Combined Automatic Vending and Money Changing Machine.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 18th June, 1896-Accepted, 17th Aug., 1895
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Combined Automatic Vending and Money Changing Machine.
I, HERBERT MARSHALL STURGIS, Gentleman, residing at 2732 Lucas Avenue,
in the City of St. Louis, State of Missouri, U.S.A., 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:-
My invention relates to a combined automatic vending and money changing
machine, and consists in the novel construction, combination and arrangement of
'parts hereinafter described and designated in the claims.
The object of my invention is to provide an improved machine of the class above
mentioned, which shall automatically deliver articles (such as cigars), of different
value and quality in accordance with the desire of the purchaser, and which shall
make and deliver the correct change upon the deposit by a purchaser of a coin of
greater value than 'the value of the article the desires.
In the drawings :
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Figure 1 is a 'perspective view of a machine embodying my invention. Fig. 2
is a side elevation of same, showing the side which is opposite the one on which the
operating-cranks are located.
Fig. 3 is a side elevation, showing the sille of the machine on which the operating
cranks are located, but with the ends of the casing and said cranks removed.
Fig. 4 is a perspective view of a skeleton frame stripped of its contiguous
mechanism.
Fig. 5 is a detail view of a 'locking-dog for the article-delivering carriages.
Fig. 6 is a detail perspective view of 'a locking device for the delivering, plate of
one of the five-cent coin-tubes.
Fig. 7 is a sectional plan view on the line 7-7 of Fig. 3 with the coin-tubes and
article-boxes removed.
Fig. 8 is a detail sectional side elevation of the locking mechanism for the
delivering plate of one of the five cent coin-tubes in position for the delivery of a
ten cent article.
Fig. 9 is a detail perspective interior view of a sight-pocket having a transparen
front into which every proper and good coin placed in the machine by a purchas:
is exposed to view until a subsequent sale is made.
Fig. 10 is a 'sectional side elevation on 'the line 10-10 of Fig. 7, looking in the
direction indicated by the arrow in Fig. 7.
Fig. 11 is a detail view in perspective of the main operating crank-shaft and
attached parts.
Fig. 12 is a detail perspective view of a locking and releasing cam.
Fig. 13 is a sectional side elevation on the line 13-13 of Fig. 7, looking in the
direction of the arrow.
Fig. 14 is a detail perspective view of an operating-lever made use of in moving
the article-carriages.
Fig. 15 is a detail side elevation of a locking-dog made use of.
Fig. 16 is a detail view in perspective of the interior of a series of coin-chutes.
Fig. 17 is a detail view in perspective of portion of a crank-shaft and attached
parts, made use of.
Fig. 18 is a detail view in perspective of a coin-delivering hopper made use of.
Fig. 19 is a detail sectional side elevation on the line 19-19 of Fig. 11, looking
in the direction of the arrow.

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Fig. 20 is a top plan view of a coin-separating plate made use of.
Fig. 21 is a detail perspective view of one of the coin ejecting slides.
Fig. 22 is a similar view of another coin ejecting slide.
Fig. 23 is a detail perspective view of a series of pins for laterally detaching the
coins from the coin-chutes.
Fig. 24 is a detail view in perspective of a removable plate made use of.
Fig. 25 is a perspective view of one of the article-delivery carriages detached.
Fig. 26 is a perspective view of an additional coin ejecting slide.
Fig. 27 is a detail plan view showing the manner of detachably connecting the
operating handle.
1 indicates the outer casing of the machine which is preferably made of wood and
rectangular in form to enclose on all sides the mechanism contained therein. The
outer casing 1 is preferably provided at its upper end with a vertical extension
having transparent, glazed or transpicuous front and rear faces, as 2. The purpose
of this extension is to provide an extended space in which extra long article boxes
or packages, as 3 and 4, may be placed, and so that in case cigars, or other articles,
coming within the revenue laws are to be sold, the revenue stamp upon the upper
portion of said boxes will be visible at all times through said transparent faces.
The rear face is constructed the same as the front transpicuous face. (Fig. 1.)
I preferably make use of an inner metallic frame 5, which is removably located
within the outer casing 1, and which supports the main operative parts independently
of said casing. (Fig. 4.)
6 indicates the clamping-frame for holding the boxes containing the articles to
be sold. This clamping-frame preferably consists of two vertical sides 7 spaced
a proper distance apart by horizontal bars 8 to receive the article-boxes 3 and 4
between said vertical sides, with said horizontal bars between said boxes so that
the latter may be separately applied to and detached from said frame by simply
manipulating the clamping-screws 9 which are threaded through the opposite
vertical sides of said frame to clamp said boxes between the inner ends of said
screws. The clamping-frame 6 is mounted in a plane above the space in which the
article-delivery carriage 10 and 11 are located. The delivery-carriages are normally
located one directly beneath the lower end of the article-box 3, and the other
directly beneath the lower end of the article-box 4. (Fig. 13.) The lower ends of
said boxes are to be removed prior to placing the boxes in the machine, so that the
articles may gravitate downward onto said carriages and be successfully delivered.
I preferably make use of but two article-boxes, and, consequently, but two delivery-
carriages. To illustrate: The box 3 I will say contains five cent cigars, or other
articles, while the box 4 contains ten cent cigars, or other articles, so that the five
cent articles or articles of one value will be delivered to the carriage 11, while the
ten cent articles, or articles of another value, will be delivered to the carriage 10.
The delivery carriages are mounted on horizontal ways or rails 10" indicating the
rails of the carriage 10, and 11 indicating the rails of the carriage 11. All the
delivery carriages are alike, and I will limit my detail description to one of them.
(Fig. 25.)
It comprises a horizontal body mounted upon wheels or rollers 10", and formed
in this body is a vertical passage 10 having a length corresponding to the length
of the article to be delivered and having transverse dimensions corresponding to
like dimensions of said article. The top of said passage is open and normally in
communication with the interior of the article-box, while the bottom of said passage
is normally closed by a fixed horizontal bar or plate 12 which extends across the
space beneath said passage and in vertical alignment with the lower end of the
article-box, and bas its opposite ends secured to some fixed portion of the frame 5,
so that when said carriage is located in position to receive an article from the
article-box, said article will rest upon said horizontal bar or plate 12 and be held in
said vertical passage of said carriage until the proper time arrives for said carriage
to be moved out from under said box and for said article to be delivered to the
article-chute 13, the lower end of which communicates with a suitable opening

page_text: formed in the outer casing 1, and with a receptacle 14 located upon the exterior of
said casing. (Figs. 2 and 3.)
The delivery-carriage 10 is provided preferably at both ends with a pin or
projection 10%, and the carriage 11 is provided preferably at both ends with a pin
or projection 11. The projections 10 on the carriage 10 are normally in vertical
alignment with the projections 11' on the carriage 11, and perform a very important
function in my machine. (Figs. 3, 10 and 13.)
I will now describe the locking and moving mechanism for the delivery-carriages.
The carriages are preferably provided with locking and moving mechanism at both
ends to make their movement more positive and to avoid "skewing" of the carriages
obliquely with relation to their rails, which might occur if the power for moving
them was applied to one end only. The carriages are all constructed to be moved
in the direction toward the right hand of Figs. 2, 3, 7 and 13.
15 indicates two locking dogs located one at each end of the delivery carriages
on the outer face of the frame 5 (Figs. 5 and 10) at that point for normally
holding one of the delivery-carriages when another carriage is to be, or is being
moved toward the right hand to deliver an article. One of said carriage is always
locked by said locking-dog against such movement; in other words, said carriages
can only be moved separately by reason of the construction hereinafter described.
Each of the locking-dogs 15 is pivoted at its outer end by means of a screw or
pin 16 to the outer face of the frame 5, and is provided at its opposite end with
a projection or shank 17, and two parallel slots 18 are formed in the body, one at
the upper edge and one at the lower edge, of said shank. The inner ends of these
slots are open. (Fig. 14.)
The lower ends of said locking-dogs are supported at all times by their shanks 17
resting upon a lateral projection 19 on horizontal operating levers 20 which are
placed one at the outer side of each of said locking-dogs and extend toward the
left hand, and connect with mechanism hereinafter described.
I will now proceed to describe the mechanism for assorting and holding the coins
placed in the machine, and for delivering to the purchaser the requisite change,
if any.
This mechanism is adapted to receive from a purchaser and assort coins of a
dimension from five cents up to one dollar. It is herein shown as arranged to
deliver change in coins of the denomination of five cents and twenty-five cents
only, the number of coins delivered as change being automatically increased, or
diminished, and selected in accordance with the amount of change to which the
purchaser is entitled. This function is controlled entirely by the diameter of the
coins placed in the machine by a purchaser. All coins which are placed in
the machine by a purchaser (if good coins) are automatically directed into a money
drawer or box, and are not used by the machine for making change, the required
coins for making change being automatically taken from a series of coin-tubes
which are to be supplied with piles of coins by the proprietor.
1 preferably make use of four vertical five cent coin-tubes 21, which are arranged
in a row and supported in suitable apertures 22 in the frame 5, and I make use of
four twenty-five cent tubes 23, one of which is placed in the row just described
between two five-cent tubes and properly supported in apertures 24 formed in the
frame 5, while the remaining three twenty-five cent tubes are located in a separate
row supported in proper bearings 25 formed in said frame. Removable caps 26
may be placed on the upper ends of all of the coin-tubes to be removed by the
proprietor, or his authorized assistant, when it is desired to place coin in said tubes
for making change. Access to the upper ends of the coin-tubes is made by way of
a suitable locked door 27.
Horizontally mounted beneath the coin-tubes between suitable guides 28 are
suitable coin-slides, which, when moved laterally, detach the bottom one of the
pile of coin in said tubes in making change. (Fig. 7.)
29 indicates a single coin inlet or hopper, which is placed
casing 1, and which may be seen at the right hand of Fig. 1.
on the interior of the
Into this hopper all

page_text: the coins deposited by purchasers are to be placed. Its bottom. is set at an incline
and is connected to the upper end of an inclined assorting-plate 30 which forms the
bottom of an inclined box 31 placed upon. the upper ends of a series of vertical
coin-chutes 32, 33, 34, 35 46. (Figs. 3, 10, 16 and: 20:) The box 31 is inclined
downwardly from its coin-inlet so that the coin placed. therein will gravitate to the
proper point. This box also has its front edge lower than its rear edge, so that
the assorting-plate 30 is inclined upward from, its front edge which causes the
coins placed thereon to gravitate to and remain in contact with the lower edge of
said box until they drop through the holes in said plate. The assorting-plate 30
has a series of apertures 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, differing in size according to the size
of the various coins, the smallest aperture 41 being located directly above the
vertical chute 32 and the apertures increasing in size successively in like order to
the lower end of the assorting-plate. All of the coin-apertures in the plate 30 have
their corresponding lower edges located in alignment with, a flange or ledge 42
between said edges and the adjacent edge of the box 31, so that as the coins slide
downwardly they will rest upon said flange or ledge 42. Each of the apertures in
the assorting-plate 30 has a length somewhat in excess of the diameter of the coins
designed to pass therethrough. When coins are placed in the hopper they will
slide down onto the inclined assorting-plate 30 until they arrive opposite an
aperture of sufficient size to permit the coin to drop through, when it will fall into
the proper vertical chute beneath said plate and gravitate downward therein
edgewise. The lower end 43 of the vertical chutes beneath the assorting-plate 30
is restricted in size, being provided with opposite shoulders or projections 44 which
arrests the downward movement of the coin and holds it opposite an aperture 45
found in the front side of each of said chutes for a purpose hereinafter mentioned.
The opposite projections or shoulders 44 are spaced just sufficiently far apart to
arrest the downward movement of a good coin having about the proper diameter,
but are not so close as to arrest the downward movement of a spurious coin having
less diameter so that a spurious or badly worn coin will at once pass by said
opposite projections and fall into a bad-coin chute 46 located directly beneath all
of said vertical chutes and provided with a suitable spout or chute 47
communicating with an opening 48 in the front of the machine. (Figs. 1, 10,
and 16.)
I will now proceed to describe the mechanism for removing the purchaser's coin
from the obstructions in the vertical chutes above mentioned, and also describe
how the said coin itself forms an essential connection between the hand-actuated
article-delivery apparatus and the change-making apparatus.
49 indicates a series of coin-detaching pins which are fixed at one end to a
horizontal plate 50 extending across the front of the frame 5. (Figs. 3, 1, 13
and 23.) The inner ends of the pins 49 normally stand in the corresponding
apertures 45 of the vertical coin-chutes 32 and 36. The ends of the plate 50 are
secured to and supported by the front end of two vertical guide-frames or cross-
heads 51 arranged on opposite sides of the frame 5 to slide horizontally in suitable
guides or bearings 52. (Figs. 3 and 7.) Said guide-frames or cross-heads are
held in normal position by means of a suitable spring 53 coiled about a horizontal
rod 54 carried by each of said cross-heads. Said horizontal rod is fixed to the
inner vertical end of its cross-head and to a vertical bar 55 thereof, which is
located intermediate of the ends of said cross head and said spring 53 bears at one
end against said vertical bar 55, and at its opposite end against, a fixed lug 56
projecting from the frame 5.
For moving the cross-heads 51 in opposition to the springs 55 and for applying
power positively to each end of the pin-carrying plate 50, I extend a shalt 57
horizontally across the front of the frame in a plane just above the pius 49, and
mount the same to revolve in suitable bearings 58. The ends of said shaft 57
project a distance at opposite sides of said frame beyond its said bearings and fixed
on said projecting portions and set at the same angle age two cross-arms 5,9
carrying sinal rollers 60 at their outer ends, which latter engage the vertical

page_text: bars 55 of said cross-heads and move the latter inward against the power of the
springs 53 when said shaft is revolved, or partially revolved. (Figs. 10 and 11.)
The shaft 57 is hand-actuated by the purchaser by means of a suitable handle or
crank 61, which is mounted upon one projecting end of said shaft and located upoa
the exterior of the outer casing. (Figs. 1 and 11.) The handle 61 is connected
to said shaft by means of a pawl and ratchet mechanism, so that it can be given a
complete revolution by moving said handle through only a portion of a rotation
and returning it. Said handle preferably has a definite normal position, which is
that in which it is shown in Fig. 11; or in other words, up and it is retained in
said position and automatically returned thereto by means of a suitable spring
applied in the manner presently described.
62 indicates a ratchet-wheel fixed on the same projecting portion of the shaft 57
upon which the handle 61 is mounted but inside of the outer casing, the said handle
being on the outside thereof.
63 indicates a gravity detent which is pivoted at 64 to a lug projecting from the
frame 5 and extends above the ratchet-wheel 62 and engages the teeth of the
latter to permit said wheel to turn in the direction indicated by the curved arrow
in Figs. 1 and 11, and prevent same from turning in an opposite direction.
65 indicates a smaller ratchet-wheel loosely mounted upon said projecting
portion of said shaft on the outer side of said ratchet-wheel 62 and having
preferably only two diametrically opposite teeth which are pitched in a direction
opposite that of the teeth of said wheel 62.
A small pawl 66 is mounted upon the outer face of the larger ratchet-wheel 62
to engage the teeth of the smaller ratchet-wheel 65. The pawl 66 is provided
with a suitable spring 67 which holds the former in engagement with the smaller
ratchet-wheel 65 and permits said smaller wheel to turn only in a direction
opposite that in which said larger ratchet-wheel is rotated, except when it is moved
with said larger wheel. (Fig. 11.)
The handle 61 is preferably made in the form of a crank and provided with an
integral sleeve 68 which loosely fits over the projecting end of the shaft 57. The
inuer end of this sleeve is detachably connected to the smaller ratchet-wheel 65 by
a sort of a lap joint. (Fig. 27.) Said sleeve is provided at its inner end with an
angular recess 69, in which fits a correspondingly shaped lug or projection 70 ou
the said ratchet-wheel, so that said handle may be moved outward on said shaft and
detached when desired.
71 indicates a face-plate for the said handle. Said face-plate is provided with a
central aperture through which the sleeve 68 of said handle passes, and said plate
is removably fixed upon the outer surface of the outer casing 1 by means of suitable
screws or similar fastenings. (Figs. 1 and 19.)
Projecting from the outer face of said plate 71 are two stops 72 and 73 which
limit the movement of said handle in both directions, said stop 72 being contacted
by a suitable web or projection 74 on said handle when the latter is in its normal
position, and the stop 73 is located about diametrically opposite the stop 72 to
limit the movement of said handle when moved in the direction indicated by the
arrow in Fig. 1.
75 indicates an annular flange formed on the inner face of said face-plate 71,
and acting to contain a common volute spring 76. One end of this spring is
secured to the annular flange 75, or other common fixture, and the opposite end of
said spring is secured to the sleeve 68 by means of a suitable rivet or other
fastening. (Fig. 19.)
77 indicates a good-coin spout or chute, which is fixed beneath the coin-slides
and extends across the machine directly alongside of the bad-coin chate 46, and
its top is open and its bottom 78 is inclined downwardly and outwardly and
terminates upon the interior of the outer casing directly above a suitable money,
drawer or box 79. (Figs. 2, 3 10 and 13.) However, the money is preferably not
discharged directly into said money drawer from said good-coin spout, but it is

page_text: discharged into what I term a sight-pocket 80 secured in position upon the interior
wall of the outer casing 1 in a plane above said money drawer. This sight-pocket
has an open upper end into which the money is discharged, but its bottom is
normally closed by a spring-pressed inclined dropping-plate 81 which virtually
forms the bottom of said sight-pocket. This dropping-plate is pivotally mounted
at its upper edge upon a fixed bar 82 extending across the said pocket, and a
suitable spring 83 is coiled upon said bar with one of its ends 84 secured to said
pocket, and its opposite end bearing upon the under side of said dropping-plate, so
that the lower edge of said plate is thereby normally held closely against the
inner surface of the outer transparent wall 85 of said pocket. (Figs. 2, 3 and 9.)
The dropping-plate 81 is pressed inward to release coins that are deposited in
the said pocket by means of a bell-crank-lever 86, one of the arms of which is
pivoted at 87 to a suitable fixed part of the machine, while the other arm extends
upward to a point in the path of two pins 88 carried at the ends of the cross-
arm 59 which is situated on the same side of the machine.
The bell-crank-lever 86 is provided with a lug or projection 89 which contacts
with the free end of an arm 90, the opposite end of which is fixed to said dropping-
plate.
A pin or stop 91 is fixed to some stationary part of the machine and projects in
the path of the bell-crank-lever 86 to limit the movement thereof in one direction.
The normal position of said bell-crank lever is in contact with said pin or stop,
and it is normally retained in such position by the power of the spring 83 acting
upon the dropping-plate 81 and the arm 90.
92 indicates a movable plate extending horizontally across the machine beneath
the coin-slides alongside of the bad and good coin-chutes 46 and 77, respectively,
and pivoted near its lower edge at 93 to the lower portion of the frame 5.
(Figs. 10, 13 and 24.)
94 indicates two perforated ears, or a suitable bearing, at the upper edge of said
movable-plate 92 near one end of the same (Fig. 24) to which the front end 95 of
one of the horizontal operating levers 20 is pivotally connected.
96 indicates ears, or a bearing similar to 94 but located adjacent the opposite
end of said movable-plate, and to which the front end of the other horizontal
operating lever 20 is pivotally connected. Projecting a distance above the upper
edge of said movable-plate and forward therefrom are two bifurcated arms 97.
Projecting from one end of said movable-plate adjacent the lower edge thereof is
a lug or projection 98. Mounted in the bifurcations of the arms 97 and extending
in a straight line from one arm to the other is a rod or bar 99 secured in position
by suitable pins or other fastenings 100.
A A', B B, C, D, and E respectively indicate the coin-slides which are mounted
between the guides 28 in the manner previously described. Each of the coin-
slides has a vertical end-plate 101 secured to its front end and in which is formed
an aperture 102. (Figs. 21, 22 and 26.) The aperture in the vertical plates 101 of
said coin-slides register with the aperture 45 in the vertical coin-chutes 32 to 36
and are sometimes engaged by the coin-detaching pins 49. Each of the coin-slides
is provided with a longitudinal slot or opening 103 which communicates at one end
with the adjacent aperture 102 in said vertical end-plate 101. Each coin-slide,
except D, has also a coin-aperture 104 adapted to receive the coin from the coin-
tubes.
The vertical plate 101 of all the coin-slides projects downwardly past and in
front of the horizontal rod or bar 99 of the movable-plate 92, so that whenever
any one of said slides is moved rearwardly from its normal position, the lower
portion of its vertical plate 101 will contact with said rod or bar 99 and always
impart movement to said movable plate 92 in a corresponding direction. (Figs. 10
and 13.)
None of the coin-slides, except what I term the permanent five-cent slide E
moves until the proper coin is placed between its vertical plate 101 and the front

page_text: wall of the corresponding vertical coin-chute. The permanent five-cent slide E is
moved rearwardly every time the movable-plate 92 is moved in a corresponding
direction, for the reason that said slide is permanently connected to the horizontal
rod or bar 99 of said movable plate by means of a suitable strap or hook 105,
the upper end of which is fixed to the vertical plate 101 of said slide, while
the lower portion of said strap or hook is passed downwardly in rear of said
horizontal rod or bar 99. By this means said horizontal rod or bar 99 is locatel
in the space between the depending portion of the vertical plate 101 of the slide E
and the strap or hook 105.
At this point I desire to state that the number of coins cut off or detached
from the piles in the coin-tubes by the respective coin-slides depends upon the
vertical thickness of said slides. In the present machine I have graduated the
thickness of the coin-slides in the following manner : For instance, I make all of
the slides which detach five-cent pieces, except the slide E, sufficiently thick to
detach three five-cent pieces at a time, as shown in Fig. 22, while the slide E is
much thinner and detached but a single five-cent piece at a time.
The coin-slide A A' is composed of a comparatively large plate of metal (Fig. 7)
having therein three apertures 104 which are normally located beneath the three
aligned twenty-five cent coin-tubes 23 and an integral front portion thickened, as
shown in Fig. 22, and which is located beneath the five-cent tube shown at the
uppermost portion of Fig. 7.
The coin-slide B B' is composed of a smaller piece of metal having a thickened
portion as shown in Fig. 22 for detaching three five-cent pieces at a time, and
also having a connected thinner portion for simultaneously detaching a single
twenty-five piece from the front twenty-five cent tube. It will be seen from an
inspection of Fig. 7 that the parts of A A' are connected, and, therefore, must
simultaneously move, as are also the parts B B¹.
The coin-slide C is thickened, as shown in Fig. 22, to detach three five-cent
pieces at a time.
The slide D is a blank having no coin-aperture. (Fig. 26.) It has a lateral
extension D corresponding in width to the width of the permanent five-cent
slide E and normally projects beneath the same in vertical alignment with the
coin-aperture therein for a purpose hereinafter mentioned.
A suitable spring 106 has its rear end fixed to the adjacent portion of the
frame 5 (Figs. 7 and 10) and its frout portion normally resting against the rear
edge of the blank slide D to act as a friction-brake and prevent movement of said
slide at the wrong time, which might be caused by the weight of the pile of coin.
in the five-cent coin tube normally resting upon the extension D' of said blank
slide. If it were not for said spring, said blank slide might inadvertently be
moved rearwardly by friction of said pile of coin.
107 indicates a large spout or chute, the upper side of which is open and located
in a plane below all of the coin-tubes to receive coin detached therefrom for
change. Its bottom is inclined downwardly and outwardly and extends to a
receptacle 108 located in one side of the outer casing 1, and preferably provided
with a suitable lid or cover 109 marked "Change." (Figs 1 and 7.)
A horizontal guard 110 has its front edge fixed to the adjacent five-cent tube 21
and projects rearwardly so as to prevent the five-cent piece carried by the slide E.
from accidently jumping out of same when said slide is moved with unusual
rapidity. (Fig. 10.)
A suitable spring 111 is secured at 112 to the side bar of the frame 5 at the
base thereof so as to bear against the rear face of the movable-plate 92 adjacent
the end thereof. There is preferably one of these springs adjacent each end of
said palte and if desirable or necessary, the number of such springs may be
increased.
For causing the good coins, which are inserted in the machine by the purchaser
and which lodge in the space between the ends of the detaching-pins 49 and the
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bad-coin chute 46 and be released and dropped into the underlying good-coin-|
chute 77, I provide a tripping mechanism which I will now describe.
113 indicates a dog, the rear end of which is pivoted at 114 to the frame at one
end of the movable plate 92. This dog is provided at a point intermediate of its
length and upon its under edge with a locking-lug 115 which engages the lug or
projection 98 on said end of said movable-plate during the operation hereinafter
mentioned. The front side of the looking-lug 115 is inclined or rounded.
The front portion of the said dog is curved or bowed upward to form a cam-
surface 116 which extends forward past the front of the frame over and at times
into the path of a lateral lug or projection 117 extending from the inner face of
the cross-head 51 at that side of the machine. (Figs. 10 13 15.)
I will now describe the mechanism for manually detaching the operating levers 20
from the five-cent delivery carriage and connecting said levers to the ten-cent
carriages when a ten cent article is wanted by a purchaser.
Formed on the rear portion of the operating levers 20, one of which is located
one each side of the machine in the manner previously described, is a head or
enlargement having two vertically aligned slots 118, 119, the inner ends of which
are closed and the outer ends of which are open. The lower slots 119 of both of
said levers are normally engaged by the pins or projections 11b of the five-cent
delivery carriage 11, so that when said levers are moved longitudinally said
carriage moves with them, unless the slotted heads of said levers are thrown
upward. The upper slots 118 of said levers are normally in vertical alignment
with the pins or projections 10% of the ten cent delivery carriage 10.
(Figs. 3, 10 14.)
For elevating the slotted heads of the operating-levers 20 I make use of
a horizontal rock-shaft 120 mounted in suitable bearings as 121 on opposite sides
of the frame 5 in a plane below said operating-levers. (Figs. 7, 12, 17.) One
end of the shaft 120 projects through the outer casing 1 and has mounted upon it
what I term a "Ten-cent" handle or crank 122. (Fig. 1.) Fixed on said rock-
shaft and extending therefrom in the same direction and the same distance, are
two arms or cams 123 and 124 having rounded free ends, which, when said shaft
is turned in one direction are brought into contact with the under surface of lateral
webs or projections 125 located at the under edges of said operating-levers 20.
(Figs. 8, 12, 14.) Said rock-shaft is to be turned a quarter revolution by means
of the handle 122 in the direction indicated by the arrow 126 in Fig. 1 and returned
to its normal position by the action of a suitable spring 127 coiled around sail
shaft and having one of its ends fixed to the adjacent portion of the frame 5, an 1
its opposite end fixed to a laterally projecting arm 128, which latter is secured on
said shaft by means of a common set-screw, or other fastening. (Fig. 17.) The
normal position of the handle 122 is in a horizontal plane, as shown in Fig. 1.
A stop 129 fixed on a face-plate 130 limits the downward movement of said handle,
and another stop fixed on the same face-plate at a point about diametrically
opposite said stop 129 limits the movement of said handle in an opposite
direction.
When the slotted heads of the operating-levers 20 are thrown up into engagement
with the ten-cent carriage by the means just described, it will be impossible for
a purchaser to obtain a ten-cent.article by inserting a five-cent coin, for the reason
that such five-cent coin itself, in connection with mechanism presently described,
effectually lock against movement all the coin-detaching pins and the operating-
levers 20 which are at that time connected to the ten-cent delivery carriage. At
the same time none of the coin-slides can be moved, and, consequently, no change
whatever will be thrown out; and in fact the operating handles 61 and 122 and the
entire mechanism will be automatically locked against any movement until an
authorized person returned the mechanism to normal position, when by a repetition
of the movement of the handle 61, a five-cent article will be delivered to the
receptacle 14, whence said article can be removed by a purchaser in the usual
manner.

page_text: 131 indicates a short horizontal rock-shaft-mounted. in suitable bearings 132 in
the frame 5 directly above and parallel' with the rock-shaft 120. Fixed at their
rear ends upon said short shaft and extending. parallel' are a pair of arms 133, upon
the front free ends of which is mounted a movable-platform 134, which preferably
has rising from it suitable sides or guards 135 for keeping a coin upon said platform.
(Figs. 10 and 18.)
The platform. 134 is adapted' to be moved' upward until it registers with the
adjacent rear edge of the extension D₁ of the blank slide D, and thereby form
a continuation of said slide, as shown in Fig. 8, and it is also adapted to be dropped
The
downwardly, as shown in Fig. 10 for the purpose hereinafter described.
platform 134 is raised and lowered by means of a suitable segmental cam-plate 136
fixed on the long rock-shaft 120, so that its periphery may engage a projection 137
on the under side of one of the platform arms 133. The normal position of said
cam-plate is that shown in Figs. 3, 10 and 17.
For holding up the platform 134 and for holding the slotted heads of the
operating-levers 20 in engagement with the ten-cent carriage after said platform
has been thrown upward, and for automatically returning the mechanism to normal
position after a ten-cent article has been delivered, I provide the device now to be
described.
138.indicates an arm which is preferably integral with the arm 124 on the long
rock-shaft 120. The arm 138 extends in a direction opposite that of the arm 124,
and is provided at its free end with a lug or projection 139. (Figs. 8 and 12.)
140 indicates a lock-lever in the form of a bell-crank pivoted at 141 to a
suitable fixed portion of the frame 5. (Figs. 6 and 10.) On the horizontal arm
of the lock-lever 140 is a platform or plate 142 having in its upper face a notch or
depression 143, which latter is engaged by the projection 139 of the arm 138 on
the long rock-shaft 120 in locking said shaft against movement in opposition to its
spring 127 after the ten-cent handle has been thrown upward by a purchaser.
144 indicates a suitable spring, the upper end of which is fixed at 145 to a
horizontal bar 146 of the frame at a point immediately above the horizontal arm
of said lock-lever 140, and the lower end of said spring is secured at 147 to a
portion of said horizontal arm, so that: the-platform.142 carried by said arm is
normally elevated into and retained in contact with the base of the arms 121
and 138 carried by the long rock-shaft 120, as shown in Fig. 10.
The upper end of the vertical arm 148 of the bell-crank 140 is normally
located also as shown in Fig. 10, out' of the path' of the platform carried by the
arms 133.
Depending from the lower edge of the horizontal operating-lever 20, on the side
of the machine upon which the cam-plate 136 is located, is a vertical arm or
projection 149, from the outer surface of which projects a lug or pin 150, and from
the rear edge of which a horizontal arm or platform 151 projects in a direction
parallel with the body of said operating lever. The rear end of the arm 151'is
normally located a little in advance of, but in a plane below the platform 142
carried by the bell-crank 140, as also shown in Fig. 10. The lug or pin 150 is
adapted to contact with a shoulder or projection 152 formed on a portion of the
bell-crank 140 in a plane above the pivotal point of the latter to perform the
function hereinafter mentioned.
153 indicates a small upright coin-spont (Figs. 3 and 10), the upper end of
which is open and located adjacent the platform 134 carried by the arms 133
so as to receive coin from said platform and direct the same into the larger coin-
spout 107.
154 indicates a wire or rod, the lower end of which is pivotally connected to
some portion of the bell-crank 140, preferably to the outer end of the platform 142
carried thereby. The purpose of this rod is to form a convenient connection with
said bell-crank whereby an authorized person may unlock the mechanism of the
machine after it has been locked by the improper insertion of a coin, so that the
parts may resume their normal operative positions. The upper end of said rod
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page_text: may terminate at a convenient point beneath the door 27 upon the interior of the
outer casing, or it may terminate, as I have herein shown, at, at a point upon the
exterior of said casing adjacent said door. The operation is as follows:
With the parts in the position in which they are shown in Figs. 3, 10 and 13, and
the purchaser desires a five-cent article, as a cigar, and of course expects no change,
he inserts a five-cent coin at the inlet 29 and the same slides downwardly onto the
assorting-plate 30 of the inclined bcx 31 until it reaches the five-cent aperture 40
in said plate, when it drops through said aperture into the vertical coin-chute 33
beneath said aperture, and, if said coin is of the proper diameter, the same will be
arrested in its downward movement by the opposite shoulders 44 and will come to
rest at a point directly opposite the aperture 45 in said chute; but, if said coin be
greatly worn or too small in diameter, it will pass said shoulders 44 and gravitate
through the restricted lower end 43 of said chute edgewise and fall into the bad-
coin chute 46 and be delivered upon the exterior of the machine through the
opening 48, and so on with the coins of various denominations, the ten-cent pieces
being guided into the vertical chute 32, the twenty-five cent pieces into the
chute 34, the half dollars into the chute 35, and the dollar coins into the chute 36.
(Fig. 16.)
Returning to the five-cent pieces supposed to have been deposited in the manner
previously described, after said coin has been deposited, the operator follows the
directions posted on the side of the outer casing adjacent the operating-handle 61,
which directions should be about as follows: "Drop your money in the hopper
and turn this handle and you will get a cigar and the correct change, if any is due."
The purchaser then turns the handle 61 downward in the direction indicated by
the arrow in Fig. 1, until it assumes the position in which it is shown in Fig. 1.
This movement of said handle will turn its shaft 57 and the parts carried thereby
through about one quarter of a rotation, the detent 63 permitting the teeth of the
ratchet-wheel 62 to slide beneath it, and the rollers 60 at the upper ends of the
cross-arms 59 engaging the vertical bars 55 of the cross-heads 51 pushing the said
cross-heads rearwardly until said cross-arms have moved through a little more than
one quarter of a rotation, thereby compressing the cross-head springs 53 and of
course simultaneously moving rearwardly all of the coin-detaching pins 49 which
project from the horizontal plate 50. The five-cent coin which has lodged opposite
the aperture 45 in the vertical chute 33 is thereby engaged by the free end of the
appropriate coin-detaching pin 49, moved rearwardly and clamped between said
end and the adjacent surface of the vertical plate 101 of the blank coin-slide D,
and said slide is thereby moved rearwardly to the limit of rearward movement of
said pin. Meantime the lower depending portion of said vertical plate 101 has
engaged and pushed rearwardly a corresponding distance the horizontal bar 99 of
the movable plate 92, and the upper edge of the latter has been so moved that said
plate 92 is inclined rearwardly directly beneath said five-cent coin. The operating-
levers 20 are also thereby moved rearwardly carrying with them the five-cent
carriage 11, so that the cigar or article which is contained in the vertical
passage 10 of said carriage is carried rearwardly off of the fixed horizontal
plate 12, and is thereby permitted to gravitate into the article-chute 13 and the
receptacle 14, whence it may be removed by the purchaser. As this movement of
the said carriage takes place the imperforate smooth upper surface of the forward.
portion of same passing beneath the next adjacent cigar or article in the five-cent
box 3 and prevents downward movement of same until said carriage has been
returned to its normal position when another cigar or article will automatically
drop into said vertical passage of said carriage, and so on until all the articles in
said box are sold. (Fig. 13.)
Returning again to the five-cent piece which moved the blank slide and parts
in the manner just described, as soon as the handle 61 and the cross-arms 59 have
been moved through a little more than one-fourth of a rotation, the power of the
springs 53 and the spring 11 themselves continue the movement of said cross-arms
until their ends which were uppermost at the start occupy a lowermost position

page_text: which completes, a half rotation for them, and they then appear to resume the
same position from which they were removed, and the mechanism is thereby
returned to its normal position.
Meantime the lug or projection 98 on the end of the movable-plate 92 passed
rearwardly beneath the lug 115 on the dog 113 and momentarily locked said
movable-plate in its rearward position (Figs. 13, 15. 24); or, in other words, said
plate is locked until the lug or projections 117 on the front end of one of the
cross-heads 51 comes in contact with the curved or cam-portion 116 of said dog 113,
which is at that time in the path of said lug or projection 117 which releases the
lug or projection 115 on said dog from the projection 98 on said movable-plate
and permits said plate and the parts connected thereto to be returned to their
normal position by the actions of the springs before mentioned, but this release of
said plate does not take place until after the coin-detaching pins have begun to
return to their normal position, and, consequently, the five-cent coin which was
suspended between the end of one of said pins and the vertical plate 101 of said
blank coin-slide will be released and dropped upon the inclined front side of said
movable plate 92, and will gravitate into the good-coin spout or chute 77, and
thence by the inclined bottom 78 into the sight-pocket 80 in which it will be
exposed to view from the exterior of the casing, and from which it will later be
dropped into the underlying money drawer 79 by the next quarter rotation of the
handle 61, the lower end of the two pins 88 carried by the adjacent cross-arm 59,
coming in contact with the upper portion of the sight-pocket lever 86 in the
manner previously described.
There should, of course be placed in all of the coin-tubes a suitable pile of coin
for making change. No change whatever will be detached from the coin-tubes
during the above described action, for the reason that only two coin-slides were
removed during the same, they being the blank slide D and the permanent five-cent.
slide E, which latter is moved every time the movable-plate 92 is actuated, the
slide D being blank of course detached no coin, but as the slide E was moved with
it, the coin contained in the aperture 104 of said slide E was detached from beneath
the pile of coin contained in the overhanging five-cent coin-tube but was prevented
from dropping downward by the underlying lateral extension D¹ of said blank
slide, said coin resting thereon both before and after said movement (Figs. 7
and 10) when the permanent ive-cent slide E is pushed inward, the overhanging
horizontal guard 110 prevents the coin carried thereby from accidentally jumping
out of the aperture therein.
From the above it will be seen that the coin inserted by the purchaser itself
forms the actuating connection between the coin-detaching pins, the coin slides and
the mechanism which delivers purchased articles, so that unless a good coin is
inserted the machine will be practically inoperative no matter how many times the
operating-handle 61 is moved.
The operating-handle 61 is automatically restored to its normal position by the
action of the volute spring 76 secured to the face-plate 71, (Figs. 11 and 19). Its
normal position is that shown in Fig. 11. Upon moving said handle downward,
the said spring is wound about the sleeve 68 of said handle, and then when said
handle is released said spring acts to restore it to normal position, with its web 74
in contact with the upper stop 72 on said face-plate. Movement of said handle in
the direction indicated by the arrow in Fig. 1, causes its said shank to engage the
small ratchet-wheel 65 and the teeth of said ratchet-wheel engaging the pawl 66
on the larger ratchet-wheel 62, causes said larger wheel and the shaft 57 upon
which it is fixed to be moved in a corresponding direction, and then when said
spring restores said handle to normal position, said smaller ratchet-wheel 65 is
moved in the reverse direction with it, the teeth of said ratchet-wheel sliding under
said pawl 66 without affecting the position of said larger ratchet-wheel and said
shaft.
When it is desired to remove the handle 61, all that is necessary is to detach the
face-plate 71 from the outer casing, and then the said handle and the spring coiled.

page_text: about, its shank may be removed with said face-plate, the smaller ratchet-wheel 65
remaining on the shaft. 57.
If a purchaser desires a ten-cent cigar or article and inserts a ten-cent coin in
the hopper 29, said coin will gravitate through the smaller aperture 41 in the
assorting-plate 30 and fall edgewise into the vertical coin-chute 32 opposite the
aperture 45 thereof. Prior to inserting said ten-cent coin, or at least prior to
operating the handle 61, the purchaser should follow the directions placed above
the ten-rent handle 122, which directions should be "Turn this handle up for a
ten-cent cigar." The operator should turn the handle 122 until it contacts with
the stop 130 and thereby moves the cam 136 into position.beneath one of the
arms 133 which carries the movable-platform 134, which will elevate said platform
to the position shown in Fig. 8; and at the same time the arm 138 on the rock
shaft 120 will engage the platform 142 of the bell-crank 140 and move said bell-
crank to the position shown in Fig. 6, so that the projection 139 carried by said
arm 138 engages the notch or recess 143 in said platform 142, and the vertical
arm 148 of said bell-crank is brought beneath said movable platform 134. At the
same time the arms 123 and 124 (Fig. 12) engage under the operating-levers 20
and elevate their slotted heads, removing their lower slots 119 from the pins or
projections 11 of the five-cent carriage and causing their upper slots 118 to
engage the pins or projections 10d.of the ten-cent carriage. The lugs or
projections 19 on the inner sides of said operating-levers at the same time elevate
the front ends of the carriage locking-dogs 15, bringing the upper one of the
slots 18 of said dogs directly opposite said pins or projections 10 of said ten-cent
carriage, so that said pins or projections may freely move in said slots when said
ten-cent carriage is moved rearwardly in delivering an article. At the same time
the ends of said locking-dogs 15, which are in a plane beneath their lower slots 18,
are brought into the path of the pins 11 of the five-cent carriage, so that said
carriage is thereby effectually locked against delivery movement until the parts
have been returned to their normal position.
Now with the ten-cent piece in the position last mentioned at the base of the
coin-chute 32, upon moving the handle 61 downwardly in the manner previous
described, the said ten-cent coin will be caught between the end of the adjacent
coin-detaching pin and the vertical plate 101 off the five-cent slide E, and said
slide will thereby be moved inward and detach a five-cent coin from the pile of
ein in its coin-tube, but this detached five-cent coin will not be thrown out as
change for the reason that the platform 134 is in the position shown in Fig. 8,
and said coin will simply slide upon the upper surface of said platform and thereby
be prevented from dropping into the change-spouts 153 and 107, the said coin
remaining in the aperture 104 of said slide and being thereby returned to its
former position beneath the pile of coin in said coin-tube.
Meantime the said slide contacting with the bar 99 of the movable-plate 92,
moves the operating-levers 20 rearwardly, and they carry rearwardly with them
the ten-cent carriage and the lowermost ten-cent article in the box 4 is delivered in a
manner similar to that previously described in connection with the five-cent carriage.
Immediately after said ten-cent article has been dropped from the ten-cent carriage,
and as the rearward movement of said operating-levers continues, the laterally
projecting pin 150 on the adjacent one of the said operating-levers contacts with
the shoulder 152 of the bell-crank 140, and thereby slightly moves downwardly the
platform 142 of said bell-crank, which disengages the notch or depression 153 from
the projection 139 of the arm 138, thereby releasing the rock-shaft 120 and the
parts carried by it and they are immediately returned to their normal position by
the power of the spring 127 withdrawing the cam 136 from engagement with the
projection 137 of one of the arnis 133, and withdrawing the arms 123 and 124,
carried by said shatt 120 from engagement with the said operating levers, but both
of said levers do not fall at this time, nor does the movable platform 134 fall at
this time, although said supports are withdrawn, for prior to said time the
horizontal arm 151 of the said operating-lever has been moved rearwardly with it

page_text: to a position above and overlapping the platform 142 of said bell-crauk, as shown
by dotted lines in Fig. 8, so that of course after the before mentioned supports are
removed said arm 151 rests upon said, platform 1.42 and said platform supported by
the spring 144 and the shoulder 152 of said bell-crank is held securely in contact
with the pin 150 of the adjacent operating-lever.20, and as said pin cannot return
to its normal position, said movable platform 134 is retained in the position in
which it is shown in Fig. 8 until the permanent five-cent slide E has been returned
to its normal position, thereby preventing any change from being thrown out by
said slide for the ten-cent coin previously introduced into the machine by the
purchaser. After said ten-cent coin has been released by the adjacent coin-
detaching pin, it is dropped into the underlying good-coin chute 77 and passed to
the sight-pocket 80 and the money-drawer 79 in the manner previously described.
Immediately after that the lug 115 of the dog 113 is detached from the projection 98
of said movable plate in the manner previously described, permitting said plate and
the parts connected thereto to return to normal position which of course moves the
pin 150 of the adjacent operating-levers 20 forward out of contact with the said
shoulder 152 of said bell-crank 140 and at the same time withdrawing a horizontal
arm 151 of said lever from its position on top of the platform 142 of said bell-
crank, thereby permitting the spring 144 to elevate the horizontal arm of said
bell-crank to its normal position and moving the vertical arm 148 of said bell-crank
from engagement with the under side of said movable platform 134, letting said
platform drop to its normal position, as shown in Fig. 10.
If, immediately after this action a purchaser desires a five-cent cigar or article
and inserts a five-cent coin, he can obtain said cigar or article without delay,
because, as before stated, the parts were automatically returned to their normal
position, the ten-cent handle 122 having been automatically thrown downward as
shown in Fig. 1.
It will be impossible for a purchaser to obtain a ten-cent article by inserting a
five-cent coin for the reason that the act of throwing the handle 122 upward in the
manner previously described causes the movable-platform 134 also to be moved
upward in the manner previously described with its forward edge in alignment with
the rear edge of the blank slide D and this platform acts as a very effective lock
against rearward movement of said slide, so that the coin detaching-pins and the
said blank slide cannot be moved rearwardly until said platform is dropped, or
until the surreptitiously inserted five-cent coin is removed from the space between
the vertical plate 101 of said slide and the end of the adjacent coin detaching-pin,
which can only be accomplished by releasing said platform and letting it drop
which can be done by pushing downwardly on the rod 154, thereby disengaging
the notch or depression 143 of the bell-crank 140 from the projection 139 of the
arm 138 carried by the rock-shaft 120, which will have the effect previously described,
permitting said platform 134 to drop out of the path of said blank slide and
returning the parts to normal position ready to deliver a five-cent article, to which
the purchaser is entitled for the five-cent coin previously inserted by him. He can
then obtain such article by operating the handle 61 in the manner previously described,
the same as if he had not endeavored to obtain a ten-cent article for five cents, and
his five-cent coin will be dropped into the good-coin chute previously described.
If a purchaser desires a five-cent article and inserts a ten-cent coin, the said coin
will gravitate to the base of the vertical chute 32 with the parts in normal position,
as shown in Fig. 10, and then if the purchaser operates the handle 61, the adjacent
coin-detaching pin will impinge upon said coin and move the permanent five-cent
slide E rearwardly and detach five cents in change from the adjacent coin-tube
and drop said change upon the underlying platform 134, which, at this time,
occupies a position inclined toward the spout 153 and said change will slide from
said platform into said spout and pass thence into the spout 107 and be delivered
to the change-box 108 for the purchaser, and the five-cent article will be delivered
to the article-box 14 in the manner previously described.
If the purchaser desires .a ten-cent article and inserts.a twenty-five cent coin,

page_text: he should adjust the ten-cent handle and he will receive such article and three
five-cent coins in change; otherwise, he will receive a five-cent article and four
five-cent coins in change. This will be accomplished as follows:
The twenty-five cent coin upon being inserted is arrested at the base of the
vertical coin-chute 34 and the appropriate coin-detaching pin 49 engages it thereat
when the operating-handle 61 is moved in the manner previously described in
connection with other coins, and this pin pushes said twenty-five cent piece into
contact with the vertical plate 101 of the thickened coin-slide C, bringing about
the delivery of an article in the manner previously described, dropping into the
good-coin chute 77 the twenty-five cent coin thus inserted by the purchaser, and
causing said thickened slide C to detach three five-cent coins simultaneously from
the pile of coins in the five-cent coin tube that is above said slide and dropping
same from the aperture 104 of said slide into the underlying change-spout 107 by
means of which said three five-cent pieces will be delivered to the purchaser in
the manner previously described; but, if the operator did not elevate the ten-cent
handle 122, he will receive not only the three five-cent coins in change for his
twenty-five cent coin, but will receive an additional five-cent coin from the
permanent five-cent slide E which operates at every stroke in the manner previously
described.
If the purchaser did elevate the handle 122, that act would elevate the
movable-platform 134 into position in rear of the blank slide extension D' and
prevent the permanent five-cent slide from dropping an additional five-cent coin
change in the manner previously described.
If the purchaser inserts a fifty-cent coin, the same will be arrested at the base
of the vertical coin-chute 35 and the proper article will be delivered upon
actuation of the handle 61, and if the purchaser desires a five-cent article, he
will receive forty-five cents in change in the following manner: The permanent
five-cent slide E will deliver five-cents in change and the inserted coin in front
of the vertical plate 101 of the two-part slide B B₁ will cause its thickened
portion to deliver three five-cent coins and its connected thinner portion to deliver
one twenty-five cent coin to the change spout, making a total in change of
forty-five cents. If the purchaser desires a ten-cent article and inserts a fifty-
cent coin, he should elevate the ten-cent handle 122, thereby bringing the movable
platform 134 to the position shown in Fig. 8 and previously described, which will
prevent the permanent five-cent slide from delivering five cents in change, and
forty cents in change will be delivered in the manner just above described by
the two-part slide B B¹.
If the operator inserts a dollar coin, the same is arrested at the base of the
vertical coin-chute 36, and if he desires a five-cent article, he will receive ninety-
five cents in change in the following manner: The permanent five-cent slide E
will deliver one five-cent coin as change and the inserted dollar coin will cause
the large composite slide A A' to be moved rearwardly and its front thickened
portion will detach three five-cent coins from the coin-tube above it, and its three
apertures 104 will detach one twenty-five cent piece from each of the overhanging
twenty-five cent coin-tubes, thereby making ninety cents in change delivered by
this composite slide, alone, which, added to the five-cent coin delivered by the
permanent five-cent slide, makes ninety-five cents, the proper change to which
the purchaser is entitled for his dollar coin. If a purchaser desires a ten-cent
article and change for his dollar coin, he elevates the ten-cent handle 122, which
prevents the permanent five-cent slide from delivering any change and he receives
only the change delivered by the large composite slide A A', which, as before
stated, is ninety-cents.
1 do not limit myself to the exact arrangement of the coin-tubes and other
minor details therein shown, as it is obvious that the same may be increased or
reduced in number and changed within the limits of mechanical skill without
departing from the scope of my invention.
I will also state that the principle of my invention may be extended for any

page_text: denomination of coin, in which case of course the number of mechanical parts
will have to be extended, and also the mechanical construction varied, which can
be done without departing from the true principle and nature of my invention.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is:
1. A combined automatic vender and money changer, having coin-actuated
mechanism for delivering an article and mechanism for selecting and delivering
change.
2. A combined automatic vender and money changer, having coin-actuated
mechanism for delivering an article, and coin-actuated change mechanism for
selecting coin from appropriate piles.
3. The combination, with article delivery mechanism, of coin-actuated change
mechanism, and suitable connections between said delivery mechanism and said
change mechanism.
4. The combination with article delivery mechanism, of change mechanism,
suitable connections between said delivery mechanism and said change mechanism,
and mechanism for causing the inserted coin to actuate said change mechanism and
said delivery mechanism.
5. A combined automatic vender and money changer having article-delivery
mechanism which is actuated by the inserted coin itself."
6. A combined automatic vender and money changer having article-delivery
mechanism, and change mechanism actuated by the inserted coin itself.
7. A combined automatic vender and money changer having article-delivery
mechanism, and money changing mechanism actuated by the coin inserted by the
purchaser.
8. A combined automatic vender and money changer having an operating-
handle, article-delivery mechanism, and change delivery mechanism so devised that
a coin deposited by a purchaser will itself form a connection between the operating-
handle and the article and change delivery mechanisms.
9. A combined automatic vender and money changer having coin-actuated
mechanism for automatically delivering articles of different value and quality.
10. A combined automatic vender and money changer having mechanism for
automatically delivering articles of different value or quality, and mechanism for
making and delivering change.
11. A combined automatic vender and money changer having an operating-
handle, mechanism for automatically delivering articles of different value or
quality, and coin-actuated change mechanism so devised that the coin inserted by
the purchaser will itself form a connection between the operating-handle and the
change mechanism.
12. The combination of means for separately holding articles of different value
and quality, separate delivery carriages mounted to receive articles from said
holders, coin-actuated change mechanisin and connections between said change
mechanism and said delivery-carriages so devised that an article of appropriate
value or quality will be selected and delivered according to the denomination of the
coin inserted by the purchaser.
13. The combination of a series of holders for articles of different value and
quality, delivery-carriages mounted to move in a plane one above the other
beneath said holders, coin-actuated change mechanism, and connections between
said change mechanism and said carriages so devised that said carriages may be
moved alternately or successfully from beneath said holders to deliver articles of
different value or quality.
14. A combined automatic vender and money changer having suitable article-
delivery mechanism, suitable change delivery mechanism, suitable connections
between said change-delivery mechanism and said article-delivery mechanism, an
inlet for the purchaser's coin, an inclined coin-assorting plate having a series of

page_text: apertures differing in size according to the size of the various coins, a series of
vertical coin chutes located beneath said assorting-plate and each having an
aperture adjacent its base, restrictions or shoulders adjacent said aperture in said
chutes to arrest coins which drop from said assorting-plate, a series of coin-
detaching pins 49, an operating-handle and suitable connections between said
operating-handle and said coin-detaching pins.
15. A combined automatic vender and money changer having mechanism
constructed to deliver articles of different value or quality, coin-actuated change
mechanism constructed to deliver coins of different value for change, mechanisin
connecting said article-delivery mechanism with said change mechanism. and
locking mechanism constructed to lock the said mechanism and prevent the delivery
of an article of a value superior to that of the coin inserted by the purchaser.
16. A combined vender and money changer, having article-delivery mechanism
arranged to deliver articles of different value or quality, coin-actuated change
mechanism, and mechanisms constructed to automatically lock said change
mechanism and prevent the delivery of any change when the value of the coin
inserted by a purchaser does not exceed the value of the article he desires.
17. A combined vender and money changer, having an operating-handle, coin-
actuated article and change-delivery mechanism, and devices constructed to render
inoperative both of said delivery mechanism if an improper coin is inserted by a
purchaser.
18. A combined vender and money changer, having article and change-delivery
mechanism, a locking mechanism constructed to lock said article and change
delivery mechanisms when a coin inserted by a purchaser is of less value than the
article desired by him and mechanism for unlocking both of said delivery mechanisms
while the purchaser's said coin remains in the machine and adjusting both of sail
delivery mechanisms to thereafter deliver an article corresponding to the value of
said coin.
19. A vending machine having the clamping-frame 6 for article boxes, and said
frame consisting of vertical sides 7 spaced a distance apart by horizontal bars 8 to
receive said boxes between them, clamping-screws 9 threaded through the opposite
vertical sides of said frame to clamp said boxes, between the inner ends of sail
screws, delivery-carriages located in a plane below said clamping-frame, and suitable
parts to make an organized machine.
20. A vending machine having an article-delivery carriage 10 mounted on wheels
or rollers and provided with a vertical passage 10° for the reception of the article
to be delivered, and suitable parts to make an organized machine.
21. A vending machine having two horizontally movable article-delivery
carriages mounted one in a plane above the other, pius or projections on said
carriages normally in vertical alignment, a locking-dog for preventing movement of
said carriages in one direction, an operating-lever 20 having vertically aligned
slots 118, 119 for engaging the pins on said carriages, and suitable parts for making
an organized machine.
22. A combined vender and money changer, having article and change delivery
mechanisms, a series of coin-tubes for holding the change prior to delivery thereof,
coin-slides of different thickness located beneath said coin-tubes for detaching more
than one coin at a time from some of said tubes, and suitable parts to make an
organized machine:
23. A combined vender and money changer having the large composite money
slide A A', and suitable parts to make an organized machine.
24. A combined vender and money changer having the composite coin-slide B B',
and suitable parts to make an organized machine.
25. A combined vender and money changer having the blank coin-slide D, an
additional coin-slide mounted to move over a portion of said blank slide, and
suitable parts to make an organized machine.
26. A vender and money changer having a series of coin-detaching pins 49 all
mounted to move simultaneously, and suitable parts to make an organized machine.

page_text: 27. A vender and money changer having the blank coin-slide D, an additional
slide mounted upon a portion of said blank slide, a spring 106 bearing upon the
upper side of said blank slide, and suitable parts to make an organized machine.
28. A vender and money changer having a series of horizontal coin-detaching
pins 49, a series of coin-slides mounted one adjacent each of said pins, means for
moving said pins so that coins will be clamped between the pins and the slides,
means for releasing said coins, and suitable parts to make an organized machine.
29. A vender and money changer having a movable platform 134, and suitable
parts to make an organized machine.
30. A vender and money changer having the bell-crank 140, and suitable parts to
make an organized machine.
31. A vending machine having the sight-pocket 80 for receiving money prior to
its deposit in a separate money drawer or box, and suitable parts to make an
organized machine.
32. A vender and money changer, having the movable-plate 92, its horizontal
rod 99, and suitable parts to make an organized machine.
33. A vending machine having an operating handle 61 and a face-plate 71
simultaneously detachable, a volute spring connected to said handle and to said
face-plate, and suitable parts to make an organized machine.
Dated this 18th day of June 1895.
ALLISON BROS.,
Agents for the Applicant.