Product dispensing system

A dispensing system comprising:

• an outer housing comprising a front cover and a rear case, wherein the rear case defines an interior volume and the front cover defines a slot extending into the interior volume;
• a tray located within the interior volume, proximate to the slot;
• a dispensing unit housed within the interior volume, the dispensing unit comprising:
• a chassis that defines a top-side opening, an open front-side, and an interior space, wherein the open front-side of the chassis is facing the tray, and wherein a product may be loaded into the chassis by being inserted into the top-side opening;
• a moving element mounted to the chassis within the interior space and below the top-side opening, the moving element being moveable between at least a first position and a second position, and wherein movement of the moving element from its first position to its second position causes the moving element to move a loaded product towards the tray through the open front side;
• a gear assembly configured to move the moving element between its first and second positions, the gear assembly comprising:
• a drive spur gear fixedly connected to the moving element;
• a rack gear slidably attached to the chassis that is movable along a linear path;
• at least one additional spur gear meshed with the drive spur gear and the rack gear, the at least one additional spur gear being configured to translate linear motion by the rack gear into rotational motion of the drive spur gear.