Vending machine for dispensing beverage containers

Details Vending machine for dispensing beverage containers Vending machine for dispensing beverage containers

1996-10-30

1998-09-15

Noland, Kenneth

Article dispensing

Dispensing from staggered stacks

211 592, B65G 5900

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058067124

ABSTRACT:
A vending machine for dispensing beverage containers having a cylindrical side wall forming a body and a neck extending from the cylindrical body. The body has a groove formed therein and extending around the circumference of the body. The vending machine includes at least one chute for storing and dispensing the containers. The chute has a loading end located at an upper end thereof for receiving the containers and a delivery end at a lower end thereof for delivering the containers to a delivery area of the vending machine. The chute has at least two sequential paths. A first path extends generally at a downwardly sloped angled position from the loading end of the chute. A second path extends generally downwardly at an angled position from the first path so that the containers roll along the chute towards the delivery end of the chute. The chute includes a guide member along at least a portion of one of the paths for engaging the groove formed in the body of the container to align the containers along at least a portion of the length of the path.

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patent: 4997106 (1991-03-01), Rockola
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