Dispensing mechanism for vending machine

In combination with a fluid vending machine for dispensing fluids such as potable water into a user supplied container, a dispensing assembly comprising:

• a housing disposed in the front of said vending machine comprising a top plate and a bottom plate having generally the shape of a right angle circular sector, an arcuate side wall having generally the shape of a cylindrical sector, the upper and lower edges thereof adjoining with the circumferential edges of respective said top plate and said bottom plate, and a rectangular lateral plate, the upper and lower edges thereof adjoining respectively with a first radial edge of said top plate and said bottom plate, said top plate having an egress aperture formed therethrough for the intromission of a dispensed fluid into the interior of said housing;
• a platform comprising a lower base plate for supporting said container having generally the shape of a right angled circular sector, a rectangular inner side adjoined along a lower edge thereof with a first radial edge of said base plate, a rectangular outer side adjoined along a lower edge thereof with a second radial edge of said base plate:
• a hinge means for pivotably securing said platform in said housing;
• a switch means for shutting the intermission of a dispensed fluid into said container when a user effects the outward rotation of said platform away from said closed position:
• a spacing means for defining a space between said base plate and said bottom plate:
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• a spring means disposed in said space for urging said platform towards a closed position in said housing whereat said inner side plate approaches said lateral plate.