Vending machine

US5996838A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Sielaff GmbH & Co. · DE

Inventors

• Josef Bayer · Herrieden, DE
• Klaus Kracher · Herrieden, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 26, 1997
• Grant date: Dec 7, 1999
• Expiry date: Nov 26, 2017

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G07F11/42
• WIPO field: Control
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A vending machine including a housing with one or more assembly units and one or more stacking shafts positioned in the housing. The assembly unit include a plurality of product dispensing coils for stacking and dispensing product horizontally. The stacking shaft stacking and dispensing products vertically, especially beverage containers. A support structure extends over a horizontal width of the housing and supports the assembly units and the stacking shafts in horizontally adjacent positions.