Article dispensing – Plural sources – stacks or compartments – With common discharge outlet
Reexamination Certificate
2007-02-27
2007-02-27
Crawford, Gene O. (Department: 3654)
Article dispensing
Plural sources, stacks or compartments
With common discharge outlet
C221S152000, C221S154000, C221S122000
Reexamination Certificate
active
10683687
ABSTRACT:
A coin-operated vending machine includes a magazine which stores small boxes or packages of items one on top of the next in columns or stacks arranged in a circumferential row thereof and a dispensing mechanism operable to effectively dispenses such small boxes or packages of items one at a time from a selected one of the stacks thereof. The vending machine also includes a one-way indexing mechanism operatively adapted to limit rotation movement of the magazine to only one rotational direction and a reciprocal locking mechanism capable of coacting with the dispensing mechanism to lock the magazine in a stationary position when a lowermost package is received in the dispensing mechanism from the selected one of the stacks.
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Crawford Gene O.
Flanagan John R.
Kumar Rakesh
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