Apparatus for dispensing articles

Article dispensing – With discharge assistant – Plural or combined with manipulating means

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221231, 221241, 221253, 221285, B65H 108

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051995999

ABSTRACT:
A dispensing apparatus is disclosed for sequentially vending articles upon the movement of an actuator. The dispensing apparatus includes a housing which encloses a plurality of newspapers, and which further includes a passageway; a platform is disposed within the housing and which includes an aperture formed therein, the platform supporting the articles within the housing; a rearward support assembly is borne on the platform and operable for movement toward the passageway; a forward support assembly is borne by the housing and is operable to position an article in an appropriate orientation for viewing from a position outside the housing; a carriage assembly is borne on the platform and is operable for limited motion in the housing, and wherein movement of the forward support assembly positions the carriage assembly in a predetermined location relative to the platform; a metering assembly is mounted for pivotal movement on the carriage assembly and is operable for travel from a first position, wherein it partially occludes the platform aperture, to a second, substantially non-occluding position relative to the platform aperture: an actuator is mounted on the housing and is operable for movement from a first, non-vend position to a second, vend position; a drive assembly is disposed in force receiving relation relative to the actuator, the drive assembly is operable to simultaneously drive the rearward support assembly toward the passageway, and drive the metering assembly from the first, partially, occluding position to the second non-occluding position.

REFERENCES:
patent: 1621960 (1927-03-01), Stewart et al.
patent: 2010373 (1935-08-01), Pinkenburg

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