Abstract: A vending machine for newspapers includes a housing and an upwardly biased support table (15) for receiving a supply stack of newspapers vertically movable within the housing. A control handle (35) pulls a slide (32) forward. The slide (32) supports a pivotable arm (37) for moving the uppermost newspaper of the stack over a guide plate (53) into a withdrawal slot. A three-quarter circular-cylindrical segment-shaped roller (39) having at least one projection (41) is rotatably mounted at the forward end of the arm. In the rearward base position, the forward end of the arm is lifted away from the stack by a slide (45).

Abstract: The vending machine comprises a housing (17) with a dispensing slot in its front panel (2,3). A table (24) is vertically displaceable and pulled upwards by spring urged chains on either side passing over interconnected sprockets (26). A stack (36) of newspapers (37) is placed on the table (24) and abuts adjacent one of its front corners against a post. An arm (57) containing a pivotable gripper element with gripper needles is pivotable about the vertical axis of the post. The needles are kept retracted until the correct amount has been inserted into a coin slot (7). Then they are released and engage the topmost newspaper (37). When now a handle (12) is operated it pivots the arm (57) about its axis. The newspaper (37) swings about the post until one corner extends through a dispensing slot where it can be pulled out. The machine is particularly constructed to prevent tampering.

Abstract: An automatic vending arrangement in which newspapers are horizontally supported on a support table. The table with a set of pulleys has a spring exert a force on the pulley in an upward direction. A sensor on a pivot arm has a pin extend into a sprocket wheel of a chain pulley through the lifting of the table so as to arrest the latter at that height. Manipulation of a handgrip causes the uppermost newspaper to pivot about the support point of the sensor to project out of a dispensing slot so as to be grasped and pulled out by a customer.