US3536231A - Magazine vending machine - Google Patents

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United States Patent Karl Knickerbocker 400 Baycrest Drive, Venice, Florida 33595 [21] Appl. No. 721,277

[22] Filed April 15, 1968 [45] Patented Oct. 27, 1970 [72] Inventor [54] MAGAZINEVENDING MACHINE 7 Claims, 12 Drawing Figs.

[521 US. Cl. 221/155,

221/227, 221/228, 221/251, 221/262 [51] int. Cl. A47f l/04 [50] Field ofScarch 194/2, 57,

[56] References Cited Primary ExaminerSamuel F. Coleman ABSTRACT: The present invention relates to a periodical dispensing machine which is particularly adapted for dispensing periodicals such as magazines and comprises a cabinet with a compartment for containing the periodicals to be dispensed and a front door which comprises the entire front side of the cabinet with entire periodical dispensing assembly carried by this front door so that it is readily accessible for repairs or adjustment of its various elements greatly facilitating and reducing the time and cost required for such adjustments or repairs and it further comprises means for dispensing the periodicals without mutilation such as tearing or folding any pages thereof, such mechanism including a dispensing plate and holding brackets which are moved beneath the periodcal to be dispensed and the periodical is moved upward from its position in the containing compartment and subsequently movedllaterallyfor deposit into a discharge chute. The present vending mechanism includes means for urging the periodicals in the containing compartment towards the front door and in position for dispensing, and pressure release means for relieving the magazine being dispensed of this forward urging pressure as well as means forming a part of and operated in unison with the pressure release means to prevent vertical movement of any periodicals in the containing compartment during the dispensing of the first periodical therein. The pressure release and hold-down means is adjustable to accommodate periodicals of various thicknesses.

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MAGAZINE VENDING MACHINE The present invention relates to a coin operated vending machine for dispensing magazines, periodicals, or the like, in

such manner that a single magazine orperiodical'is vended in periodicals to bedispensed and an importantfeature is that the magazines to be dispensed'are visibly di'splayed through a suitable'window in theaccessdooro'f the-cabine'tin substantially in the same manner .as :they would be displayed on a magazine display rack.

Another important feature of the-present invention is that magazines of various sizes-and :thicknesses :mayfbe displayed and dispensed by the present vendingmachine'without liability of the discharge ofmore'thanone magazine upon each-actuationof themac'hine and that the magazines are dispensed in such manner that those stored in the cabinet are not a'ccessible to and cannot be reached by the operator of the machine.

The present invention provides adjustable means controlling the holding of storing of the magazines, as well as adjustable means in the dispensing mechanism to accommodate magazines or periodicals having various thicknesses.

The entiredispensing mechanism is mounted on the inside wall of the access "door so that when the door is open they are easily reached for repair or for adjustment, when necessary, and also to permit a supplier to easily load the magazines that are to be dispensed later into the storage compartment of the vending machine. A coin controlled mechanism which will control the dispensing of each magazine, or periodical is also applied to the inner wall of the access door which renders it easily available for servicing. A coin controlled mechanism is not shown in the drawings and will not be described herein as any suitable type of coin controlled mechanism which may be purchased upon the open market may be used, such as, for example, that shown in my prior U.S. Pat. Nos. 3,174,608, issued Mar. 23, 1965 and 3,265,177, issued Aug. 8, 1966.

The coin controlled mechanism will in turn control the operation of the manually operated lever which sets up the dispensing operation of the machine.

I In general, the vending machine of the present invention includes a magazine or periodical storage cabinet having an access door through which the storage compartment is charged with a supply of magazines or periodicals to be dispensed, suitable dispensing mechanism actuated by a manually operable lever which is under the control of a suitable coin controlled mechanism, together with means for lifting the foremost magazine out of its normal position upwardly and forwardly against suitable guide means which guides it to the dispensing chute and means for separating the foremost magazine from the remaining magazines in the storage compartment and means to restrain the remaining magazines in the storage compartment from moving to dispensing position during the dispensing of the foremost magazine. The vending machine also includes releasable means for locking the dispensing assembly in retarded inactive position during the placing of a supply of magazines or periodicals in the storage compartment. Various elements of the dispensing mechanism are adjustable so that magazines of different thicknesses and sizes may be dispensed from the machine accurately and efficiently, and also to facilitate servicing or repair of the parts of the dispensing mechanism, this mechanism is carried by the access door of the cabinet which may be opened and restrained in a suitable open position to permit ready access to various parts of the dispensing mechanism.

Numerous other objects, features and advantages of the present invention will be apparent from consideration of the following specification, taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings in which:

FIG. 1 is a front view of the vendor;

FIG. 2is aright side view of'the vendor showing the access door-inan open position, for loading the magazines into the storage compartment/also routineservicing-(Magazines are shown in phantom);

FIG. 3 isa viewtaken from'the inside of the vendor access door looking from back to 'front. The entire magazine dispensing components are shown in the drawing;

FlG.'4ir a cross sectio'nal view'of the top left section of the vendor access-door. (The magazines are shown in phantom).

The magazine hold-down andp'ressure relieving assembly is 'shown'innormal'position;

'FIG.-5 is a cross-sectional'view of the 'left bottom section of the vendor access' door. The'magazin'e dispensing assembly is 'shown inno'rmal position. Magazine dispensing'chute guide bars and guide bar top spacer angle plate are shown, the

dispenserpla'te assenibly side shieldplates are also shown;

-FlG.6 -is a cross-sectional view of the right top section of the vendor accessdoor. Magazine hold-down and pressure relieving camming plates-and partial actuating linkage is shown in normal position, dotted lines indicate'cam plates in dispensing position;

--FIG. 7 is a cross-sectional vie of the right bottom section ofthe vendor'access'door. (Dispensing assembly guide rollers,

guide roller guide paths and top gt ide roller switch plate is shown in phantom), components are shown in normal position. (Magazines to be dispensed are shown in phantom). 'Fragmentarysection of actuating linkage is also shown;

FIGJ'S is across-sectional view of the left top section of the vendor access door, showing the magazine hold-down and pressure relief assembly 'in dispensing position, the magazine hold-down assembly has been rocked clockwise to bring the hold-down plate of the assembly against the top of the magazines, it will also be apparent that the magazine holddown and pressure relief assembly has moved back from the front of the access door and that needles in the needle plate which are a part of the assembly have been forced between the magazines just back of the foremost one and that the backward movement of the assembly working in conjunction with the positioning 'of the needles, has moved the magazines that were held -by the pressure of the spring biased follower against the foremost magazine to move back with the assembly, thus relieving the pressure on theforemost magazine that is being dispensed and allow it to fall downward;

FIG. 9 is a cross-sectional view of the lower left section of the magazine access door showing the dispensing plate assembly in dispensing position. (The magazines to be dispensed are shown in phantom);

FIG. 10 is a cross-sectional view of the inside right wall of the vendor cabinet, including the access door. (The magazines are shown in phantom).

FIG. 11 is a view of the switch assembly; and

FIG. 12 is a view of the switch plate.

Referring now to FIGS. 1 and 2 of the drawings, it will be seen that one preferred form of the cabinet of the present invention, particularly constructed and arranged for housing, displaying and dispensing magazines or the like, comprises a generally rectangular cabinet body havingside walls 59,rear wall 60 andaccess door 5, that makes up the entire front wall, respectively, together with a fl'at top 61 and a formedbase 90. Back of the access door a super structure has been provided for the storage and display of the magazines, consisting offront plate 58, magazine support rails 42 connected to supportplate 58 and extending rearward and coming to rest onsupport angle plate 62. (See FIG. 10). For display purposes atransparent window 27 is mounted in the front wall of the vendor access door. The vendor access door is swingably connected to the bottom front'base of the cabinet by sections of piano hinges 6, these hinges provide for the opening of the door as illustrated in the drawing, (See FIG. 2) access door travel limit bars 4 having one end pivotally secured to the ac= In FIGQI acoin return receiver 2 is shown in the lower right front portion of access door. Rejected coins, also coins returned by a purchaser, cometo rest in this receiver. Inserted coins are returned to 'apurchaser return knob 63 clockwise. V o 1 r o In FIGSul and 2 the actuator l is shown mounted on the when-he turns the coin front of the vendor access door, a portion of the actuator extends rearwardthrough an opening in the door and is con-.' nected to themagazine 7 dispensing assemblies bylinkage 7 and 8. (See No.14, FIG. 2).

To dispense a magazinefrom the vendor, the customer must swing the actuator downward toits limit, then upwarddt isto be understood that a coin operated mechanism. will control the movement of the actuator on a complete vendor- The coin mechanism is not a unit of this invention and is not shown, but. such a coin mechanism of any approved type, readily availa-.

blc. may be employed.

Cabinet lock 3 is shown in both FIGS. 1 and 2.'I.o ckcatch angle plate 40 is shown in FIG. 2.Numbers 21, 22, 39, 7 and 8 shown in FIG. 2,.partially .cover some of the parts and assemblies that make up the magazine dispensing apparatus and their functions will be explained in detail further on.

FIG. 3 covers the entire magazine dispensing mechanisms,

linkage and assemblies that are mounted on the inside of the vendor cabinet access'door. Views'of thedoor are shown in FIGS. 1 and 2. l is the dispensing actuator, this actuator is V FIGS. 5, 7 and 9) moved above guide filler blocks 67 and67A plate 58 moves forwardwith thedispenser plate assembly 23 position.Angle plates 28 and 29 are rigidly secured to the top shown in FIGS. 1 and 2. 15is the actuator return spring; 14 is l a stud rigidly secured to theactuator and extending therefrom to provide means for a movable connection with dispensingdrive bar 7, the uppermost end of this drive bar is movably connected to the magazine-hold-down and pressure reliefassembly cam plate 18 by means of astud 16 that is rigidly secured to the cam plate.Twin cam plate 19A is located on the upper opposite side of the door and the two cam plates are plates,shaft 34 is pivotally'mounted in the upper end of thevertical angle plate 9 and 9A.Shaft 34 is also shown in FIGS. 5

rigidly fixed toshaft 34 which spans the distance between'the of plate-10, thus the-"upper section of thedispenser plate assembly 23 swings forward, being biased byspring 41 and pres-' sure resulting frornthe forward movement of. the magazines.

The foremost magazine which has beenlifted above restrainer until it comes in'contact with thevertical dispenser chute guide bars 12, the magazine'is at this point forced oi? the liftingshelves 29 by the, continued forward movement of thedispenser plate assembly 23,,therefore the magazin'edrops clear of the vendor through the dispenser chute -70. The

dispenser plate assembly then moves downward to normal side of themagazine dispenser plate assembly, these plates form the magazine pickup shelves (See FIGS. 13 and 9).Plate 58 makes up the'front wallof the magazine storage section, also the rear wall of the dispenser-chute. The ends of three magazine support rails 42 (only oneshown in FIG. 10) are secured to andsupported byplate 58. The top side ofplate 58 extends approximately 1 inch above the top sides of the magazine support rails 42, the bottomportion of the foremost magazine in its travel forward comes to rest against the part ofplate 58 that' extends above the support rails 42 and assumes dispensing position. Portions of plate58 are cut away from the top side downward. to allow for the upper. sections of the magazine dispenser plate assembly to travel past the plate and pick up'a magazine. The cut-aways are not shown, however, the purpose and need for same can be seen in FIG. 9.

See FIGS. 3 and 9. Shield plates.l1' and 11A are rigidly e that is being dispensed from entering the openings and lodging and 6. .Connecting'bars 8 and 8A aremovably mounted tostuds 16 and 16A one bar on either side of the door, these bars extend downward fromstuds 16 and 16A and their. lower ends are movably mounted ontodispenser plate assembly 23,1shaft 24 and 24A,. The dispenser plate assembly shaftsarerigidly fixed to the assembly, they are shown in FIGS. 5, 7 and 9. The

dispenser plate assembly 23is-mounted between the vertical angle guide and mountingsections 9 and 9Athat are rigidly secured to the front wall of the vendor accessdooL Elongated openings 63 formed in'the lower ends ofeachvertical plate 9 and 9A (See FIG. 7) guide the lower portions of the dispenser plate assembly by means of theshafts 24 and 24A extending through theelongated slots 63 and 63A,rollers 25 and 25A are a running fit on the'shafts and provide for. smooth (friction free) upward movement-of the dispenser plate assembly (See FIGS. 5, 7 and 9),shafts 66 and 66A are rigidly secured to upperside of the dispenser plate assembly and extend outward from each end (not shown in FIG; 3); These shafts exte'nd throughopenings 66 and 66A in the vertical guide and mountingsections 9 and 9A,rollers 31 and 31A have arunning fit on theshafts 66 and 66A arid guide the dispenser plate assembly when it moves upward in a dispensing cycle, by following the pathsformed byguide plate 10.Afiller block 67 is secured to the inside of the outer wall ofguide plate 10 and forms the inside track of the guidepaths. The paths that guiderollers 25 and 31 follow in a vending cycle are indicated by directional 'arrows on guide 10 (See FIGS. 7 and 9).

It can be'seen inFIG. 9 that the 'lower'sectionof the dispenser plate assembly is guided by-rollers 24 and 24A to,

move vertically in elongated slots 63-and 63A of the vertical.

angle plates 9 and 9A during a dispensing cycle. It can also be seen thatthe upper section of the dispenser plate assembly is moved upward and rearward to pick up the foremost magazine at its lower front side, the'continued travel of the there.

Dispenser chute guide bars 12 are rigidly secured to thebottom flange 7 of the vendor access door-and extend vertically from this point, they come to rest againstspacer angle plate 13 that is secured to the inside wall of the access door See FIG.

3). These bars form the front wallof the dispenserchute.

There are threeslots 71, cut from the upper side, downward in thedispenser plate assembly 23 to provide means for the straddling of dispenser chute guide bars by the magazine pickup section of thedispenser plate assembly 23.

Refer to FIGS. 3, 4, 6,Parts 19, 19A, 22, 22A, 35, 36, 37 and 38, are components of the magazine hold-down andpressure relief assembly 21; This assenibly'is movably mounted to the upperinside of the vendor access door by means of theextension brackets 30 and 30A, that aresecured tothevertical jangle plates 9 and 9A and extend rearward therefrom.Shafts 22 and 22Av are rigidlysecured to each end ofassembly 21 and extend outward. These shafts pass outwardly from 'the assembly throughelongated slots 73 and 73A, in the extension mountingbrackets 30and 30A. Grooves (not shown) are cut in the outer. ends of each shaft to provide anchorage ofsprings 20 and 20A, these springs urge the assembly forward'to point whereshafts 22 and 22A come in contact with the front end of the elongated mountingslots 73 and 73A inextension plates 30 and 30A.

Aneedle plate 35 is adjustably mounted to the foremost portion of magazine hold-downan dpressure relief assembly 21 by means ofthreaded'studs 37, that are secured to the plate and extend upward through matching elongated slots (not Qshown) in theassembly 21.Nuts 38 in conjunction with dispenser plate assembly after it comes in contact with the magazine is vertical, thus the magazine is lifted past the top side ofend plate 58, guiderollers 31 and 31A, (shown in threadedstuds 37 hold the'needle plate in desired position, needles 36 are a tight press fit through holes in the plate, there are five needles in a straight line evenly spaced and running from right to left along the front side of the needle plate.Camming plates 19 and 19A are rigidly secured toshafts 22 and 22A of the magazine holddown arid pressure relief assembly21, on the outer sides of thevertical angle plates 9 and The purpose of thecam plates 19 and 19A are to work in conjunction withcam plates 18 and 18A to rock theassembly 21 counterclockwise and rearward, as shown (in phantom) in FIG. 6. The function of the magazine hold-down andpressure relief assembly 21, is best illustrated in FIGS. 4 and 8.

In FIG. 4 theassembly 21 is being held in its normal position byspring 78 that has one end secured to the outmost end ofcam plate 13 and the other end secured tovertical angle plate 9. It is apparent that mountingshaft 22 is resting in its foremost position and that theneedle plate 35 is being held above the magazines shown (in phantom) below. In FIG. 8, theassembly 21 has been rocked clockwise, the needles of the needle plate have been forced between the foremost magazine and the remaining magazines and the entire assembly has been moved rearward, the top portion of the magazines that are back of the needles and thefollower plate 45 have also been front side of the needle plate is back of the foremost magazine to provide space for the magazine to be moved upward and dispensed. The needle plate can be adjusted forward or rearward on theassembly 21, to accommodate the dispensing of magazines having various thicknesses.

It can be seen that the position of the needle plate against the top of the magazines back of the foremost one, will prevent their upward movement with the foremost magazine when same is dispensed.

In FIG. magazines are shown resting vertically on horizontal support rails 42, thefollower plate 45 is supporting the magazines from the rear side, while the upper front side of the foremost magazine comes to rest against ahorizontal channel 57 that spans the space between the verticalangle support plates 9 and 9A, each end of the channel is rigidly secured to the angle plates. It can also be seen in FIG. 10 that the bottom front portion of the foremost magazine is resting against the part ofplate 58 that extends above support rails 42. Tortional springs 54 that are concentric withcrank shaft 50 work in conjunction with the crank to move the follower forward. 1

Part 53 is a mounting base for crank 50, the upper and lower ends of the base are formed outward to provide bearing supports 80 for the vertical leg ofcrank 50.Assembly 53 is mounted on the inside of the right side wall of the vendor cabinet. 51 is an extension to the crank 50 and provides means for the mounting ofroller 49, that comes in-contact with the follower plate, (above roller 49) to hold it in a vertical position. Aroller 49 is mounted on the portion of crank 50 that is formed downward, this portion of the crank, in conjunction with the roller move the follower forward as the magazines are dispensed.

AU-shaped strap 47 is secured to thefollower plate 45, to

I maintain the relative positions of the components.

AU-shaped guide plate 48 is secured to the rear wall of thelower strap 47, this plate straddles thecenter support rail 42, to prevent excessive lateral movement of the follower plate.

The purpose oflock plate 55 is to hold the follower assembly to the rear of the vendor for loading the magazines.Notch 86 inlock plate 55 drops in front of thehorizontal leg 87 ofcrank 50, when the follower is moved to the rear of the vendor. The follower is released from locked position by raising the front end oflock plate 55.Part 56 is the lock plate mounting stud.

Referring again to FIGS. 3, 4 and 5 and particularly FIG. 6.Cam plates 18 and 19 are shown in normal position, 18 is rigidly mounted toshaft 34, 19 is rigidly mounted toshaft 22. One will note that thedrive stud 16 that is secured tocam plate 18 protrudes inwardly to provide means for the mounting ofroller 16A (See FIG. 3). When the cam plates are in normal positions,roller 16A is positioned under the lower edge ofcam plate 19,stud 39 is secured tocam plate 19 and provides means for the mounting ofroller 39A, it can be seen in FIG. 6 thatroller 39A is positioned above the camming surface ofplate 18. When thecam plate 18 is rocked counterclockwise as indicated by the dotted lines (as shown in FIG.

6),roller 39 that is'mountedon the lower end ofcam plate 19 comes in contact with the camming surface ofcam plate 18,roller 16A that is mounted on the upper sideofcam plate 18 will come in contact with the bottom side of the upper end ofcam plate 19. In as much ascam plate 19 is rigidly secured to the magazine hold-down andpressurerelief assembly shaft 22, this assembly is rocked and moved rearward to assume a positionas shownin FIG. 8.Cam plates 18A and 19A each having similar roller arrangement are mounted on opposite end of the magazine hold-down and pressure relief assembly and their purposes and function are the same as those ofcam plates 18 and 19.

Referring to FIG.- 3, it can be seen that thedrive bar 7 is connected to the actuator bystud 14 at its lower end, the top end is connected tostud 16, the purpose of the drive bar is to rock the magazine hold=down and pressure relief assembly counterclockwise when the portion of the actuator 1 on the outside of the access door is swung downward to dispense a magazine. It can also be seen that the connectingplate 8 has its top end connected tostud 16, its lower end is connected toshaft 24 which are a part of the magazine dispensing assembly.

It can also be seen that there is a connectingplate 8A on the opposite side of the door, having its top end connected tostud 16A and its lower end connected todispenser assembly shaft 24A. The purpose of these connectingplates 8 and 8A are to provide means for lifting the dispenser plate assembly upward to dispense a magazine from the vendor.

In FIG. 9 aswitch plate 32 is shown mounted on the rear side ofguide plate 10, an opening inplate 10 allows the lower end of the switch plate to pass through the rear wall ofguide plate 10 and into the guide track. There is a guide plate 10A mounted on the opposite side of the access door, this plate also hasswitch plate 32A mounted to it in the same manner (See FIG. 7), the function of the switch plates are to prevent theguide rollers 31 and 31A (mounted on the upper ends of dispensing assembly) from moving straight upward at the start of a dispensing cycle, the angled shaped flanges of the switch plates, cam the assembly forward and upward as indicated by the directional arrows shown on guide plate 10 (See FIG. 9).

FIG. 11 is a cross section view of aguide plate 10, theswitch plate 32 is shown mounted to the back wall ofplate 10 by the threadedstud 93 that is secured to plate 10. Theswitch plate 32 is swingably secured to the back wall of theguide plate 10,

by theshoulder bushing 90, passing through thehole 94 of switch plate, the bushing and theswitch plate 32 are mounted on the threadedstud 93. Aleaf spring 91 is also mounted onstud 93,nut 92 holds the assembly in place.

The function of theleaf spring 91 is to bias the lower end of the switch plate through the opening in the guide plate 10' to occupy a normal position aboveroller 31. It can be seen in FIG. 9 that thedispenser assembly roller 31 will move aboveguide block 67 in a dispensing cycle, the top of the dispensing plate assembly will therefore be urged to the front of the door byspring 41, the assembly will then drop downward,roller 31 will force the bottom end of theswitch plate 32 outward by means of the vertical ramp rib 95, located on the inside center of the switch plate and come to rest in normal position below the switch plates lower end that protrudes into the guide path.

It will be apparent that in the practice of the invention numerous changes, modifications and the full use of equivalents may be resorted to without departing from the spirit or scope of the invention as outlined in the appended claims.

Iclaim:

l. A magazine or periodical dispensing machine including a cabinet having a front door hingedly connected to the cabinet for movement into an open position, and including a periodical storage compartment, means for urging periodicalsin the storage compartment towards said front door, mechanism for engaging and dispensing the foremost periodical in said compartment carried entirely by said front door, said cabinet including a discharge chute and guides to guide a periodical from the storage compartment into said discharge chute, said periodical dispensing mechanism movable to move the foremost periodical from the storage compartment into position for subsequent controlled dispensing movement by said discharge guides whereby the periodical will be guided into the discharge chute, including means for preventing more a than one periodical to be moved from,the storage compartment upon each operation of said lever.

2. A-magazine or periodical dispensing machineincluding a 1 cabinet having a front door hingedly-connected to the cabinet [eluding a discharge chute and guides to guide a periodical from the storage compartment intosaid discharge chute, said periodical dispensing mechanism movable to move the foremost periodical from the storage compartment into position-for subsequent controlled dispensing'movement by said discharge guides whereby the periodical will be guided into the discharge chute, an operating lever carried by the cabinet, said mechanism for dispensing a periodical including a of various thicknesses.

5. in a magazine or periodical dispensing machine, a cabinet sembly including a carrying plate separation members carried by said carrying plate, means connecting said carrying plate and actuating levee-to move the carrying plate into position above the upper edges of the periodical in the compartment and to move said separation membersdownwardly between the periodical carried by the dispensing plate and the periodical next thereto, said carrying plate extending beyond said separation members and engaging'the top edges of periodicals in the compartment. to prevent their upwai'd'movement upon verticalmovement of the periodical carried by the dispensing plate.

4. ln a magazine or 'periodicaldispensing machine as claimed inclaim 3, including adjusting means for adjusting the position of said carrying plate in the pressure release and holddown assembly to accommodate the dispensing of periodicals including a compartment for containing periodicals in an dispensing plate, means for moving said dispensing plate upon operation of said lever from its normal position'on said door into position beneath the foremost periodical in thestorage compartment, means for further moving the dispensing plate to move the periodical into position for dropping'into said discharge chute, guide means for guiding and restraining the path of movement of the periodical during its initial movement from the compartmentand releasing the periodical after it has passed said guiding andrestraining means'for movement into.the discharge chute, guide means for guiding the periodical into said discharge chute after it is relieved of the guiding and restraining action of said guiding and restraining means, 7

and means carried by said door and movable upon movement of. said dispensing plate into position between the foremost periodical inthe compartment-and the one next thereto to prevent dispensing of more than one periodical upon each operation of said lever.

3. In a magazine or periodical dispensing machine, a cabinet including a compartment for containing periodicals" in an upright position, a front door hingedly connected to the cabinet for movement into an open position, means for urging the periodicals towards said front door, a dispensing mechanism carried by said front door and including a dispensing plate for engagement with the lower edge of the foremost periodical in the compartment, an actuating lever, means connecting said actuating lever and dispensing means to move said dispensing plate beneath'the foremost periodical, I

said dispensing means including mechanism to move: said dispensing plate and the periodical resting thereon upwardly in a vertical position, guide means for guiding the vertical upward movement of the dispensing plate and the periodical thereon, a discharge chute in said cabinet, said guide means terminating at a predetermined point to permit lateral movement of the periodical after it passes the termination of the.

upright position, a front. door hingedly connected to the cabinet for movement into an open position, means for urging the periodicals towards said front door, a dispensing mechanism carried by said front door and including a dispensing plate for engagement with'the lower edge of the foremost periodical in the compartment, an actuating lever, means connecting said actuating lever and dispensing means to move said dispensing plate beneath the foremost periodical, said dispensing means including mechanism to move said dispensing plate and the periodical resting thereon upwardly in a vertical position, guide means for guiding the vertical upward movement of the dispensing plate and the periodical thereon, a discharge chute in said cabinet, said guide means terminating at a predetermined point to permit lateral movement of the periodical after it passes the termination of the guide means to allow it to drop into said discharge chute, means for preventing directvertical movement of the dispensing plate at the start of its dispensing movement and to guide it in a forward and upward direction prior to the start of its 'direct upward movement. 1

6. A magazine or periodical dispensing machine including a cabinet having a front door hingedly connected to the cabinet for movement intoan open position, and including a periodical storage compartment, means for urging periodicals in the storage compartment towards said front door, mechanism for guide means to allow it to'drop into said discharge chute, a pressure release and hold-down assembly for relieving the f periodical on the dispensing plate;from pressure by the 9 remaining periodicals in the compartment and to hold the remaining periodicals in the compartment against upward movement during the vertical movement of thewperiodical being dispensed, said pressure release and hold-down asengaging and dispensing the foremost periodical in said compartmentcarried entirely by said front door, said cabinet including a discharge. chute and guides to guide a periodical from the storage compartment into said discharge chute, said N periodical dispensing mechanism movable to move the foremost periodical from the storage compartment into position for subsequent controlled dispensing movement by said discharge guides whereby the periodical will be guided into the discharge chute, a pressure release and hold-down assembly for relieving the periodical being dispensed from pres- 1 sure by the remaining periodicals inthe compartment and to hold the remaining periodicals in the compartment against dispensing during the movement of the periodical being dispensed.

7. A magazine or periodical dispensing machine as claimed inclaim 6, including adjustable means to accommodate the dispensing of periodicals of different thicknesses and preventing the dispensing ofmore than one periodical at a time.

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