Single vend device for a newspaper vending machine
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IPC분류정보
국가/구분 |
United States(US) Patent
등록
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국제특허분류(IPC7판) |
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출원번호 |
US-0927157
(1992-08-07)
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발명자
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- Kahanek Alan P. (Yoakum TX) Ullmann Ralph J. (Shiner TX)
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출원인 / 주소 |
- Kaspar Wire Works, Inc. (Shiner TX 02)
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인용정보 |
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초록
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The application discloses a device (10) to retrofit into the cabinet (11) of newspaper vending machine racks to prevent the removal of more than one copy of the newspaper for each vend or door opening of the cabinet (11). The single vend device (10) consists of a front panel (12) with a T-slot (14).
The application discloses a device (10) to retrofit into the cabinet (11) of newspaper vending machine racks to prevent the removal of more than one copy of the newspaper for each vend or door opening of the cabinet (11). The single vend device (10) consists of a front panel (12) with a T-slot (14). The arms (14a) of the T-slot (14) are normally closed off with a pivoted closure plate (16). Consumer access to the newspapers is provided through the leg of the T-slot (14b), but the newspaper must be slid through the gap between the closure plate (16) and the front panel (12). The thickness of the gap is adjustable to selectively allow for the variation in thickness between various editions of the newspaper. The closure plate (16) is spring loaded to be biased to the closed position. Following removal of the paper, the closure of the plate (16) and a locking pin (32) prevents the plate (16) from re-opening. The locking pin ( 32) is disarmed upon closure of the cabinet (11) door (25a).
대표청구항
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A retrofit, theft deterrent device for a newspaper vending machine, the machine having a cabinet with walls defining a door opening, the cabinet for enclosing newspapers, an elevator shelf onto which the newspapers are stacked, a pivotally mounted, hinge operated door to provide access to the interi
A retrofit, theft deterrent device for a newspaper vending machine, the machine having a cabinet with walls defining a door opening, the cabinet for enclosing newspapers, an elevator shelf onto which the newspapers are stacked, a pivotally mounted, hinge operated door to provide access to the interior of said cabinet, a means for lockingly engaging said door to the cabinet, and a coin controlled mechanism to activate and deactivate the locking means, said theft deterrent device comprising: a front panel with a front and a rear surface, for substantially blocking access to the newspaper stack, said front panel having a perimeter thereon dimensioned to removably engage the walls defining the door opening of the cabinet of said newspaper vending machine, said front panel further having walls defining a “Y-shaped ”opening, the generally horizontal arms of the opening being of sufficient width to extract a newspaper widthwise therefrom, the generally vertical leg of the opening being substantially less than the width of said newspaper; means integral with the perimeter of said front panel for providing locking engagement between the perimeter of said front panel to the walls defining the opening of the cabinet, for adapting said front panel to the cabinet of the newspaper vending without the use of tools; a mounting base with a top and a bottom surface integral with said front panel located above the Y-shaped opening of said front panel, said mounting panel projecting substantially perpendicular from a rear surface of said front panel; a closure plate pivotally mounted to the rear surface of said front panel above the Y-shaped opening and below said mounting panel, said closure plate dimensioned to substantially cover the arms of the Y-shaped opening, said closure plate having a flat portion and a bent portion, said closure plate with a leading edge defining the boundary between the flat and the bent two portions, said closure plate for moving between a closed position, the closed position with the leading edge substantially flush against the lower edge of the rear surface of the walls defining the arms of the Y-shaped opening, the closed position substantially preventing access to the newspapers, and an open position, the open position achieved by rotation of said closure plate from the closed position until the leading edge of said closure plate is at a position removed from the walls defining the lower edge of the Y-shaped opening, the open position defining an access width through which the newspaper is removed from the interior of the cabinet; means to adjust the access width of the open position, said means to adjust the access width comprising a sheet slidably mounted to and flush with the bottom surface of said mounting base, the sheet operatively engaged with the rear surface of the closure plate such that the movement of the closure plate towards the open position causes the sheet to slide away from said front panel and across the bottom surface of said mounting base, said means to adjust the access width further comprising walls defining a plurality of linearly aligned adjustment holes through said mounting base, a pin dimensioned to engage the adjustment holes, pin retainment means and a channel mounted in alignment with the adjustment holes to guide the pin retainment means, the access width adjustment means further comprising an edge of the slidably mounted sheet in operative engagement with retainment pin when the pin is inserted through the adjustment holes to adjustably limit the motion of the slidably mounted sheet away from said front panel; means for biasing said closure plate towards said closed position; and means to resettably lock said closure plate in the closed position following movement of said closure plate from the open position to the closed position.
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