Automatic Coin-freed Apparatus for Vending Liquids.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 4th July, 1899-Accepted, 12th Aug.,
1899
Automatic Coin-freed Apparatus for Vending Liquids.
I, ADOLF FRIEDSAM, of 7, Appellhofplatz, Cologne, Germany, Merchant, do
hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the same is to
be performed; to be particularly.described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:
This invention relates to coin-freed apparatus for vending liquids and the
like, which works automatically when 'a coin is inserted, a vessel continuously
dipping into the liquid to be sold and turning through a certain angle round an
axis in such a manner that, as soon as the coin is inserted; it is caused to rise
and pour its contents into an inclined passage or pipe serving as,. discharging
device or foutlet.
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The coin-freed apparatus for vending liquids is represented in the accompanying
drawings, of which Figure 1 is a vertical longitudinal section of the apparatus.
Figure 2 is an elevation of the meclianism, and Figure 3 is a cross section on
the line 33, of Figure 1.
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a is a closed vessel or tank for containing the liquid to be sold and which is
in constant communication. by an aperture with a second smaller vessel b
provided with a discharge spout 'e. The said vessels a and b may conveniently
be made in one as shewn in the illustrated example: .
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The vertical wall of the vessel.b opposite that of vessel a may be provided with
a large opening through which and through the aperture the vessel a may
be filled, after the vessels and 6 have been removed from the wooden case k
which serves for their reception!
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In filling the said vessels it is, of course; necessary to place them in the
proper position in order that the liquid may pass through b and c and in order
that the complete filling of a may be rendered possible, that is to say, a must
be placed in a horizontal position. After filling the vessel w, it is placed upright
and together with the vessel b rigidly connected thereto is inserted into the
casing Part of the contents of vessel a will then flow through the aperture c
into vessel b, until the air is prevented from entering n through the said
aperture The liquid in b will then have reached the level indicated in
Figures 1 and 2. In the latter vessel is arranged a dipper trough m which is
pivoted on a transverse axis d and normally assumes the position shewn in
Figure 1, so that it dips with one extremity into the contents of vessel b thus
filling itself with a certain quantity of the liquid.
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That part of the dipper m, which extends into the liquid is connected with
the shorter arm of a double armed lever f mounted on pivot i and having at
the extremity of its longer arm a small tray or pocket y in which the coin is
received from the coin inlet tube or slot h of the casing. The connection of
the lever with the dipping trough is by means of a cord or other connection 9
which passes as tight as possible through the cover of vessel b.
The extremity of the dipper m shewn in Figures 1 and 2, on the right of
pivot d is open, but a flap k may be provided on the vertical wall at the right
end of vessel b, which flap works in the upper trough-like portion of the nozzle e

page_text: and is lifted by means of a cord or other connection when the lever fis
oscillated in the direction indicated by the arrow w, thus coping into the
position shewn in Figure 2.
The said flap is not indispensable, but its object is to prevent the liquid
from quickly evaporating if the latter be of a volatile nature.
When now the proper coin is inserted through the slot h, it drops into the
tray y of the lever f, thus causing. the latter to oscillate in the direction of
arrow w, whereupon the flap k is lifted and the dipper m completely raised out
of the liquid contained in vessel 6 to such a level, that the contents of the dipper m
thus ladled out will flow out through the discharge spout 7.
Figure 3 shows this position of the dipper m and lever f on reaching which,
the coin received edgewise in the tray y is enabled to roll out at the end thereof
and to drop through a pipe v into the cash box q.
When the lever f is freed from the weight of the coin, it returns to its
original position and allows the dipper m to again enter the liquid contained in
the vessel b, and the flap-k to drop and close the open end of the dipper m.
In the example shewn in the drawings only one single dipper with one delivery
nozzle e is provided, but it is obvious that in one and the same casing & more
than one vessel b and more than one dipper m with corresponding delivery
nozzles e may be arranged, and which may be fed if desired from a common
larger container a or from several such vessels."
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Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is
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1. Automatic coin-freed apparatus for vending liquids, characterized by a
dipper m pivoted on an axis d, one of the extremities of the said dipper dipping;
into the liquid in combination with a two-armed leverf whereby when the longer
arm of the lever is loaded by a certain coin, the dipper will be raised to such a
level that the contained liquid will be caused to flow out of the open end of the
said dipper and discharged into an outlet e, substantially as specified.
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2. Automatic coin-freed apparatus for vending liquids. constructed as specified
in the first claim, provided with a moveable flap connected to a two-armed
lever whereby it is lifted when the longer arm of the said lever f descends,
thus unclosing the outlet end of the dipper, which is closed by the flap when
the longer arm of the lever f returns to its original position substantially, as
specified.