Patent GB-480472-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to coin freed vending apparatus
IPC: G07F11/62
Filed: 1936-12-22
Abstract: 480,472. Coin - freed article delivery. apparatus. SEITZ - WERKE GES. Dec. 22, 1936, No. 35142. Convention date, Dec. 27, 1935. [Class 27] In vending-apparatus in which the articles are stored in compartments behind hinged doors releasable by inserting a coin, each compartment is subdivided by a pivoted flap so that more than one article can be stored therein, the pivoted flap being released by opening and closing the door, thereby allowing articles behind the flap to pass behind the door and become available for purchase by inserting another coin. Each compartment 1, Figs. 1 and 3, comprises a central chamber 2 in which the articles are stored, and side chambers 3, 4 containing the associated mechanism. The open front of the compartment is closed by a door 5 hinged at 26 and provided with curved guide bars 27. The chamber 2 is subdivided into two parts by a flap or partition 7 pivoted at 8 to levers 9, which are pivoted to the bottom 10 of the chamber. Normally, when both sections of the chamber 2 are loaded as shown in Fig. 1, the upper edge of the flap 7 rests on a bracket 6 and the levers 9 are prevented from being pulled to the right by springs 15 by a catch 14 on a two-armed lever 12 pivoted at 13. This lever carries at its front end a locking lever 18 which can rock in a clockwise direction only about its pivot 19. When both chambers of the compartment 1 are full, the front end 20 of the lever 18 bears against a curved bar 27 under the action of a spring 25 connecting its other end to a vertical slidable bar 24. When the door 5 is opened to obtain the article 17 in the front chamber of the compartment 1 and closed again, the guide bar 27 engages the end 20 of the lever 18 and moves this downwardly, thereby depressing the lever 12 to release the catch 14. The levers 9 are then pulled by the springs 15 to release the flap 7 from the bracket 6, so that the flap swings down about its pivots 8 and renders the article 16 in the second chamber available for purchase. For refilling the compartment, the money-box 21 is withdrawn. This allows the rod 24 to be lowered by lever 23 controlled by a spring 22, and the spring 25 raises the front end of the locking lever 18. The flap 7 is placed in position with the chambers filled and the replacement of the money-box 21 causes the locking lever 18 to bear against the door guide 27. In modifications, the pivot of the flap 7 may be near the middle of the bottom 10 of the compartment, at the top right-hand corner, or at the middle of the top of the compartment. The Specification as open to inspection under Sect. 91 comprises also a partition consisting of pair of hinged flaps. It also comprises a construction in which the articles are stored in compartments of a drum rotatable about a vertical axis. Each time a hinged door is opened and closed, the drum is rotated through the space of one compartment by a toothed sector engaging a gear-wheel on the drum, the sector being operated by a two-armed lever and a spring-controlled rod from the hinged door. This subject-matter does not appear in the Specification as accepted.