| Patent Number |
Title Of Patent |
Date Issued |
| 4871086 |
Dispensing apparatus with pivotable article containers |
October 3, 1989 |
| Apparatus for dispensing articles, particularly video tape cassettes, comprising a plurality of containers (26) for the articles and arranged in columns and having a transparent front panel to allow a user to identify the article therein. Each container being pivoted (42) and held closed |
| 4871054 |
Vending machine |
October 3, 1989 |
| A machine for renting articles, e.g. video cassettes, which stores individual articles in containers (26) from which they may be rented by the user and wherein an opto-electronic emitter and sensor cobination (55) is provided to sense whether an article is in a container when the latter |
| 4784292 |
Food-storage, heating and dispensing apparatus for use in a vending machine |
November 15, 1988 |
| Apparatus for use in a vending machine comprises a refrigerated storage chamber mounted over a microwave oven which contains a conveyor. The arrangement is such that containers of food released through apertures in the floor of the storage chamber may fall vertically into the oven and ma |
| 4771913 |
Oven for use in a vending machine |
September 20, 1988 |
| An oven comprises a housing provided with an aperture which is closable by a single movable element. A conveyor is disposed within the housing, the arrangement being such that when the aperture is open articles may enter the oven from above and may be discharged laterally by the conveyor |
| 4694739 |
Apparatus for beverage brewing |
September 22, 1987 |
| Apparatus for making an infusion, e.g. tea or coffee, and having a piston and cylinder for blowing air through the infusion and then drawing it through a filter base, the cylinder having a flange which is slidably received between arms of a support, the flange having in its opposed side |
