US1072150A - Vending-machine. - Google Patents

Description

N. N. NEHER.

VBNDING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 24, 1912.

1 ,072,1 50. Patented Sept. 2, 1913.

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UNITED sTATEs PATENT onnrcn.

NOAH N. NEHER, 0F LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA.

VENDINGsMACHINE.

Patented sept. 2, 1913,

Application led June 24, 1912.` Serial No. 705,621.

To all 'whom it may concern.'

Be it known that I, NOAH N. Nunen, a citizen of the United States, residing at Los Angeles,fin the county of Los Angeles, State of California, have invented new and useful Improvements in Vending-Machines, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a vending machine for gum or like articles and the prime object thereof is to produce a simply constructed and operated machine capable of delivering to the buyer a package of gum or the like in an efficient manner.

Basically, my invention isl comprised in a coin chute which leads to one of four coin pocket members which are rigidly mounted on a central hollow shaft. A turning crank is mounted on a square shaft, this shaft being revolubly mounted in the frame and inside the hollow shaft. A semi-circular shaped member is rigidly attached to the square shaft, and, when the crank is turned, this member comes into contact with the coin. A quarter turn of the crank then au tomatically delivers thepackage of gum or like contents to the buyer and. drops the coin There are four coin pocket and four delivery mechanisms mounted on the hollow shaft and are held in position by means of a spring, thus, the turning of the shaft, upon which they are mounted, a quarter of a revolution places the following pocket and delivery mechanism in position for the next operation simultaneous with the delivery of the package.

In minor detail my invention also includes many important features, among which is the coin pocket mechanism which is adapted to hold t-he coin during the quarter revolution .of the crank and automaticallydrop the coin at the same time .that the package in the delivery mechanism is delivered t0 the buyer. I have also provided means for ejecting the money out of the pocket if, for

Figure l is a perspective View of my improved vending machine. Fig. 2 is an enlarged front view with the cover removed. Fig. 3 is a section taken on line 2%-,3 of Fig. 2. Fig. is a section taken on line 4 4 of Fig. 2. Fig. 5 -is a section taken on line 5-5 of Fig. 2. Fi 6 is a detail showing the coin pocket, wit coin therein, in use. Fig. 7 is a section taken on line 7 7 of Fig. 2.

In the drawings 10 designates a frame of desired construction which has a portion 11 of some transparent material in thefront side. A coin slot 12 and locking member 13 is also mounted on the front side of the case, this construction being t pical.

A revoluble square s aft 15 is suitably mounted in the frame, a coin engaging member 16 being rigidly mounted on this shaft, and being revolubly mounted on the hollow shaft 21. This coin engaging member 16 is one of the important features of my invention, as it is adapted to engage with the coin in the coin pocket, and, on the turning of the shaft 15, automatically operate the delivery mechanism; also, should the coin be caught in the pocket, a portion of the member 16 is cut away so as to allow a square shoulder to drop against the coin and force t into the coin box on the return of the member 16 to its normal position. The shaft 15 is adapted to be turned 'a pre-determined distance, through the medium of crank and handle 17 'l which is mounted on the outside end of the shaft, and is prevented from turning farther in one direction by portion 16 coming into contact with part of the coin chute 25, and is held in its normal position, as shown in Fig. 4:, by portion 16b coming into contact with the lower end of stationary coin chute 25. A guard 31, on the outside of the case, also prevents any further movement of the shaft and crank. Spring 17 tends to hold the shaft 15 in its normal position through the medium of member 18 which is rigidly attached to the shaftd. The coin chute has a slot 25.l which allows space for the insertion and action of member 16. y y

The delivery mechanism 20 is mounted on the outer hollow shaft 21, as is also the coin pocket mechanisms, and is comprised in a delivery wheel as shown in the drawings. full one quarter revolution of this mecha nism 20 delivers tothe buyer a package of the contents of the machine; it is held in its normal position, as in Fig. 3, by means of leaf spring 18a and member 19, best shown in Fig. 5, which is mounted on the revolving shaft. rlhis spring not only holds the delivery and coin pocket mechanisms in their fnumber, are rigidly mounted on the hollow shaft 21 and are of such size as to receive Y and` hold a pre-determined sized coin, and

are also adapted to drop the said coin, by

the fo-rce of gravity, after they pocket containing said coin has been moved through one yquarter of a revolution. This movement is accomplished through the medium of the crank and handle 17'a and member 1b.4

I have alsoV provided a cut away portion, shown at 30 on member 16, for the purpose of ejecting a coin should it happen to be caught in thepocket 22. As best shown in the drawings in Fig. 4, the portion of the member 30 will squarely force the coin out of the pocket on its return' to its normal position. The coin box 23 may be of any construction. 'lhe upper part of the coin chute 25 isv divided into tw,o portions, by means of two cross pieces 26, which prevent any piece of coin from being caught in the chute and also turn the same.

The operation of my device is as follows:- A coin is droppedinto the slot 12 and falls through chute`25 into oneof the coin pockets 22. A movement of the crank 17a simultaneously moves the member 16 whose end engages with the coin in the pocket 22. A further turn of this shaftengages the coin with the pocket and forces the movement of the same, together with the delivery mechanism. As stated before a quarter turn `of these two mechanisms operates the machine, and by force of gravity assisted by leaf spring 18a the package of gum or other contents drops into the lower part of the case in reach of the buyer and the coin falls into the coin box 23. The crank and member 1( then return to their normal position by virtue of spring 17, and the next coin pocket is then directly below the coin chute and a package of gum or like contents has fallen into the next portion of the delivery wheel. The display and container mechanism 30 may be refilled at any time and the com removed efrom the box by merely removing the cover of the case.

It will be seen from the foregoing specificationthat I have provided a simply constructed and positively operating vending machine of a simple nature.

AThe device can only beoperated when-a proper pre-determined sized coin is 4placed in the coin slot, aiid is' adapted'to stay there and drop into the coin box at the same time the package is delivered tothe buyer.

Although I have shown my invention in the distribution of gum l may add that by `changing the size of the delivering mechabearings and having manually operable means for rotation, a hollow shaft rotatable u/p'on the central shaft, a coin pocket member mounted on the hollow shaft and -rotatable therewith, said memberl having a plurality of /coin pockets adapted to receive and hold a coin when above the. shaft and to discharge it when below the shaft, and. a coin -engaging member connected *with the central shaft, comprising two bearing portions one tightly mounted on the central shaft and the other loosely surrounding the hollow shaft, a connecting web between the two bearing portions,4 and a coin engaging finger projecting from the bearing portion on the hollow shaft.

2. A coin controlled apparatus, comprising a central shaft mounted in' suitable bearings and having manually operable means for rotation, a hollowshaft rotatable upon the central shaft, a coin pocket member mounted on the hollow shaft and rotatable therewith said member having a plurality of coin pockets adapted to receive 95 and hold a coin when above the shaft and to discharge itwhen below the shaft, said member comprising two plates oppositely disposed on the hollow shaft and each having lips turned toward the other plate toform sai-d coinpockets, a coin chute leading member in front of the hclldw shaft, there y being an aperture in said rear wall, means to normally and yieldingly hold the coin pocket member with one pocket directly below lthe chute, and a coin engaging member connected with the central shaft comprising two bearing portions one; tightly mounted on the central shaft and the other loosely surrounding the hollow shaft, a connecting web between the two bearing portions, and a coin engaging finger projecting from the bearing portion on the hollow shaft, and adapted to'project through the aperture in the rear wall of the coin chute and engage a coin held in one of the coin pockets.

3. A coin controlled apparatus, comprising a central square shaft mounted in suitable bearings 'and having manually operable means for rotation, spring means to hold said shaft in a normal posiition, means to prevent rearward rotation from the normal position of the shait, a hollow shaft rotatable upon the square shaft, spring means for normally rholding the hollow sha't't in any one of a plurality of positions, a coin pocket member rigidly attached to the hollow shaft and comprising two oppo-` sitely disposed plates atiixed to said shaft and having pairs of lips oppositely disposed and turned toward each other to form coin pockets7 a ooin chute extending downwardly over the coin pocket member with its forward wall terminating above said member and its rear Wall extending down between Said plate and having an aperture therein, and a coin engaging member comprising a U-shaped portion having one leg rotatively attached to the square shaft belng the other leg loosely surrounding the hollow shaft between the two Coin pocket platea` and a curved coin engaging linger projecting from the U-shaped portion and adapted to project through the aperture in the ohute rear wall.

In witness that I claim the foregoing I llave hereunto subscribed my name this 4th day of June, 1912.

NOAH N. NEHER.

Witnesses:

A. R. GoonAmc. lQLwoon H. BARKELEW.

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