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US 4,784,292 AGranted
Food-storage, heating and dispensing apparatus for use in a vending machine
AssigneeSankey Vending Limited
InventorsJohn P. Johndrow, Paul R. Taylor, Martin E. Wigg, Harold M. Wright, deceased, Julie K. by Whatson, administrator, Sally-Anne by Wright, administrator
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Abstract
Apparatus for use in a vending machine comprises a refrigerated storage chamber mounted over a microwave oven which contains a conveyor. The arrangement is such that containers of food released through apertures in the floor of the storage chamber may fall vertically into the oven and may be discharged laterally by the conveyor once heating is complete.
Claims8
Food-storage, heating and delivery apparatus comprising:
- (a) storage chamber provided with an aperture;
- (b) an oven disposed adjacent to the storage chamber and provided with an aperture, said apertures being in mutual alignment;
- (c) first delivery xeans for selectively delivering articles to be vended from said storage chamber to said oven through said aligned apertures;
- (d) second delivery means for delivering said articles from said oven through the oven aperture;
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- (e) a single movable closure element having a first position in which it simultaneously closes both said storage chamber aperture and said oven aperture and having in addition a number of positions which allow said articles to be delivered from said storage chamber to the oven and which allow said articles to be delivered from the oven.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.