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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 28, 1995
Filed:
Oct. 06, 1993
R Gregg Gomm, San Antonio, TX (US);
R Gary Gomm, San Antonio, TX (US);
Other;
Abstract
Applicant's invention comprises a single-vend dispensing machine particularly applicable to vending newspapers. The apparatus includes a platform along which a supply of newspapers (or magazines) are advanced by a specially configured push plate. Individual copies are advanced to a vend position by operation of a frictional roller which engages the foremost single copy and advances it over a platform edge to a vend position. A copy in the vend position rests against a trap door a lock for which is briefly disengaged upon payment by a customer for allowing the copy to fall to an access slot for recovery by the customer. After removal of the copy, a new copy is advanced to the vend position by friction roller. A biased bailer aids in maintaining the front-most copy in the appropriate position for falling into the vend position, which bailer is released upon actuation of the friction roller. A central control module actuates each motor and solenoid of the device, according to appropriate actuation by a customer and to input from sensors indicating pertinent positions or locations of copies.