompanying drawings, the improved ma chine is shown as including a casing formed of the back wall 5, the side walls (i, the front wall T and the bottom Wall 8. Disposed in thc upper forward portion of the casing are I"'urality of partition Walls 9 dividing the into compartments for receiving variou.. articles to be vended, these partitions heim; connected at their rears by a vertical li'answrse partition Wall 10 and at their a bottom partition Wall 1l which bottoms by extends entirely across the casing and serves at its rea r' portion as a support for the ejecting' mechanism. Disposed in vertical alinen ment in the front of the casing are a plurality ot coin openings 12 and coin chutes 18 extend from these openings diagonally downward to a position behind the partition ivall l0. from whence thei7 are directed laterally and vertically downward, cach to a respective one of a series oi horizontally alined coin slots 14- iormed in the bottom partition 11 and disposed immediately rearwardly of the partition 10 of the article compartments.

Depending' from the rear portion of the partition 11 is a Harige 15 and disposed transversely across the 'front portion oi". the. casing .is a bar 14.. This bar and iiange serve to carryY -a plurality of supporting rods 1G which slidably support the ejecting carriage ol' the machine and which comprises track members therefor. This car riage comprises a bar 17, which lies transverselxv of the machine and through the lower side ot' which is passed the rods 16. lt is noted that one. oi these. rods 16 provided adjacent one side oi each article compartment. 'lhe carriage har provided in its i'i'ort tace with vertici relatively wide grooves i8 each correspoiu 15 to a rcspectiw coin slot 1l and a rover-plate 19 disposed across the front of the carriage bar to cover the grooves and form Slot-s thereof.

For slidabli7 supporting the various eject ingr members to be described. and 'or pro viding at the same time a holdingr means ior coins in the slot 1S. rods 2O are secured to the. flange 13 and are slidablv passed through the carriage bar and cover-plate 19, these rods terminating short of the bar li. Each llt) of these rods normally intersects a respective Slot 1S in such manner that a coin placed in said slot would be prevented from dropping therethrough. l'lowever, when the carriage is moved to a forward or ejecting po sition abutting against the bar 14, the forward end of each rod 20 will lie inwardl)v` of the slot to free the slot, although the rod will still have bearing in and be supported by the bar.

It will be noted that the ejecting carriage is spaced slightly below the partition lil. Each of the ejeetingy nmmbers comprises a plate 21 which is slidahle innnediately under the partition 1l and which is supported in its position and held for such sliding movement buv a pair of lugs L depending there from and slidable on a respective bar 1t), and a lug .28 depending therefrom and slidable on the rod 20. lVhen in ret `acted position the ejecting member abuts against the flange 15 and it is provided with a transverse slot 24 which. when the member is in Such retracted position alines with the slot 14 which is the discharge mouth ot' the. respective coin chute and with the resin-(tive slot, 18 of the ejecting carriage when such carriage is in retracted position and lies under the forward end ot the ejecting member.

The distance which each rod 2t) is positionecl below the top ot' the carriage is such that'a coin dropped into one of the slots 18 would be held in a manner projecting above the slot 1S and into the slot. li of the, ejecting inenil'ier. 'lhus upon droppingr a coin through a resin-.ctive chute and into respective slots it and 15S, the eiectingir memA ber would be locked to the carriage and would be drawn forwardlyv therebyY upon forward movement of the ,:arriagre to an ejecting position. Upon such eiectinggv position being reached the coin would drop through the alot 1R due to itsI being released by moving past tl'u rnd of the respective rod Q0, and the carriage and eiecting member will thus be released from their locked relation. 'l`lie forward lugr l? of the eject- .innr member is .so positioned a,` lo abut against the carriage when both ariretracted, and thus upon retrartirrcf the carriage. inember any or all ol' thix riveting members which mav have been iuowd to ejel'tine position Will lic iiiovcd bach lo initial positionY ll'i the drawings :lieic i sliorjn one tvplg, of ejeeting ii'nn'ilier adapted ltr use in corr ner-*ion ai i relativclv narrow articles to be eliectefh and another tvpe ot' eier-,ting meinliei atlanti-ll tor with relativclv1 Wide padmgw, 'the narration ol' both members i? the .sinne with respect to the eieeting car riajje. and flic nuin-t-rals; lnretotorc applied to t'leA eiectine iii=:ii'il. er. are applicable to both. tine, ti c ot ejcrtingl member designan-a! now generaliv at is ri-lativel;7 riarrovi and is provi-'led centrally with longi use tudinal Islot .45 and the respective article compartment with which this member coarts is centrallyY longitui'iinally slotted at thisv slot exteralin iin the partition ll rearwardly of the wall l() and the respective coin chute beingr also slotted at its lower end as at 2i. An ejecting finger is pivoted in the `slot 25 and adapted to project into and slide through the slot 2G, this iinger having a depending portion 29 whose weight mirniallv holds it in a vertical position and which normallv abats against the forward lug :22 which is for that purpose relatively wide. l'pon the rejecting member beingy moved from ejer-ting position to a retracted position, the finger rocks on its pivot to ride under the articles in the. respective compartn'ient.. ln th'.` other tvpe 0f rejecting` n'ieinber, designated now at B slots 25 are provided in its side portions sln'nlar to the slots 25 of the other member andl the respective comiiartn'ient is provided with a pair of slots 9.6', livotally mounted in the slots 25 are eiectingy tingers if" similar to the fingers 28, one ot these lingers; at its lower end abutting against the forward lug 22 of the ejecting member and the other finger having its lower end cngagreabie with a lug 5l() provided for that purpose on the under fare of the member.

For operatingi the ejectinpr carriage, a shaft 31 is journaled transversely in the rear portion of the casing and carried by the end portions of the, shaft are Sprocket Wheels 52 which coact with sprocket-wl'ieels 33 carried on stulrshafts 34 at the forward side portion of the easing to support sprocket chains 35. Each of these chains carries an upstandiimr lunr 36 .secured to the carriage bar li. A raclcbar 37 ia vertically slidable through a lslot 3S in the rea r portion of.' the partition Vall 11 and this rack-liar meshes with a gear pinion 3S on the shaft 3l Wherelrv oscillation of the raelrha r will oscillate the. rejecting ca rriage. l

'l`h"l raclebar i.-: norinall)v drawn downwardliy to :i position wherein the carriage is held iii a retracted position by a retractilr spring' lift secured to the lower end of ,said racl\'liar and to the bottoni 8 of the casing. The rack-bar is held tor proper vertical .slidingy movement by a bar Yl() which is carried on thi` partition il and which projects'across tb(l slot 3S and is Slldable in a longitudinal :slot fil in the rack-bar. l `or actuating' this raclcliar to move tbe carringe to ejocting positie-ln a lever 'l2 is intermediately pivoted at 43 on a bracket 44 carried at the forward portion ol the caslin;r and projects outwiidlv of the casing' to providi` an operating;A handle 4:7. The inner end of this lever is pivoted to a. link 46 which is in turn pivoted to the upper end ot thc raclvl'iar.

From the foregoingr description it is seen that an exceedingly simple structure has been provided which is positive in operation. I

It will be noted that the means for holding and releasing the coins with respect to the ejecting carriage and the various ejecting members also serves as the. means Whereby said members are supported tor their sliding movement. Y

By this structure an exceeding economy of parts is had without in any manner detracting from the effectiveness of the device. in fact, the effectiveness` ot` the device being enhanced by providing a more positive operation.

I claim:

1. A vending machine including a casing. track members in the casing, a carriage member slidable on said track members and provided with a slot, a rod secured to the easing and slidably connected with the carriage and adapted during the major portieri of movement of the carriage to close the slot against passage of a coin, an ejecting member provided with a slot adapted to aline with the slot of the carriage and slidably supported by said last named rod and one of the track members and means for moving the carriage.

2. A vending machine including a casing. a plurality of spaced rods carried in the casing an ejecting carriage slidably carried by the rods and provided between said rodsl with coin slots, a plurality of other rods adapted to intersect said slots to hold a coin therein, said rods terminating short ot' the limit of movement of the carriage to i'ree said slots, a plurality of ejeeting members each slidably mounted on one ot' the iii-st `1nentioned rods and one of the second mentioned rods and provided with a slot adapted to aline with a respective slot ot' the carriage. and means for moving the carriage.

3. A vending machine including a easing, a plurality of spaced rods carried in the casing, a carriage mounted on said rods and provided therebetween with coin slots. a plurality ot' other rods disposed between the rst rods and having slidable connection with the carriage and normally disposed to intersect said slots to hold a coin therein, said second mentioned rods terminating short of one limit ot movement of the carriage to free said slots, an ejeeting shafts and extending in a direction parallel to the path of movement of the carriage, means connecting the chain with the carriage. and means for imparting reverse rotary movements to one of the shafts.

5'. A vending machine including a casing divided into article compartments and an intermediate compartment, an ejecting mechanism disposed below each article compartment. a vertical series of coin slots in the upper portion ot' the intermediate compartment chutes extending from said slots through the intermediate compartment and diverged rearwardly thereof and extended each to a respective ejecting mechanism, an operating lever extended through the intermediate compartment below the chute portions disposed therein and pivotally mounted l'or vertical swinging movement, and means operatively connecting the said lever with the ejecting mechanism.

ii. .i vending machine including a casing, article compartments thereimejectingmeans movable. under the compartments, a transverse shaft disposed under said means at the rear thereof and connected operatively thereto. a gear on the shaft, a slidably mounted rack bar meshing therewith, and an intermediately pivoted lever connected with the rack bar and extended outwardly of the casing.

ln testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set in v hand at Beloit, in the county ot' Roel; and State of 'iseonsin, in the presence ot' two witnesses.

llARLNl) L. MORRlSON.

Witnesses:

(lwnN Rrrmxn, Anne ll. Sclluimlinu.

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