Abstract: A compact disc program display mechanism in which album covers are displayed on pages similar to a book presentation; each album having a selection indicia visually associated therewith for selection by the customer. The several pages are turned in response to energization of an electrical drive motor and gear train, controlled manually by customer accessible push button switches or automatically by a programmed microprocessor. Each energization of the motor serves to pivotally turn a pair of pages in one direction with the indexing movements of the pages being controlled by an opto-switch and the microprocessor for deenergizing the drive motor at predetermined page movement. Reverse movement of the pages is also conditioned by the opto-switch which signals the micro-processor to reverse the rotational direction of the drive motor. Each page displays album covers on both its front and back sides for customer viewing.

Abstract: A slant-shelf magazine for an automatic, coin controlled, vending machine adapted to dispense cylindrical articles, such as canned or bottled beverages, which are stored and gravitationally fed from plural, parallel, horizontally inclined superposed storage racks into a vertical drop chute located opposite the lower ends of such racks. The drop chute communicates with a horizontally inclined delivery chute having a vend mechanism at its lowermost end for releasing articles one-by-one to a discharge hopper upon customer selection. The delivery chute is oppositely inclined from the storage racks and is joined to the drop chute by an intervening curvilinear guideway formed to reverse the gravitational movement direction of the articles prior to entry into the delivery chute for purposes of reducing article load forces on the vend mechanism.

Abstract: A compact disc program display mechanism in which album covers are displayed on pages similar to a book presentation; each album having a selection indicia visually associated therewith for selection by the customer. The several pages are turned in response to energization of an electrical drive motor and gear train, controlled manually by customer accessible push button switches or automatically by a programmed microprocessor. Each energization of the motor serves to pivotally turn a pair of pages in one direction with the indexing movements of the pages being controlled by an opto-switch and the microprocessor for deenergizing the drive motor at predetermined page movement. Reverse movement of the pages is also conditioned by the opto-switch which signals the micro-processor to reverse the rotational direction of the drive motor. Each page displays album covers on both its front and back sides for customer viewing.

Abstract: An automatically operable compact disc record holding mechanism for accurately depositing and positioning a magnetic holder coaxially over the central record centering hub of a compact disc record turn table such that the magnetic holder is guided into a record holding position along a circular arc and released at a point of tangency with the central vertical axis of the turn table hub while in a substantially horizontal attitude for effecting reliably accurate positioning of the magnetic holder to insure proper holding operation thereof.

Abstract: A storage magazine for use in coin operated automatic vending machines composed of a plurality of side-by-side vertical storage columns or magazine sections, each having at least two back-to-back aligned serpentine tracks which store a plurality of cylindrical articles and gravitationally feed the same to an underlying discharge ramp common to both tracks. The ramp cooperates with a wedge feed system for operatively integrating articles discharged from each of the tracks into a single column in which the articles from the individual tracks are arranged in alternating order for first-in, first-out vending by a single coin operated vend mechanism.

Abstract: A magazine having multiple columns for storing cylindrical articles, such as canned beverages, in a coin operated vending machine. The magazine is fabricated preferably of sheet metal to include a plurality of vertical planar wall members held in parallel spaced relation by intervening transverse spacers and connector rods forming a plurality of vertical article storage columns therebetween. Opposing faces of each of two adjacent wall members are provided with a pair of laterally spaced non-overlapping serpentine rail assemblies. Opposing pairs of such rail assemblies between adjacent wall members are registeringly aligned to form two non-overlapping serpentine tracks which are designed to support cylindrical articles, such as beverage cans and the like.

Abstract: A cam driven dispensing structure for coin-operated automatic vending machines in which vertical gravity feed magazines accommodate a plurality of cylindrical articles, varying in diameter and length. A motor driven cyclicly operated dispensing mechanism is disposed beneath each magazine for receiving articles therefrom and for delivering single articles, as selected, to the customer; each dispensing mechanism being equipped to receive articles from one or more vertical stacks thereof stored in overdisposed compartments of the magazine.

Abstract: A multiple column magazine for storing cylindrical articles, such as canned beverages, useful in coin controlled vending machines, employing one or more of such magazines. Each magazine is made up of parallel side wall members having integrally related track portions extending into the space between adjacent wall members and forming a pair of non-overlapping serpentine columns separated in front to back relationship within the magazine. The track portions define continuous rails along which the canned articles gravitationally roll. Each serpentine column is loaded with articles from the front of the magazine and has an electrically operated vend mechanism at its lower end for the selected release of articles therefrom.

Abstract: A coin chute structure for conveying coins from a coin receptive slot to a remotely disposed coin receptor apparatus; the chute structure being distinguished by a partially open bottom structure capable of supporting coins passing thereover while effectively intercepting any liquids injected into the chute so as to deflect the same harmlessly away from the coin receptor apparatus.