Automatic vending machine
AssigneeHon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
InventorYUN-LUNG CHEN
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Abstract
An automatic vending machine able to store and dispense merchandise of different heights includes a cabinet and a door. The cabinet includes a cabinet body and defines a first latching hole and a second latching hole. The door includes door body and a hook located on the door body. The door is rotatable relative to the two side plates between a first position, where the hook is engaged in the first latching hole, and the door body is perpendicular to the two side plates to block a first taller product and a second position, where the hook is engaged in the second latching hole, and an acute angle is defined between the door body and each of the two side plates to block a second shorter product.
Claims19
An automatic vending machine comprising:
- a cabinet comprising:
- a cabinet body comprising two side plates, and the two side plates being parallel to each other;
- a hanging piece secured to a first ends of the two side plates, and the hanging piece defines a first latching hole and a second latching hole;
- and
- a securing member secured to a second ends opposite to the first ends of the two side plates;
- and
- a door engaged between the hanging piece and the securing member and comprising a door body and a hook located on the door body,
- wherein the door is rotatable relative to the two side plates between a first position and a second position;
- when the door is located in the first position, the hook is engaged in the first latching hole, and the door body is perpendicular to the two side plates;
- and
- when the door is located in the second position, the hook is engaged in the second latching hole, and an acute angle is defined between the door body and each of the two side plates.
An automatic vending machine comprising:
- a cabinet comprising two parallel side plates and defining a first latching hole and a second latching hole;
- and
- a door secured to the cabinet and comprising a door body and a hook located on the door body,
- wherein the door is rotatable relative to the two side plates between a first position and a second position;
- when the door is located in the first position, the hook is engaged in the first latching hole, and the door body is perpendicular to the two side plates;
- when the door is located in the second position, the hook is engaged in the second latching hole, and an acute angle is defined between the door body and each of the two side plates.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.