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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 08, 1981
Filed:
Aug. 13, 1979
Applicant:
Inventor:
Donald K Christian, Spartanburg, SC (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G07F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
221 90 ;
Abstract
A semi-automatic display supporting mechanism for a single copy periodical vending machine wherein the display copy of a magazine, newspaper or the like is vended to a purchaser in due sequence after the principle storage area of the machine has been exhausted, which encompasses linkages whereby the supporting mechanism is reoriented to retain a new display copy by the very act of gaining access to the display area. The advantages are threefold in that the prospective purchaser may see a copy of that which he might purchase, the display copy is not wasted because it is vendable and because of the semi-automatic reset means a minimum of time is expended in replacing a vended copy.