Patent ID: 6112941
Filing Date: 2000-09-05
Classification: B65H,G07F

Abstract:
A machine for vending printed products, comprising:a housing for storing the printed products and having a printed product delivery slot;an automatic coin mechanism associated with the housing for receiving payment for a printed product;delivery means for delivery a paid-for printed product to the delivery slot, the delivery means including a transporting plate for supporting a stack of the printed products and a lift mechanism for lifting the transporting plate to a predetermined height by a predetermined amount corresponding to thickness of the paid-for printed product; andmeans cooperating with the lift mechanism for automatically adjusting the predetermined amount by which the transporting plate is lifted to the predetermined height;wherein the lift mechanism comprises a displaceable detent rod and a first pawl associated with the transporting plate and cooperating with the displaceable detent rod for lifting the transporting plate, and wherein the means cooperating with the lift mechanism comprises a height regulator having an upper end thereof engaging a topmost printed product of a printed products stack and having a lower end thereof operationally connected with the displaceable detent rod, whereby the detent rod is lowered by an amount corresponding to an amount by which the height regulator is lowered as a result of a height loss caused by delivery of the top-most printed product and equal to thickness of the topmost printed product.