| 摘要 |
<p>The invention provides a novel and innovative newspaper vending machine which has a vertically movable inclined platform supporting a group of newspapers, a stationary dispensing wedge having an inclined upper surface, a drive shaft operatively connected to the platform, a dispensing chute and means to rotate the shaft to elevate the platform and raise successive newspapers above the dispensing wedge and dispense them by gravity through a dispensing chute. The combination of a clutch between the drive shaft and the means to rotate the shaft normally disengages the shaft from the rotating means, and a means activates the clutch and engages the shaft with the rotating means to raise the platform and dispense a newspaper.</p> |
