US956006A - Delivery mechanism for pencil-vending machines. - Google Patents

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V A, WAQNIERE. QELIVERY MEGHANISM FOR PENCIL' VENDING MACHINES. y ArrLxoATIozl FILED/mnimo. 956,00`6 Patnted Apr. 26, 1910.

HLAJJ Toall 'whom 'it may concern.'

machine of the type sh Vmad thef .jl rly'eto t e 'means-for delivering the pencils tion ,on the line wtf- 1n F1 nneirsr winni-nan, or Los Ancares;

stimmen, AssIe'Non '.r'o n. IEci: AND

r. n. OWEN,v or LosnNGnLns, caLIronnra.

DELIVERY MECHANISM non rnmiIn* Vnivnirre MACHINES.

Be .it'known thatI, Anouar WAGNmnE,

a citizen of the 4United States, residing vat j". 1l-Jos Angeles,.in,the county of andgState ofl California, have invented a- L -new'and- -useful Delivery echanism for Los Angeles P neil-Vending Machines,-"ofwhich the-fol- Jloiwngfis'a specification.j. f

. 1s invention relatesto a pencil vending own in my applica- 'ftion Serial No. 445,680, filed-July 27, 1908,

' resent invention relates partiellomthe machine.v

is The-'mainbject of` thev invention is' to' "provide, Vfor delivering the' pencils ina siml," ",fjple `,and elicient manner,l so that a single .ffmoyernent ot the fcontrollin '.`f;or.ejection oa pencil and 20 Qfo 1 owing `pencil into osition for ejection. "Aiither object oft e invention is tol pro- "videfxvneans'for holding the upperpencils of 1t ,c eou'mnfof lpencils in such manner that means serves or bringlng the "undue-pressure will not be 'brought onto the Y j jection, devices. l l

. "lQther 4objects will' appear hereinafter.

.The aceompanyingdrawings.illustrate the v.-infy'ention.and referring thereto; .Figure 1 is 51, a, perspective of the'machine. Fig. 2 is a perspective of the ejector. Fig. 31s a per- LL, spective o f a guide'for the ejector. Fig. 4 `r"1 s eperspective of the means for sustaining frthejuppermost pencils of the column. Fig. ,5 {iS-a vertical section'of the machine from ont 'to'baclL Fig. 6 is a horizontal seceecting mechanism in norma position. Fig. j y yis a .view similar toFig. `6, showing the ejeeting mechanism in .operated position.

ates the case or body of the maeld by locking means 3, into the lnterior of videdwithja recess 4 extending beneath the 5 bodyof the case, the top of this recess being formed by :a partition or false bottom `5 whichformsthe base for the mechanism of of said recess .4 arid is lcut away at `8 along l its lower edge toform a slot through4 whic 4 Ijthecpellcils areLe-je'cted. j-Theub'ase 6 ofthe ease 'is `providedkwith 'inclined pencil su 1 ports 7 1extendiixg .upwardly and rearwardly being formed with a verti metal strip having -false bottom to enable a 5," showing the 'wardly extending portion the`machine.` The door-2 extends in frontI Patented Apr. ee, 1910.

within the recess 4 to receive the encils and cause the same tol roll forward t rough the slot 8 and into a groove 19 near the front yedge of the base`.- i v Within the case-1 two vertical guides 10 60 extend at the back ofthe case, at a point adjacent4 to the top ofthe-case, each guide cal guide roove 10 of sutlicient width to accommo atea p pencil and the portions of said guides at the top thereof being removed sufficiently from Y the'top of the case 1 to permit the introduction of pencils into the uide way formed Vby said grooves. 'The fa se bottom 5 ex tends part way under saidgrooves, but is separated from the back of the casing 1 and from the bottom ofthe guides 10 a suilicient distance to permit thepassage of a pencil# between the rear edge of the false bottom and the back o'f the case.` 75

The ejector consists of a T-shaped member comprising a bar 12 formed, for exam le," of an angle strip and a cross. head 13' as tened to and extending transversely of said bar, said ejector head consisting of aA sheet `e0 its ends bent np as at 14 a distance somewhat less than the thickness of the pencil. The bottom of the guides 10 terminates a suiiicient distance fromthe pencil to pass be- '85 tween them, a spring 111 attached to the back of the 'cam normally pressing forwardly to hold the lower-most encil in position on,the-.l false bottom, but yielding to permit-the rearward movement of the pencil when it 'is 90 forcibly pressed back by the ejector. The vbar 12 slides ina guide consisting offa sheet metal 4strip bent in angle form' with its upbent over and down to form a guide -way 16 in which the 95 vertically extending portion of the angle bar 12 slides. 'A spring 17 engaging and supported by pins or studs 18, 1'9 on the false ,bottom extends over the front end of the bar 12, so asto normally press said bar to rearward position shown in Figs. 1 and 6.

The'operating means for the ejector consistsI of a lever 2O pivoted at 21 on the false bottom 5 and extending throuh a slot .22 on the guide 15 and'vthrongh a sot 23 in th'e bar 12,' the said'lever working close in the slot23 butthe slot 22 being elongated, so as to lenable 'the bar 12 andthe ejector to'be operated by movement of'said lever. .Such

movement of thelei/"er iseii'ected .by an op; 110Ay trolling tlie rearward movement of the slideV bar l26, said-means comprising coin slotmechanisin which may be of 'any usual or suitable form, for example', of the form described and claimed in my application aforesaid. As such coin slot mechanism forms no part ofthe present. invention, it is illustrated and described herein in so as is necessary forthe explanation of the delivery mechanism. I

29 designates the coin slot, 80 the Icoin chute 31 the lock, pivotally mounted on the false bottom 5 and adapted to receive a coin' from the coin chute and to tilt under the weight of the coin in position to bring the 1 vcoin into position for ejection from the lock by an arm 3 3. extending rearwardly from the slide bar 2G. A'slot extendsjthrough the false bottom5, to discharge the coin to la cash receptacle 48.

Means are provided for preventing the op- I .erating device from being partially operated in such manner as to eject the pencil without dislod'ging the coin, said means consisting, for example, of.a seriesof teeth 35 on the slide bar 26,.and a pawl 3G pivoted to the guide member 2'( and held by a spring 37 so as to cause it to engage said teeth to prevent back movement `of the slide 26 after it has started to move in either direction. A

deep notch 39 at'each end of the series of teeth 35 enables the pawl or detent 3G to resume its normal position when the slidereaches the end of its 'stroke in either direction. Means are also provided for sustaining the upper pencils of thefcolumn;ofpen-.

cils indicated at 40 in Fig. 1, so as to relieve the ejector mechanism of-the weight. of lsuch pencils, said means consisting of a member 41 pivoted to a bracket 42 onl the false, bottom 5, and having al projection or tooth 43 at its upper end, the pivot of the said member beingat one side of the center of gravity of the member so that said memberI -tends to fall forward to position shown in' dotted lines in Fig.` 5 with its tooth 43 engaging with the column of pencils to sustain those pencils which are above said tooth. This sustaining means is normally heldout of engagement with the column of pencils by a pin 45 on the slide 12 engaging with a pin 46 on the member 41 to hold said member in position shownin full lines in Fig. 5. As the sustaining member 41 vswings rearwardly against the column Aof pencils, the' point of contact of the said member with the pencils is atthe rear of the 'pivotal point of support of said member, so that the downbeing therefore proportional to the weight to be sustained.

The operation is as follows:4 lt being as-V sumed that a column of pencils is in place in the guideways 10, the lowermost pencil restson` the top of the upturned flanges 14 ofthe ejector head 13 so that no pencils can be delivered until the ejector head is moved forwardly. Such forward'movement i of the ejector head is prevented by the lock 31 which normally e'Xteiids up into the path` of the arm 33 and opposes rearward moveing leverr 20. A; person desiring a pencil will drop a coin in the slot 29 and said coin dropping onto lock 31 will tip the same over,

.the coin receiving portion of said lock being at the rear of the pivot thereof so that under the weight of the coin the lock will turn to horizontal position, bringing vsaid ioclr out of the path of the slide bar 26. The push button 25 may now be pressed forcing the slide bar 26, rearwardly, operating the lever 2O and bar 12 to move the ejector head 13 forwardly from under thelowermost pencil of the lower part 'of the column and allowing the column. of pencils to drop until the bottom pencil rests on the false bottom 5. In this operation the pin 45 on the slide 12 is removed from the projection 46 on the pencil sustainer 41 allowing the tooth 48 thereof to come into'engagement with the column of pencils so that downwardI movement of those pencils which are' above this sustaining device is prevented, thereby reducing the. friction on the lower pencils, facilitating the operation -of the ejector means and oloviating the risk of squeezing or binding of the lower pencils by the supertime in horizontal position, the rearward 'arm 33 of the slide bar 26 moves over the top .ment of the slide 26 connected tothe operatl ioo of said lock and pushes the coin therefrom4 i into the discharge slot 34 by whichit vis conveyed to the cash receptacle 48. When the push button` 25 is released, the spring 17v presses the slide bar 12 rearwardly causing the flanges 14 of 'ejector head 13 to press the lowermost pencil rearwardly and over the rear edge of the false bottom 5, said pencil falling onto the inclined supports 7 and rolling forward into the receptacle 9. During this movement the pencil sustainer 41 is returned to its normal position .b the pin 45 of-the slide 12 engaging with t e projection 4G' on said member allowing the upper pencils of the column to descend and to rest ing beneath said guides at a suilicient distance therefrom to permit passage of a single pencil between said bottom and the lowerv end ofsaid guides, an ejector consisting of a bar and a cross head thereon, said cross head normally extending below the space between said vertical guides to sustain the lower- -most of the column of pencils within the guides, guide means on said bottom member in which said bar of the ejector is movable forwardly and rearwardly, a lever pivoted on said bottom member and engaging with said bar of the ejector to operate the ejector forwardly, a push button supported in position to operate said lever for such forward .operation of the ejector, and a spring eni gaging the said bar of the ejector to norly press the ejector rearwarilly. 2. A delivery mechanism for pencil vending machines comprising, in combination,

Atwo vertical, grooved guides for receiving the ends of the pencils to guide the pencils vin a vertical column, a bottom member extending beneath said guides at a suliicieiit distance therefrom to permit passage of a single pencil between said bottoni and the lower end of said guides, an ejector consisting of a bar and a cross head thereon, said cross head normally extending below the s ace between said vertical guides to sustain tlie lowermost 'of the column of pencils within the guide members, guide means on said bottom member in which said bar of the ejfector is movable forwardly and rearwardly, a lever pivoted on said bottom member and engaging with said bar of the ejector to operate the ejector forwaidly, a push blitton su ported. in position to operate said level' fbr such forward operation of the ejector,a spring engaging the said bar of ltlieejector to normally press the ejector rearwardly, and means for sustaining the upper pencils of the column during the ejection operation, consisting of a inemberpivotally mounted on said bottom to swingr rearwardly against the column of pencils, and

vmeans on said member and on the aforesaid for sustaining the bar of the ejector to turn said member forwardly away from the column of pencils when the ejector is in normal rearward position.

3. In a delivery mechanism for pencil vending machines, in combination with the vertical guides for the pencils, an ejector mounted to move forwardly and rearwardly below said guides, a bottom member extending beneath and supporting said ejector and separated, from the guide members suiiiciently to`a1low passage of a single pencil, and means for operating said ejector, means u per penci s of the column, consistiner ofP a member pivotally mounted on said bottom member and swinging rearwardly against the column of pencils by gravity, and means on said Swingin member and on the ejector for releasing sai( member from the column of pencils when the ejector is in normal iosition.

4. A delivery meclianism for pencil vending machines comprising, in combination, two vertical, grooved guides for receiving the ends of the pencils to guide the pencils in a vertical column, a bottom member extending beneath said guides at a sufficient distance therefrom to permit passage of a single pencil between said bottom and the lower end of said guides, an ejector consisting of a bar and a cross head thereon, said cross head normally extending below the space between said vertical guide members to sustain the lowermost of the column of pencils within the guide members,v guide means on said bottom member in which said bar of the ejector is movable forwardly and rearwardly, a lever pivoted on said bottom member and engaging with said bar of the ejector to operate the ejector forwardly, a push button supported in position to operate said lever for such forward operation of the ejector, a spring engaging the said bar of the ejector to normally press the ejector rearwardly, and spring 'means at the rear of the column of pencils and of the space between the said guide inembeis and the said bottom member to prevent passage of the pencil from said space until it is ejected? by the ejector.

In tcstiinon whereof, I have hereunto set my hand at os Angeles, California, this 26th day of April 190,9.

' AUGUST WAGNIERE.

In presence of- A. P. KNIGHT,

FRANK L. A. GRAHAM.

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