US2218317A - Bottled goods vending machine - Google Patents

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06L 15, 1940. Q M, PARKER 2,218,317

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BOTTLED GOOD Get. 15, 1940.

c. M. PARKER BOTTLED GOODS VENDING MACHINE Filed July 5, 1938 5 Sheets-Sheet 3 Hm. I 2

A IJIIIA INVENTOR ATTORNEY Patented Oct. 15, 1940 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 2,218,317 BO'I'I'LED GOODS VENDING MACHINE Clyde M. Parker, Kansas City, Mo., alsignor to The Selectivend Corporation, Kansas City, Mo., a corporation of Missouri Application July 5, 1938, Serial No. 217,398

14 Claims.

This invention relates to a bottled goods vending machine, particularly for vending soft drinks of different flavors, and has for its principal object to provide a machine of this character constructed so that a purchaser may select a particular bottle or flavor.

Other important objects of the invention are to provide a machine of this character that is of simple operation; to provide a machine having a selector freely movable ,ior successively carrying bottles into registry with a removal opening normally covered by a locked closure releasable upon insertion of a coin or token; to provide a structure wherein the closure is retained in closed position unless a selected bottle has been moved into registry therewith; to provide the machine with means for latchingly retaining the carrier from movement while the closure is open to prevent removal of other than the selected bottle; and to provide means for locking the coin mechanism from operation when the closure is open.

In accomplishing these and other objects of the invention, as hereinafter pointed out, I have provided improved details of structure, the preferred forms of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a vending machine constructed in accordance with the present invention, the closure for the bottle removal .opening being shown in open position after it has been released by insertion of a coin in the vending mechanism to permit removal of a selected bottle.

Fig. 2 is a plan view of the machine with portions of the cover broken away and the vending mechanism housing in section to better illus trate the construction, the closure being shown in open position to permit removal of a bottle.

Fig. 3 is a similar view showingthe closure in closed position.

Fig. 4 is a vertical section through the machine, a part of the bottle carrier being shown in section.

Fig. 5 is a detail perspective view of the bottle carrier and its actuating mechanism.

Fig. 6 is a cross-section through the machine on the line 5-6 of Fig. 4, but with the closure in closed position.

Fig. 'I is an enlarged detail section on the line 1-! of Fig. 6, particularly illustrating the lever mechanism for locking the closure when a bottle is not in registry therewith.

Fig. 8 is a detail perspective view of the coin slide for eflecting release of the latching lever.

Fig. 9 is a detail view of the lock for securing the lid in closed position on the cabinet.

Fig. 10 is a section through a modified form of machine.

Fig. 11 is a section on the line il-ll of Fig. 10. 5

8 designates a vending machine for bottled 10 goods constructed in accordance with the present invention, and which includes a cabinet 2 having an insulated bottom 3 and side walls d to form a compartment 5. Extending across the compartment between the opposite side walls are spaced partitions t and l having their upper edges terminating near the upper edges of the side walls and their lower edges spaced from the bottom 3 to connect with a horizontal partition 8. The partitions t; l and 8 thus divide the compartment 5 into spaced refrigerant containing chambers s and it at the ends thereof, and connected by a passageway it provided under the horizontal partition 8. The chambers 9 and it are adapted to contain a refrigerant, such as ice, to cool water that passes into the compartment formed between the partitions S and i,-

through openings i2 and it for cooling the bottled goods that are mounted in a carrier it.

The carrier it includes a drum comprising upper and lower sections it and it, having mating disk portions ill and it provided with lateral abutting flanges it and it. The sections it and it are secured in position by means of'headed rods 2i extending through openings in the lower section and engaged in threaded bosses 22 of the upper section, the ends of the rods being peened, as at 23, to prevent loosening thereof. Extending inwardly of the respective disk portions i1 and it, in the axes thereof, are hubs 2t and 25 for rotatable mounting on a spindle 26, the spindle 26 being carried on a flange 21 that is fixed to the central portion of the horizontal partition 8. In order to stabilize the carrier for rotation about the spindle 26, the partition is provided with rollers 28 engagingly supporting the disk portion it of the lower section near the periphery thereof, as best shown in Fig. 6. Formed in the disk portions of the respective sections are an inner and outer circular series of openings 29 and 30 for the disk portion i1, and 3| and 32 for the disk portion 88. The openings 29 and 30 are staggered relatively to each other and are of sumcient diameter to pass the bottles to be vended, as indicated by the dotted lines 33 in Fig. 4.

The lower openings, however, are of smaller dimeter to provide support for the bottoms of the bottles. The openings in the respective disk portions are preferably enscribed by flanges 34 and 35, the flanges 35 conforming to the diameter oi the upper openings so as to receive and center the bottoms of the bottles over the lower openings as shown in Fig. 4. The peripheral edge of the upper disk portion has a series of notches 36 corresponding to the bottle receiving openings, with alternate notches aligning with the openings in the outer circular series and the intermediate notches with the openings in the inner circular series as shown in Fig. 5.

The carrier thus described is intermittently rotated about the spindle by means of an actuating lever 31 which is pivoted at its lower end on a pin 38 carried by the arm 39 of a supporting frame 40 attached to the inner side of the partition 6. The frame 40 also includes an upper arm 4| provided with a slotted guide 42 in which the upper end of a lever 31 is guidingly supported for limited movement. The lever 31 is normally retained in retracted position by an expansion spring 43 having one end connected therewith and its opposite end to the frame 48; Pivotally supported on a pin 44 projecting from the side of the lever arm at a point above the bottle carrier is a pawl 45 having a depending end 46 adapted to engage in one of the notches 36 when the lever is in retracted position and to efiect advance of the carrier when the lever is pushed to the opposite end of the slot. To prevent retractive movement of the carrier, the adjacent side wall carries a pin 41 carying a click 48 which also engages one of the notches 38.

The carrier is prevented from being advanced beyond the distance corresponding to the spacing of the notches by means of an arcuate lever 49 that is pivotally supported, as at 50, upon an ear projecting from the frame 48. One end of the arcuate lever has 2. depending ear or lug 52 that is adapted to enga e one of the notches 36 when the opposite end 53 of the lever is released from engagement with a lug 54 projecting laterally from the lever arm 31 during initial movement of the lever arm. The arcuate lever 49 is urged in the direction of the carrier by means of a fiat leaf spring 55 that is fixed thereto, as at 56, and engages against the side wall of the cabinet 0pposite the click 48. Therefore, as soon as the lug 54 rides ofi the end 53 of the arcuate lever 49, the spring moves the ear 52 into contact with the periphery of the drum so that as soon as the next notch registers with the ear 52 the spring 55 urges the ear into engagement with the notch, thereby stopping rotation of the drum and preventing coasting thereof. Upon return movement of the lever 31, the lug 54 thereon rides over the cam-shaped end 53 of the lever 49 to effect disengagement of the car 52 with the notch. However, the depending lug 48 on the pawl 45 has engaged another of the notches to prevent any movement of the carrier.

The top of the cabinet is closed by an insulated cover or lid 51 that is pivotally secured to one of the side walls by hinges 58 and which is secured to the opposite side walls by means of a key actuated lock 59 which engages a keeper 58 on the side wall of the cabinet as shown in Fig. 9.

In order to actuate the bottle carrier when the lid is in closed and locked position, the cover is provided with a plate 8| having a slot 82 therein registering with a lateral lug 53 on the upper end of the lever 31, and slidable in the slot 82 is a depending tongue 84 of an actuating member 35, the tongue 64 being of sufllcient length to engage against the lateral lug 83 o! the lever 31. The actuator includes an upper plate 58 slidably engaging the plate 61, and is kept in contact therewith by means oi a pin 81 engaging the under side of the plate 3| and extending through the tongue 64, as shown in Fig. 4. The actuating member 65 also includes a knob 68 by which it is readily manipulated to eii'ect intermittent rotation of the carrier, as later described.

Formed in the lid or cover, in aligning registry with the openings 29-38 of the carrier, is a door opening 69 through which a selected bottle is withdrawn upon opening 01' a door 18. The door 18 is hinged, as at 1|, to the frame 12 of the door opening 39, and is adapted to be swung from closing relation with the door opening to the position shown in Fig. 4, the door being provided with a suitable knob by which it may be readily opened upon release 01 door latching mechanism later described. The door is provided with windows 13 and 14 registering with the respective series of bottle openings in the carrier, and which are covered by transparent panels through which the labels on the caps of the respective bottles are observed as the carrier is intermittently rotated therebeneath upon recipro cation of the actuator 85.

Mounted on the cover, in spaced relation with the door 18, is a housing containing a coin mechanism as indicated by the slide 18, the slide 18 being actuated upon insertion of a suitable coin (not shown) that is placed within a socket 11 that is formed in an end of the slide which projects from the housing 15, as in one form of well known coin operating mechanism. Pivotally mounted on the inner end of the slide is a pawl 18 adapted to swing in a retractive direction when the slide moves in a forward direction but which is rigidly supported by engagement with a stop 19 on the slide when the slide is pushed into the housing. The pawl 18 is pivoted to the underside of the slide on a pin 80 and is normally retained in yielding engagement with the stop 19 by a spring 81 coiled about the pivot 80 and having one end 82 engaging against the pawl 18 and its opposite end 83 engaging against the pin 84 depending from the slide in spaced relation with the stop 19. The side of the pawl adjacent the stop 19 is rounded, as at 85, to facilitate movement past a pin 86 on a door latching lever 81 upon retractive movement of the slide.

The lever 81 is in the form of a bell crank and is pivotally mounted on a pin 88 within a space 89 formed within the interior of the lid of the cabinet, the lever being arranged so that the arm 98 carrying the pin 88 is in position to support the pin in an opening 9| in the bottom of the housing 95 and the other arm 92 projects into camming engagement with a cam-shaped lug 93 depending from the closure. When the door is in closed position the lug 93 engages the lever arm 92 to swing the bell crank 81 in a counterclockwise direction to move the pin 85 out of the path of travel of the pawl 18. However, when the door is opened a spring 94, which bears against the lever arm 92, moves the bell crank in the opposite direction to bring the pin 85 into the path of the pawl 18 so that it is impossible to actuate the coin mechanism. If the slide 19, however, has been held in retractive position, the slide may be returned to its normal position since the pawl 18 is free to ride over the pin 88, but

when this occurs the slide cannot be'returned to vending position as long as the door is open.

Also pivotally mounted within the space 89 on a pin 95 is an elbow lever 96, having a spring pressed arm 91 provided with a head 98 extending under the housing I5. The head 99 includes a latch-shaped lug 99 cooperating with an offset I00 to form a notch IOI. Projecting laterally from the offset I00 is an extension I02 carrying a pin I03 that is movable in the opening 9i upon engagement of the pawl I8 responsive to actuation of the coin slide Hi to swing the elbow-shaped lever for releasing the door, as now to be described. The other arm I05 of the elbow lever engages within the notch I09 of a hook-shaped keeper I01 which is carried on the under side of the door and projects through an opening I08 of the door frame.

When the door is open the bottle carrier is latched from rotation by a rocker arm I09 that is pivotally mounted in the space 09 on a pin H0 and has one end III provided with a lug I I2 adapted to engage within the notch IM to hold the elbow-shaped lever in unlatched position. The other end of the rocker arm carries a roller H3 that engages a cam track H8 on a latching member H5. The latching member is also pivotally mounted in the space 89 and has a lug H6 that is adapted to be moved into the path of travel of the bottle carrier actuating lever 31 when the door is opened. The rocker arm is swung on its pivotal mounting by means of an arm H'I that is fixed to the door and projects through a slot H8 in the door frame to engage a lateral extension H3 on the rocker arm. The rocker arm is normally urged to latching position by an expansion spring I20 having one end hooked to the arm III and its opposite end to a pin I05, as best shown in Fig. ,2. It is apparent that when the door is unlatched the lug H2 will engage in the notch IM to retain the elbow-shaped lever'in disengagement with the keeper lug on the door. However, when the door is opened by grasping the knob I2I and swinging the door away from the cover, the arm I I1 swings against the extension H9 to move the rocker arm in an anticlockwise direction (Figs. 2 and 3), to disengage the lug H2 from the notch IM and to cause the roller to cam the arm H5 into position so that the lug H9 is in the path of the expansion spring I25 connecting the respective levers, as best shown in Fig. 3. One end of the T-shaped lever carries an adjusting screw I26 that is adapted to be engaged by a depending lug I27 on the door which moves through a slot I28 of the door frame, as shown in Fig. 1, to disengage the tongue I23 from latching contact with a stop I20, thereby. allowing the lever H5 to return to its normal position responsive to the spring I25. Upon closure of the door, the arm I I I moves away from the lateral extension I I9 so that the spring I20 may return the lever I09 to normal position as shown in Fig. 3. When the door is closed the hook-shaped keeper engages the arm I05 to relatch the door and to move the elbow-shaped lever so that the pin I03 thereon is again in position to be engaged by the pawl I8.

In order to permit removal of only one bottle which aligns with the closure, the openings in the door frame are offset relatively to the openings in the carrier so that only one opening in the carrier aligns in any one position thereof. The door openings are substantially the same diameter as the openings in the bottle carrier and the frame I2 has fingers I29 depending therefrom at the respective sides of the necks of the bottles so that the bottles may pass therebetween, as best shown in Fig. 1.

In order to prevent opening of the door when a bottle is not in registry with one of 'the openings therein, I provide a safety mechanism, actuated by the bottle carrier, as now to be described. Pivotally suspended adjacent each of the lower openings in the bottle carrier on pins I3I are levers I32 having fingers I33 adapted to project through the openings but which are normally retained in depressed position when bottles are inserted in the carrier since the bottoms of the bottles engage the ends of the fingers as shown in Fig. 4. Fixed to the horizontal. partition 8, at a point below the door, is a treadle-like lever I34 that is located in the path of travel of the fingers so that when it is engaged'by a depressed finger, the treadle-like lever is depressed to efiect movement of an arm .I35 to withdraw a bolt I36 from locking engagement with the lug I27, the bolt I36 being supported in guides I31 '-'r-"'= and I38 and pivotally connected at its lower end with the arm I35 that projects from one end of the treadle-like lever. 'The treadle-like lever is normally retained in raised position to effect engagement of the bolt with the lug by a spring I39 that engages against the partition 8 and the under side of the treadle.

In order to prevent accidental latching of the elbow lever 96 by the rocker arm I09, I provide a safety or guard lever I40 that is pivoted alongside the arm 91 on a pin MI so that the free end I02 of the lever I40 is in position to guard entrance to the notch IOI. so as to prevent latching engagement of the lug H2 on the rocker arm. Therefore simultaneous slamming of the door I0 and actuation of the member 95 cannot cause latching of the elbow lever in door releasing position. To move the arm I40 out of guarding relation with the notch upon actuation of the coin slide, it is provided with a laterally extending arm I43 having a pin I44 projecting upwardly through the opening 9i to be engaged by the pawl I0 when the coin actuated slide I6 is projected into the machine upon the insertion of a coin. The pawl 18 thus engages the pin I04 to shift the arm I 40 from guarding relation with the notch IOI- prior to its engagement with the pin I03 which effects unlatching of the elbow lever as previously described. The arm I00 is normally retained in guarding position with the notch by a flat spring I45 fixed to the side thereof and-which engages a pin I40 projecting from the lower plate of the cover or lid 51.

The operation of a machine constructed and asembled as illustrated in Figs. 1 to 9 inclusive, is as follows:

The cover 5! is unlocked and swung upwardly of the window openings 13 and 14. Assuming that the registering bottle is not oi the flavor desired by a purchaser, he will move the. actuator 65 to rock the lever 31 which carries the pawl 45, thereby moving the bottle carrier one space to bring the next bottle in the other circular series into alignment with the other window opening. If this is not the flavor desired, he will continue to reciprocate the actuator until a bottle oi the desired flavor appears in one of the windows. During movement of the carrier, the spacing thereof is kept in accurate registry with the window openings by the arcuate-shaped arm and the click 43 so that upon each full stroke of the lever 31 the carrier is advanced exactly one space. When a bottle having the desired flavor is in registry with the opening the purchaser will place the coin or proper token in the pocket II of the slide and push the slide inwardly so that the pawl engages the pin I03 to swing the elbow lever into latching engagement with the lug H2 and to disengage the arm I05 from the keeper on the door. The door may then be opened by grasping the knob I2I. During opening of the door the arm I" thereon engages the extension II3 oi the rocker arm I03 to effect swinging movement thereof which disengages the elbow lever'96 and allows the pin I03 to return to its normal position. This movement of the rocker arm I09 also cams the lever II5 into position so that further operation of the actuator 65 is prevented. The lever H5 is latched in this position by the T-shaped lever I22 as long as the door is open. The slide I6 may have been held in its retracted position; however, upon release thereof it is free to return to its normal position since the pawl is yieldable to pass the pins I03 and I66 with opening of the door, however, the bell crank lever 81 has shifted so that the pin 36 is in position to prevent further actuation of the slide I6. It is therefore impossible to again move the bottle carrier until the door has been closed.

Should the purchaser attempt to actuate the machine with the door closed, and have failed to move the carrier so as to bring a bottle in registry with one of the window openings I3 or I4, the finger I33 of the lever I32 will have been raisedby the treadle-like lever so that the bolt I36 keeps the door I0 in locked position; however, when a bottle is in registry the finger I33 is engaged to depress the treadle for withdrawing the bolt so that the door may be opened.

Figs. 10 and 11 show a modified form of the invention which includes an elevating means for raising the bottle through the door opening so that the neck thereof may be morereadily grasped by the purchaser. In this form of the invention plungers I 41 and I48 are mounted in bearing openings I49 and I50 in the partition 6, the plungers being provided with downwardly opening bores I5I for slidably mounting the heads I52 of pins I53. Also mounted in the bore and engaging against the bottoms thereof and against the heads I52 are compression springs I54. The pins I53 engage the arm I55 of a rock lever I56, the rock lever I56 being mounted on a bracket I5'I carried by the bottom of the cabinet, and which is adapted to be depressingly engaged by an arm I56 extending laterally from and I59. The rod I59 is guidingly supported in brackets I60 upon the wall of the cabinet and carries a head I6I engaged by a cam-shaped arm I62 projecting from the door I63. The rod is smear:

normally retained inits upper position by a coil spring I54.

With the structure thus described, when thedoor is opened the arm I62 engages the head to move the rod I53 downwardly, thereby rocking the lever I56 and raising the pins I53. When the carrier is in proper position relatively to the door openings, only one oi the plungers I41 and I46 will be eil'ective since the other plunger engages against the bottom of the carrier as shown in Fig. 11, however, the spring I54 yields sufliciently to allow for movement of the arm I56. The plunger I4'I which happens to align with the opening is moved therethrough to raise the bottle so that it may be readily grasped by its neck to eflect withdrawal from the cabinet, otherwise the structure is substantially the same as that illustrated in the preferred form of the invention.

From the foregoing it is obvious that I have provided a vending machine for bottled goods whereby a purchaser may select a particular bottle or flavor, and which is constructed to prevent pilfering of more than the bottle which has been paid for. It is also obvious that the machine is constructed so that the purchaser is always sure of obtaining a bottle when he inserts a coin in the vending machine.

What I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A vending machine of the character described including a cabinet having an article removing opening, a carrier having article receiving pockets, means rotatably supporting the car-' rier in the cabinet, an actuating lever reciprocably supported in the cabinet, a pawl on'the lever having ratchetengagement with the carrier, for intermittently rotating the carrier, a closure for said opening, a latching lever movably supported in the cabinet to engage with said actuating lever, and a rock lever engageable with the latching lever and having a portion engageable with the closure to eiIect locking of the actuating lever upon opening of the closure.

2. A vending machine of the character described including a cabinet having an article removing opening, a carrier rotatably supported in the cabinet and having article receiving pockets successively reglstrable with said opening, a closure covering said opening, latch means engageable with the carrier and having operative connection with the closure to prevent rotation of the carrier upon opening of the closure, closure locking means, and means engageable with an article in one of said pockets for releasing said closure locking means.

3. A vending machine of the character described including a cabinet having an article removing opening, a carrier having pockets successively reglstrable with said opening, means rotatably supporting the carrier in the cabinet, an actuating lever pivotally mounted in the cabinet, a pawl pivotally carried on the actuating lever and having a portion engageable with the carrier, means slidably supported on the cabinet for operating the actuating lever, a latching member pivotally supported in the cabinet and having a portion projectable into the path of the actuating lever, a closure hingedly mounted on the cabinet for closing said opening, and an operating connection between said closure and the latching member to eflect movement of the latching member into stopping relation with the actuating lever upon opening oi the closure.

4. A vending machine of the character described including a cabinet having an article removing opening, a carrier having pockets successively registrable with said opening, means rotatably supporting the carrier in the cabinet, an actuating lever pivotally mounted in the cabinet, a pawl pivotally carried on the actuating lever and having a portion engageable with the carrier, means slidably supported on the cabinet for operating the actuating lever, a latching member pivotally supported in the cabinet and having aportion projectable into the path of the actuating lever, a rock lever having a portion engageable with the latching member, a closure hingedly mounted on the cabinet for closing said opening, and an arm on the closure engageable with the rock lever to efi'ect movement of the latching member into stopping relation with the actuating lever upon opening of the ole ure.

5. A vending machine of the character described including a cabinet having an article removing opening, a closure for said opening, acarrier having pockets successively registrable with said opening, means rotatably supporting the carrier in the cabinet, an actuating lever, means oscillatably, mounting the actuating lever in the cabinet, a pawl pivotally carried on the actuating lever and having a portion engageable with the carrier, 2. locking mechanism for the closure, a latching connection between the actuating lever and the locking mechanism, and manually operated means for releasing said locking mechanism.

6. A vending machine of the character described including a cabinet having an article removing opening, a carrier having pockets successively registrable with said opening, means rotatably supporting the carrier in the cabinet, an actuating lever pivotally mounted in the cabinet, a pawl pivotally carried on the actuating lever and having a portion engageable with the carrier, means slidably supported on the cabinet for operating the actuating lever, a latching member pivotally supported in the cabinet and having a portion projectable into the path of the actuating lever, a rock lever having a portion engageable with the latching member, a closure hingedly mounted on the cabinet for closing said opening, an arm on the closure engageable with the rock lever to effect movement of the latching member into stopping relation with the actuating lever upon opening of the closure, a locking mechanism for the closure, a latch connection between the locking mechanism and the rock lever, and manually operated means for releasing said locking mechanism.

'7. A vending machine of the character described including a cabinet having an article removing opening, a carrier having pockets sucessively registrable with said opening, means rotatably supporting the carrier in the cabinet, an actuating lever pivotally mounted in the cabinet, a pawl pivotally carried on the actuating lever and having a portion engageable with the carrier, a latching member pivotally supported in the cabinet and having a portion projectable into the path of the actuating lever, a rock lever having a portion engageable with the latching member, a closure hingedly mounted on the cabinet for closing said opening, an arm on the closure engageable with the rock lever to efiect movement of the latching member into stopping relation with the actuating lever upon opening of the closure, and means having connection with the closure for retainingly engaging the latching member independently of said rock lever.

8. A vending machine of the character described including a cabinet, an article carrier,

means rotatably supporting the article carrier in the cabinet, an actuating lever pivotally supported in the cabinet, a pawl on the actuating lever engageable with the carrier, a click in the cabinet engageable with the carrier to prevent retractive rotation thereof, a slide reciprocably supported on the cabinet, means on the actuating lever engageable by said slide whereby the actuating lever is moved in one direction upon actuation of the slide, and a spring connected with the actuating lever to move the actuating lever including said slide in the opposite direction.

9. A vending machine of the character de-' scribed including a cabinet, an article carrier, means rotatably supporting the article carrier in the cabinet, an actuating lever pivotally supported in the cabinet to move the carrier in one lever engageable with the carrier, a click in the cabinet engageable with the carrier to prevent retractive rotation thereof, a slide reciprocably supported on the cabinet, 2, lug on the slide, means on the actuating lever engageable by said lug whereby the actuating lever is moved in one direction, a spring connected with the actuating lever to move the actuating lever including said slide in the opposite direction, and control means en-,

gageable with the carrier and actuated by the actuating lever to prevent coasting of the carrier.

11. A vending machine of the character described including a cabinet having an article removing opening, a carrier rotatably supported in the cabinet and having article receiving pockets successively registrable with said opening, a closure covering said opening, means hinging the closure along one side of the opening, latch means in the cabinet to engage said carrier, a lever having fixed pivotal support relatively to said cabinet and engageable with the latch means for preventing rotation of the carrier, and a cam on the closure engaging said lever to efiect actuation of the latch means in preventing rotation of the carrier when the closure is opened.

12. A vending machine of the character described including a cabinet having a slot in the top thereof, an article carrier, means rotatably supporting the article carrier in the cabinet, an actuating lever movably supported in the cabinet and terminating short of the top of the cabinet, a pawl on the actuating lever engageable with the carrier, a slide reciprocably supported on top of the cabinet, lever engaging means on the slide and movable through said slot to abuttingly engage the lever whereby the actuating lever is moved in one direction upon manipulation of the slide, and a spring to move the actuating lever in the opposite direction.

13. A vending machine of the character described including a cabinet having an article removing opening therein, an article carrier rotatably supported in the cabinet and movable past said opening, a door hinged over the opening, means connected with the door for controlling rotation of the article carrier, an actuating lever movably supported in the cabinet, a pawl on the actuating lever engageable with the carrier, a slide reciprocably supported on the cabinet and having lever engaging means whereby the actuating lever is moved in one direction to rotate the carrier when the slide is moved in one direction, spring means for moving the actuating lever including said slide in the opposite direction, and means acted upon by said control means for stopping the carrier when the door is opened.

14. A vending machine of the character described including a cabinet having an article removing opening, a carrier rotatably supported in the cabinet and having article receiving pockets successively registrable with said opening, a closure covering said opening, lock means releasably securing thev closure, a plurality of pivotally supported fingers mounted on the bottom of the carrier and having portions projectable into said pockets, finger actuating means having pivotal support within the cabinet below the carrier in registry with the article removing opening, and means connected with said finger actuating means for keeping the closure in locked position when a finger is moved into a pocket by said actuatins means.

CLYDE M. PARKER.

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