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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 16, 1987
Filed:
Jul. 30, 1985
Akihito Kurosawa, Maebashi, JP;
Osamu Anazawa, Maebashi, JP;
Sanden Corporation, Gunma, JP;
Abstract
An article dispenser for a vending machine includes an article storage area having a front opening and a bottom opening with a dispensing mechanism having an article holding device disposed in the lower portion of the storage area. The storage area is defined by two side plates, a back plate and an upper plate, and the front opening of the storage area formed for loading the articles is partly covered by a pivotably supported stopper plate. A U-cross section shaped element is fixed on each side plate at a position to oppose the holding device of the dispensing mechenism and a free end of the U-shaped element extends into a rectangular hole formed through the stopper plate to effect engagement therebetween whereby partial deformation of the side plates is prevented by engagement between the U-shaped element and the stopper plate.