Patents by Inventor Philip F. Jacobs

Philip F. Jacobs has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 4201283
    Abstract: A satellite vending machine having a tier of manually operated ejectors for dispensing a selection of packaged articles from storage magazines therein to expand the capacity of a parent vending machine is installed on top of the parent and utilizes the coin-actuated totalizer unit and associated mechanism of the parent and provides a linkage to its own heavy duty mechanism responsive to the latch positions in the parent as pilferage protection. The dual pricing capability of the parent is extended to the satellite by a linkage from the ejectors of the magazines having the higher priced articles in the satellite to the latch mechanism of the parent to lock both parent and satellite latch mechanisms when a higher priced ejector in the satellite is pulled with the deposit of coins sufficient only for the lower priced articles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 1978
    Date of Patent: May 6, 1980
    Assignee: E. B. Metal Rubber Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Philip F. Jacobs, Evelyn Friedman, Peter Southall, William Carswell
  • Patent number: 4162026
    Abstract: The invention relates to a locking mechanism for interlocking two units, which is tamper proof and which requires locking the otherwise accessible parts of one of the units before the other can be locked, and in which locking the other unit automatically locks the one unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 1977
    Date of Patent: July 24, 1979
    Assignee: E. B. Metal & Rubber Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Philip F. Jacobs, Evelyn Friedman, Peter Southall
  • Patent number: 4121707
    Abstract: The invention relates to an article dispensing satellite vending machine which has no coin slots for coin deposits or coin operated mechanism but which is capable of being interconnected with another vending machine having a coin mechanism and an article dispensing mechanism which may dispense articles other than those dispensed by the satellite unit. The satellite machine includes a frame housed in a cabinet which is attached to the cabinet of the other vending machine, an article storing assembly being carried on the frame for storing articles to be dispensed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 1977
    Date of Patent: October 24, 1978
    Assignee: E. B. Metal & Rubber Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Philip F. Jacobs, Evelyn Friedman, Peter Southall, Cyrus A. Alldred, Frank M. Kecseti