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US 6,182,859 B2Granted
Brush housing for bulk vending machine
AssigneeThe Northwestern Corporation
InventorRichard K. Bolen
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Abstract
A bulk vending machine having: a housing having a storage bin to store items; a dispensing mechanism attached to the storage bin to dispense the items, the dispensing mechanism having an opening; a flexible member secured to the dispensing mechanism to assist in ejecting the items through the opening; and a cover disposed around the flexible member to prevent the items from being damaged or breaking open.
Claims19
A bulk vending machine comprising:
- (a) a housing having a storage bin to store items;
- (b) a dispensing mechanism attached to said storage bin to dispense said items, said dispensing mechanism having an opening, a first side, and a second side;
- (c) a flexible member having a first end and a second end, said first end and second end secured to said first side and said second side, respectively, of said dispensing mechanism to assist in ejecting said items through said opening;
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- (d) a cover disposed around said flexible member to prevent said items from being damaged or breaking open.
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A brush housing for a bulk vending machine comprising:
- a first flexible member fixed to a dispensing mechanism and capable of assisting a first item to pass through an opening defined in said dispensing mechanism, said first flexible member having a cover to contact said first item to prevent said first item from being damaged or breaking open, said cover comprising a plurality of sleeves, wherein said plurality of sleeves permit the first flexible member to flex when contacted by said first item.
A bulk vending machine comprising:
- (a) a housing having a storage bin to store items;
- (b) a dispensing mechanism attached to said storage bin to dispense said items, said dispensing mechanism having an opening, a first side, and a second side;
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- (c) a flexible elongated member having a first end and a second end, said first end and second end secured to said first side and said second side, respectively, of said dispensing mechanism and aligned above said opening to prevent said items from falling through said opening.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.