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US 4,394,932 AGranted
Vending machine having tiltable flap closure
OwnerAllan Ahlstrominventor
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A vending machine, preferably for cooled articles, comprises a number of drums subdivided into compartments and arranged as a stack within a cabinet to be individually rotatable about a horizontal shaft. A front and a rear shield covers the lower half of the stack and leave between themselves a passage. A flap, which is swingable about a horizontal shaft, reaches, in one of its positions, to the lower edge of the front shield and partly closes the passage. The machine comprises a selector mechanism, by which the position of an actuator can be adjusted to a desired drum and, when released, rotates the latter one step, and also tilts the flap, so an adjacent article can slide down a chute. The machine is provided with suitable release structure, for instance a coin-freed device, which by way of impulses to an electric motor causes a swinging movement of an arm in the actuator.
A vending machine of the type where a number of drums are arranged in a cabinet to be rotatable about a horizontal shaft and which includes a mechanism for selecting either of the drums and a release mechanism permitting rotation of a selected drum, the machine further comprising
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