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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:
Nov. 15, 1994
Filed:
Feb. 17, 1993
Danny E Crawford, Charles City, IA (US);
Gene A Hall, Charles City, IA (US);
Dennis A Jendro, Charles City, IA (US);
Dennis P Rolph, Charles City, IA (US);
Danny L Nelson, Charles City, IA (US);
Paul D Elst, Green Bay, WI (US);
Gregory E Erlandson, Brooklyn Center, MN (US);
Jack T Mowry, N.W. Ramsey, MN (US);
Robert L Neiss, St. Michael, MN (US);
Craig K Loebig, Elk River, MN (US);
Richard A Helms, Elk River, MN (US);
Seven, Ltd., Charles City, IA (US);
Abstract
A vending machine is designed to dispense multiple copies of a publication one at a time. The machine includes a storage member adapted to temporarily store multiple copies of a publication in a face-to-face orientation, a suction assembly formed of at least one suction cup that is adapted to seize and transport the front most copy of the publication to a dispensing position, a valve assembly associated with the suction cup to cause the cup to vent when in a dispensing position to dispense such copy into a delivery chute, and a slidable backplate biased to continuously urge the remaining copies of the publication forward.