NEWSPAPER DISPENSING MACHINE WITH MEANS TO COMPENSATE FOR DECREASING SUPPLY

• US 3,747,733 A
• Filed: 01/19/1970
• Issued: 07/24/1973
• Est. Priority Date: 01/19/1970
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Don G. Kaspar
• Original Assignee: Karl Knickerbocker
• Inventors: Knickerbocker, Karl
• Primary Examiner(s): Reeves, Robert B.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Scherbel, David A.
• Application Number:
  US05/003,623
• Time in Patent Office: 1,282 Days
• Field of Search: 194/10,54,71 221/92,100,103,110,209,227,230,241,244,281,155,4,304
• US Class Current: 194/346
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 11/045 for sheet shaped or pliable articles

Abstract

This invention relates to a newspaper or periodical dispensing mechanism, wherein the dispensing operation is under the control of a coin operated mechanism of any approved type which may be purchased on the open market and specifically comprehends mechanism for regulating the size of the dispensing opening in accordance with the thickness of the newspaper or other periodical to be dispensed, which mechanism is manually adjustable by the person supplying the dispenser with a charge of periodicals, and also includes mechanism for regulating or controlling pressure on the stack of periodicals being dispensed to prevent excessive pressure against the paper in dispensing position so as to allow its easy and not mutilated withdrawal from the mechanism, and includes a display panel wherein one of the periodicals is locked in a display panel in clear unimpeded view for a prospective purchaser, together with means locking said display periodical in display position until the last periodical in the mechanism has been dispensed, at which time the mechanism locking the display periodical in position is in such position as to be unlocked when the proper coinage is inserted in the coin controlling mechanism to release the display periodical for dispensing.

Claims

1. In a newspaper or periodical dispensing machine, a cabinet having a periodical dispensing opening in the cabinet, an access and dispensing door carried by the cabinet, said cabinet having a storage compartment for periodicals to be dispensed formed therein, means within said storage compartment for supporting a plurality of periodicals in flat horizontal position, tensioned means for moving the stack of periodicals to place the uppermost periodical in the stack in position for dispensing through said dispensing opening, and means associated with the tensioned motivating means for the periodical stack moving means to regulate the pressure on the periodicals to permit free and easy dispensing of the uppermost periodical through the dispensing opening, wherein said pressure release means comprises means actuated upon operation of said dispensing door for relieving the stack of periodicals in the compartment of moving force of said tensioned means, and means for restoring the motivating pressure of said stack of periodicals upon closing of the access door.

2. A periodical dispensing machine as claimed in claim 1, including adjustable means for regulating the size of the dispensing opening in accordance with the thickness of the periodical to be dispensed.

3. In a newspaper oR periodical dispensing machine, a cabinet including a storage compartment for newspapers or periodicals to be dispensed, said cabinet having a dispensing opening, means for moving the periodicals into dispensing position relative to said dispensing opening, adjustable means for regulating the size of said dispensing opening in accordance with the thickness of each periodical being dispensed, including means for displaying one of the periodicals to be dispensed, means for locking said displayed periodical in said display means and means for releasing said locking means upon the dispensing of all other periodicals in the storage compartment to permit dispensing of the displayed periodical, said cabinet having a coin receiving slot therein and embodying an access door to permit placing of a quantity of periodicals in the cabinet and dispensing of the periodicals, latch means under control of a coin operated mechanism for locking the access door closed and permitting opening of the door upon depositing of proper coinage in the coin slot, triggering mechanism operable upon movement of the access door while dispensing the last periodical in the storage compartment to unlock the locking mechanism of the display means and permit dispensing of the displayed periodical upon the next operation of the access door.

4. A newspaper or periodical dispensing meachine, including a cabinet having an access door and a coin receiving slot and a storage compartment for periodicals to be dispensed in the cabinet, an elevator platform in said storage compartment upon which periodicals to be dispensed are placed, a partition in said cabinet sealing said storage compartment from said access door and having a periodical dispensing opening therein located so that the uppermost periodical on said supporting platform will be placed in dispensing position relative to the opening, tensioned means for moving said elevator platform and periodicals thereon upward to locate the uppermost periodical in dispensing position relative to said opening, counter tensioned means connected to said cabinet, means for regulating the action of said counter tensioned means in accordance with the weight of periodicals on said elevator platform and means operable during the dispensing of a periodical to relieve the periodical being dispensed of pressure of said elevator moving tensioned means during dispensing of a periodical, wherein said tension release means comprises means actuated upon operation of said dispensing door for relieving periodicals on the elevator platform of the moving force of said tensioned means, and means for restoring the motivating pressure on the periodicals on the elevator platform upon closing of the access door.

5. A newspaper or periodical dispensing machine, as claimed in claim 4, including means for displaying one of the periodicals to be dispensed, means for locking said displayed periodical in said display means, latch means under control of a coin operated mechanism for locking the access door closed and permitting opening of the door upon depositing of proper coinage in the coin slot, triggering mechanism operable upon movement of the access door while dispensing the last periodical in the storage compartment to unlock the locking mechanism of the display means and permit dispensing of the displayed periodical upon the next operation of the access door.

6. A newspaper or periodical dispensing machine, as claimed in claim 5, including a movable element for regulating the size of said dispensing opening, swingable means for moving said element to regulate the size of said dispensing opening, and means for locking said swingable element in adjusted position.