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Claim 1

A PHONOGRAPH RECORD VENDING MACHINE COMPRISING A HOUSING, A DELIVERY AREA COMMUNICATING BETWEEN THE INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR OF THE HOUSING, AT LEAST ONE RECORD COMPARTMENT ARRANGED VERTICALLY ABOVE THE DELIVERY AREA, SAID COMPARTMENT HAVING A PLATFORM INCLINED DOWNWARDLY TOWARD THE DELIVERY AREA AND A RECORD DISPENSING UNIT FOR MOUNTING RECORDS IN STACKED RELATION SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL TO AND ABOVE SAID INCLINED PLATFORM, SAID UNIT HAVING A CENTER SUPPORT MEMBER EXTENDING DOWNWARDLY TOWARD SAID PLATFORM FOR MOUNTING RECORDS IN STACKED RELATION SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL TO SAID PLATFORM, A LATERALLY OFFSET RETENTION MEMBER AT THE LOWER END OF SAID CENTER SUPPORT MEMBER, SLIDE MEANS NORMALLY ALIGNED WITHIN SAID CENTER SUPPORT MEMBER ABOVE SAID RETENTION MEMBER BEING SLIDABLE INTO ENGAGEMENT WITH THE LOWEST RECORD FOR RECORD MOVEMENT INTO ALIGNMENT WITH SAID RETENTION MEMBER WHEREBY TO RELEASE EACH RECORD IN SUCCESSION, SLIDE ACTUATING MEANS INCLUDING A SPRING-BIASED PIVOTAL MEMBER EXTENDING DOWNWARDLY THROUGH SAID CENTER SUPPORT MEMBER FOR ENGAGEMENT WITH SAID SPRING-BIASED PIVOTAL MEMBER WHEREBY TO CAUSE MOVEMENT OF SAID SLIDE ACTUATING MEANS AND RELEASE OF A RECORD FOR DELIVERY TO SAID DELIVERY AREA.