Vending machine having a plurality of dispensing compartments

• US 3,146,908 A
• Filed: 03/29/1960
• Issued: 09/01/1964
• Est. Priority Date: 03/29/1960
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Francis C Du Grenier, Frank B. Perri
• Original Assignee: Francis C Du Grenier, Frank B. Perri
• Inventors: Perri, Frank B., DU GRENIER FRANCIS C
• Application Number:
  US04/018,422
• Time in Patent Office: 1,617 Days
• US Class Current: 221/124
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 11/10 two or more magazines having a common delivery chute

Claims

1. A VENDING MACHINE COMPRISING A FIRST PLURALITY OF COMPARTMENTS EXTENDING IN LINE ACROSS THE MACHINE, SAID COMPARTMENTS EACH ADAPTED TO CONTAIN A VERTICAL COLUMN OF ARTICLES TO BE VENDED, A SECOND PLURALITY OF LIKE COMPARTMENTS EXTENDING IN LINE ACROSS THE MACHINE IN BACK OF SAID FIRST PLURALITY OF COMPARTMENTS, AN EJECTOR MEMBER MOUNTED BENEATH EACH OF SAID COMPARTMENTS AND OPERATIVE WHEN ACTUATED TO EJECT THE BOTTOM ARTICLE FROM THE COMPARTMENT WITH WHICH IT IS ASSOCIATED, THE EJECTORS ASSOCIATED WITH SAID FIRST PLURALITY OF COMPARTMENTS MOUNTED SO AS TO EJECT ARTICLES TOWARD SAID SECOND PLURALITY OF COMPARTMENTS AND THE EJECTORS ASSOCIATED WITH SAID SECOND PLURALITY OF COMPARTMENTS MOUNTED SO AS TO EJECT ARTICLES TOWARDS SAID FIRST PLURALITY OF COMPARTMENTS, A CHUTE MOUNTED BENEATH SAID COMPARTMENTS FOR RECEIVING EJECTED ARTICLES AND DELIVERING THEM TO THE PURCHASER, OP-