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UNITED
STATES
PATENT OFFICE.
FRANK C. CONNOR, OF WACO, TEXAS.
VENDING-MACHINE.
SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 717,815, dated January 6, 1903.
Application filed September 10,1902. Serial No. 122,880. (No modes.)To all whom it may concern:
Be it known that I, FRANK C. CONNOR, re-
siding at Waco, in the county of McLennan
and State of Texas, have invented -a new and
5 Improved Vending-Machine, of which the fol-
lowing is a specification.
My invention relates to improvements in
that type of coin-operated vending-machines
which include in their construction a goods-.
to holder, a pusher, a coin-controlled means for
adjusting the pusher in position for ejecting.
the goods or package from the holder, and an
actuating member operable from the outside
of the machine cooperatively joined with the
r5 pusher; and my said invention primarily
seeks to provide a machine of this character
especially designed for vending small pack-
ages-boxes containing shoe-laces, for exam-
ple-of a simple and economical construc-
20 tion, in which the coin-set devices, the goods-
holder, and the actuating means have a spe-
cial correlative arrangement whereby they
can be compactly disposed to provide for
readily assembling a number of the mechan-
25 isms and nest them to produce a neat com-
bined show-case, advertising, and display
store-fixture.
My invention comprehends in its generic
nature a novel construction of pusher auto-
30 matically held to an operative position by the
weight of a coin and sustained in such posi-
tion by the coin during the action of ejecting
a package from the goods-holder, and includes
a peculiarly-arranged coin-discharger for re-
35 moving the coin from the pusher when the
latter has served its purpose.
My invention also embodies a peculiar ar-
rangement of actuating mechanism, includ-
ing a pivoted lever arranged when depressed
40 to throw the pusher device forward and to be
automatically returned to its normal position
by the automatic return of.the pusher device
to its normal position; and in its more sub-
ordinate features my invention consists in
45 certain novel details of construction and pe-
culiar combination of parts, all of which will
hereinafter be explained, and particularly
pointed out in the appended claims, reference
being had to the accompanying drawings, in
5o which-
Figure 1 is a perspective view of a vend-
ing-machine embodying my invention andillustrates the same arranged as a combined
vending goods-display and advertising store-
fixture. Fig. 2 is a perspective view illus- 55
trating one of the goods-holders, its coin-con-
trolled ejecting means, and the actuating de-
vices therefor, the parts being in their inop-
erative or normal position. Fig. 3 is a simi-
lar view showing the same parts in their op- 6o
erative position. Fig. 4 is a vertical cross-
section of the same. Fig. 5 is a detail view
of the pivotally-hung pushing-lever and the
coin -tiltable pusher pivotally hung on the
said lever. Fig. 6 is a detail view illustrat- 65
ing the manner in which the coin-discharge
device coacts with the coin-receiver portion
of the pusher.
In the practical construction of my inven-
tion the same includes a casing 1, of suitable 70
ornamental shape, having the desired height
and width to accommodate the goods-holder
and the operating mechanism. As the coin
controlled and actuating mechanisms are of a
character to occupy a narrow width of space 75
in the practical application of my invention,
the casing 1 is made of a width to take in a
nest of goods-holders, which may all be ar-
ranged to sell packages of different sizes of
the same kind of goods-shoe-laces, for in- 8o
stance-or be made of different sizes and ar-
ranged for selling different kinds of goods.
Each goods - holder has its own coin-con-
trolled actuating mechanism, and I shall
therefore describe in detail but one goods- 85
holder and its coacting mechanism, the con-
struction of which and its manner of opera-
tion will be best understood from Figs. 2, 3,
and 4 of the drawings, by reference to which,
it will be noticed, the goods-holder 2 is de- 90
tachably mounted upon the inside of the front
wall of the casing 1 and supported upon
brackets 1a, secured to the said wall, and to
permit of the ready insertion of the goods-
holder the front of the casing or the top there- 95
of may be provided with a covered opening,
as the particular style of the store-fixture may
make desirable.
The goods-holder 2 is of a vertical elongated
shape and in horizontal plan has the shape of roo
the packages to be sold and which are ar-
ranged in a superimposed position in the usual
manner, so as to feed downward to the bot-
tom or discharge - throat of the holder by
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Connor, Frank, C. Vending Machine, patent, January 6, 1903; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth513768/m1/3/: accessed June 22, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.