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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7353658 | Systems and methods for freezing, storing, transporting, and thawing biopharmacuetical material A system for freezing, thawing, transporting, and storing a biopharmaceutical material, which includes a container, a supporting structure, a temperature control unit, and a transportation cart. The container is adapted to receive the biopharmaceutical material ther... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7191612 | Thermal separating baffle in a vending machine A vending machine apparatus (32) comprising a housing defining an internal cavity and an article storage area (76) positioned inside the cavity. The article storage area (76) has a cooling unit associated therewith for cooling the article storag... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7182219 | Vending machine for dispensing items in small packages A coin-operated vending machine includes a magazine which stores small boxes or packages of items one on top of the next in columns or stacks arranged in a circumferential row thereof and a dispensing mechanism operable to effectively dispenses such small boxes or p... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7159410 | Thermal barrier for a refrigerated compartment in a vending machine A vending machine apparatus comprising a housing defining an internal cavity and an article storage compartment positioned inside the cavity. The article storage compartment has a cooling unit associated therewith for cooling the article storage compartment. The art... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7152423 | Refrigerating device for storing and presenting ice cream The invention relates to a refrigerating device 1 for storing and presenting ice cream, with a heat-insulating housing 2, where housing 2 displays a housing opening 3 and a storage device 4 with a receiving compartment 5 for... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7137261 | Systems and methods for freezing, mixing and thawing biopharmaceutical material A system for controlled freezing, storing and thawing of a biopharmaceutical material includes a cavity for receiving a container for holding the biopharmaceutical material. Further included are at least a pair of opposed surfaces facing the biopharmaceutical materi... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7104074 | Systems and methods for freezing, storing, transporting and thawing biopharmaceutical material A system for freezing, thawing, transporting, and storing a biopharmaceutical material, which includes a container, a supporting structure, a temperature control unit, and a transportation cart. The container is adapted to receive the biopharmaceutical material ther... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7086198 | Machine for vending floral arrangements A machine for vending floral arrangements is described including stack of generally circular carousels each for supporting a plurality of floral arrangements; and a generally cylindrical exterior housing surrounding the carousels. ... | 08/08/2006 |
| 6979096 | LED lighting for proportion blending system The ice dispenser includes an ice hopper for holding the ice and a lighting system positioned about the ice hopper for illuminating the ice. The lighting system may include a number of light emitting diodes. ... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6502408 | Cooling cabinet A cooler cabinet having an opening defining an access to the interior of the cabinet, the rear of the cabinet being the coldest part of the cabinet, the cabinet comprising at least one shelf with spaced apart vertical walls which together define a flow pa... | 01/07/2003 |
| 6354098 | Cooler A cooler with an insulated shell and a product loading system. The insulated shell has an access portion and a loading portion. The product loading system has a gravity-feed loading element and a dispensing cup.... | 03/12/2002 |
| 6298672 | Produce merchandiser A produce merchandiser for displaying produce, such as fresh fruit and the like, at a controlled temperature. The produce merchandiser includes a bin receiving structure and a bin for containing produce. The bin receiving structure has a base, and a refri... | 10/09/2001 |
| 6282916 | Cooling apparatus A cooling apparatus, such as a consumer display unit (400), comprises a covered tray (403) or other compartment for accommodating consumer product to be kept cool, and a housing (420) for accommodating a replaceable charge of dry ice out of contact with t... | 09/04/2001 |
| 6269285 | Self-service freezer chest with inventory monitoring means A freezer chest for storing and displaying frozen foods such as packaged ice cream products for sale to retail customers includes a modular storage bin in which a product stack plate is mounted on a helical support spring. Packaged ice cream products are ... | 07/31/2001 |
| 6131399 | Refrigerated vending machine Vending machine includes at least one food or perishable item compartment. A sensor is provided for detecting a condition in the food compartment and/or vending machine. The detector senses conditions such as temperature, motion, and the like. Food produc... | 10/17/2000 |
| 6095036 | Hermetic sealing assembly for refrigerators in machines for vending prepackaged foodstuffs, such as toasts, small pizzas or the like A hermetic sealing assembly for refrigerators in machines for vending prepackaged foodstuffs, such as sandwiches, toasts, small pizzas or the like comprising a sliding plate which is moved in an axial and planar direction by actuation means and is adapted... | 08/01/2000 |
| 6073460 | Rotary cooler A cooler has a housing with a plurality of rotatable shelves. The shelves can move from an interior portion of the housing to an exposed exterior portion adjacent a discharge port of the cooler. The cooler is doorless so that access and viewing of the pro... | 06/13/2000 |
| 5749240 | Frozen product storage and dispensing apparatus Refrigerated storage apparatus is primarily intended for storing product which can be removed without significant loss of cold air and is suitable for vertical, upright cabinets. The apparatus has a main access door extending vertically and moveable about... | 05/12/1998 |
| 5374116 | Anti-condensation product viewing window for a vending machine A vending machine with an anti-condensation product viewing window. The product viewing window has two window sections. The first window section is typically a wall or portion of a wall of the product storage chamber. A second window section is spaced out... | 12/20/1994 |
| 5366285 | Sealing vending drawer for removing dispensed products from a vending machine A vending machine with an improved sealing holding bin drawer for removing dispensed products. Products are dispensed from a housing chamber which is maintained at a temperature colder than the environment in which the vending machine operates into a hold... | 11/22/1994 |
| 5261253 | Refrigerated display cabinet The foodstuff-displaying refrigerator unit comprises a box-like container, having an enclosure upwardly opening through a top mouth. A door aperture is defined about a side wall of the container. A vegetable-supporting platform is freely mounted into the ... | 11/16/1993 |
| 4941327 | Compact food package display refrigerator A compact retail display refrigerator for displaying refrigerated food packages maintained at super chilled temperature comprises a small cabinet with a refrigerated upper compartment containing a row array of package guideways formed of a plurality of ve... | 07/17/1990 |
| 4910970 | Glass chilling cabinet Glass chilling cabinet having a bottom wall, a top wall and side walls, a number of posts adapted to keep glass baskets stacked above said bottom wall, said posts being perpendicular to said bottom wall, partition members (23) arranged in a plane that is ... | 03/27/1990 |
| 4852365 | Refrigeration system A refrigeration system comprised of a walled insulated enclosure is provided with a drive motor having a drive shaft extending therefrom. The drive shaft and drive motor are positioned along the ceiling of the walled enclosure. The drive shaft terminates ... | 08/01/1989 |
| 4815302 | Automatic vending machine The refrigerated or heated air flow within the storage chamber of a vending machine is varied by an air flow control device. A baffle plate or cover plate, or combination thereof, is used to control the direction of air flow. The position of these plates ... | 03/28/1989 |
| 4794764 | Article display apparatus A portable article display apparatus for displaying articles such as beverage cans or other items includes a hollow housing having a transparent outer wall, a base support for mounting the housing and a door mounted over an access opening in the transpare... | 01/03/1989 |
| 4663943 | Article display apparatus A portable, refrigerated article display apparatus for displaying food items such as soda cans includes a hollow housing having a transparent outer wall, a base support for mounting the housing, a door mounted over an access opening in the transparent out... | 05/12/1987 |
| 4009593 | Refrigrated salad and salad dressing dispensing apparatus A refrigerated cabinet including a compartment for salad and another compartment for salad dressing, rendering both the salad and salad dressing easily accessible to the user, and dispensing means for the salad and salad dressing.... | 03/01/1977 |
