Can vending mechanism

Claim 1

A DISPENSING MACHINE FOR CANS AND LIKE OBJECTS, COMPRISING A SUPPORT HAVING MEANS TO GUIDE A SERIES OF SAID OBJECTS FOR GRAVITATIONAL DISCHARGE ONE AFTER ANOTHER ALONG A PATH IN A VERTICAL PLANE, A DISCHARGE CONTROL ROTOR MOUNTED ON AN AXIS INTERSECTING SAID PLANE, SAID ROTOR HAVING A PLURALITY OF RADIALLY EXTENDING VANES SUCCESSIVELY POSITIONED UPON ROTARY INDEXING OF SAID ROTOR TO INDIVIDUALLY INTERCEPT OBJECTS TRAVELING ALONG SAID PATH AND THEN RECEIVE THE OBJECTS THEREON FOR GRAVITATIONAL DISCHARGE UPON FURTHER ROTARY INDEXING, SAID ROTOR BEING PROVIDED ON AN AXIAL END THEREOF WITH A CENTRAL STAR DETENT FORMATION AND A SERIES OF STOP FORMATIONS SURROUNDING THE DETENT FORMATION, SAID DETENT AND STOP FORMATIONS AND SAID VANES ROTATING AS A UNIT WITH AND ON SAID ROTOR, SAID DETENT AND STOP FORMATIONS BEING SPACED RADIALLY FROM ONE ANOTHER TO DEFINE THEREBETWEEN A CIRCUMFERENTIALLY CONNECTED CONTROL PATH, A CONTROL MEMBER MOUNTED ON SAID SUPPORT TO MOVE IN OPPOSITE DIRECTIONS, SAID CONTROL MEMBER HAVING AN ELEMENT RECEIVED IN SAID CONTROL PATH TO SUCCESSIVELY ENGAGE AND BLOCK SAID STOP FORMATIONS TO CONTROL THE INDEXING OF THE ROTOR, AN ACTUATOR OPERATIVELY CONNECTED WITH SAID CONTROL MEMBER TO OPERATE THE SAME TO POSITION SAID ELEMENT RADIALLY INTO AND OUT OF POSITION FOR BLOCKING ENGAGEMENT WITH SAID STOP FORMATIONS, AND CONTROL DEVICES POSITIONED FOR ALTENATE OPERATION BY SAID CONTROL MEMBER UPON OPPOSITE MOVEMENTS OF THE LATTER, SAID CONTROL DEVICES BEING OPERATIVELY CONNECTED TO SAID ACTUATOR TO CONTROL PERIODIC OPERATION OF THE LATTER FOR THE POSITIONING OF SAID CONTROL MEMBER ELEMENT.