Mobile self-vending beverage distribution system
AssigneeB/E Aerospace, Inc.
InventorPeter J. L. Burd
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Abstract
A mobile self-vending beverage dispenser is disclosed. In embodiments, the dispenser includes a mobile housing divided into segmented sections. Each segmented section includes an outlet at the bottom for dispensing canned beverages and an access hatch for loading canned beverages into the segmented section. Each segmented section includes a vertical staggered raceway extending from the access hatch the outlet via which the segmented section is loaded with canned beverages, the cans traveling in a gravity-assisted path downward to the outlet for dispensing upon request.
Claims10
A mobile self-vending beverage distribution device, comprising:
- a housing transportable along a surface via one or more casters attached to a bottom surface of the housing, the housing divided into a plurality of segmented sections and including at least one access door, one or more of the segmented sections installable and removable via the access door, each segmented section comprising:
- an outlet proximate to the bottom surface, the outlet configured to dispense one or more cylindrical beverage containers;
- an access hatch proximate to a top surface of the housing, the one or more beverage containers loadable into the segmented section via the access hatch;
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- a raceway connecting the access hatch to the outlet, the raceway comprising a plurality of raceway components attached to at least one interior surface of the segmented section, the plurality of raceway components collectively configured to direct the one or more cylindrical beverage containers in a gravitationally assisted path from the access hatch to the outlet.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.