| Patent Number |
Title Of Patent |
Date Issued |
| 7032776 |
Vending machine bucket drive control |
April 25, 2006 |
| The disclosed invention is a dispensing apparatus and method for dispensing product from a vending machine. The invention employs a motor for bi-directionally rotating a dispenser bucket between two bumpers which physically obstruct and limit the rotational travel, a motor controller |
| 6945427 |
Self-learning depth logic for multi-depth vendor control |
September 20, 2005 |
| The disclosed invention is a dispensing apparatus and method for dispensing product from a vending machine. The invention employs a product vend detector to sense when products are dispensed. A controller compares the occurrences of products actually dispensed to the product depth settin |
| 6735989 |
Pilfer and vandalism resistant hasp locking mechanism |
May 18, 2004 |
| A locking mechanism for securing such enclosures as vending machines is disclosed. A hasp is mounted on the interior of the enclosure and a mounting bracket having a flange and a lock hole is disposed on the exterior of the enclosure. To securely lock the enclosure, a hasp key is pas |
| 6582036 |
Door retaining device |
June 24, 2003 |
| A door retaining device having particular application for preventing unauthorized removal of vending machine doors from vending machine housings. The door retaining device is fixedly secured at a first end to the vending machine door, and cooperates with the vending machine housing a |
| 5255968 |
Replaceable sign face |
October 26, 1993 |
| A replaceable sign face used in vending machines for operating instructions, advertising purposes and the like. A front panel having optically transparent regions and a curved surface and constructed from a sturdy, solid material serves as a permanent protective cover to deter attemp |
| 5176288 |
Control dispensing apparatus for vending machines |
January 5, 1993 |
| A novel control storing and dispensing apparatus for a vending machine, or the like is provided, the apparatus being particularly adapted for storing and dispensing cylindrical products of various types and sizes in single and multiple depth stack fashion. The dispensing mechanism for ea |
| 5156451 |
Apparatus having a high center of gravity with energy absorbing device |
October 20, 1992 |
| An apparatus having a high center of gravity incorporating an energy absorbing device is disclosed. The energy absorbing device includes a rapidly extending shock absorbing device to absorb and thereby dampen the forward motion of an apparatus having a high center of gravity such as a |
| 5143430 |
Inner door latch |
September 1, 1992 |
| A latching mechanism is disclosed for application in vending machines, or the like. In a preferred embodiment the latching mechanism is of one-piece construction. The latching mechanism comprises a ramp mounted to an outer door of the vending machine and configured such that an inner doo |
| 4986615 |
Vending apparatus |
January 22, 1991 |
| A vending apparatus for facilitating passage of a vendable object through a vending machine, the apparatus including a main body borne by the vending machine and mounting a pair of ribs which are disposed in spaced relation one to the other and which are individually adapted to support t |
| 4974888 |
Fastening apparatus |
December 4, 1990 |
| A fastening apparatus operable to secure a pair of work objects to each other and wherein one of the work objects mounts an engagement member, the fastening apparatus having a mount adapted for attachment on the other of said work objects in substantially a predetermined position; and a |
| 4940161 |
Ramp apparatus |
July 10, 1990 |
| A ramp apparatus for causing a plurality of containers disposed in a staggered stack column to converge into a single stack column for subsequent dispensing by a single column dispensing mechanism, the ramp apparatus having an upper edge of a configuration such as not to contact a su |
| 4696413 |
Vending system and method for preventing multiple product vends |
September 29, 1987 |
| System and method for preventing multiple vends in which a customer gets more than one product for the price of one. The invention is applicable to vending machines having separate vend motors for delivering different products, with product selection switches for selectively energizing t |
| 4454961 |
Package dispensing mechanism for vending machine |
June 19, 1984 |
| A package dispensing mechanism for a vending machine, the mechanism being particularly adapted for dispensing cylindrical packages in a single column, of a single or a multiple depth stack. The mechanism has a cylindrical bucket open at one side and mounted for oscillation substantia |
| 4245755 |
Product storage space apportioning apparatus for product dispensing machines |
January 20, 1981 |
| Apparatus is provided for increasing the product storage capacity of selective product dispensing machines, which must handle a plurality of generally cylindrical product types with one or more product types being accommodated in significantly greater quantity than others, while reta |
| 4197988 |
Apparatus for reading and writing data onto a magnetic stripe and in an arcuate path |
April 15, 1980 |
| This invention discloses a magnetic stripe card reader/writer apparatus comprising a card reader/writer device and a basic interface circuit. The recording head of the card reader/writer device is mounted on the end of a sensor arm and is driven over the magnetic stripe in an arcuate pat |
| 4190179 |
Apparatus for storing and dispensing generally cylindrical products |
February 26, 1980 |
| An improved article restraining and releasing mechanism is provided for product dispensing machines in which rollable products are supported in a row upon an inclined shelf and individually released from the lower end of the shelf. The mechanism employs a pair of spaced rotatable restrai |
| 4043483 |
Drawer apparatus for article dispensing machine |
August 23, 1977 |
| An improved dispensing drawer is provided for article dispensing machines, especially those of the so-called "helix vendor" type, which is slideably removable from the front of the dispensing machine and includes at least one article receiving cartridge removably secured within the drawe |
| 4033477 |
Dispensing apparatus having product access door sequential control mechanism |
July 5, 1977 |
| A product dispensing machine of the type having conveyor means for moving successive product carriers, each divided into a plurality of separate product carrying compartments, into registry with a product dispensing zone, including separately shiftable access doors or closures for the |
| 4011967 |
Electronic system device for control of ingredient dispensing in a cup beverage vendor |
March 15, 1977 |
| An electronically controlled ingredient dispensing system in hot or cold vending machines uses a voltage ramp generator and a volume controller for correlating a quantity of dispensed ingredients with the voltage ramp output. Circuit elements are provided to latch-in circuits correspondi |
| 3979024 |
Ingredient temperature stabilization apparatus for post-mix beverage dispensing machines |
September 7, 1976 |
| Improved liquid ingredient temperature control apparatus is provided for use with post-mix beverage vending machines which ensures that the beverage ingredients dispensed are maintained at desirable cool temperatures notwithstanding continual or intermittent supply replenishment of t |
| 3962627 |
Electronic apparatus for testing moving coins employing successive time significant sensings of |
June 8, 1976 |
| An improved method and apparatus for testing coins, metallic credit tokens and similar objects, capable of determining both type or denomination and genuineness thereof, utilize the effect upon the electrical impedance of a sensing component from the presence of an object under test in p |
