Vending machine for individual cigarettes

Details Vending machine for individual cigarettes Vending machine for individual cigarettes

1992-10-28

1994-10-04

Bartuska, F. J.

Article dispensing

Plural sources, stacks or compartments

With discharge means for each source

221203, 221266, 221281, 194350, G07F 1144, A24F 1504

Patent

active

053518560

ABSTRACT:
A vending machine (10) includes three individual vendors (28), each of which dispenses cigarettes (20) one at a time. Cigarettes (20) are loaded into a holding bin (50) via a loading box (30) having a removable, horizontal floor (62). The cigarettes (20) reside in the holding bin (50) in a horizontal orientation. The holding bin (50) feeds the cigarettes to a slot (102) in a cylindrical, horizontally disposed dispensing member (52). The dispensing member (52) rotates in a single direction under the control of a coin mechanism (22). As the coin mechanism rotates, an agitator (124) cooperates with dimensioning in the holding bin (50) to prevent arches or bridges from forming and to insure that a cigarette (20) is fed into the slot (102). Continued rotation of the dispensing member (52) causes the cigarette (20) contained within the slot (102) to pass out of the holding bin (50) and fall into a dispensing tray ( 54).

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patent: 471053 (1892-03-01), Henry
patent: 1795117 (1931-03-01), Green
patent: 2923437 (1960-02-01), Miller
patent: 3960299 (1976-06-01), Hollinger
patent: 4679684 (1987-07-01), Glaser

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