Check-actuated control mechanisms – Including value accumulator for plural checks – Mechanical accumulator
Patent
1987-06-18
1989-09-12
Rolla, Joseph J.
Check-actuated control mechanisms
Including value accumulator for plural checks
Mechanical accumulator
194346, 221213, 221 20, 221227, 221232, B65H 322
Patent
active
048651788
ABSTRACT:
A vending machine for dispensing single copies of newspapers or the like by the operation of a pull and push handle that is linked to a plate carrying needles that draw one copy of a newspaper outwardly from a tray through a dispensing door. The newspapers are carried on a spring biased tray that advances newspapers upwardly. The tray is controlled by a brake lock mechanism that allows the tray to be moved upward to a sufficient distance relative to the dispensing door so that only a single copy is drawn outwardly and wherein the brake lock locks the tray at the same respective vertical location for the next paper to be dispensed. A safety ratchet mechanism is arranged with a cable pulley system that is driven by a tension spring arrangement whereby the delivery person may load incremental amounts of newspapers on the tray and safely advance the tray downwardly against the spring loading. The apparatus further includes an anti-theft inner trap door that is unlocked during the operation of the pull and push handle to be spring biased upwardly against the under surface of a newspaper so that a thief can not reach into the housing of the vending machine and take more than one edition of the newspaper. A coin deflector mechanism is provided so that upon dispensing the last newspaper a plurality of fingers are made to pivot into the coin slots of a coin acceptor mechanism to deflect them into the return slot and back to the customer. A price switch-over assembly is provided so that the apparatus may be set to vend papers of different prices.
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Rolla Joseph J.
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