| Patent Number |
Title Of Patent |
Date Issued |
| RE31352 |
Coffee vendor |
August 23, 1983 |
| A coffee vendor comprising a brewer having a horizontal relatively small-mesh screen therein dividing the brewer into upper and lower chambers, a line for delivering hot water to the upper chamber of the brewer, a line for delivering filtered brewed coffee from the brewer, an air com |
| D270887 |
Disposable pan for heating and serving food |
October 11, 1983 |
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| D269586 |
Disposable pan for heating and serving food |
July 5, 1983 |
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| D269190 |
Combined vending machine and storage cabinet unit |
May 31, 1983 |
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| D262894 |
Vending machine cabinet |
February 2, 1982 |
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| D256031 |
Vending machine |
July 22, 1980 |
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| D255908 |
Cigarette vending machine |
July 15, 1980 |
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| D255907 |
Cigarette vending machine |
July 15, 1980 |
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| D249582 |
Front door for a vending machine |
September 19, 1978 |
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| D249341 |
Electro-mechanical pulser |
September 12, 1978 |
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| D248121 |
Front display panel for vending machines |
June 6, 1978 |
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| D247828 |
Front display panel for vending machines |
May 2, 1978 |
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| 4550819 |
Coin apparatus |
November 5, 1985 |
| Coin apparatus for use in a manually operable vending machine which has latches for locking it against operation unless coin sufficient for purchase of an item is deposited, the apparatus having electronically controlled latch release members operable on manual operation of the vendi |
| 4548427 |
Strain accommodating fluid conduit assembly and fitting therefor |
October 22, 1985 |
| A conduit consisting of a metal tube, with or without a plastic tube liner, is rendered strain accommodating by securing to its ends fittings that have a first component part to one end of which is joined the usual male or female coupling means or other connector means and to the other e |
| 4537425 |
High integrity flange connection arrangement |
August 27, 1985 |
| Connection between flange faces is effected with a rigid metal load bearing ring interposed therebetween for assuming the bolt torquing load and, when desired, for providing a fluid seal. Within said load bearing ring are disposed at least one coned ring spring and a force distributing r |
| 4523285 |
Vendor controller |
June 11, 1985 |
| A controller for a multi-item vendor includes a memory, a set of manually operable selectors, an alphanumeric display, and a logic circuit. Information associated with the vending of items is electronically stored in the memory by categories such as price, throw, sales and diagnostic |
| 4522432 |
Components for lined piping system with anchored liners and method of manufacture |
June 11, 1985 |
| Molded plastic liners for pipe spools and fittings are provided with embedded structural anchors having externally projecting parts that are secured to the metal housing by various mechanical fastening arrangements. In a series of embodiments they are welded into the welded seams of the |
| 4512454 |
Coin apparatus having coin escrow and return means |
April 23, 1985 |
| Coin apparatus for use in a vendor for handling acceptable coins and unacceptable coins or slugs deposited in the vendor, having change tubes for coins of different denominations, and operable to reject unacceptable coins and slugs, to accept acceptable coins and to deliver them as neede |
| 4512453 |
Vendor accountability system |
April 23, 1985 |
| An accountability system for a vendor having a cash handler, change tubes and a cash box, the cash handler being adapted to accept deposited coins and deliver them to the change tubes if needed, otherwise to deliver them to the cash box. A memory stores data on the amount of cash which s |
| 4507550 |
High security credit card, system and method |
March 26, 1985 |
| A credit card includes a non-magnetic substrate and a first strip of permanently magnetic material extending in a first direction along the substrate. The first strip comprises a predetermined series of permanently magnetic lines, the lines defining positions along the first strip and |
| 4499985 |
Vendor change return control |
February 19, 1985 |
| A change return control for a money handler in a vendor capable of a plurality of customer selectable transactions at different prices, the money handler having circuitry for identifying the denominations of money deposited in the vendor. The control includes circuitry for determining if |
| 4496201 |
Closure such as a glass door for a refrigeration or freezer |
January 29, 1985 |
| A glass door for a refrigerator or freezer having an open rectangular frame around the glass, the top, bottom and sides of the frame each comprising a front metal extrusion and a rear plastic extrusion, the front extrusion having a part extending in front of the glass and the rear having |
| 4494776 |
Joint for plastic lined light-weight metal piping |
January 22, 1985 |
| A seal load ring having a radial face and a tapered face is installed between the flared gasket portion of the piping plastic liner and the frusto-conically flared flange end of a section of light-weight metal piping. The radial face of the ring is provided with a plurality of concen |
| 4463446 |
Control device |
July 31, 1984 |
| A price-setting control device for a vending machine can be used to set prices for a number of products and to store those prices in a memory. A decimal-type visual display selectively, but simultaneously, displays a "line" number which is assigned to a given product plus the price set f |
| 4462512 |
Change making system |
July 31, 1984 |
| A change making system having circuitry for sensing the availability of coins for making change in at least two change tubes containing coins of different denominations, the coin tubes being part of a money handler in a vendor. A memory has stored therein, for each of a number of coin |
| 4440044 |
Two stage speed reducer |
April 3, 1984 |
| A two stage speed reducer having a primary reduction stage the output gear of which is fixed to an eccentric which causes an output planetary gear to orbit within a fixed ring gear. The eccentric forms the inner and outer races for coplanar bearings for the planetary gear and the output |
| 4434931 |
Cash box for paper currency |
March 6, 1984 |
| A cash box for paper currency has an opening therein through which a bill can be introduced into that cash box to form part of a stack of paper currency within that cash box. A closure is movable away from that opening to an open position to permit a bill to be introduced through that op |
| 4429594 |
Planetary speed reducer |
February 7, 1984 |
| A planetary speed reducer having a movable output ring gear; a stationary or fixed ring gear; the ring gears having different numbers of rigid involute teeth, different pitch diameters, equal internal diameters and equal base pitches; a sun gear; and at least one planetary gear mounted |
| 4426017 |
Apparatus for dispensing containers from a stack of nested containers |
January 17, 1984 |
| Apparatus for dispensing containers, such as paper cups, each having an outwardly extending rim, from a stack of nested containers, the apparatus being adjustable to handle containers of different diameters within a range of diameters. |
| 4410077 |
Coin handling apparatus with coin retardation feature |
October 18, 1983 |
| Coin handling apparatus having an inclined chute and a lateral entrance to the chute, the arrangement being such that the motion of the coins is retarded or deadened for rolling of the coins on edge down the chute without substantial bounce or flutter for accurate detection by a detector |
| 4397875 |
Method of heating food |
August 9, 1983 |
| Apparatus for heating food, such as a serving of partially or fully precooked french fried potatoes supplied in a refrigerated or frozen state and requiring heating for being eaten, comprising a blower for blowing air, a heater for heating the air, a support for holding a receptacle |
| 4381835 |
Control device |
May 3, 1983 |
| A control device for a vending machine for setting prices and storing prices in a memory with a price-setting mode, a price verification mode and a product-vending mode. In the product-vending mode, actuation of a selection switch provides a momentary pulse through the vending circuit to |
| 4376447 |
Hot water valve |
March 15, 1983 |
| A valve comprising a body having a chamber therein, fluid inlet and outlet ports in communication with the chamber, an opening for a valve plunger, and a nipple extending into the chamber having a passage constituting one of said ports. A valve plunger extends through the opening in the |
| 4375184 |
Apparatus for heating foods, such as french fried potatoes |
March 1, 1983 |
| Apparatus for heating food, such as a serving of partially or fully precooked french fried potatoes supplied in a refrigerated or frozen state and requiring heating for being eaten, comprising a blower for blowing air, a heater for heating the air, a support for holding a receptacle |
| 4374318 |
Apparatus for heating food, such as french fried potatoes |
February 15, 1983 |
| Apparatus for heating food, such as a serving of partially or fully precooked french fried potatoes supplied in a refrigerated or frozen state and requiring heating for being eaten, comprising a blower for blowing air, a heater for heating the air, a support for holding a receptacle |
| 4373923 |
Torque limiting overload coupling |
February 15, 1983 |
| A torque limiting overload device, or clutch, and suitable for use between a shaft, flange, or the dial for automated machinery, or indexing machine, a drive or rotating member imparting turning or rotational force to a driven or rotatable member, the rotatable member incorporates a seri |
| 4361161 |
Coin handling device |
November 30, 1982 |
| Positioning surfaces and complementary surfaces on the walls and frame of a coin handling device partially restrain and position those walls. Positioning surfaces and complementary surfaces on a coin dispensing sub-assembly and on the frame partially restrain and position that sub-as |
| 4353452 |
Coin-handling device |
October 12, 1982 |
| A detecting magnetic coil is mounted adjacent the authenticity-determining magnetic coil of an electronic slug rejector to distinguish between authentic coins and any copper slugs which might cause the authenticity-determining coil to produce an output which closely simulates the out |
| 4350238 |
Data acquisition unit |
September 21, 1982 |
| A data acquisition unit accepts serial bit streams from a control device for a vending machine, and it records the data represented by those serial bit streams. The data in one of those serial bit streams will include the number of vends of each product corresponding to the various selec |
| 4349111 |
Paper currency device |
September 14, 1982 |
| A bill-handling device provides relative movement between a sensor and a U.S. bill or other object to permit that sensor to sense longitudinally-spaced areas on that U.S. bill or other object which correspond to areas, on authentic U.S. bills or counterfeits thereof, where significan |
| 4336892 |
Article dispensing apparatus |
June 29, 1982 |
| A vendor for packs of cigarettes comprising a cabinet having a window at the front, a plurality of dispensers in the cabinet for the packs, each adapted to hold a plurality of packs of one brand in a row extending in rear-to-front direction in the cabinet, the dispensers being arranged i |
| 4324494 |
Drink dispensing |
April 13, 1982 |
| Drink dispensing apparatus comprising a container for holding a supply of a particulate drink ingredient adapted to be mixed with water to constitute a drink, a dispenser for dispensing a charge of the particulate ingredient from the container through an opening in the container for the |
| 4322588 |
Slide selector switch device |
March 30, 1982 |
| A slide selector switch device comprising a membrane switch having a base layer, an intermediate layer and a cover layer of electrical insulation material, the intermediate layer having a plurality of sets of openings arranged in straight lines, the base and cover layers each having an |
| 4305328 |
Coffee vendor |
December 15, 1981 |
| A coffee vendor comprising a brewer having a horizontal relatively small-mesh screen therein dividing the brewer into upper and lower chambers, a line for delivering hot water to the upper chamber of the brewer, a line for delivering filtered brewed coffee from the brewer, an air com |
| 4286703 |
Coin testing and sorting apparatus |
September 1, 1981 |
| For use in a vendor for handling acceptable coins and rejecting unacceptable items (slugs, unacceptable coins) inserted in the coin slot of the vendor and for making change: coin apparatus for handling coins of various denominations (e.g., U.S. nickels, dimes, quarters and dollars), |
| 4273259 |
Flood control for a beverage vendor |
June 16, 1981 |
| Flood control apparatus for a beverage vendor of the type comprising a cabinet and a water supply system including a line for bringing water into the cabinet to provide water for beverages and a valve in the line, the apparatus comprising a pan located beneath components of the water sup |
| 4265351 |
Apparatus for totalizing sales |
May 5, 1981 |
| Apparatus for totalizing sales of a vendor, the vendor having a plurality of selection circuits adapted to be energized for vending items at different prices which are whole multiples of 5.cent., the apparatus comprising an electrically operated register operable on being electricall |
| 4263924 |
Coin separating device |
April 28, 1981 |
| A coin separating device has a movable coin director which is mounted intermediate an inlet for coins of different predetermined diameters and a plurality of outlets that are generally in register with each other but that are located in separate planes. That coin director responds to the |
| 4257436 |
Coin dispensing apparatus having a U-shaped coin ejector |
March 24, 1981 |
| Coin dispensing apparatus comprising a base having a socket therein adjacent one end of the base constituting its rearward end, a coin ejector at the bottom of the socket movable forward away from a retracted position for ejecting a coin in the socket, the ejector being movable forward t |
| 4252254 |
Hot beverage vendor |
February 24, 1981 |
| A hot beverage vendor having a hot water tank for supplying hot water for hot beverages, such as coffee, tea, soup and chocolate. On entering the tank, water is directed by baffles to a heater in the tank adjacent the bottom of the tank where it is heated. The heated water gradually rise |
