Claims
- 1. A machine for vending printed products, comprising:
- a housing for storing the printed products and having a printed product delivery slot;
- an automatic coin mechanism associated with the housing for receiving payment for a printed product;
- delivery means for delivery a paid-for printed product to the delivery slot, the delivery means including a transporting plate for supporting a stack of the printed products and a lift mechanism for lifting the transporting plate to a predetermined height by a predetermined amount corresponding to thickness of the paid-for printed product; and
- means cooperating with the lift mechanism for automatically adjusting the predetermined amount by which the transporting plate is lifted to the predetermined height;
- wherein the lift mechanism comprises a displaceable detent rod and a first pawl associated with the transporting plate and cooperating with the displaceable detent rod for lifting the transporting plate, and wherein the means cooperating with the lift mechanism comprises a height regulator having an upper end thereof engaging a topmost printed product of a printed products stack and having a lower end thereof operationally connected with the displaceable detent rod, whereby the detent rod is lowered by an amount corresponding to an amount by which the height regulator is lowered as a result of a height loss caused by delivery of the top-most printed product and equal to thickness of the topmost printed product.
- 2. A machine according to claim 1, wherein a region of the transporting plate facing a front side of the housing is spaced from a housing bottom a distance smaller than a distance by which a region of the transporting plate facing a rear side of the housing is spaced from the housing bottom.
- 3. A machine according to claim 2, wherein the transporting plate is inclined to the housing at an angle of about 60.degree..
- 4. A machine according to claim 1, further comprising a support wall cooperating with the transporting plate for retaining the stack of printed products on the transporting plate and extending from the housing bottom parallel to and in a spaced relationship with respect to the front side.
- 5. A machine according to claim 1, further comprising an operating handle associated with the housing and cooperating with the transporting plate for lifting the stack of printed products so that a topmost printed product is located at an operational level at which the topmost printed product is transported to the delivery slot.
- 6. A machine according to claim 5, wherein the operating handle can be operated from outside upon actuation of the coin mechanism.
- 7. A machine according to claim 6, further comprising a push lever, which operationally connects the operating handle with the displaceable detent rod for lifting the transporting plate in response to operation of the operating handle.
- 8. A machine according to claim 7, wherein the lift mechanism comprises a stationary detent rod arranged adjacent to the displaceable detent rod for retaining the tranporting plate at the predetermined height, and a second pawl connecting the stationary detent rod with the transporting plate.
- 9. A machine according to claim 1, wherein the housing has a display window, in which next to be sold printed product is located and which is formed on a front side of the housing above the delivery slot.
- 10. A machine according to claim 9, wherein the display window has a rear wall on which a sign "Sold-Out becomes visible in absence of a printed product.
- 11. A machine according to claim 9, wherein the machine comprises an operating handle associated with the housing and operated in response to actuation of the coin mechanism, and a control bar cooperating with the operating handle, and wherein the display window includes upper and lower gates which are alternatively opened and closed by the operating handle and the control car.
- 12. A machine according to claim 9, wherein the delivery means includes at least one delivery push arm which brings a topmost printed product of the stack of printed products to one of the delivery slot and the display window provided above the delivery slot in which next-to-be-sold printed product is displayed.
- 13. A machine according to claim 12, wherein the push arm includes a delivery needle which engages, in an operational position of the push arm, the topmost printed product and which is withdrawn from the topmost printed product when the topmost printed product becomes disengaged from the upper end of the height regulator which engages the topmost newspaper in a non-operative condition of the machine.
- 14. A machine according to claim 13, wherein the height regulator is being lowered onto a next topmost printed product, after withdrawal of a previous topmost printed product by a distance corresponding to thickness of the printed product, and forms a delivery bridge in a direction toward the one of the delivery slot and the display window.
- 15. A machine according to claim 12, comprising an operational handle, associated with the housing, and a control bar associated with the operating handle for actuating the push arm.
RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application is a continuation-in-part of application Ser. No. 08/828,320, filed Mar. 28, 1997 and entitled Single Vend Newspaper Vending Machine.
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