US661130A - Vending-machine. - Google Patents

Description

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HARRY W. PAPE, or CINCINNATI, eine.

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'SPECIFIGATION forming partpf Letters Patent No. 661,1 30, dated November 6, 19M).

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vTo all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HARRY 'W. PAPE, aciti Zen of the United States, residing at Cincinnati, in the county of Hamilton and State of Ohio, have invented cert-ain newand useful Improvements in.Vending-Machines; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention,. such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to vending-machines.

One of its objects is to provide an improvedv and reliable vending-machine adapted to vend cigars, cigarettes, and other objects without injury thereto. .-f

Another object is to provide an improved manner of packing the articles to be vended.

My invention also consists in certain detail arrangements and combinations, all of ,which will b e fully described in connection with the accompanying drawings, in which- Fgure-l is a sectional diagram taken on line fu 'u of Fig. 2. Fig. 2 is a section on line a: :cof Fig. l.A Fig. 3 is a plan view of a section of the papel' cigar-feeding ribbon. Fig. 4 is a plan View of the ribbon-severing blades; Fig. 5 is a plan View' of one of the coin-connected clutch-disks. Figs; 6, 7, and 8 are detail views of the coin-chute Vand its coinselective mechanism.

A represents the casing or frame of the machine, which' has a compartment B to receive the cigar-box and is provided with openings b, through which the box or package may be examined. These spaces may be left open, but are preferably closed by glass panels 2. The cigars 3 aremounted upon a ribbon 4 and packed in the box C, as shown in Fig. 1. The main shaft 5 carries a roller 6, over which the ribbon is drawn and fed forward by the revolition of the shaft, preferably by means ofA teeth 7 engaging slots or openings 8 inthe ribhonf` j 9 represents guide-rollers between which thetribbon passes.

lO'represents a secondary shaft driven by means ofgeaxspll and 12 from the main shaft.

13 representsblades upon opposite sides of improvements in the shaft 10, which as the shafts are turned` enter slots 14 in the roll 6 and sever the ribbon, allowing the cigars successively to drop down to the'position shown in dotted line, Fig. 1, where they may be reached by the consumer.

The shafts and l0 are preferably turned to'discharge acigr by the following coinconlrolled instrnmentalities. y

Y 15 represents a crank-arm secured to the enter end of the sleeve 16, which at its inner end carries a clutch-disk 17, provided with a series of notches 18, located in the 'face thereof. rlhis sleeve, disk, and crank-arm are normally free to turn upon the shaft 5 without turning the shaft.

19 represents a clutch-disk secured to the shaft 5 to turn therewith. This disk is provided'vvith notches 20, registering with the notches 18 and having beveled faces 21, as shown in Figs. 2 and 5.

22 represents a spring-pawl secu red to the partition 23 and with its free end resting against the beveled faces 21. i

24represents a coin-chute adapted to receivethe coins N-say nickels.

As shown in Figs. 6, 7, and 8, 25 represents a gate pivoted at one side of the coinchute and normally occupying the position shown in Figs. 7 and 8, in which positionit is normally held by spring 26, but from which position it is moved by the pins 27 into the position in Fig. 6.

When the parts are in the position shown in Figs. 7 and 8, if a nickel is dropped into the 'chute it lodges, as shown in full lines, being arrested by the ear 28. 'If a smaller coin-a cent,l for instance-is dropped into the chute, it is not arrest'ed by the ear 28, but slips down, as indicated at 29 by dotted lines, and passes out through the side opening 30. A-n'ickel having been dropped into the chute and arrested, as shown, it will upon turning the crank-arn1 be released at the proper instant by the pin 27 engaging the lever 31 to shift the gate 25, whereupon the coin drops into the slots 1S 20 in the clutch-disks and locks them together, so that the further forward movement of the crankearm feeds the shafts 5 10 forward a sufficient distance to sever a section of the ribbon and deliver the 'var or cigars.. As-the'disk ill turns, t-hespringlpawl IOO 23 rides up the inclined fece 21,tnd et the proper point the pewl springs into the notch containing the coin and knocks the coin out sif'iewise, so thet it falls into tbe coin-comn pertinent 32, and the clntchnislie ere aga-in disconnected.

represents a groove in the face of the roll 6, into which the tongue 34 of the casing projects toessist or insure the tripping of the ribbon from the roll.

35 represents metal journal-bearings eecnred to the inside of the erasing.

36 represents a Windev! through which the article about c be delivered een be exami ned.

The ribbon is preferably composed of peper and may be variously znodied to heini the articles without depnrring fromthe principle of my invention. As shown in Fig. E, the articles are held in 'piece on the ribbon by means or" one or more straps el, which (ire preferably looped everfthe articles and cured to the main ribbon by peste. It Wiil :also be apparent that the blades may be emplayed to sever or release the article from the ribbon instead of eevering the ribbon, if dein presenee of l-Wn witnesses.

4 'izilly es specified.

2. In n wending apparatus, e. compartment edap'ed te receive and display the original package, :t ribbon to which the erticlee tglbe vendee me secured, e roller over which ribbon is fedz and means substztntiallws'te specified for successively severing the ribbing' and delivering the articles, snbetant'lgiiy es, spcciecl.

ln'tcstilnony whereof i eix my signet/nre -iliiziti' W. 'Witnesses C. W. Mimes, OLIVER B. Ennemi.

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