Coin Acceptors, Inc.

Charlie R Holland

Michael J Delpercio

Vending machine

This support bracket and cabinet assembly includes a bracket having a wall-attached single bar member provided with vertically spaced outstanding lug members and a cabinet having a rear wall provided with corresponding vertically spaced openings receiving the lug members. The cabinet rear wall includes a channel-shaped recess receiving the bar member and having a second set of openings receiving the heads of the fasteners attaching the bracket to the wall. Each lug member includes an inclined portion providing a bearing for an upper support margin of the lug receiving openings tending to draw the cabinet into engagement with the wall.

Support bracket assembly

This dispensing machine rack assembly is formed from a pair of complementary, individually molded rack portions interconnected in face-to-face relation to define a plurality of generally vertical container-receiving compartments. Each rack portion includes a plurality of vertically spaced ramps extending beyond the connection face of the racks and disposed in staggered, overlapping relation to the ramps of the other rack portion to provide a serpentine path for the containers. A container entry opening is provided at the upper end of the rack assembly and a container dispensing opening is provided at the lower end of the rack assembly. Each lower end opening is provided with a door having a container-receiving bin and a control means associated with the door to control movement of a container from the lower ramp into the bin. A cradle is provided in each compartment associated with the lower ramp assembly, the cradle rear end selectively engaging a follower container when the cradle front end is loaded with a leading container.

Vending machine storage rack assembly

An article-dispensing assembly including a door movably mounted on a plate for opening and closing an opening provided in the plate, the door including a shelf extending inwardly of the opening and providing a bin for holding an article to be dispensed. A control mechanism is movable to a first position to allow transfer of an article from a feed mechanism to the bin, and movable to a second position to block transfer of an article from the feed unit to the bin. An operating unit interconnects the control unit and door to allow loading of the bin when the door is in its closed position and to preclude loading of the bin when the door is moved from the closed position. A slide bar is slidably mounted and extends transversely of the bin. An interlock unit is movably mounted at one side of the opening to a first position that blocks sliding movement of the slide bar, and to a second position allowing sliding movement of the slide bar to an extended position. A coin-actuating unit connected to the interlock unit moves the interlock unit from its first position to its second position. A slide bar actuating unit operatively interconnects the door and the slide bar to preclude movement of the door from its closed position when the interlock unit is in its first position, and operatively engages the slide bar to move the slide bar to the extended position to allow movement of the door from its closed position to its open position when the interlock is in its second position. The interlock unit is engageable with the slide bar to move the slide bar from the extended position back to its initial position.

Article-dispensing assembly for a vending machine

An article-dispensing assembly including a door movably mounted on a plate for selectively opening and closing an opening provided in the plate, the door including a shelf extending inwardly of the opening and providing a bin for holding an article to be dispensed. A control mechanism is movable to a first position to allow transfer of an article from a feed mechanism to the bin, and movable to a second position to block transfer of an article from the feed unit to the bin. An operating unit selectively interconnects the control unit and door to allow loading of the bin when the door is in its closed position and to preclude loading of the bin when the door is moved from the closed position.

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St. Louis, MO, United States of America

Charlie R Holland