| 摘要 |
A vending machine for dispensing a single, folded, rectangular newspaper from a group of abutting similar newspapers has a frame and housing with an interior, bottom support plate inclined downwardly toward and ending at a forward edge spaced from the front wall of the housing. A barrier extends transversely at the forward edge of the bottom plate, is spaced from the front wall to leave an opening and is adapted to be abutted by the lower folded edge of the leading newspaper. A movable back support wall is spring-urged over the bottom plate and toward the barrier to advance newspapers along the bottom plate. The forward folded newspaper, when pressed against the barrier by the back wall, also rests above or upon one or more drum cams, each having a support surface for a newspaper fold and having a separator fin. Each drum cam is mounted on a shaft rotatable by a handle and returned by a spring. Upon rotation, the drum cams separate the forward newspaper from the group and lift the separated forward newspaper upwardly and over the barrier to release the lifted newspaper for discharge by gravity through a vertical chute having a dispensing opening at the bottom. The drum cams, in their dispensing positions, act to arrest the forward motion of the succeeding newspapers and do so until the drum cams have been restored to their home positions.
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