Automatic vending arrangement

Claim 1

In an automatic vending arrangement for the sale of newspapers or periodicals, a housing having a dispensing slot at the upper front side thereof; including a cash box arrangement and a dispensing arrangement, said cash box arrangement including coin testing means, coin return means and coin receiving means; and actuating means for said dispensing arrangement, said dispensing arrangement including a vertically displaceably guided support table and a lever-actuated dispenser, the improvement comprising: at least one set of pulleys for raising said support table having one end of the pulley fastened to said table and another end to said housing; spring means for pulling said pulley downwardly; sensor means having sensor arm means supported in a horizontal pivot bearing at one end thereof, including a sensor feeler directed against said support table and sensor pin means engageable in the raised position into a sprocket roll for rendering stationary said set of pulleys; a pivot lever pivotable in a horizontal plane about a vertical rotational axle arranged sidewise of the area of said support table; linkage means connecting the free end of said pivot lever with a handgrip for changing a direction of movement; and a gripper arm being vertically movably linked to said pivot lever and arranged at least approximate the middle axis of said support table, said gripper arm including a vertically movable gripper pawl linked thereto having gripper needles and release and latching means for said gripper latch.