Article dispensing – With supply cartridge or container removable from enclosing...
Patent
1975-12-03
1977-02-22
Knowles, Allen N.
Article dispensing
With supply cartridge or container removable from enclosing...
B65H 100
Patent
active
040088278
ABSTRACT:
A normally closed cartridge container for storing various vended articles and adapted for insertion into a vending machine. The container includes a hinged transverse door, proximate the bottom thereof, for allowing withdrawal of the articles from the interior thereof following insertion of the container into the vending machine. Prior to insertion, the transverse door is maintained closed by a first leaf spring engaging a first detent on the periphery of a cam attached to the door. After insertion, a second leaf spring is urged against the cam to engage a second detent when the door is rotated to an open position by a rack and pinion driven by a first solenoid. In a first embodiment, the first and second solenoids are concurrently energized across a micro-switch closed by a door in the vending machine at insertion of the container, the second solenoid urging the first leaf spring out of the first detent. The first solenoid then articulates the transverse door, which upon reaching a fully open position, is engaged thereat by the second leaf spring. In a second embodiment, the inventive cartridge container is included in an attended vending machine which therefore is interlocked to an open position by a lock assembly and which furthermore is rendered operative without any coin insertion.
REFERENCES:
patent: 2825488 (1958-03-01), Nelson
patent: 3486658 (1969-12-01), Cheslak et al.
Appelbaum Paul
Rhodes Cecil J.
Cartridge Vending Systems, Inc.
Knowles Allen N.
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