Coin Machine Review (& Pacific ...)

Issue: 1941 January

PATENTS
AND TRADE MARKS
The following memorandum relating to patents
and trade-marks is made available through an
arrangement had with JAMES ATKINS, registered
patent attorney, Munsey Building, Washington
D. C. The trade-marks were recently published by
the United States Patent Office and, if no oppo-
sition thereto is filed within thirty days after the
publication date, the marks will be registered.
We have also arranged with Mr. Atkins to.
furnish our subscribers with preliminary informa•
tion respecting their patent and trade-mark mat-
ters, the same to be without charge to them .
Address your inquiries to Mr. Atkins, advising him
you are a reader of this paper, and a prompt
report will be ser>t you.
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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circuit being closed by an inserted coin engaging
the conducting members in a set of said slots,
means mechanically operated by the clock to
rotate the coin carrier whereby at predetermined
intervals the coin falls out of a set of aligned
slots· thereby breaking the circuit.
2,221,723
VENDING MACHINE
Edward A. Ri n kh off', Ir win , Pa.
Applic-ation January 30, 1939, Seria l No.
253, 701.
5 Claims.
(C l. 312-
86)
A machine of the kind described comprising
a vertical magazine adapted to support articles in
horizontal position and vertical stacked relation ,
means offset from said magazine for bringing
articles to an upri$ht position in single order,
means for transferring articles from the maga-
zine to the said first-named means, a lighter
movable with the transfer means for the lighting
of each article when in an upright position in
the offset means, a draft element operating when
the li~hter is in lighting position, and means for
operating the transfer means.
1.
2,223, 515
VENDING MACHINE
Alberi E. Gebert and Myro n H . Richardso n ,
Wilmette, and F loyd C. B lack, Chicago, 111.,
assignors to Advance Machi n e Co., Chicago,
Ill., a co rporation of I lli n ois
Application October 31, 1938, Serial No.
237 ,856
15 Cl aims. (Cl. 312- 94)
1. In a vending machine an article support, a
plurality of separate article retaining means co-
operating with the support, means for actuating
one of the retainin~ means to release the article
held thereby, locking means for the other re-
taining means, said locking means embodying
a pivotally mounted locking element, a second
element mounted upon the said locking element
for bod ily movement therewith and for move•
ment with respect thereto, means con nected with
the actuated retaining means for engaging the
second said element to swing the locking element
about its pivot to render the las t said locking
element inactive, and means for causi ng the said
second element to be moved with respect to the
said locking element during its bodily move-
ment with the latter whereby to position the said
second element to lock the said one of the re-
tainers.
86
COIN
MACHINE
REVIEW
Ser. No. 435 ,461. Vietor V. Kunkel . doi n g busi -
ness a s Ku n ke l Metal Produ cts Co ., Los An-
gel es, Ca lif . Filed Aug. 28, 1940.
K
FOR VENDING MACHINES .
Cl aims use since July 30, 1938.
2 ,224,559
COIN CONTROLLED MECHANISM
Burn s S . Watlin~, Chi cago. Ill ., assignor to
Watlin g Scale Company , Chi cago , Ill ., a cor-
pora tion of Illinois
Application March 25, )938, Seri a l No. 198,020
9 Claim s.
(Cl. 194-
55)
1. In a coin con trolled mechanism for releasing
a detent element, the combination of a coin chute,
a fixed plunger supporting and guiding member
underlying said chute, a plunger sl idable in said
member and formed with means for laterally
engaging a coin dropping from said chute, a piv-
oted vertically movable member disposed , in its
lowered position, alongsi de said detent element
and, in its raised position, swingable to a position
above said detent element, a spring urging said
movable member to sa id position above said de-
tent element. another spring urging said movab le
member to lowered position to thereby release said
detent element, and means actuated by the coin on
the in stroke of said plunger and from which said
movable member is pivotally suspended for raising
said movable member .
Ser . No. 437, 127. T h e Exh i b it Su ppl y Company,
Chicago, JII. Filed Oct . 21, 1940.
MAGIC HEART
FOR COIN-CONTROLLED AMUSEMENT AP-
PARATUS .
Claims use since Aug. 12, 1940.
40% Gain In
Collections Reported
CHICAGO- Declaring that " Baily's At-
tention has increased novelty collections as
much as 40 percent," George Jenkins, Bally
general salesmanager, states that "from all
sec tions of the country reports are coming
in from operators who, by placing Atten-
tion on location, have immediately stepped
up their earn in gs wi th the most substanti al
income gain novelty operators have enjoyed
since Bally Reserve."
Un iversal appeal is credi ted with th e
success of the new game, which has "box-
car totals" so dear to th e hearts of hi gh-
score fans, the ever - popular " Spottem
Skill" or "li gh ts-out" idea, and the new
"Top-o-Dial" feature which has th e winner-
take-all appeal of a reserve, with a 75
re-play top.
Jenkins declares Attention's location per-
forman ce has caused such a demand as to
require pushing production to the limit to
keep up with orders.

Analyze Business
For Bigger Gains!
NEW YORK CITY- One of the major
reasons for th e success of Big Business is
its careful use of research and analysis of
records, believes Charles Fleischmann,
manager of th e coin machine division of
Baltimore Salesbook Co. Noting the fact
that most universi ties now have courses in
statistics and the fact that large industrial
concerns employ statisticians to analyze
cost, watch trends, consider dealer and con-
sumer rela ti onships, dec ide advertising and
expans ion policies and generally chart a
co urse for future activities, Fleischmann
thinks that ·operato rs-even those who use
co llection s books now, as many do- would
benefit by a more careful analysis of th eir
records to th e extent of improving th eir
income and th eir business in general.
Sometim es records will show a loca tion
as unprofitable, or will indicate that lo cation
is gettin g too large a share of income, when
records are stu died closely in relation to:
cost of machine in mon ths according to
probable life, plus maintenance or labor
costs, plus overhead, plus transportation ex-
pense, cos t of securing location, merchan-
dise, insurance, a reasonable return on in-
vestment, and a reserve for contingencies.
A mere glance at income from a single
location will not reveal the true state of
the business th ere without this further
consideration.
Further benefits from record-keeping and
their study, indi cated by Fleischmann, are:
easier compilation of income and sales tax
information ; judgment of the merits of
various units of equipment over those of
anoth er manufac t ur er; comparison of
monthly business volume and earnings with
the same months of the previous year,
showing a ga in or loss; use of statistics in
gaining merchant and public good will;
controlling inventories for best and most
economical service to the average location ;
determining percentage of income from
each tim e of equipm ent where more than
one is included in th e route; use of analysis
as a means of stabilizing earn ings and of
elimin atin g un ethi cal and unfair practices.
Fleischm an n also urges that operators
analyze carefully their s pecific needs before
purchasing record books, to increase the
efficiency of this phase of th eir business.
Some operators combine collection infor-
mation for several types of machines on a
single report ; some need special books
printed for particular needs. In general,
how ever, his firm is instantly ready to
supply a given form for a given operation,
as indicated by recent addition of a main-
te nance book for service calls, an improved
phonograph book to care for bar and wall
boxes, a nd two books for beverage ma-
chines, Fleischmann declares. "The impor-
tant thin g, however," he asserted, "is to
analyze th e reports carefully once they're
down, to get th e mos t good from them." ♦
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Basketball Team
Has Bally Name
ROCHESTER, N. Y. - Eastern coinmen
are getting a lesson in publi c relations from
Johnny Bilotta, head of Bilotta Brothers,
local di stributors, who has won valuable
good will an d favorabl e press comment by
s ponsorin g a popular basketball team which
is making records in th e current local hoop
tourneys.
"I have named th e team Bilotta's Ballys
because, after all, the Bally Mfg. Co. comes
up with th e games that keep our sales
humming and thus enables us to take on
a proposition like this basketball team,"
Bilotta exp lained. A picture of Baily's new
Defender machin e gun is reproduced on
the players' sweaters because, says Bilotta,
"this is sure to be the standout game of
the season, and I know Bilotta's Ballys will
be the standout quintet of this territory." ♦
Douglis in Florida
Till Show-Time
No Rock-Ola distributor from New Yo rk fo Oregon is more progressive than Coast Amusement
Co., Portland, O re., according fo co-owners Bob Allen and Lester Beckman, who point with
pride fo their new display room s as designed fo ser-:e Rock-Ola operators more efficiently.
The move fo larger quarters was made necessary, they declared, by a .constantly increasing
demand for Rock-Ola equipment which, Beckman says "always retains simplicity in leadership ,
while oth er equipment each year becomes iust a bit more complicated."
CHICAGO-With Al and Mrs. Douglis
in Florida ta king a brief, well-earned vaca-
tion until time for th e Show at the Sher-
man Hotel, Dave Helfenb ein has been tem-
porarily in cha rge of th e firm, and he has
just completed a chec k among distributors
of Cub and Ace counter ga mes to learn how
sales stand.
Reaction continues th e sa me, he indi-
cates. Sole problem is s till production, with
weekly income from the two units "grea ter
tha n on any other non-tok en payout co unter
games ever prod uced in th e industry with
some reports even exceedin g the take that
has been co1lected from American Eagle
and Marvel." La tter ga mes, h e indicates,

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