Coin controlled dispenser latch unit

Claim 1

A LATCH UNIT FOR RELEASABLY LOCKING A DOOR IN CLOSED RELATION TO A CABINET ON WHICH SAID DOOR IS MOUNTED FOR OPENING AND CLOSING MOVEMENT, SAID DOOR HAVING A HOOK RIGIDLY FIXED TO AND PROJECTING THEREFROM TO OCCUPY A POSITION WITHIN THE CABINET WHEN SAID DOOR IS IN CLOSED POSITION, SAID UNIT INCLUDING A STATIONARY CATCH WITHIN THE CABINET AT A DISTANCE BEYOND THE REACH OF SAID HOOK WHEN THE DOOR IS IN CLOSED POSITION, A CONTROL MEMBER HAVING A CATCH ENGAGIMG ELEMENT AND A HOOK ENGAGING MEMBER, A FIXED SUPPORT TO WHICH SAID CONTROL MEMBER IS CONNECTED FOR MOVEMENT BETWEEN AN ADVANCED POSITION AND A RETRACTED POSITION SPACED APART LENGTHWISE OF THE DISTANCE BETWEEN SAID HOOK AND SAID CATCH AND FOR ROCKING MOVEMENT BETWEEN A FIRST ROCKED POSITION WHEREIN SAID HOOK ENGAGING ELEMENT AND SAID CATCH ENGAGING ELEMENT ARE RESPECTIVELY ENGAGED WITH SAID HOOK AND SAID CATCH AND AN INTERMEDIATE ROCKED POSITION WHEREIN SAID HOOK ENGAGING ELEMENT IS IN ENGAGED RELATION TO SAID HOOK WHILE SAID CATCH ENGAGING ELEMENT IS IN DISENGAGED RELATION TO SAID CATCH, AND BETWEEN SAID INTERMEDIATE ROCKED POSITION AND A SECOND ROCKED POSITION WHEREIN SAID HOOK ENGAGING ELEMENT AND SAID CATCH ENGAGING ELEMENT ARE RESPECTIVELY IN DISENGAGED RELATION TO SAID HOOK AND SAID CATCH, SPRING MEANS OPERATIVE TO NORMALLY MAINTAIN SAID CONTROL MEMBER IN ADVANCED POSITION AND IN SAID FIRST ROCKED POSITION WHILE SAID DOOR IS IN CLOSED POSITION, A COIN CHUTE HAVING A COIN ENTRANCE AND HAVING A COIN OUTLET DOWNWARDLY OF SAID COIN ENTRANCE, A COIN REST ON SAID CONTROL MEMBER ON WHICH A COIN AT SAID OUTLET OF THE CHUTE HAS DOWNWARD SUPPORT WHEN SAID CONTROL MEMBER IS IN SAID ADVANCED POSITION AND IN SAID FIRST ROCKED POSITION, MEANS OPERABLE TO MOVE SAID CONTROL MEMBER INTO SAID INTERMEIDATE ROCKED POSITION BY CAM ACTION OF A COIN HAVING DOWNWARD SUPPORT ON SAID COIN REST ON MOVEMENT OF SAID CONTROL MEMBER FROM ADVANCED POSITION TOWARD RETRACTED POSITION, MEANS IN THE PATH OF TRAVEL OF SAID CONTROL MEMBER WHILE ROUTE FROM SAID ADVANCED POSITION TOWARD SAID RETRACTED POSITION TO MOVE SAID CONTROL MEMBER TO SAID SECOND ROCKED POSITION, LATCH MEANS FOR RELEASABLY LOCKING SAID CONTROL MEMBER TO PREVENT RETURN OF SAID CONTROL MEMBER TO ADVANCED POSITION FROM A RETRACTED POSITION AND TO PREVENT RETURN OF SAID CONTROL MEMBER TO INTERMEDIATE ROCKED POSITION FROM SAID SECOND ROCKED POSITION, SAID LATCH MEANS INCLUDING A LATCH SUPPORTED FOR MOVEMENT BETWEEN LATCHING AND UNLATCHING POSITIONS AND BIASED TOWARD LATCHING POSITION, SAID LATCH HAVING A PORTION WITH WHICH SAID CONTROL MEMBER HAS A SLIDING ENGAGEMENT WHILE SAID CONTROL MEMBER IS MOVING TOWARD RETRACTED POSITION AND WITH WHICH SAID CONTROL MEMBER HAS LATCHED ENGAGEMENT WHEN SAID CONTROL MEMBER IS IN RETRACTED POSITION, AND SAID LATCH HAVING A PORTION WITH WHICH SAID HOOK HAS ENGAGEMENT WHILE SAID LATCH IS IN LATCHING POSITION AND SAID DOOR IS APPROACHING CLOSED POSITION, SAID LATCH BEING MOVED FROM LATCHING POSITION TO UNLATCHING POSITION UNDER IMPACT OF SAID HOOK WHEN SAID HOOK IS UNDERGOING RETURN TO DOOR CLOSED POSITION.