833,104. Coin-freed vending apparatus. NATIONAL VENDORS Inc. Dec. 2, 1957 [Dec. 28, 1956], No. 37502/57. Class 27 A vending machine comprises a number of article magazines M arranged in two tiers T-1, T-2 and at least some of the magazines are provided with means for holding a reserve stack S-2 of articles behind the primary stack S-1 and for advancing the reserve stack when the primary stack is depleted. In each magazine, the lowermost article of the forward stack is supported on an ejector E until the ejector is withdrawn by pulling a knob 65 and spring return of the ejector then pushes the article off a shelf 29 to a delivery trough 241, articles from the upper magazines being directed by a plate 47 to drop behind the lower magazines. The ejectors of the upper and lower magazines are coupled to interlock levers 137, 139 co-operating with coinfreed latches L-1, L-2, L-3 which are operated through price-change shafts 185 and 187 as described in Specification 799,720. When an ejector in one tier is operated the movement of one interlock lever blocks the movement of the other so that all the ejectors in the other tier are locked and, in the first tier, a nose 77 on the operated ejector spreads tumblers 69 so that all the other ejectors in that tier are locked. Full-stroke pawls 171 co-operate with teeth 153 on the interlock levers. On depletion of a primary stack of articles, the reserve stack is moved forward by a pusher plate 87 operated by spring-loaded lazy tongs 89, the plate preferably being angled slightly rearward so that the reserve stack does not tend to wedge the uppermost articles in the primary stack. A side plate 111 extends forwardly from the pusher plate and at the forward end of the side plate is a spring-loaded hinged flap 115 which is normally held in a transversely-extending position by a finger 121 engaging the side wall of the magazine, thus forming a partition between the two stacks; when the pusher plate is fully forward and a door 123 is opened, the flap is allowed to swing outward to allow reloading. To relieve the primary stack from the pressure of the reserve stack when an ejector is operated, each ejector is coupled to a rockshaft 223 carrying pawls 225 which engage teeth 221 on each pusher plate to move it slightly backwards.