Slant shelf magazine for automatic vending machines

In a slant-shelf magazine for a coin controlled vending machine in which cylindrical articles are stored in plural, horizontally inclined, superposed storage racks adapted to gravitationally release articles to a vertical drop chute opposite the lower ends of said racks whereby to supply articles to a horizontally inclined discharge chute which is blocked at it's lower end by a vend mechanism operable to release articles therefrom one-by-one, improved means for transferring articles from said drop chute to said delivery chute while materially reducing the gravity load of articles on said vend mechanism, comprising:

• a guideway adjacent the lower end of said drop chute, comprising a reentrant portion mounted to extend recessively rearward of said drop chute, and stationary deflector means at the lower end of said drop chute for interferingly engaging each of said articles as it moves therepast to positively redirect the same horizontally into said guideway whereby the latter causes said articles to move horizontally away from said drop chute and vend mechanism before reversely moving toward said discharge chute thereby to reduce the gravitational load of said articles imposed on said vend mechanism.