Article dispensing – With dispenser malfunctioning responsive means
Patent
1975-05-27
1976-12-21
Reeves, Robert B.
Article dispensing
With dispenser malfunctioning responsive means
221129, G07F 1136
Patent
active
039983579
ABSTRACT:
The vending control system has first and second motor- and dispensing- assemblies, each assembly including a motor for driving a load and dispensing a product, a motor cam switch connected to the motor, a load cam switch connected to the motor, a motor cam drivingly connected to the motor and operatively actuating the motor cam switch, a load cam operatively actuating the load cam switch, and a torque-limiting clutch interconnecting the cams for driving the load cam and for permitting relative rotational movement of the cams at predetermined torque value. The assemblies are connected in parallel, with the motor and load cam switch of each assembly connected across the power source. The motor cam switch of the first assembly is connected to the power source and to the motor cam switch of the second assembly. An actuator selectively energizes the motor of one of the assemblies through the associated load cam switch so that the motor cam of the selectively energized motor actuates its associated motor cam switch to operatively connect the motor to the power source, and so that the load cam of the selectively energized motor subsequently actuates its associated load cam switch to operatively disconnect the motor from the power source as the cams are drivingly rotated by the motor. The motor cam of the selectively energized motor actuates its motor cam switch to operatively disconnect the motor from the power source, and operatively connects the motor cam switch of the other assembly to the power source as the motor cam rotates relative to its associated load cam when the predetermined torque value of the clutch is exceeded upon jamming of the load cam.
REFERENCES:
patent: 2250086 (1941-07-01), Voigtritter
patent: 3409116 (1968-11-01), O'Malley
patent: 3763982 (1973-10-01), Glen
Bartuska Francis J.
Coin Acceptors, Inc.
Reeves Robert B.
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