Vending machine with coordinated package holders

Claim 1

IN A VENDING MACHINE HAVING (A) A FEED COLUMN CONTAINER WIDER THAN PACKAGES THAT ARE TO BE DISPENSED BY THE MACHINE WHEREBY THE PACKAGES ARE IN STAGGERED RELATION IN THE COLUMN CONTAINER, (B) FEED MECHANISM AT THE BOTTOM OF THE COLUMN CONTAINER IN POSITION TO RECEIVE THE LOWERMOST PACKAGE FROM THE COLUMN, (C) A DELIVERY CHUTE, (D) THE FEED MECHANISM INCLUDING TWO PACKAGE HOLDERS, ONE UNDER EACH OF THE STAGGERED PORTIONS OF THE COLUMN, AND EACH MOVABLE BETWEEN A RAISED POSITION FOR SUPPORTING THE COLUMN OF PACKAGES, AND A LOWERED POSITION THAT LOCATES THE LOWERMOST PACKAGE ON THE HOLDER AT THE DELIVERY CHUTE, (E) A DIFFERENT ACTUATOR FOR EACH OF THE PACKAGE HOLDERS, THE IMPROVEMENT WHICH COMPRISES, (F) EACH OF THE ACTUATORS INCLUDING A DISPLACEMENT DEVICE THAT GENTLY MOVES THE COLUMN-SUPPORTING HOLDER DOWNWARD UNTIL THE COLUMN RESTS ON THE OTHER HOLDER AND THAT CONTINUES THE DOWNWARD MOVEMENT OF THE LOWERMOST PACKAGE TO AN ESCROW POSITION, AND THAT THEN MOVES THE LOWERMOST PACKAGE AT A RAPID RATE TO LOWERED POSITION AT THE DELIVERY CHUTE, (G) AN ABUTMENT FORWARD OF THE LOWER END OF THE FEED COLUMN CONTAINER FOR RETAINING A PACKAGE IN ESCROW POSITION AGAINST MOVEMENT INTO THE DELIVERY CHUTE, (H) A NORMAL POSITION OF THE MACHINE BEING WITH ONE HOLDER SUPPORTING THE LOWERMOST PACKAGE IN ESCROW POSITION AND THE OTHER HOLDER SUPPORTING THE REST OF THE PACKAGES, (I) AND CYCLING MEANS FOR MOVING, ON EACH OPERATION OF SAID CYCLING MEANS, ONE HOLDER FROM ESCROW POSITION TO LOWERED POSITION AND BACK TO RAISED POSITION WHILE THE OTHER HOLDER MOVES FROM RAISED TO ESCROW POSITION.