Check-actuated control mechanisms – Control mechanism responsive to plurality of checks – Including part locked by detent and released by check
Patent
1993-04-30
1994-08-16
Bucci, David A.
Check-actuated control mechanisms
Control mechanism responsive to plurality of checks
Including part locked by detent and released by check
221 75, 221126, G07F 1152
Patent
active
053378768
ABSTRACT:
A vending machine has an outer housing with a hollow interior and a manual retrieval opening. At least one tray is removably supported by the housing inside the interior thereof. The tray has a plurality of storage bins, each bin being dimensioned for receiving a plurality of items to be dispensed. Each bin has a movably actuable mechanism for ejecting a single unit of the item therefrom. A manually operable coin mechanism is mounted to an exterior of the housing for receiving a predetermined number and size of coins. Insertion of the proper coins into the coin mechanism permits a single actuation thereof through a predefined range of motion. A manually operable selector mechanism is mounted to the exterior of the housing for designating the item to be dispensed when moved into engagement with the ejecting mechanism of a preselected one of the plurality of storage bins. A drive mechanism is coupled between the coin mechanism and the selector mechanism for enabling the predefined range of motion imparted by a single actuation of the coin mechanism to actuate the ejecting means of the preselected one of the storage bins. This causes a single unit of the item stored therein to be dispensed to the manual retrieval opening of the housing.
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Fesi Joseph E.
McGee Jeffrey S.
Murphy John F.
American District Enterprises, Inc.
Bucci David A.
Lowe Scott L.
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