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Vending apparatus and method

US9495823B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

BOBRICK WASHROOM EQUIPMENT, INC. · US

Inventors

Nancy LaCroix-Toyne · Burbank, US
Raffi Mekhitarian · Adelanto, US
Dikran Babikian · Glendale, US
Jacobus M. Berkhout · San Rafael, US
Robert A. Riccomini · Saratoga, US
William Conway · Moorpark, US
Peter Hues · San Jose, US

Key dates

Filing date	Jul 1, 2010
Grant date	Nov 15, 2016
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Apr 5, 2032

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG07F11/004
WIPO fieldControl
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A vending apparatus and method of vending a product. Embodiments of a vending apparatus include a dispense mechanism configured to dispense a product, the dispense mechanism including a chamber that is rotatable relative to an opening of the dispense mechanism for aligning the product with the opening and dispensing the product therethrough. Further embodiments of a vending apparatus include a coin mechanism for receiving at least one coin before the vending apparatus dispenses a product, the coin mechanism including a delay mechanism configured to slow movement of an actuating device for avoiding jamming of the at least one coin in the coin mechanism.

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