Package vending machine

Claim 1

IN A PACKAGE DISPENSING MACHINE, A ROTARY CONVEYOR EMBODYING A PAIR OF PARALLEL DISKS HAVING ADJACENT SIDES SPACED APART, A MULTIPLE OF SPROCKET TEETH PROJECTING LATERALLY FROM THE ADJACENT SIDES OF SAID DISKS HAVING OUTTURNED ENDS SPURS INSERTABLE IN SPROCKET RECEIVING APERTURES BETWEEN ADJACENT MARGINS OF A CHAIN OF INTERCONNECTED PACKAGES ON SAID CONVEYOR, SAID SPROCKET TEETH HAVING SHOULDERS FOR THE RECEPTION AND SUPPORT OF WEBS UNITING ADJACENT PACKAGES OF SAID CHAIN, AND SAID SPROCKET TEETH BEING ARRANGED ON SAID DISKS TO AFFORD SUPPORTS FOR PACKAGES ENGAGED THEREBY SOLELY AT THE UNITED MARGINS THEREOF WHEREBY PACKAGES ENGAGED AT THEIR OPPOSITE UNITED MARGINS WILL BE SUSPENDED BETWEEN THE DISKS OF SAID CONTURNING SAID DISKS WITH AN INTERMITTENT MOVEMENT, AND MEANS OPERABLE AT THE COMMENCEMENT OF EACH TURNING MOVEMENT OF SAID DISKS TO SEVER THE WEBS UNITING THE END PACKAGE THEREOF TO ITS ADJACENT PACKAGE, SAID WEB SEVERING PACKAGE THEREOF TO ITS ADJACENT PACKAGE, SAID WEB SEVERING MEANS EMBODYING A FIXED SHEARING BAR ARRANGED TO ABUT THE UNDERSIDE OF THE WEBS UNITING THE END PACKAGE OF THE CHAIN THEREOF WHEN THE CONVEYOR COMES TO REST, NORMALLY RETRACTED SHEARING BLADES PIVOTALLY MOUNTED ON SAID SHEARING BAR ADJACENT OPPOSED LONGITUDINAL EDGES OF SAID CHAIN OF PACKAGES, AND ELECTRO-MECHANICAL MEANS ADJACENT SAID SHEARING BAR FOR ACTUATING SAID SHEARING BLADES RELATIVE TO SAID SHEARING BAR SO AS TO SEVER SAID PACKAGE UNITING WEBS.