Coin operated vending machine

Claim 1

A COIN-OPERATED VENDING MACHINE FOR CIGARETTE PACKS AND OTHER ARTICLES OF STANDARD SIZE AND WHICH CAN BE STACKED, COMPRISING A CHUTE FOR RECEIVING A STACK OF ARTICLES TO BE SOLD, A BASE ON WHICH SAID CHUTE IS MOUNTED, A BOTTOM FOR SAID CHUTE DISPOSED ABOVE SAID BASE, SAID BOTTOM HAVING A SLOT, THE LOWERMOST ARTICLE OF SAID STACK RESTING ON SAID BOTTOM, A LEVER PIVOTED AT ITS LOWER END UNDER SAID CHUTE ON A PIVOT FIXED WITH RESPECT TO SAID BASE FOR EJECTING AND RETURN PIVOTAL MOVEMENT IN A VERTICAL PLANE, A FINGER PIVOTED AT THE UPPER END OF SAID LEVER AND PASSING THROUGH SAID BOTTOM SLOT TO ENGAGE THE LOWERMOST ARTICLE OF SAID STACK AND EJECT THE SAME FROM SAID CHUTE DURING EJECTION MOVEMENT OF SAID LEVER, SAID FINGER PIVOTING INTO A RETRACTED POSITION WITH RESPECT TO SAID LEVER UNDER THE NEW ARTICLE RESTING ON SAID BOTTOM DURING RETURN MOVEMENT OF SAID LEVER, A SOLENOID AND AN ASSOCIATED PLUNGER MOUNTED ON SAID BASE, LINKING MEANS BETWEEN SAID PLUNGER AND SAID LEVER, AN ELECTRIC CIRCUIT FOR FEEDING ELECTRICITY TO SAID SOLENOID AND INCLUDING SWITCH MEANS CONTROLLED BY INSERTION OF COINS INTO THE MACHINE, AND ADDITIONAL SWITCH MEANS AND A HOLDING CIRCUIT FOR SAID SOLENOID, SAID ADDITIONAL SWITCH MEANS CONSISTING OF AN INSULATING PLATE DISPOSED PARALLEL TO SAID LEVER AND OF TWO SPACED CURVED METAL BANDS SECURED TO SAID INSULATING PLATE AND CONCENTRIC WITH THE PIVOT OF SAID LEVER, TWO INTERCONNECTED CONTACT STUDS MOUNTED ON SAID LEVER AND IN SLIDING CONTACT WITH SAID TWO BANDS DURING EJECTING MOVEMENT OF SAID LEVER AND CLOSING THE CIRCUIT BETWEEN SAID TWO BANDS, SAID TWO BANDS BEING CONNECTED TO SAID HOLDING CIRCUIT, WHEREBY CLOSING OF THE LATTER BY SAID CONTACT STUDS CAUSES CONTINUING EJECTING MOVEMENT OF SAID LEVER ONCE SAID MOVEMENT IS STARTED.