Abstract: A nozzle assembly for use with a cold drink machine for selectively delivering a plurality of drinks each having a beverage principal component and a beverage flavoring component to a cup positioned at a delivery location accessible to a customer in which a unitary body of molded synthetic resin is formed with a base having an upwardly extending centrally located guide provided with a bore for receiving a beverage principal component delivery fitting having a discharge flow axis and with a wall extending upwardly around the guide from said base to a rim and with the inner surface inclined inwardly from the rim to the base. A plurality of grooves spaced around said guide and extending along said inner wall surface into holes in said base are adapted to receive and position respective flavoring nozzles with the flow axes thereof intersecting said fitting flow axis at a predetermined point.

Abstract: A cup delivery and turret indexing arrangement in which a motor receives a signal indicating that a cup is to be delivered to drive its shaft first to actuate a cup drop ring over which one turret column is positioned and to release a cup supply sensing arm which moves to permit a full cycle switch to close. When the last cup at a predetermined column level has been dropped, the arm moves to position a turret drive slide in the path of a crank pin driver by the shaft to rotate the turret to position a fresh column over the cup drop ring.

Abstract: An improved delivery box assembly for a merchandising machine in which a door biased by gravity to a position at which it closes the delivery box opening is adapted to be pushed inwardly to rotate a pair of cranks carrying pins which ride in slots formed in crank arms carried by baffle pivots to rotate the baffle to a position at which it prevents access to the merchandise storage units of the machine before the door has been opened to an appreciable degree. An anti-jam flap prevents an article which is delivered while the door is open from falling into a pocket formed by the pivoted baffle and a stationary baffle thus to prevent jamming of the mechanism as the parts return to their initial position.

Abstract: A device for setting the switches of a circuitboard-carried dual in-line package [DIP] which includes an array of miniature closely lined switch actuators such as toggle elements adapted to be rocked around a common axis to open and close their associated switches, which device has a recess with an outline configuration conforming to that of the package to receive the upper portion of the package to bring the lower ends of a plurality of operating arms pivotable around a common axis and having an interarm spacing corresponding to the toggle elements spacing into cooperative relationship with the toggle elements. The arms have offset handles with progressively increasing offsets from the center handles outwardly and extend through slots in the cover of the device so that the interhandle spacing is appreciably greater than is the spacing between adjacent switch toggle elements.

Abstract: An improved drive system for a merchandising machine having a plurality of removable modules each including an upper and a lower rotary merchandise carrier adapted to be driven successively to position the compartments thereof adjacent to an escrow mechanism actuated in response to movement of the carrier first to release an article and then to receive an article from a compartment positioned adjacent thereto, each unit having a product pusher adapted to be moved into a positioned compartment positively to force an article out of the compartment to the escrow mechanism, said drive system including a plurality of sliders mounted on the modules adjacent to the respective carriers for vertical reciprocating movement to carry a drag link having a pawl thereon along a path defined by cam and follower means successivly to step the carrier through a distance equal to the extent of one compartment and then to operate said pusher.

Abstract: A door operating assembly for a merchandising machine or the like in which a pivoted handle normally retained in a recessed position on the merchandise machine cabinet door by means of a key operated lock is biased in both directions to a ready position out of the recess at which it is accessible to permit the handle to be moved to a fully open position in the course of which movement it drives a latching member to cause a first cam surface thereon to engage a strike in the cabinet positively to initiate movement of the door toward its open position.