Vending machine with heating box
AssigneesHon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd., Hong Fu Jin Precision Industry (Wuhan) Co., Ltd.
InventorsCHIN-WEN YEH, ZHI-JIAN PENG, DUN-JUN ZHOU
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Abstract
A vending machine supplying heated goods includes a cabinet and an output delivering device mounted to the cabinet. The cabinet defines a product storing area, a receiving area, and a pickup opening communicating with the receiving area. The output delivering device includes a delivering strap and a heating box mounted to the delivering strap. The heating box receives and heats one of the plurality of products and the delivering strap is then driven to move to drive the heating box to move to a position in which the product drops out of the heating box into the receiving area for the customer to pick up.
Claims18
A vending machine comprising:
- a cabinet, the cabinet defines a storing area for storing a plurality of products, a receiving area, and a pickup opening communicating with the receiving area;
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- an output delivering device mounted to the cabinet, the output delivering device comprises a delivering strap and a heating box mounted to the delivering strap;
- the heating box defines an input opening and a first output opening;
- the heating box is configured to receive one of the plurality of products via the input opening and heat the one of the plurality of products;
- wherein the delivering strap is driven to move to drive the heating box to move to a position, in which the one of the plurality of products drops out of the heating box to the receiving area via the first output opening;
- and the pickup opening is configured to allow the one of the plurality of products in the receiving area to be picked up.
A vending machine comprising:
- a cabinet, the cabinet defines a storing area for storing a plurality of products, a receiving area;
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- an output delivering device mounted to the cabinet, the output delivering device comprises a mounting panel and a heating box placed on the mounting panel;
- the heating box defines an input opening and a first output opening;
- the heating box is configured to receive one of the plurality of products which is pushed along a first direction via the input opening and heat the one of the plurality of products;
- wherein he heating box is driven to move along a second direction, substantially perpendicular to the first direction, to a position in which the product drops out of the heating box via the first output opening to the receiving area .
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.