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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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