PATENTS
AND TRADE MARKS
The following memorandum relating to patents
and trade-marks is made available through an
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patent attorney, Munsey Building, Washington
D. C. The trade-marks were recently published by
the United States Patent Office and, if no oppo-
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Brief drawings of the Patents described are on
file in the COIN MACHINE REVIEW offices.
2,222,713
COIN FEEDING MACH INE
Jam es Ki ss, Bethlehem, Pa.
Application August 9, 1938, Serial No. 223,923
.
l_ Cairn.
(C. 133-3)
In_ com feeding apparatus of the class described
a com hopper, a movable coin feeding member j~
said hopper, means for operating said member to
move . th<; c9ins for feeding action thereof, an
electric orcu1t operable upon closing of the same
by coins disyosed in the hopper to effect the opera-
tion of the ast mentioned means .
2,222,863
COIN SEPARATOR
Walter A. Tratseh, Chicago, Ill.
Application May 26, 1939, Serial No. 275,878
4 Claims.
(Cl. 133-3)
. 2: In a coin ~eparator, an elongated downwardly
mcl1ned separating chute having an entrance at its
upper en_d and a substantially flat bottom, said
chute bemg disposed so that coin elements may •
slide face down on said bottom toward the lower
"Tiny" Naylor, a Californian who really knows the restaurant business, tells the Rock-Ola Lead-
parts thereof, said chute also being inclined so
ership Girl that Dial-A-Tune Wall and Bar Boxes in his popular eating chain are doing a land-
that one lon~itudinal side is lower than the other
so that the nm portion of said coin elements will
office business. Fred Neumann, right , owner of San Francisco's Rex Vending Co., Rock-Ola
te_nd to_ bear or roll against said lowered longitu-
distributor, smiles. He's heard the story many times before.
dinal side, said chute having a series of drop-out
openings arranged along said bottom below said en-
~rance, . said !1rop-out openings being of relatively
one above another, means providing a discharge
housing through which registering numbers on
mcreasmg width crossmise of the chute so that
chute positioned adjacent the top of a column
the counters are visible, a closure for one end of
com elements of different diameter moving down
of merchandise on said conveyor, and a movable
the housing, resetting means extending through
the chute will continue toward the lower end
ejector
member
also
arranged
the
closure axially of the counters and having
at
the
top
of
the
thereof unless they are of a diameter to pass
column of merchandise for movement into en-
connection with the adjacent counter, means
thro!'gh one of said drop-out openings, and 'de-
gagement
with
the
topmost
article
to
dislodge
the
for
actuating the recorder to add one indica-
flecting means for each opening and including a
same for movement into said discharge chute,
tion thereto at each cycle movement of the lock
dog mounted for pivotal movement in a plane
motor
J!leans
and
mec~anism
providing
a
driving
an
element
removably mounted on the body
parallel. to the I?lane of said bottom and the cor-
member 1n pos1t10n preventing operating access
respondmg openm,g and each situated at that side • connect10n between said motor means and said
carrier
and
said
ejector
member
and
ar-
endless
the
resetting
means, and means preventing
to
of the correspondmi: openini: which is on a side
ranged and ~onstructed to effect operation of said
unauthorized removal of the element from such
of the chute opposite to s_a1d l?wer longitudinal
eJector
to
dislodge
an
article
as
aforesaid
and
position.
~ide thereof, each . ~og bemg pivoted by gravity
thereafter move said endles's carrier a distance to
mto ~ normal pos1t10n and each having a coin
2,220,175
position the next succeeding article at the top of
engagmi: arm normally projecting over the cor-
NEWSPAPER AND MAGAZINE VENDING
sa!d
column, and control means for energizing
respondm,g drop-out openmg for engagement with
MACHINE
said motor means for the purpose aforesaid.
the leading edge portion of descending coin
Wallace C. Rioe, Bridgeton, N. J.
elements, each arm being adapted to be pushed
Application
March
11, 1938, Serial No. 195,246
2,223,328
out of the way, of any such coin element which is
5 Claims.
(Cl. 312-57)
COIN CONTROLLED MECHANISM FOR
of a dia~eter to~ large to pass through the
1.
A
machine
of
the character described com-
VENDING MACHINES
correspondmg opening. each of the arms having
prisin~ a casin~ provided with a newspaper or
Louis
H.
Morin,
Bronx,
N.
Y.,
assignor
to
The
a beveled edge portion p_ositioned for engagement
magazme holdmg compartment having a dis-
Coca-Cola Company, Wilmington, Del., a cor-
by the leadmg edge port10n of a descending coin
charge opening in the bottom adjacent one end·
poration of Delaware.
m a manner to cause said coin to tend to work
a closure member for said opening • mean;
Application July 22, 1936, Serial No. 91 , 836
bene~th the arm to':"ard the corresponding drop-out
whereby the newspapers or magazines 'are con-
_
1
Claim.
(CI.
194-85)
opening. fo~ deflect10r, through the latter provided
1
stantl1
u!ged towa~d said opening; means
In . a com controlled mechanism for vending
such corn 1s of a diameter to permit movement
mounted m the casm,g adjacent the discharge
machines, a manually actuated drive shaft, a
through the opening.
ofenmg
and
movable mto and out of the path
driven shaft. a couplmg device for joining said
o the newspapers or magazines for holding
shafts together to cause the driven shaft to be
2 ,2 21,016
the
latter
at
the
opening, a portion of said means
actuated m the operation of s·aid drive shaft
MACHINE FOR STORING AND VENDING
beinll adapted to move into the path of the suc-
said coupl~ng d~vice involvi_ng a rotarr oscillatorY
REFRIGERATED ARTICLES
ceed_mg newspaper or magazine when the other
segmen:t Jn duect . operative eng-agement with
Charles F. Wood. Los Angeles, Calif.
port10n of s·aid means moves out of the path of
the dnve shaft, a disk arranged m juxtaposition
Original application May 16, 1938, Serial No.
the foremost ne'Yspaper or magazine ; means
to said segment and united with said driven
208,207. Divided and this application Janu-
the spacing between the two portions
where.by
~haft, ~eans for supporting a coin in said disk
ary 29, 1940, Serial No, 316,181
of
said last mentioned means may be regulated
m
pos1t1~n
t~
be
engaged
by
said
segment
to
6 Claims.
(Cl. 312-42)
~he
thickness
of the newspapers or magazines;
to
cause. s·a1d disk to be rotated in the operation
1. In a vendin,g machine a storage chamber
sprmg controlled means, operable 'from the cas-
O! said segment to drive said driven shaft, a pawl
mean~ for supporting within' the chamber a stock
link connection with the
ing
extenor,
having
pivotally supported m connection with said disk
of articles to be vended, including side wall mem-
closure member, whereby the latter is operated
Jn position to !egister with and engage a coin
bers _spaced from each other by a distance sub-
and
normally
held
in
clos·ed position · and coin
supported therem, and a stop block co-acting
stantially equal to the length of t~e articles to be
controlled _ latch mechanism tiltably mounted
with s~ud pawl_ ~o that w~en _same is in a pre-
vended, t~e ,ear edges of said side walls being
m
t~e
casing
and
normally
holding said last
determined pos1t10n the disk is· retained against
formed with inwardly extendini: flanges to engage
ment1on.ed m~ans against operation, said latch
rotation in one direction.
the rear faces of t~e articles m the stack, front
mech_an1sm bemg adapted to tilt out of holding
flanges associated with the front edges of said side
pos1t1on through the act10n of an mserted coin.
2,222,434
walls, and means mounting said front flanges for
COIN CONTROLLED LOCK MECHANISM
movement between closed positions extendin
2 , 221 ,85 0
George Hofmann, Boston, Mass., assignor, by
across the front edg~s of articles in the stack anJ
COIN CONTROL MECHANISM FOR ELECTRIC
mesne assignments, to American Locker Com-
open pos1t10ns ,xposmg th_e full width of the stack
CIRCUITS
pany Inc., Bosto n , Mass., a corporation of
for the recept10n of articles· during refilling of
Albert W . Shertenlieb, Long Beach, N. Y .
Delaware.
the stacks.
Application July 14, 1938, Seria] No. 219,231
2,222,862
VENDING MACHINE
Walter A. Tratsch, Chicago Ill.
Application October 14, 1937, Serial No.
168,982._ 4 Claims.
(Cl. 312-97)
I. In a device of the class described an endless
conveyor mounted for movement in• a vertical
plane and in~ludi!)g serially arranged means
thereon for pos1t10nmg articles in columnar form
Application April 5 , 1937, Serial No. 134,959
2 Claims.
(CI. 70-436)
1. . In a coin controlled device of the class
descnbed, a_ b
on and within a parcel checking cabinet a
lock carried on the body member and oper;ble
through a locking-unlocking cycle, a mechan-
ical record_er . mcludmg. a plurality of rotary
counters w1th.m a housmg conforming to and
closely confining the counters, a window in the
3 _Claims .
85
COIN
MACHINE
REVIEW
(Cl. 194-6)
_1. In .a com controlled circuit closer, a motor
dnve!' time clock forming part of the said
~trcmt, a ratable ~oin carrier having spaced and
msulated conducting members electrically con-
nected to terminals formmg a break in the given
circuit, a plurality of diametrically opposite sets·
of aligned slots in said conducting members , the
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