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Date of Patent:
Mar. 05, 1991

Filed:

Oct. 19, 1989
Applicant:
Inventor:

Donald C Rockola, Chicago, IL (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
221 95 ; 221 92 ; 221133 ; 221176 ; 221195 ; 221281 ; 221303 ; 2213 / ; 2213 / ; 312 45 ; 312 72 ; 211 592 ;
Abstract

A storage magazine for use in coin operated automatic vending machines composed of a plurality of side-by-side vertical storage columns or magazine sections, each having at least two back-to-back aligned serpentine tracks which store a plurality of cylindrical articles and gravitationally feed the same to an underlying discharge ramp common to both tracks. The ramp cooperates with a wedge feed system for operatively integrating articles discharged from each of the tracks into a single column in which the articles from the individual tracks are arranged in alternating order for first-in, first-out vending by a single coin operated vend mechanism.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Rockola, Donald. (1991). Storage magazine and feed system for vending cylindrical articles (U.S. Patent No. 4997106). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/4997106

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