Rear loading vending machine
AssigneeIndustrial Vacuum Systems, Inc.
InventorGary L. Sams
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Abstract
A vending machine comprising a housing and a service chassis. The housing has an interior, a front face and a rear door pivotally connected to the housing. The front face of the housing includes at least one front opening for allowing a vended product to be removed from the housing. The service chassis is at least partially located within the housing and includes at least one money collecting container. The service chassis can be slid into and out of the interior of the housing for allowing access to the at least one money collecting container. A method of loading the vending machine is also disclosed.
Claims30
A vending machine comprising:
- a housing having a front, a rear, a top, a bottom and two sides, the front, rear, top, bottom and two sides defining an interior of the housing;
- the front of the housing including a front wall having at least one front opening configured to allow a vending product to be removed from the housing;
- a rear door pivotally connected to the housing and covering at least a portion of the rear of the housing, the rear door having an open position allowing access to the interior of the housing, the rear door further having a closed position for preventing access to the interior of the housing through the rear of the housing;
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- a service chassis having at least one money collecting container;
- wherein the service chassis is configured to be located within the interior of the housing when the rear door is in the closed position, the at least one money container having a money accepting slot adjacent the front of the housing when the service chassis is within the interior of the housing whereby money is inserted into the at least one money collecting container through the money accepting slot;
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- wherein the service chassis is configured to be at least partially removed from the interior of the housing through the rear of the housing to allow access to the at least one money collecting container and the money accepting slot of the at least one money collecting container.
A vending machine comprising:
- a housing having an interior, a front face and a rear door pivotally connected to the housing, the front face of the housing including at least one front opening for allowing a vended product to be removed from the housing;
- a service chassis at least partially located within the housing, the service chassis having at least one money collecting container;
- wherein the housing includes a track located within the housing allowing the service chassis to be slid into and out of the interior of the housing;
- wherein the service chassis includes a pivotable frame member, thereby allowing the pivotable frame member to be pivoted after the service chassis is slid out of the interior of the housing.
12 The vending machine of claim 10, wherein:
- the at least one money collecting container is connected to the pivotal frame member.
A method of loading a vending machine comprising:
- placing a first design in each lane of the vending machine signifying a width of the lane;
- placing a second design on each vending product signifying a width of the vending product;
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- placing each vending product into one of the lanes of the vending machine;
- wherein the first design for at least one lane is identical to the second design for the vending products placed therein.
A vending machine comprising:
- a housing having an interior, a front face and a door pivotally connected to the housing, the front face of the housing including at least one front opening for allowing a vended product to be removed from the housing;
- a service chassis at least partially located within the housing, the service chassis having at least one money collecting container;
- wherein the housing includes a track located within the housing allowing the service chassis to be slid into and out of the interior of the housing;
- wherein the service chassis includes a pivotable frame, thereby allowing the pivotable frame to be pivoted after the service chassis is slid out of the interior of the housing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.