Automated drive-up vending facility
CA 2211584 C · Owner: M.A. Rivalto, Inc. · Inventors: Rivalto, Michael A.
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An automated drive-up vending facility (10) and method utilizes a plurality of automatic transaction machines (12) located around the periphery of a storage building (14), whereby customers can drive their vehicles alongside the building, insert an account/debit card into a card reader (16) and make , product selections via a touch screen display terminal (18). The products are stocked within building (14), and an automated picking/sorting subsystem (20) retrieves the selected products for deposit into a dispensing chute (22). Selection and product information is provided at the display terminals (18) via an interactive menu driven program. Selection of products subject to sales …
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- Filed October 25, 1995 and granted May 27, 2003. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended October 25, 2015.
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