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A hiring and vending slot-machine, in particular for video cassettes, has a cupboard-like housing, two superimposed storage compartments arranged within the housing for the boxes containing the video cassettes, a computer-controlled cassette transporting device that can move vertically and horizonta

A hiring and vending slot-machine, in particular for video cassettes, has a cupboard-like housing, two superimposed storage compartments arranged within the housing for the boxes containing the video cassettes, a computer-controlled cassette transporting device that can move vertically and horizontally between both compartments, receive and transport the cassette boxes to and from a determined storage container or input/output shaft in the housing. Reading means read the cassette identification codes and an operating field is provided outside the housing for selecting the desired cassette, requesting or delivering cassette: The operating field has an input keyboard and a display. A cassette transporting carriage (46) can move horizontally or vertically along horizontal or vertical guide-ways in the housing (10) and be shifted into the vertical or horizontal direction within the horizontal or vertical guide-ways. Its driving mechanism can be simultaneously actuated in the horizontal and in the vertical direction, and pull-push means (153) are arranged on the cassette transporting carriage (46) for transporting the cassette box (44) from a storage compartment or an input/output shaft into the cassette-receiving room of the cassette transporting carriage (46) and vice-versa.

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Rental and vending machine, particularly for video cassettes, the machine comprising: a cabinet-like housing, two oppositely disposed compartmented arrangements accommodated in the housing for storage of cassette cases containing the video cassettes; a computer controlled cassette transporting devic

Rental and vending machine, particularly for video cassettes, the machine comprising: a cabinet-like housing, two oppositely disposed compartmented arrangements accommodated in the housing for storage of cassette cases containing the video cassettes; a computer controlled cassette transporting device including a horizontal guide and a vertical guide with associated drive motors along which the device can be moved between the two compartmented arrangements to receive cassette cases and to transport them from and to a certain storage compartment and an inserting/dispensing chute, respectively, in the housing; a reading device for reading identification codes which characterize the cassettes; an operating field for selection of the desired cassette and for requesting and loading a cassette, said operating field being attached to the exterior of the housing and including input keys and a display; a cassette transporting carriage which is movable within the housing together with the horizontal or vertical guide and is adjustable in the vertical and horizontal directions with the drive motors being actuable simultaneously in the horizontal and in the vertical directions; and two push-pull mechanisms comprising gripper arms provided opposite one another at the cassette transporting carriage for transporting a cassette case from a storage compartment or from the inserting/dispensing chute, respectively, into the cassette receiving area of the cassette transporting carriage and vice versa, said gripper arms being movable from a rest position in the cassette transporting carriage in the direction of the respective storage compartment or inserting/dispensing chute, respectively, wherein the two opposing push-pull mechanisms are attached to the cassette transporting carriage so as to face one another and each gripper arm is configured as an articulated lever having a cam-like profile with a recess and a protuberance, sam cam-like profile being contacted by a switch shaft to control said lever so that, if a cassette case is taken from a storage compartment or from the inserting/dispensing chute, a pivoting movement cases one of its recesses to engage in a corresponding opening in the cassette case and, if a cassette case is transported into a storage compartment or to the inserting/dispensing chute, a protuberance on said lever lies against the frontal face of the cassette case.