| 摘要 |
A quick release hopper 60 and an improved cylindrical dispensing member 70 for an individual cigarette vending machine 10. The quick release hopper 60 has a rotatable dispensing member 70, a hopper slot 61 at its bottom that aligns with a dispensing member slot 71 in the rotatable dispensing member 70, and an inboard end 54 of a handle 53 of a coin mechanism 50 that slides through the hopper slot 61 and engages with the dispensing member slot 71. The hopper 60 has flanged edges 62 that extend from a side of the hopper 60, and the flanged edges 62 engage with grooves 40 located in the compartment 30 of the vending machine 10. The slots and flanged edges allow the hopper 60 to be easily inserted and removed from the vending machine 10. The improved dispensing member 70 has axial slots 72 that are rectangularly-shaped. It further has a flat edge 73 in the cylindrical peripheral surface 74 at the leading edge of the axial slot 72 in the direction of rotation, and the flat edge 73 is chamfered relative to the side walls of the axial slot 70 so that cigarettes 91 fall more easily and gradually into the axial slot 72 of the dispensing member 70.
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