US Patent:
20020092861, Jul 18, 2002
Inventors:
Harry Zerwig - Union MO, US
Gary Birk - Creve Coeur MO, US
David Duncan - Chesterfield MO, US
Leonard Ficken - Manchester MO, US
Paul Griner - St. Louis MO, US
Gregory Ivey - O' Fallon MO, US
Charles Percy - Chesterfield MO, US
Frank Walter - Maryland Heights MO, US
International Classification:
B65H003/00
B65G059/00
G07F011/46
US Classification:
221/126000, 221/133000, 221/155000, 221/195000, 221/232000
Abstract:
A magazine vending machine provides a plurality of vending mechanisms in a series of rows and columns in a glass front cabinet. Each vending mechanism includes a magazine dispensing mechanism for individually dispensing customer selected magazines and a pusher plate assembly that can be locked in a rear most loading position to allow the operator to fill each vending mechanism with magazines. The magazine dispensing mechanism includes a microprocessor and sensor arrangement which determines the height of magazine dispensed from the magazine vending mechanism and makes adjustments to the magazine dispensing mechanism operation according to the height of the magazine.