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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7367471 | Vending apparatus A vending apparatus has a housing and at least one rotatable dispensing coil disposed within the housing. The coil is vertically oriented and rotates in a manner such that products placed between the rungs of the coil move progressively downward during rotation unti... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7185863 | Mountings for temperature control unit for vending machines and methods for attaching and detaching such units Mountings for a temperature control unit for a vending machine are provided, wherein the interior of the vending machine is divided by a partition into a storage cabinet and a machinery compartment and in which the temperature control unit is inserted to and removed... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7074002 | Parts container with in and out conveyors driven in unison A container (10) includes a body that has a bottom wall (12), a top wall (20), a back wall (14), and first and second end walls (16), (18) wherein the walls (12), (14), (16), (18), and (20)... | 07/11/2006 |
| 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 |
| 6962267 | Automated shopping system A vending machine for the sale of both food and non-food products has a plurality of adjustable shelves and adjustable product dividers. Products are dispensed from the shelves by the action of a computer controlled transporter mounted on carriages permitting moveme... | 11/08/2005 |
| 6827808 | Method and apparatus for removing tablets from blister packs An apparatus is provided for removing tablets from a blister pack including formations for receiving the tablets and a rupturable foil member which seals the formations. The foil member is rupturable to allow removal of the tablets from the blister pack. The de-blis... | 12/07/2004 |
| 6719168 | Controlled output automatic product dispensing machine A controlled output automatic product dispensing machine, comprising a fixed structure (13) with at least one shelf (10) holding at least one product-carrying drawer (11) and with at least one door (12) to collect the selected product. Sa... | 04/13/2004 |
| 6539280 | Merchandising method and apparatus An improved merchandising method, system and apparatus are provided through the use of product displays having a track for aligning product packages in a linear fashion, and an electronic monitoring and transmitting device in the product displays that det... | 03/25/2003 |
| 6439423 | Vending machine having a commodity discharge apparatus excellent in theftproofness In a commodity discharge apparatus for a vending machine, an endless chain (2) extends on a vertical plane to form an endless loop and is engaged with a first and a second sprocket (1a, 1b) which are spaced from each other in a horizontal direction. The e... | 08/27/2002 |
| 6415950 | Distribution installation for packets The invention concerns a distribution installation for packets with an operating device (1) and compartments (4) located beside and/or above one another in which the packets (3) to be selected can be arranged, in which transport means (9) controlled by th... | 07/09/2002 |
| 6357621 | Distributor Distributor machine of the type comprising a cooling unit for preserving cooled food products until they are consumed, the distributor comprising rectangular trays (2) which are arranged horizontally and which rotate independently from each other with res... | 03/19/2002 |
| 6360140 | Product dispenser with inventory monitoring A product dispenser with inventory monitoring, useful to be installed in hotel establishments and establishments providing similar services, including a refrigerating equipment and a plurality of product selection pushbuttons (2), in such a way that the d... | 03/19/2002 |
| 6186358 | Frozen product vending machine A method and apparatus for an improved frozen vending machine having a glass front which provides the customer the opportunity to view the actual product they wish to purchase, while ensuring the maintenance of a freezing environment and utilizing a produ... | 02/13/2001 |
| 6170699 | Tablet supplying apparatus for tablet sorting and counting machine A tablet supplying apparatus for a tablet dispensing system includes a conveyer belt carried over on a driving roller and a driven roller, a plurality of tablet receiving trays, and a plurality of hoppers. A tablet release means is provided adjacent to a ... | 01/09/2001 |
| 5775537 | Merchandise dispenser A merchandise dispenser for dispensing merchandising prizes which are used in conjunction with coin operated amusement games. It includes a conveyor belt that follows a continuos path of travel within a housing, a control cabinet having an interface devic... | 07/07/1998 |
| 5405045 | Time controlled cigarette dispenser A device for allowing the dispensing of cigarettes at a predetermined rate comprising a drum and a plurality of chambers for receiving individual cigarettes, the drum having an open upper end and a plate at the lower end; a container of a size to receive ... | 04/11/1995 |
| 5360136 | Dispensing apparatus Dispensing apparatus are well known for dispensing material from a package. Described herein is apparatus for dispensing predetermined amounts of material (10, 10') stored in vessels (12) carried by a continuous web (14). The apparatus comprises a roller ... | 11/01/1994 |
| 5341954 | Product dispenser for a vending machine A product dispenser for a vending machine including a conveyor having a continuous belt with flexible transparent dividers spaced at predetermined intervals along the belt. Adjacent transparent dividers form individual product cavities that receive and st... | 08/30/1994 |
| 4108333 | Article vendor with elevator An article vendor, particularly for food products such as sandwiches, salads, lunch platters and dessert items, wherein the articles are stocked on endless belt conveyors extending in rear-to-front direction in a cabinet having a front window for merchand... | 08/22/1978 |
| 3938699 | Spring clip vending device A vending device for use in article dispensing machines is disclosed wherein a continuous loop conveyor periodically carries a plurality of dispensing units, each unit adapted by means of a biased spring clip member to releasably hold an article to be dis... | 02/17/1976 |
