Coin operated vending machine

Claim 1

A DISPENSING MACHINE FOR DISPENSING RECTANGULAR SHAPED ARTICLES COMPRISING A CONTAINER, AN ANNULAR RINGSHAPED HOUSING, THE BOTTOM END OF SAID CONTAINER BEING IN OPEN COMMUNICATION WITH SAID HOUSING, SAID HOUSING BEING SUPPORTED ON A BASE HAVING A DELIVERY CHUTE THEREIN, A ROTATABLY MOUNTED ROTOR IN SAID HOUSING, MEANS PROVIDING A LONGITUDINALLY EXTENDING PERIPHERAL PASSAGE ON THE OUTER PERIPHERY OF SAID ROTOR JUXTAPOSED TO THE INNER PERIPHERY OF SAID HOUSING, SAID PASSAGE BEING IN COMMUNICATION WITH SAID CHUTE IN ONLY ONE ROTARY POSITION OF SAID ROTOR, MEANS FOR SELECTIVELY ROTATING SAID ROTOR, MEANS PREVENTING MORE THAN ONE RECTANGULAR SHAPED ARTICLE FROM MOVING FROM SAID PASSAGE INTO SAID CHUTE EACH TIME THE PASSAGE IS DISPOSED OVER SAID CHUTE, SAID MEANS INCLUDING A SPRING-BIASED ARM POSITIONED BETWEEN THE UPPER AND LOWER EXTREMITIES OF SAID PASSAGE FOR ENGAGEMENT WITH THE ARTICLE NEXT ABOVE THE LOWERMOST ARTICLE IN SAID PASSAGE WHEN SAID PASSAGE IS IN COMMUNICATION WITH SAID CHUTE, MEANS ON SAID ROTOR FOR DIRECTING ARTICLES RADIALLY OUTWARDLY WITH RESPECT TO SAID ROTOR AS SAID ROTOR IS RO-