Device for vending cylindrical objects

Claim 1

A DEVICE FOR VENDING CYLINDRICAL ARTICLES COMPRISING: A HOPPER OF SUBSTANTIALLY RECTANGULAR CROSS-SECTION HAVING SIDES SPACED APART A DISTANCE SUBSTANTIALLY EQUAL TO THE LENGTH OF SAID ARTICLES AND FRONT AND BACK WALL PORTIONS SPACED APART A DISTANCE GREATER THAN THE DIAMETER OF SAID ARTICLES AND DEFINING THE WIDTH OF SAID HOPPER; AT LEAST ONE BAFFLE IN SAID HOPPER EXTENDING FROM ONE OF SAID WALL PORTIONS IN A DOWNWARDLY SLOPING MANNER SUBSTANTIALLY TOWARD THE MIDDLE OF SAID HOPPER; A CHANNEL LOCATED SUBJACENT TO SAID HOPPER CONVERGING FROM A WIDTH SUBSTANTIALLY EQUAL TO SAID HOPPER TO A WIDTH SUBSTANTIALLY EQUAL TO THE DIAMETER OF SAID ARTICLES FORMING SAID ARTICLES THEREIN INTO A STACK; AN AGITATOR INCORPORATED IN SAID CHANNEL AND PIVOTALLY MOUNTED FOR SEE-SAW MOVEMENT RELATIVE THERETO; AN OPERABLE COIN SLIDE IN COMMUNICATION WITH SAID AGITATOR; LINKAGE MEANS PIVOTALLY CONNECTED TO SAID COIN SLIDE AND TO SAID AGITATOR AND TRANSMITTING MOTION OF SAID COIN SLIDE IN ONE DIRECTION TO SAID AGITATOR TO DISPLACE THE SAME AND TRANSMITTING MOTION OF SAID COIN SLIDE IN THE REVERSE DIRECTION TO SAID AGITATOR PROCURING SIMULTANEOUS MOVEMOVEMENT OF SAID AGITATOR PROCURING SIMULATANEOUS MOVEMENT OF SAID ARTICLES IN SAID HOPPER; AN ARTICLE DELIVERY MEMBER ATTACHED TO SAID COIN SLIDE FOR MOVEMENT TOGETHER THEREWITH AND OREINTED IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE LOWERMOST ARTICLE IN SAID STACK TO MOVE THE SAMD THEREFROM SIMULTANEOUSLY WITH MOVEMENT OF SAID COIN SLIDE IN SAID ONE DIRECTION; AND A DISPENSING CHUTE LOCATED SUBJACENT TO SAID CHANNEL.

Claim 2

A DEVICE FOR VENDING CYLINDRICAL ARTICLES COMPRISING: A HOPPER OF SUBSTANTIALLY RECTANGULAR CROSS-SECTION HAVING SIDES SPACED APART A DISTANCE SUBSTANTIALLY EQUAL TO THE LENGTH OF SAID ARTICLES AND FRONT AND BACK WALL PORTIONS SPACED APART A DISTANCE GREATER THAN THE DIAMETER OF SAID ARTICLES AND DEFINING THE WIDTH OF SAID HOPPER; AT LEAST ONE BAFFLE IN SAID HOPPER EXTENDING FROM ONE OF SAID WALL PORTIONS IN A DOWNWARDLY SLOPING MANNER SUBSTANTIALLY TOWARD THE MIDDLE OF SAID HOPPER; A CHANNEL LOCATED SUBJACENT TO SAID HOPPER CONVERGING FROM A WIDTH SUBSTANTIALLY EQUAL TO SAID HOPPER TO A WIDTH SUBSTANTIALLY EQUAL TO THE DIAMETER OF SAID ARTICLES FORMING SAID ARTICLES THEREIN INTO A STACK; AN AGITATOR INCORPORATED IN SAID CHANNEL AND PIVOTALLY MOUNTED FOR SEE-SAW MOVEMENT RELATIVE THERETO; AN OPERABLE COIN SLIDE IN COMMUNICATION WITH SAID AGITATOR; LINKAGE MEANS PIVOTALLY CONNECTED TO SAID COIN SLIDE AND TO SAID AGITATOR AND TRANSMITTING MOTION OF SAID COIN SLIDE IN ONE DIRECTION TO SAID AGITATOR TO DISPLACE THE SAME AND TRANSMITTING MOTION OF SAID COIN SLIDE IN THE REVERSE DIRECTION TO SAID AGITATOR PROCURING SIMULTANEOUS MOVEMOVEMENT OF SAID AGITATOR PROCURING SIMULATANEOUS MOVEMENT OF SAID ARTICLES IN SAID HOPPER; AN ARTICLE DELIVERY MEMBER ATTACHED TO SAID COIN SLIDE FOR MOVEMENT TOGETHER THEREWITH AND OREINTED IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE LOWERMOST ARTICLE IN SAID STACK TO MOVE THE SAMD THEREFROM SIMULTANEOUSLY WITH MOVEMENT OF SAID COIN SLIDE IN SAID ONE DIRECTION; AND A DISPENSING CHUTE LOCATED SUBJACENT TO SAID CHANNEL.