| 摘要 |
A mechanical vending system for vending long cylindrical objects such as pencils or the like. The system comprises a cabinet housing the unvended pencils and a coin receptor mechanism for receiving the coins and vending one pencil at a time. The coins are deposited in a coin deposit box located in the interior of the cabinet thereof for storage until the service personnel retrieve the coins and restock the pencils in the cabinet. The mechanical pencil vending system has a simplified design, a low initial cost of manufacture, is easy to install and maintain, is totally independent of an outside power source, and will allow pencils and other long cylindrical objects to be vended in locations considered impractical because of the operating labor and the power requirements of vending machines heretofore. The system comprises a cabinet having side panels, a base, a removable lockable top panel for restocking the machine, and a removable door in a back panel for maintenance of the invention, and an interior storage hopper for storing unvended pencils. Further, a front panel of the cabinet has a conventional coin receptor mechanism and a delivery aperture for the person to retrieve the vended pencil after inserting the proper amount of coinage and performing a complete vending cycle. A companion Tablet Vending Machine is also disclosed.
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