Vending machine having access blocking members
US4445625A · kind A · utility
Inventors
Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 2, 1982 |
| Grant date | May 1, 1984 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 2, 2002 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG07F11/045
- WIPO fieldControl
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A vending apparatus well suited for vending such articles as newspapers, magazines or the like which vary in size, in which the articles to be vended are supplied to one side of an access opening in the vending apparatus enclosure. Access opening gating structure normally in a closed position prevent removal of an article unless, after paying a prescribed fee, the customer operates a gating actuator to cause the gating structure to be shifted to an open position in which an article can be removed through the access opening. Removal of the article causes the release of the gating structure permitting it to be returned to its normally closed position. In a preferred embodiment, the gating means includes at least two mutually independently movable blocking members which normally close the access opening.
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