Can dispensing apparatus

Claim 1

CAN DISPENSING APPARATUS COMPRISING FRAME OPEN ON AT LEAST ONE SIDE AND END, A SERIES OF COMMUNICATING RAMPS MOUNTED ON SAID FRAME IN VERTICAL ZIG-ZAG DESCENDING RELATION AND ROLLINGLY GUIDING THEREALONG A SERIES OF CONTIGUOUS CANS, EACH OF SAID RAMPS COMPRISING SPACED TRACKS EACH RAIL OF WHICH HAS ALONG ITS OUTER EDGE AN UPSTANDING GUIDE WALL FOR RESTRAINING THE CANS AGAINST UNWARRANTED AXIAL MOVEMENT, THE JUNCTURE OF THE LOWERMOST END OF EACH RAMP TERMINATING SHORT OF THE UPPERMOST END OF THE UNDERLYING RAMP TO PERMIT CANS TO FALL FROM ONE RAMP TO THE NEXT BELOW, A PLURALITY OF OPPOSITELY RECIPROCATING DUAL GATE UNITS FOR CONTROLLING DESCENT OF SAID SERIES OF CANS ON SAID RAMPS, EACH UNIT ADAPTED UPON BEING ACTUATED TO PASS A SINGLE CAN FOR DESCENT AND ADMIT SAID SERIES TO MOVE ONE CAN INCREMENT, SAID UNITS BEING DISPOSED AT SAID JUNCTURES ALONG THE PATH OF DESCENT OF SAID CANS, TO PREVENT JAMMING OF CONTIGUOUS CANS MOVING DOWN SAID RAMPS AND EXCESSINVE THRUST ON THE LOWERMOST CAN, AND MEANS FOR SIMULTANEOUSLY OPERATING ALL OF SAID GATE UNITS.