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VENDING MACHINE

  • US 3,780,909 A
  • Filed: 08/04/1971
  • Issued: 12/25/1973
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/04/1971
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. In a vending machine for vending packaged products having at least one delivery arm for retaining and dispensing packages, said delivery arm comprising:

  • a. an elongated member carried by said vending machine and having at least two laterally spaced rollers mounted thereon;

    b. an endless chain mounted on said rollers and adapted to be rotated for vending packaged products;

    c. said chain defining a plurality of pairs of retention elements, each having adjacent clamping surfaces for releasably retaining a package to be vended and being operable to release said package upon rotation of the chain about one of said rollers; and

    d. one of said elements of each pair of retention elements including a pivotally supported member defining said clamping surface and biasing means urging said member in a direction toward the adjacent clamping surface of the other element.

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