High capacity, small size vendor for cans

Claim 1

A machine for dispensing cans including in combination, a cabinet having a wall formed with spaced openings, means for holding respective first and second supplies of cans in said cabinet, first and second guide means for conducting cans from the respective supplies to said openings, first and second doors formed with respective can receiving compartments at the backs thereof, means mounting said doors respectively in said openings for movement between closed positions at which said compartments receive cans from said guide means and open positions at which said compartments are accessible from outside said cabinet, each of said doors being formed with a flange having a recess therein, an arm formed with spaced dogs, means mounting said arm on said cabinet for movement between a first position at which said dogs are out of said recesses and a second position at which said dogs are in said recesses to lock said doors, means biasing said arm to said second position, means responsive to the deposit of money for moving said arm to said first position against the action of said biasing means to unlock said doors, each of said compartments having a side formed with a recess, said doors being arranged in side by side relationship with said side recesses adjacent each to the other and in alignment, an interlock bar having cam ends, means mounting said bar between said sides of the respective compartments with said ends in said side recesses for sliding movement toward one of said doors in response to movement of the other door toward its open position to prevent movement of the other door toward open position, each of said flanges having a second recess therein, respective levers having second dogs at first ends thereof adapted to be received in said second recesses and means mounting said levers in said cabinets with said second dogs biased into said second recesses and with second ends of said levers in the paths of cans moving along said guide means.