Inventors:
Fred O. Godley - Charlotte NC
John A. Laurents - Charlotte NC
Assignee:
Single Vend Inc. - Charlotte NC
International Classification:
G07F 1160
Abstract:
A newspaper vending machine having a vertically movable inclined platform supporting a group of newspapers, a stationary dispensing wedge having an inclined upper surface, a drive shaft operatively connected to the platform, a dispensing chute and a crank to rotate the shaft to elevate the platform and raise successive newspapers above the dispensing wedge and dispense them by gravity through a dispensing chute, in combination with a clutch between the drive shaft and the crank normally disengaging the shaft from the crank, and a coin mechanism to activate the clutch and engage the shaft with the crank to raise the platform and dispense a newspaper.
