Vending machine
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United States of America Patent
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May 16, 1995
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Mar 7, 1994
filing date -
Mar 7, 1994
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Abstract
A machine for vending articles of merchandise such as compact discs, cassette tapes, video tapes, books and the like, the machine including an enclosed cabinet with a front door having a window to permit viewing of an interior thereof. The interior of the cabinet is provided with racks for supporting and organizing the articles of merchandise in rows with a front article in each row arranged in a preferred viewing orientation relative to the window. A compact disc player and disc exchanger is further supported within the interior of the cabinet and interconnected with controls and headphones on the front door, the compact disc player being adapted to play various selected recordings on at least one disc contained therein, the selected recordings corresponding with the articles of merchandise supported on the racks. Controls on the front door being further structured to release a selected one of the articles of merchandise, upon depositing a predetermined amount of money in the machine, whereupon the article is dropped into a catch bin for retrieval by the consumer.
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