Inventors:
Danny E. Crawford - Charles City IA
Gene A. Hall - Charles City IA
Dennis A. Jendro - Charles City IA
Dennis P. Rolph - Charles City IA
Danny L. Nelson - Charles City IA
Paul D. Elst - Green Bay WI
Gregory E. Erlandson - Brooklyn Center MN
Jack T. Mowry - N.W. Ramsey MN
Robert L. Neiss - St. Michael MN
Craig K. Loebig - Elk River MN
Richard A. Helms - Elk River MN
Assignee:
Seven, Ltd. - Charles City IA
International Classification:
G07F 1100
Abstract:
A vending machine is designed to dispense multiple copies of a publication one at a time. The machine includes a storage member adapted to temporarily store multiple copies of a publication in a face-to-face orientation, a suction assembly formed of at least one suction cup that is adapted to seize and transport the front most copy of the publication to a dispensing position, a valve assembly associated with the suction cup to cause the cup to vent when in a dispensing position to dispense such copy into a delivery chute, and a slidable backplate biased to continuously urge the remaining copies of the publication forward.