Patent GB-246621-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to coin-controlled vending machines
IPC: G07F17/34
Filed: 1924-11-26
Abstract: 246,621. Wade, H., (Mills Novelty Co.). Nov. 26, 1924. Delivery of articles stored in piles.-In coinfreed apparatus of the kind having in combination with goods vending mechanism a series of legenddisplaying wheels adapted to be driven by actuating the machine and to display, when at rest, combinations of legends or symbols for telling fortunes and the like, articles such as rolls of mint 106, Fig. 6, are delivered by a rotary ejector C from piles in compartments A<1> disposed at the front of the machine to a tray A<2> beneath the compartments, and premium checks or coupons are also delivered to the tray by slides 10 from a magazine 7 at the back of the compartments. The ejector C is locked by a pawl 91 engaging recesses 90a in a ratchet wheel 90, the pawl, when freed by the coin-controlled mechanism, being held out of engagement with the recesses by a lug 91c thereon engaging a spring-controlled lever 94. When the ejector is given a quarterturn by a knob, pins 90b on the ratchet wheel move the lever 94 and allow the pawl 91 to engage in the next recess 90a. The pawl 91 is released by a pawl 97, Fig. 4, on an arm 98 carried by a rock shaft 15 acting on a link 92 connected to the pawl 91. The rock shaft is operated by a dog 14, Fig. 4, on a lever 12 engaging an arm 15a thereon, the lever 12 being actuated against the action of a spring 86, when a coin is inserted, by an arm provided with an outside handle. The ejector comprises four cylindrical portions 88, each having a recess 88a for an article, the recesses being separated from one another by an angle of 90‹ so that an article is delivered from each compartment in turn. Checks withdrawn from the magazine 7 at one actuation of the machine fall on a slide 107 closing the delivery shoot 104 and are delivered to the trav A<2> at the next actuation. Fortune-telling apparatus; premium checks. delivering.-The fortune-telling mechanism comprises three legend-displaying wheels 3, 4, 5, Figs. 3 and 4, on telescopic shafts having ratchet discs 3c, 4c, 5c and star wheels 3b, 4b, 5b. The wheels are rotated by a spring-controlled member 22b engaging the ratchet discs, the member being carried by an arm 22 connected to an arm 15b on the rock-shaft by a pivot 22a. Fig. 6, and a spring 23. Another arm 15d on the shaft moves a bell-crank lever 27. Fig. 5, connected by a link 34 to a bar 32 which engages the lower ends of pivoted dogs 17, 18. 19 and frees them from the star wheels. The lever 27 is returned by a spring 30, its speed being controlled by a vane 29a through a gear train 29, and the bar 32 allows the dogs to re-engage the star wheels thereby bringing the wheels 3, 4, 5 to rest. Should arms carried by controlling levers 41 enter perforations 44 in the ratchet discs, locking levers 39 are actuated, according to the levers 41 affected, to release corresponding pay-out slides 10, of which one is always the bottom slide. The released slides are retracted by springs 38 to withdraw checks from the magazine 7 and deliver them to the shoot 104. On the next actuation of the machine, a rod 24 connected to an arm 15c on the rock-shaft returns the bottom slide into register with the magazine, an upturned end on that slide resetting the others. Also the slide 107 is withdrawn by a lever 108 actuated by the bar 32 to discharge the checks in the shoot 104. The slides are further locked by a lever 35 controlled by the bar 32 when the wheels 3, 4, 5 are free to rotate, and by a lever 67 operable by a lug 55 on the lever 12. The ratchet discs are locked in the position of rest bv a member 37 controlled from the rockshaft through a member 45 which is also governed by the movement of the bell-crank lever 27. Coin action, mechanical-connection, and with stationary coin forming abutment. - A locking- lever 54, normally preventing the lever 12 from being moved fully by engagement with the lug 55 thereon, is released after prepayment by a lever 53a having an arm 53 projecting into the coin shoot 1. The coin is swept past the arm 53 to actuate it by an arm 51 connected by a link 50 to the lever 12. The lower end of the link 50 also moves a stop 61 out of the path of the lever 12. The coin then forms an abutment for a rod 72 carried by a lever 73 thereby preventing inward movement of this lever by a spring 76, when it is released by the movement of an arm 75 on the rock-shaft 15, and allowing the ejector C to be released. The lever 12 has an arcuate projection provided with ratchet teeth 81 coacting with a pawl 82 to ensure a full stroke. Coin-discharging mechanism. - The coin is finally acted on by a plunger 77 which transfers it from the plane of the shoot 1 to a tube 8 leading to a cash box 9. The plunger 77 is carried. by a lever 77a which is controlled by a spring 80 and is actuated by a cam 85 pivoted at 83 on the arcuate projection of the lever 12. Fraud, preventing.-The shoot 1 is adapted to receive perforated premium checks as well as coins. The checks actuate the arm 53 but areimpaled by the plungers 72. 77 and so fail to free the ejector C and are not discharged through the tube 8 but fall into the magazine 7. Casings. - The goods compartments A<1> are formed by a vertical plate 111 and angle members 112. A cast metal plate 114 provided with glazed panels and secured by dowels pins and a lock, closes the front of the compartments. Filling storage receptacles.-By removing the plate 114 the compartments A<1> may be filled. The magazine 7 is filled through the coin shoot 1. the .machine being rendered inoperative by a lever 66, Fig. 4, which is raised to move the dog 14 and prevent it from actuating the arm 15a of the rock-shaft 15.