Coin Machine Review (& Pacific ...)

Issue: 1940 August

Potents ond Trude Murks
The following memorondum relating to patents and trade-marks, is made available through an
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notches of said rails to prevent retrograde move-
ment of said element, the upper ends of said mem-
bers being normally closely approximated to each
other and arranged to be wedged apart to effect
·disengagement of said lower ends from said
notches ; and manually controlled means provided
with an element arranged to engage and to wedge
apart the upper ends of s·a id members, said means
being slidably carried on said apparatus and ar-
ranged to be reci J?rOcated for resetting said first
named element at initial position on said rails.
2 ,20 4,853
CO IN OR TOKEN HANDLING APPARATUS
Emil Goodman, C hi cago, Ill., a ss i gn or, by mes n e
assi gnmen ts, to James E. J o hn son, Chi eago ,
120,875
DESIGN FOR A COMB INED ADVERT ISING
AND VENDING DEVICE
Abraham N. Spanel, New York , N, Y .
Application April 3, 1940, Seri al No, 91,436.
Term of pa te nt 14 years
diser, Inc., Brooklyn, N. Y. , a corp o rati o n of
New York.
App li cation February 26, 1938, Seria l No,
192,724. 6 Claims. (Cl : 312- 94)
Ill.
App li ca tion January 6, 1936, Serial No, 57,725.
9 Claim s. (Cl. 194- 10)
I. In a coin or token handling apparatus, the
combination of a plurality of com magazines, a
common coin ejector movable between a position
in which it receives coins or tokens from the
magazines and a position in which the coins· or
tokens are discharged from the ejector, and a shut-
ter movable below said ejector to prevent coins or
tokens from one magazine from being discharged
from the ejector while permitting free discharge
from the ejector of coins or tokens from another
of the magazines.
2,204,845
VISIBLE CO IN SLIDE STRUCTURE
Arvid
Dah ls t rom, Chicago, III. , assign or to
J ames E. J ohnson, Chicago , 111.
Applicat i o n June 24, 1938, Serial No. 215,557.
2 Cl ai m s. (Cl. 194-98)
The ornamental design for a combined advertis-
ing and vending device, as shown.
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2 ,202 ,897
CO IN-O PERATED DEVICE
Frederick Ro y Butherus, E nfi e ld, E n g land
Applica tion Sep t ember 26, 1935, Seri a l No.
42,231. In Grea t Britain Oc tob e r 6 , 1934.
6 Claims, (Cl. 194- 3 )
5. A coin controlled mechanism comprising a
coin receiving chamber having a fixed wa ll and a
movable wall supported in a yielding manner to
accommodate coins of different thickness, a coin
entry passage through which bent and deformed
coins can be forced into said chamber, means for
calipering a coin positioned in said coin receiving
chamber, means for operating the mechanism in
accordance with the diameter of the inserted coin
as determined by said calipering means, and means
controlled by said operating means for moving said
movable wall away from said fixed wall to an ex-
tent greater than the thickness of any coin insert-
able through s·aid coin entry passage to enable
coins to be released into the com collecting
chamber.
121,005
DESIGN FOR A VENDING MACHINE
Ru ssell Wright, New York, N. Y.
Applica tion Febru ar:y 5, 1940, Serial No. 90,025
Term of patent 3½ year s
1. Apparatus of the character described com-
prising a magazine structu re, a series of vertically
spaced , article SUPJ?Orting members having pivotal
portions at one side thereof supported by said
structure and being disposed in the magazine there-
of, said pivotal portions at one end of the sup-
porting members having vertically directed support-
mg portions, latch members pivoted centrally
thereof upon said supporting portions in offset re-
lation to the pivotal axis of said supporting mem-
bers, co-operating members upon the structure
adapted to be engaged by said latch members at
corresponding sides of the pivots thereof for lock-
ing said supporting members in position, springs
connecting said latch members at opposite sides of
the pivots thereof with said supportmg portions for
maintaining said latch members engaged with said
co-operating members·. and means mova ble trans-
versely of said pivoted latch members for tripping
the same to successively release said supporting
members .
1. A coi n slide structure comprising a casing
adapted to be attached to a wall of a cabinet with
portions disposed at each side of said wall, a coin
receiving passage in said casing extending from the
outer to the inner portion thereof. a second coin
passage having intake and outlet ends located in -
wardly of the wall and an intermediate r,ortion
provided with a coin exhibiting opening ocated
exteriorly of said wall, reciprocable means in said
first passage for transferring inserted coins in -
wardly of the same into the intake end of said sec-
ond passage, and means pivotally secured to and
operable by said means for movm_g a transferred
coin into a position of visibility mto said inter-
mediate section on the return stroke of said re-
ciprocable means and -progressively along said sight
opening in s·aid passage to the outlet end thereof
during succeeding strokes of said means.
121, 181
DESIGN FOR A VEND ING MACHINE
Harry S. B e njamin , Pou ghkeep sie, N. Y.
App lica ti on April 15, 1940, Serial No. 91 ,680.
Term of patent 14 years
2,203,847
DISPENSING MECHANISM FOR VENDING
MACHINES
Louis S t einer , New York, N . Y., assignor t o
U -Need -A-Mer c h a n diser, I nc., Brooklyn, N. Y .,
_
a corpo r a ti o n of New Yor.lc. • • ·,
App li cati on October 29, 1938, Seri.ii No.
237 ,618. 7 Claims. (Cl. 74-111 )
The ornamental design for a vending machine,
as shown.
Ser. No . 431,673. Beverage Vendin g Machines,
Inc., Kan sas City, Co. Filed May 8, 1940.
'Jf'otdette//
"ROULETI'E"
Fo r Beverage Vending Machines.
Claim s use since Apr. 9, 1940.
The ornamental design for a vending machine as
shown and described .
2,203,834
VEND ING MACHINE
George P . Mergen s, Manitowoc, Wis. , assignor~
by meen e assignments, to U-Need. A.Merchan•
I. In apparatus of the class described, a travel -
ing element of the type arranged to be advanced
step by step and to be slidably guided on notched
rails·, said element having pivoted members the
lower ends of which are normally maintained dis-
tended under tension and arranged to engage the
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A pplicatio n April 11, 1938, Ser ia l No. 201,459
8 Claims. (Cl. 312- 95)
reciprocating said member axially to bring the
selectively positioned one of said tripping elements
into engagement with the corresponding holding
means of said series.
2,207 ,8 20
BOTTLE VEN D ING MACHI NE
Carl V. Ri ce, P arso n s, K a n s.
Ap plicatio n Feb . 17, 1938, Ser ia l No . 190 ,974
1 Claim . (C l. 312- 36)
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A11 p lica ti o n J u l y 29, 193 8 , Serial No. 22 1 ,927
7 Cla im s . (Cl. 1 94- 57)
I. In a vending machine, a plurality of re-
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ciprocable draw bars for dispensing articles from
chutes, coin controlled means to lock said draw
ban: against movement, said means includi ng a
movable member, means for moving said member
upon pulling any of the draw bars. a p lurality
of locking members engaging said movable mem-
ber to hold the same against movement, and
hence prevent any draw bar from being pulled,
means to move said locking members out of Jock-
ing position relative to said movable member, upon
insertion of a plurality of coins into the machme,
It
1. Vending apparatus comprising a carrier hav•
ing a plurality of releasable means for holding
items of merchandise, said means bein~ arranged
in vertical series, which series are diSJ?OSed in
circumferential relationship about a vertical axis
with the corresponding positioned holding means
of each series being in common horizontal planes,
means for rotating said carrier to bring any selected
series of holding means into operative relation
with respect to a discharge point, releasing means
comprising a rotatable and reciprocable member
perpendicularly intersecting said horizontal planes·,
a series of tripping elements on said member ex-
tending laterally therefrom and longitudinally
spaced at distances equal to the distances apart of
said horizontal planes, said tripping elements being
arranged so that no two or more are in vertical
alignment, the paths of rotation of said tripping
elements inters·e cting a vertical line passing through
such series of releasable holding means as may be
in operative relation to said discharge point, said
member being normally in a position of reciproca-
tion in which said tripping elements are out of
said horizontal planes, means for rotating said
member to bring a selected one of said tripping
elements· into said vertical line, and means for
In a machine of the character described a con-
tainer having a dispensin_g opening in the top
thereof; an article container mounted for nor-
mal free rotation on a spindle in said container;
an operating rod operatively interconnected with
said spindle and extending outwardly from said
container, whereby it may be manua lly operated
to rotate said article container to s·electively posi-
tioned articles carried on said article container in
alignment beneath said dispensing opening; a
closure member hinged to said container and
norma lly secured in closed position with respect
to said dispensing opening; coin control means
operable by said closure member during the first
portion of its movement toward the open position
to first release said closure member and to secure
said operating rod against movement; and means
associated with and operable by said first named
means to prevent the closing of said closure mem-
ber until it has been first moved to a predetermined
fully open position.
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and pulling any of the draw bars forward ly to
permit sa id movable member to be moved, a nd
means operatively connected to a group of one
or more of said draw-bars, to move one of said
locking members out of locking position, whereby
to permit said movable member to be moved upon
pulling one of s·aid group of draw bars.

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