Mechanical vending machine having slidable pivotal coin analyzer

US4396106A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Sielaff GmbH & Co. · DE

Inventors

• Bernd Mehlan · Herrieden, DE
• Manfred Heim · Munich, DE
• Rudolf Leichs · Herrieden, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 30, 1981
• Grant date: Aug 2, 1983
• Expiry date: Sep 30, 2001

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G07F5/24
• WIPO field: Control
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A mechanical vending machine with a coin analyzer and a control mechanism for the release of merchandise dispensing devices after the insertion of an appropriate amount in coins, has the control mechanism being coupled to a locking bar of the merchandise dispensing devices and has a slide lock for the locking bar. To make the control mechanism accessible and to disengage it, the coin analyzer and the control mechanism are disposed on a bracket mounted on horizontal tracks of the vending machine so as to be movable from a pushed-in position to a pulled-out position. The bracket has a hinge by means of which it can be pivoted in the pulled-out position about a vertical axis. Disposed on the bracket is a coupling device which couples the control mechanism to the locking bar and to the slide lock in the pushed-in position, and which disengages when moved into the pulled-out position. In order to make coin stores of a coin return mechanism, which are behind the coin analyzer, readily accessible, the coin stores are fastened to a bracket which can be pulled out along the track, parallel to the merchandise dispensing compartment.