Article dispensing – With article treatment – With cooling or heating
Patent
1995-05-03
1996-12-03
Noland, Kenneth
Article dispensing
With article treatment
With cooling or heating
221249, 219521, A24F 2714
Patent
active
055799523
ABSTRACT:
A vending apparatus for dispensing trays of hot food is provided with a vertical stack of the compartments for storing and heating the trays of food. Each compartment has a lower support-shelf, under which is an electrical, coil-resistance heater for keeping the food in the tray at a temperature of about 150 degrees F. Opening of the door of a compartment causes the opening of a micro-switch associated with the selected compartment, which opening causes power to be shut off to the solenoid of the compartment. Operatively associated with each compartment is a push-mechanism that causes the selected tray to be partially pushed out of its compartment when the associated door is manually opened. Each push-mechanism has a push-rod coupled through suitable linkage to the door, which push-rod contacts the rear surface of the selected tray for pushing it out as the door is opened. The door is only capable of being partially opened, such that it forms an acute angle with respect to the horizontal, so that the push-rod is not capable of accidentally pushing the tray completely out of the compartment and onto the floor. A self-closing mechanism automatically closes the opened door after the selected tray has been removed and the door released by the customer.
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Fiedler Armin
Fiedler Scott
Automeal, Inc.
Benn Marvin N.
Gerstein Milton S.
Noland Kenneth
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