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US 6,742,673 B2Granted
Method and apparatus for remote sales of vended products
AssigneeThe Coca-Cola Company
InventorsWilliam S. Credle, Jr., John P. Giles, James Michael Watson
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Abstract
A mobile vending machine for transporting and vending a number of products. The mobile vending machine includes a storage compartment for storing the products, a dispensing mechanism for dispensing the products, and a drive mechanism. The storage compartment is positioned about the drive mechanism for movement therewith.
Claims33
A remote vending system for vending a plurality of products, comprising:
- a product storage compartment positioned along a predetermined path;
- a product delivery mechanism positioned along said predetermined path;
- a product drop mechanism positioned along said predetermined path;
- and
- a control device to instruct said product storage device to deliver one of said plurality of products to said product delivery mechanism and to instruct said product delivery mechanism to deliver said one of said plurality of products to said product drop mechanism.
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A method for the delivery of a vended product, said method comprising the steps of:
- removing a first product from a product vending machine;
- sensing that said first product has been removed from said product vending machine;
- activating a product storage facility to release a second product;
- elevating said second product along a first predetermined vertical path;
- transporting said second product along a predetermined substantially horizontal path;
- and
- lowering said second product along a second predetermined vertical path into said product vending machine.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.