VENDING MACHINE PART NAMES/TERMS EXPLAINED.
This forum is to help non-experts repair their own vending machines. So this first post is to acquaint new members of this forum with some of the names of certain vending machine parts. This will help you better describe your problem AND help other members understand what you are talking about. The following list contains the names of major parts of your vending machine with PICTURES of each part to help you identify it! So here goes:
PARTS NAME/PICTURE
T HANDLE with LOCK
twist (screw in/out) until tight then push in to lock
VENDING MACHINE LOCK (in middle of t-handle)
(also called barrel lock, pop-out lock, tubular lock, T-handle lock, etc.)
when key is inserted into lock and turned t-handle pops out picture below:
BILL ACCEPTOR also called BILL VALIDATOR
this is the dollar bill acceptor, a coinco ba-30 model is pictured below in a soda machine:
COIN MECHANISM or COIN MECH for short, also called COIN CHANGER, this accepts, counts the coins and makes change, picture below:
ACCEPTOR also called the REJECTOR, upper part of COIN MECH, picture below:
110v JONES PLUG (single price soda machine)(has 9 pins) connects single price coin mech to machine, picture below:
COIN MECH PLUGS (12 pin & 15 pin), used on multi-price soda machines & some snack machines. It connects multi-price coin mech to machine, 12 pin & 15 pin pictures below:
MDB WIRING HARNESS (this wiring harness is for machines using the MDB standard, like the plugs above it connects the coin mech to the machine's controller board. It also connects the validator the the controller board)
VEND RELAY, also called a VEND SOLENOID, picture below:
MOTOR COVER (soda machine) picture below:
SELECTION MOTOR (soda machine) when activated it moves the rails/gates to vend a can/bottle, black colored part in lower part of picture below:
CAM, SELECTION MOTOR (soda machine) can be set to different numbers/types of cans/bottles, round red/white disk in picture below:
MICROSWITCHES, SELECTION MOTOR (soda machine) works with cam to stop motor at appropriate time, white rectangular items with metal levers, to left of motor and cam
