US1390031A - Vending-machine for grocery commodities and the like - Google Patents

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W. I. GOUDEAU. R GRocERY corwMonITIEs AND T APPLICATION FILED APR. V9, 1921.

VENDING MACHINE F0 W. 1. GOUDEAU.

VENDING MACHINE FOR GROCERY COMMODITIES AND THE LIKE.

APPLICATION FILED Amm, 192|.

1,390,03L Pauasept. 6,1921.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

UNITED srarns Param oFFlcE.

WILTON J'. GOUDEAU, 0F GRIDER, ARKANSAS.

Application filed April 9,

To all who/m, t may concern Be it known that l, WiLToN J. GonnnAU, a citizen of the United States, residing at ider, in the county of Mississippi and State of Arkansas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Vending- Machines for Grocery Commodities and the like, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompany ing drawings.

The present invention has for its purpose the provision of a machine of this general character, wherein means is afforded for ispensing various articles, such as can, box and bottle goods, and the like, and including means, door operated, for imparting movements intermittently to the dispensing means, there being a coin controlled device to be manually actuated for releasing the dispensing means, whereby the door operated means may move the dispensing mechanism.

It is another purpose to provide a mechanism of this kind particularly adapted for vending articles from a bin, hopper or the like, in lieu of vending articles from receptacles on an endless carrier, though the endless carrier with receptacles may be employed in connection with such dispensing mechanism.

Still another purpose is to provide a machine of this kind involving improvements on the structure of a similar mechanism or machine, which is set forth, claimed and illustrated in the copending application of Wilton J. Goudeau, filed September 18, 1920, Serial No. 411,185.

ile the design and construction at present illustrated and set forth is deemed pref erable, it is obvious that as a result of a reduction o' purposes, the invention may be susceptible of changes, and the right to these changes is claimed, provided they are comprehended within the scope of what is claimed.

The invention comprises further features and combination of parts, as will be herein* after set fort shown in the drawings and claimed.

In the drawings` Figure l is a View in front elevation of the vending machine constructed in accordance with the invention.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 6, 1921. 192i. serial No. 459,879.

Fig. 2 is a rear sectional view of the same.

F ig. 3 is a vertical ectional view on line 3-3 of Fig. 2, showing a bin or trough in elevation and partly in section, and illusdoor operatedh 12, tlgan is possible with the structure in ig. Fig. 5 is a horizontal sectional plan view on line 5`5 of Fig. 4.

Fig. 6 is an enlarged detail view showing the construction of the wrist pin and the collar 24 as connecting the link 26 to the actuating lever 22. A

eferring to the frame, which may be any suitable propormitting the articles to Preferably the bin is provided with converging bottom walls 5, which are disposed in order to provide an outlet or discharge opening 6. A suitable cooling or ice chamber 7 is located above the bin order to keep the articles from also to keep the bottle goods, the bin, cool.

Journaled in is a shaft 9, on

spoiling, and if deposited in suitable braces or supportSS which is journaled a dispensing cylinder 10, capable of intermittent movements. This cylinder is provided with cavities 1l, each of w ich may receive a single article from the discharge or outlet opening of the bin, said recess or cavity registers with the outlet opening.

Also mounted on the which iianges 13. transversely across the edge of the disk are pins or bolts 14, of which there may be any number employed, either as shown in Fi 3, or as shown in Fig. 4f. Owing tothe provision of transverse pins or bolts, and the fact that they are individually engaged by a member to impart movements intermittently to the disk, the disk may be prefer ably termed a ratchet. Loosely mounted on one end of each pin or bolt is a roller or collar 15, which, as hereinafter stated, is designed for returning the main operating lever (which is coin controlled) to its normal position. s

An arcuate escapementdog 16 is mounted on a shaft 17, which is also carried by the transversely disposed supports 8. One arm 18 of the esca-pement dog engages between Y. so

1 .the link`26, in such and a'rslide or pull lever lever' 19L the flanges of the ratchet and in the path of one of the pins or bolts 14, to prevent movement of the' ratchet, until it is actuated by a member connected to a door. The other e Y arm 19 of the escapement dogfassumes a position normally out ofthe path of the pins or bolts '14.

' A supporting bar 2O extends transversely of the frame or casing, and pivoted thereon by means of a stub' shaft 21 is a main-actuating lever 22. The lower end of the lever 22 carries a wrist`pin 23,=provided with a collar 24, which rides in a slot 25 of a link 26. One end of the link 26 is pivotally connected to the arm 27 of the escapement dog, while its other end is 'connectedas at.y 28 to one end of a coiled spring 29, which in turn is connecte'dat 30V to the lower end ofthe actuatingl'ever l22.v This vcoiled spring pulls vise that the collar or sleeve'on the wrist pin may assume a position normallynearer the lower end lof the slot 25, then adjacent theother end'of the slot.' rIhe spring 29'also serves togpull upwardly oniy the link, andthereby retain the arm 18 of the escapement dog normally in the path ofone ofthe `transverse pins or bolts of the ratchet, at leastuntil the actuating lever 22 is tilted. i

Mounted on fthe face ofthe casing or -ram'e'is a conventional form of coinA controlled mechanism 31, such as disclosed in thefaforesaid copending application, and which mechanism includes a coinl chute 32 19a, which is similar to that disclosed in the pending applica.- tion.` This slide or pull lever 19a' is pivotally connected at 33to theupper end of the' actuating'lever 22.k Obviously when ai coin is deposited in 'the-chute 32,-the slide or pull is thenfre'e to 4be moved er pulled outwardly, ing` lever-22iwill be tilted on its pivot21, thereby actuating the link 26,?insuchwise as to .tilt the escapement dog, removing. the endof its'arm 18 from the pathV of 'an Yadjacentxtran'sverse pin or'boltiof the ratchet, and Ywhen this is "accomplished, r the ratchet iszfree to be, rotated. VThe ratchet' and the cylinder 10 rotate together, .and has` one of the` recess'esor` pocketsll registering with tray and when so moved, theactuatf the outlet or discharge opening of the bin, an article, whatever it may be, will drop into the recess or pocket, and broughtforward and delivered on the tray or shelf 34. The shelf or tray 34has a slot V,or pocket 35, in which the article, such as bottle or can goods will roll, in order to be in-a` position to be removed by the purchaser.

A shelf or tray 36 projects from` the face of the casing or frame in alinement ywith the or. shelf y34' and hingedly mounted at 37 is a door 3S, adapted for closing an Aopen ing 39 in the front wall ofthe' casing 'or housing. The inner face of thedoor is. lprovided with a pair of parallel flanges 40having registering apertures or openings '41,

any two registering openingsor apertures of which receives a pivot `pin 42, for pivotally connecting a pull bar 43 tothe'do'orl" Obviously the pull bar 43 canbe adjusted rela'- tively to the door, so' that the bar maybe used in imparting variable movements to the ratchet intermittently. The'pull bar43 has its inner end terminating in a' hook. 44 which slides over the" edge' of `the ratchet be tween the flanges, and is adapted to engage any one of the for rotating theratchetand moving the delivery wheel or cylinder or drum to delivery Pivot-ally mounted upona transverse supporting bar 45 isa gravity actuated'dogv the nose 47 ofiwhichis held in the path of any one of thev transeverse pins or bolts, by means of the gravity or'weighted end 481of the dog. W'hen the nose of the dog isfso distransverse pins zorbolts 14, ,H

posed the `-ratchet is kprevented from=`retro y the hook Jtravels over the edge of the ratchet between-theV flanges,

when closing-thedoor. As shown clearly in the drawingsthe grade movement,when

flanges 13 of the Yratchet'are `provided `with a f'f plurality of openings '49 for the vpins or bolts 14, and it is vobvious thatthe pins4 or bolts maybe disposed incertainof the opens ings, as in Fig. 3, or in A in Fig.u4. Furthermore' the number 'of pins or belts may be increased or'de'creased and also it will be noted that Ythecloserf the pivoted end ofthe pull bar islocated-to the hinge of the door the-greater number of pins all of the openings are necessary on the ratchet, and` the farther the pivot or the pull bar is locatedV away from the hinge the fewer of pins or bolts are necessary. T g Y When a coin is deposited inthe chuteB2,

and the pull bar 19a is operated, the actuat'- ing lever V22vvill disengage the dog 18 from one of the pinsor the doorfis free tobe door is opened the bar escapexneut bolts, then 43 will impart anf inopened." `"iVVheny lthe terinittent motion to the ratchet, thereby l moving the delivery -cylinder aroundto delivery' position. `When` one `of. the pinsor bolts of the ratchet. pass the., armi 19?,itwll a short pull bar tilt the escapement dog and restore it to normal position. Also as the ratchet is rotated, one of the collars or sleeves upon one of the pins or bolts 14 will cam against the actuating lever 22, andrestore the same, and the coin controlled lock to their normal positions. As long4 as the end of the arm 18 of the escapement dog isin the path of one of the pins or bolts of the ratchet, it is impossible to rotate the ratchet.

The pull bar 43 operates through a slot in a partition 51, there being a slide 52 covering the slot, to prevent access to the slot. vThe slide 52 operates in guide flanges 53. The pull bar 43 operates through an opening 54 in the slide, as the slide moves. lVhen the pins 14 are changed, or increased in number, as in Fig. 4, it is necessary to use 43, as disclosed.

This present machine may be used in vending any articles, there being no limit as to the kind or character. Furthermore, when the pins 14 are increased in number, the cavities or depressions 11 are likewise increased. Also it is obvious that when the pins 14 and the cavities or depressions 1.1 are increased, the pull lever 43 herein shown may be replaced by another, which is shorter, so that the lever may operate between the door andthe pins 14. i

The invention having been set vforth, what is claimed as being useful is:

1. In a machine for the purpose indicated, a housing having a commodity receiving bin provided with a discharge opening, a revoluble intermittent movable delivery drum mounted in the housing at a point immediately below the discharge opening, said housing having an opening', a door controllingsaid opening, and means connecting the door cooperatively with the drum for imparting an intermittent motion thereto when the door is opened.

In a machine for the purpose indicated, a housing having a commodity receiving bin provided with a discharge opening, a revoluble intermittent movable delivery drum mounted in the housing at a point immediately below the discharge opening, said housing having' an opening, a door controlling said opening and means connecting the door coperatively with the drum for imparting an intermittent motion thereto when the door is opened, an escapement lock for the delivery drum to prevent the same from being rotated.

In a machine for the purpose indicated, a housing having a commodity receiving bin provided with a discharge opening, a revoluble intermittent movable delivery drum mounted in the housing at a point immediately below the discharge opening, said housing having an opening, a door controlling said opening, and means connecting the door coperatively with the drum for imparting an intermittent motion thereto when the door is opened, an escapement lock for the delivery drum, to prevent the same from being rotated, means for releasing said escapement lock, and means` for restoring the releasing means and the escapement lock to their normal positions.

4. In a machine for the purpose indicated, a housing having an article receiving bin or trough provided witha discharge opening, a delivery drumnintermittently rotated adjacent and below the discharge opening, said housing having an opening, a door controlling said opening, and means adjustably connected to the door and operatively connecting with the drum for imparting variable movements intermittently to the drum.

5. In a machine for the purpose indicated, a housing having an article receiving bin or trough provided with a discharge opening, a delivery drum intermittently rotated adjacent and below the discharge opening, said housing having an opening, a door controlling said opening, and means adjustably connected to the door and operatively connecting with the drum for imparting variable movements intermittently to the drum, means for locking the drum, means for releasing said locking means.

In a machine for the purpose indicated, a housing provided with an opening, a door controlling said opening and having an article receiving bin, which is provided with a discharging opening, a delivery drum mounted for intermittent revoluble movement below and adjacent the discharging opening, a ratchet movable with the drum, and means adjustably connected to the door and adapted to engage any one ofthe ratchet members for imparting variable intermittent movements to the ratchet and the drum.

7. In a machine for the purpose indicated, a housing provided with an opening, a door controlling said opening and having an article receiving binh which is provided with a discharging opening, a delivery drum mounted for intermittent revoluble movement below and adjacent the discharging opening, a ratchet movable with the drum, and means adjustably connected to the door and adapted to engage any one of the ratchet members for imparting variable intermittent movements to the ratchet and the drum, an escapement lock for the ratchet, means for releasing the escapement lock to permit the ratchet to rotate.

8. In a machine for the purpose indicated, a housing provided with a door opening, a delivery drum mounted in the housing, an escapement lock therefor, means for releasing said escapement lock, a door for said opening, an article receiving bin provided with a discharge opening immedi- `above the drum; means connecting the door coperatively with the drum for imparting an intermi door is opened, When theescapement released, and means carried lby the drum to l ,coperatively engage With a part of said escapement Vment lock to itsv initial ment `with thea-drum.

ttent motion thereto when the 15 lock is lock VJror restoring the escapeposition in engage- 20 In testimony whereof I hereunto aiX my signature.

WILTON J. eoUDEAU.

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