Article dispensing – Dispensing from staggered stacks
Patent
1992-05-29
1993-05-18
Valenza, Joseph E.
Article dispensing
Dispensing from staggered stacks
221124, 221312B, 414923, B65G 5906
Patent
active
052113094
ABSTRACT:
A bottled beverage vending machine storage column modified by including a controlled containment system to dispense irregularly shaped bottles having spherical surface areas from a dispenser tray at the bottom of the column for discharge of the bottled beverages from a collection door without damage to the bottles. The controlled containment system includes a pair of opposed bottle neck guide tracks, one of which is adjustable in width to provide for temporary holding of the bottles in suspension and the other of which includes removable and telescopic segments, to keep the bottles from turning sideways when the bottles are stacked alternately, neck to bottom in a stack. The structure keeps the bottles from "nose-diving" thus allowing the stack of bottles to move smoothly downwardly while in a horizontal position and to drop into the dispenser tray which includes leveling spacers to keep the bottles level in the dispenser tray for discharge into a collection door or other discharge point on the vending machine.
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FAB Design Concepts, Inc.
Nutrivend, Inc.
Reichard Dean A.
Valenza Joseph E.
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