The present invention relates to a newspaper conveying mechanism of a newspaper vending machine, which includes friction wheels and driving claw means to convey the newspaper at two stages. It is avoided that many newspapers are delivered at the same time. Also, the newspaper is prevented from being torn apart during conveying and is released as an integer.
As shown in FIG. 10, a conventional newspaper vending machine includes a newspaper conveying mechanism 1a, a newspaper releasing means 2a and an automatic changing mechanism 3a. The newspaper conveying mechanism 1a utilizes the weight of a main body to depress a pile of newspapers and employs rotary sharp claws 6a of a pushing means 5a driven by a motor 4a to forcedly directly contact with an upmost newspaper and push the same outside the machine.
According to such arrangements, the sharp claws 6a directly contact with the surface of the newspaper and are slightly planted thereinto at several points for conveying the newspaper. Due to the pressure of the main body and the stress of the sharp claws 6a during rotation, the sharp claws 6a tend to damage the surface of the newspaper and imprint a track thereon. Moreover, in case that the motor 4a rotates at irregular speed or inappropriate speed, the newspaper may be torn apart. Therefore, it is necessary to provide an improved newspaper conveying mechanism to eliminate the above shortcomings.