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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 30, 1987
Filed:
Dec. 30, 1985
Yoshikazu Kokubun, Shin, JP;
Akihito Kurosawa, Maebashi, JP;
Osamu Anazawa, Maebashi, JP;
Daigo Sunouchi, Isesaki, JP;
Masayuki Yoshihara, Isesaki, JP;
Sanden Corporation, Gunma, JP;
Abstract
An article dispenser for dispensing articles from a vending machine is disclosed. The article dispenser includes an article storage area which has a bottom opening through which articles are dispensed and an article dispensing mechanism which dispenses the lowermost articles stacked in the storage area through the bottom opening. The dispensing mechanism includes a rotating shaft which controls the opening and closing of the bottom opening of the storage area and is driven by a motor. The motor is controlled by a control device which rotates the motor in a first direction as determined by selection switches and reverses the direction of the motor after it has rotated 90.degree. and returns the motor to its initial starting position.