Draper Technologies, Inc.

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Reed T Draper

Kenneth J Pol

Dennis R Martin

A coupon packet housing defines a vertically disposed compartment for receiving a stack of substantially vertically aligned, vertically juxtaposed packets. A forwardly and rearwardly movable reciprocable floor plate underlies the compartment and has a flat surfaced, recessed portion extending rearwardly from its front end to define a generally vertically disposed dispensing shoulder which lies adjacent the rear of the compartment when the plate is in rearward position. The lowermost packet is received in the recessed portion, and is separated from the stack and then the recessed portion when the plate is respectively moved forwardly and thence returned rearwardly.

Coupon packet dispensing system

A coin operated newspaper and like article vending system for dispensing articles on a one-at-a-time basis wherein a housing forms a cabinet for containing newspapers and like articles to be vended, a door is hinged on one side of the cabinet, a coin operated lock mechanism releasably locks the door to the cabinet, a partition is incorporated with the housing as a wall thereof situated behind the door and provides a dispensing slot behind the door for passing one article at a time, an elevator assures the delivery of newspapers successively to a location opposite the dispensing slot, a newspaper dispensing element is actuable to engage and move the newspaper partly out the opening, linkage mechanism connects the door and dispensing element to move the newspaper at least partly out of the opening when the door is moved and mechanism delays the return of the dispensing element to full dispensing position pending locking of the door.

System for converting stack access newspaper vending machines and the

A coin operated vending machine delivers single newspapers and/or similar articles from the upper end of a stack of articles out a vending slot. A roller engages the article and moves it part of the way out the slot so that it can be grasped by the customer and pulled the remaining distance. An actuator, such as the access door used on vending machines currently in the field, is linked with the roller to revolve it in a dispensing direction, but the motion transmission mechanism for the roller does not transmit rotation in the opposite direction and permits the roller to revolve independently of the motion transmission mechanism.

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Saginaw, MI, United States of America

Reed T Draper