DE52316C - Device for the automatic sale of pictures, postcards and the like - Google Patents

Description

IMPERIAL

PATENT OFFICE

CLASS 44: Short goods.

(Midlothian, Northern Britain).

The present device for self-selling photographs, postcards and similar objects is characterized by the fact that the paid-in coin the Connection between a lever influenced by the delivery slider and one of the The gate usually only allows limited movement are asleep, so that the slide releases itself from the lock when you follow it correct deposit moved out of its usual position.

The invention can be used with both a vertical and a horizontal delivery slide, as well as applicable with one or more coins.

The former device is shown in FIG. 1 (vertical section through the center of the apparatus) and FIG. 2 (vertical section, more to the side) illustrated.

The cards (photographs or similar objects) P are stacked upright one behind the other on the horizontal base C and are pressed against the glass pane A ¹ embedded in the slide A by a rubber band or some other suitable spring arrangement P ^1. At the upper end of the latter, a driver ρ is arranged on the inside of the slide, the thickness of which is equal to that of a card P. If you pull the slider A down (after paying in the correct coin), the driver ρ pushes the frontmost card down into the slot s, turning the pawl f out of its way.

As soon as the card has passed the latch f with its upper edge, it is lifted again by the spring / 'and now forms a run-up which prevents the card from being picked up again by the slide. S is an opening for grasping and pulling out the delivered card. When the slide is pushed back into its upper end position, the pawl O ^{snaps into the slide under the tension of the spring o 2} , so that it hangs on O in its end position. The purchase coin η paid in through the slot ΛΓ ^{1 is} guided by the guide N between the lower ends of two rotatably mounted levers B and D , which are held closer to one another by the springs B ¹ and D ¹ , so that the coin is between b ¹ and d ¹ remains trapped. The lever B forms a pawl b ² , which cooperates with the ratchet teeth a on the slide and prevents the latter from being pulled down into the lower end position when no coin has been deposited. As can be seen in FIG. 2, the pawl b ^{2 is set} so that it allows the slide some movement even if no deposit has been made. During this movement, A acts with the stroke curve a ¹ against the lower arm i ^{1 of} a rotatably suspended lever / and presses it with a second arm i ² against the upper end d * of the lever D, so that its lower end is moved forward towards B. If no coin is caught between b ¹ and ^{d 1} , D cannot act on B; on the other hand , if a coin hangs between b ^l and d ¹ , D rotates by means of it

the pawl B b ² from the area of the ratchet teeth a ¹ , and you can pull the slide in the lower end position. As soon as a ^{l has} passed i ^l , the latter arrives in front of the recess a ² , and the spring P turns the lever / back so that the spring D ¹ can also turn the lever D back, as a result of which the coin becomes free and into the Collection box falls. Meanwhile, the pawl b ² slides on the flat slide part a *.

In the modification Fig. 3 to 6 de'r slide A is arranged horizontally and the device is made so that one first ^{moves the slide under tension of the spring α 4} in its inner end position and then lets go, whereupon the; Spring α ⁴ drives back. The cards (photographs, etc.) P are stacked horizontally to form a column and ^{loaded by a weight P 2} in a box J, the bottom of which is perforated by a longitudinal slot. A driver L, arranged on the slide, with a part Z, FIGS. 4 and 6, the height of which is equal to the thickness of a card, is held through the latter. If the slide is pushed in, then I is behind the lowest card (Fig. 5); If you let go of A , α ⁴ snaps the slide forwards and / drives the bottom card so far out through the box slot 5 that you can grasp it and pull it out completely. In order to facilitate the sliding of the card, longitudinal grooves are recessed in the bottom of J, as shown in FIG. 4. N is the coin guide, B the locking lever and D the lever that lifts the latter by means of the coin. The latter is here directly influenced by the slide by means of the stroke curve a ¹ . The deposited coin is caught between the approach b ^l of B and the shoulder d ¹ of D; the slide acts with a ¹ against the lower part d ² of D. If the slide is pushed in, d ^{2 is} lifted from a ¹ , as a result of which d ¹ presses the coin against b ¹ and B is withdrawn from A so far that b ² cannot enter teeth a . If a ¹ has gone under d ² , D νοηΊ) ^{1 is turned} back (while b ² slides on α *) and the coin falls into the collecting container. To prevent the spring a ¹ from driving the slide A back into the open position if it is released before it has reached the inner end position, ratchet teeth a ² are arranged on the underside of the slide A , in which a pawl G engages whose tooth g ^{l is held} by the spring G ¹ against the part of the underside of A lying behind a ² . The slide A also carries a protruding piece a ³ on the underside; if A is in the open position (Fig. 3), then a ³ lies against the arm h ^{2 of} an angle lever H and keeps the latter under tension of the spring H ¹ so that the arm h ^{1 is} raised. If one now pushes A into the apparatus, H ¹ expands and thereby rotates H with h ¹ on the nose g ² fixed at G, then α ^Ά hits against the finger g fixed at G and thereby rotates G so that g ¹ is pulled away from A. As a result of this rotation of G / z ¹ snaps behind the nose g ² and thereby fixes G; the slide can now be moved freely into its inner end position and driven back from this into the outer end position. During the latter movement, a ³ meets h ² and thereby turns h ¹ away from g ² , whereupon the spring G ¹ turns the pawl G g ¹ back into the blocking position.

In Fig. 7 the apparatus is set up for sale by means of two coins with the slide A horizontal. At the end, in addition to the locking lever B and the lifting lever D, there is a spring-action rotatable inhibition b ³ , and a plate D ² is rotatably attached to the lever D in ^{d A} , onto which the coins fall. The first paid-in coin rolls on the plate D ² , the rear end d ^{1 of which is} lifted, while the front d ^s is lowered until it jams at the top of b ³ and now remains caught between d ³ and b ^3. If you wanted to push in the slide now, B would not be lifted (due to the insufficient height of a ¹ ). If, on the other hand, you pay in the second coin, it rolls against the first. and remains trapped between this, point d ¹ of D ¹ and arm b ¹ of jB. If you push the slide in, D acts against b ¹ through the second coin . and thereby turns B away from A.

To safely drop the coins, the slider A acts with a shoulder a ⁶ against the pin k ² and pushes a lever K, the upper end of which is clamped in a cutout of the lever D, under tension of the spring K ¹ against the coins; When the slide goes back, the spring K ¹ turns the lever K back until it catches itself in the section of D.

Claims (2)

Patent Claims: ι. Device for the automatic sale of pictures, postcards and the like, in which the deposited coin closes the connection between a lever (D) influenced by the delivery slide (A ) and a locking lever (BJ ) which usually allows the slide to move limited, so that the Slide by means of the mentioned lever (D) presses the coin against the locking lever and thereby lifts the latter out (Fig. 1, 3 and 6). ', 2. In the case of a sales device of the type specified under 1. with a horizontal delivery slide a device which prevents the slide from moving back before reaching the inner end position, consisting of the pawl G to be rotated back ^{from the slide (by means of a projection <2 S} ) in connection with the safety catch HH ¹ , which holds the pawl G in the raised position and which is released from the returning slide is rotated away from G (Fig. 3). In the case of a sales machine of the type given under 1. with a horizontal slide to enable the deposit of two coins, the connection of levers B and D with a spring-action escapement b ^s , which catches the first deposited coin between itself and lever D. to hold the second coin between B (b ¹ ) and D (Fig. 7). For this purpose 2 sheets of drawings.