Balloon vending machine

A balloon vending machine comprising:

• a rotatable turntable and means for rotating said turntable about a central axis;
• a plurality of pairs of rails projecting from said turntable at equal distances from said central axis, each pair of rails defining a respective first gap which slideably receives a plurality of neck fittings of unfilled balloons and, upon rotation of said turntable, stops at a given position;
• fixed rail means positioned adjacent said given position in close proximity to said plurality of pairs of rails and defining a second gap in alignment with each said first gap when in said given position and which can slideably receive individual neck fittings of balloons, said fixed rail means having an end portion remote from said first gaps;
• gas supplying means positioned radially inwardly from said plurality of pairs of rails, said gas supplying means including nozzle means positioned for radial movement toward each said first gap when in said given position for entering an individual neck fitting of a balloon;
• means coupled to said gas supplying means for selectively moving said nozzle means into a neck fitting of a balloon;
• means coupled to said gas supplying means for moving said nozzle means parallel to said plurality of pairs of rails and said fixed rail means to a filling station thus moving said neck fitting with a balloon attached from a pair of rails at said given position onto said fixed rail means to said filling station;
• means responsive to arrival of a balloon in said filling station for triggering said nozzle means to inflate that balloon;
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• pulling means coupled to said end portion of said fixed rail means for pulling said end portion to aid in separating into two parts the neck fitting of that balloon which has been inflated.