Article dispensing – Automatic control – Of discharge assistant operation
Patent
1976-12-14
1978-08-22
Reeves, Robert B.
Article dispensing
Automatic control
Of discharge assistant operation
198817, 221 85, 221130, 221191, G07F 1158
Patent
active
041083334
ABSTRACT:
An article vendor, particularly for food products such as sandwiches, salads, lunch platters and dessert items, wherein the articles are stocked on endless belt conveyors extending in rear-to-front direction in a cabinet having a front window for merchandising display of the articles. The conveyors are arranged in tiers one above another and side by side in each tier, and the vendor includes an elevator movable up and down at the front of the conveyors for receiving an article from any one (or more) of the conveyors and transporting it to a delivery station. Upon selection by a purchaser of an article on a particular conveyor, the elevator is raised to the level of the tier which includes the selected conveyor, and that conveyor is indexed forward one step to dispense the forward article therefrom on to the elevator, after which the elevator is lowered to the delivery station.
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Alford James R.
Falk Leonard P.
Stadler Robert L.
Bartuska Francis J.
Reeves Robert B.
UMC Industries Inc.
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