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PATENT REVIEW
By M. P. Laughlin, Patent Attorney, 47 W est 42nd St., N ew Y ork
Check-Controlled Liquor-Dispensor
Mr. J. T. Bonney has been granted
patent number 1,580,113 fo r mechan
ism especially designed fo r coin
liandling.
Pocket Dispensors
Vending articles is not confined to
machines on convenient walls or
posts; the ‘a r t/ or field, o f vending is
o f course a very broad one and in
cludes such devices as the Sanitary
Toothpick Dispenser shown in patent
number 1,580,123 and an A rticle-D is
pensing
Package
(evidently
fo r
cigarettes) shown in patent number
l,.r>80,165. A fter all why shouldn’t
the most convenient position fo r a
■vendor be in the customer’s pocket
or elsewhere within the immediate
radius o f his arm? W e’ll admit that
it might be some little collection
problem to get the coins if coin ma
chines were used, but certain banks
seem to work it with small coin boxes
alright.
Machine Support
Most machine operators are still
more than a little interested in keep
ing their vendors from being removed
from their stations.
Mr. Kibbe o f
the Automatic Machine Development
Corporation has invented a Support
fo r Vending Machines involving a
rigid base board mounting brackets,
lugs, and hasps engaging the ma
chine. The patent number is 1,580,
207.
Good P olicy
E. P. Richards has invented an In
surance-Vending Machine and it ap
pears that after inserting a coin pro
tection fo r certain risks may be ob
tained. W e’d think that there might
be a good stand fo r such a machine
at every railroad crossing or at the
nearest automobile filling station to
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the crossing.
1,580,331.
The patent number is
Stamp Vendor
An improvement in machines o f
this character is shown in patent
number 1,580,588 granted to M. De
lude disclosing coin control mechan
ism guaging the coin thickness fo r
identification before operating the
dispenser.
Machine for Sewing on Buttons
The particular form o f mechanism
shown in patent number 1,584,287 to
A. Haenicke does not appear espe
cially suited fo r automatic coin oper
ation; but' wouldn’t an automatic coin
machine, capable o f putting on that
button in a jiffy, be a paying propo
sition?
Inn Casing
A vending machine company called
the ‘ Honey-Suckle Inns Inc.’ ha?-, been
assigned Design Patent number 70,
117. fo r a novel vending machine
casing formed to present a complete
little house including tile r o o f case
ment windows and panelled door.
The whole presents a very attractive
appearance and the Honey-Suckle
Inn title appears almost equally good.
Refrigerator Dispensor
I f w e’re going to vend ice cream
and like substances we will have to
employ a device somewhat similar to
that shown in patent number 1,584,
328 to F. C. Shelters and M. Bogin.
The machine casing is an insulated
refrigerator having an article con
tainer arranged at its center with the
dispensing mechanism sticking out
through the casing wall.
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