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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 02, 1976
Filed:
Apr. 30, 1974
Applicant:
Inventor:
Merrill Krakauer, Short Hills, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
221 86 ;
Abstract
A vending apparatus includes a plurality of divider members each adapted to advance and discharge individual articles disposed upon a shelf by means of a feeder assembly including a driveable element having advancing means engaging the dividers. Upon actuation, the feeder assembly advances all dividers carried thereby until that divider immediately behind the forwardmost article reaches a discharge point at which time switch means are operated by that divider to cease actuation of the feeder assembly.