Vending machine

Claim 1

A COIN OPERATED VENDING MACHINE COMPRISING A HOLLOW HOUSING, A DOOR HINGEDLY CONNECTED TO SAID HOUSING, A CUP MECHANISM COMPRISING A BASE UNIT INCLUDING SPACED PARALLEL SIDE PIECES HAVING AN INCLINED WALL PIECE SECURED THEREBETWEEN, AT LEAST ONE CUP HOLDER MOUNTED ABOVE SAID BASE UNIT, CUP DISPENSERS ARRANGED CONTIGUOUS TO THE LOWER PORTIONS OF SAID CUP HOLDERS, SAID CUP DISPENSERS EACH INCLUDING A FRAME MEMBER HAVING AN ENLARGED OPENING THEREIN, UPSTANDING FLANGES AFFIXED TO AN EDGE OF SAID FRAME MEMBER, A TOP PIECE ARRANGED ABOVE SAID FRAME MEMBER, A CIRCULAR GEAR MEMBER HAVING A PLURALITY OF TOOTHED SECTIONS THEREON, AND SAID GEAR MEMBER INCLUDING A DEPENDING CIRCULAR SHOULDER PORTION EXTENDING THROUGH THE OPENING IN SAID FRAME MEMBER, A MOVABLY MOUNTED FINGER AFFIXED TO SAID GEAR MEMBER, A PLURALITY OF SPACED APART PINS EXTENDING BETWEEN SAID FRAME MEMBER AND TOP PIECE, ROTARY CAM ELEMENTS MOUNTED ON SAID PINS, SAID CAM ELEMENTS INCLUDING TOOTHED GEAR PORTIONS MESHING WITH THE TOOTHED SECTIONS OF THE GEAR MEMBER, A LUG AND INCLINED WEDGESHAPED CAM SURFACE ON EACH CAM ELEMENT, A BRACKET AFFIXED TO A SIDE OF SAID BASE UNIT ADJACENT THE UPPER PORTION THEREOF, SAID BRACKET INCLUDING A MAIN STRAIGHT PORTION, A BOTTOM PORTION AND SPACED PARALLEL END PORTIONS AND SAID END PORTIONS HAVING SLOTS THEREIN, AN ELONGATED OPERATING ARM SLIDABLE IN THE SLOTS IN THE END PORTIONS OF THE BRACKET, A TRANSVERSE LUG PORTION ON THE FRONT END OF THE OPERATING ARM, A CUP DROP SWITCH ENGAGEABLE BY SAID TRANSVERSE LUG PORTION, THERE BEING SLOTS IN SAID OPERATING ARM FOR THE PROJECTION THERETHROUGH OF SAID FINGERS, RETURN SPRINGS CONNECTED TO SAID FINGERS, A SHIFT LEVER PIVOTALLY CONNECTED TO SAID OPERATING ARM, AND SAID SHIFT LEVER HAVING A FLANGE ON THE UPPER REAR PORTION THEREOF, THERE BEING A CUTOUT AND RECESSED PORTION IN SAID SHIFT LEVER, A LOCK OUT ARM PIVOTALLY CONNECTED TO SAID BASE UNIT, AND SAID LOCK OUT ARM HAVING A RECESSED PORTION, MOVABLE CUP LEVERS OPERATIVELY CONNECTED TO SAID CUP HOLDERS, AND A PIN AFFIXED TO ONE OF SAID CUP LEVERS FOR SELECTIVELY ENGAGING THE RECESSED PORTION OF THE LOCK OUT ARM.