Cigarette vending machine and vending machine dispenser
CA 2315475 C · Owner: Slim Line Designs Ltd. · Inventors: Rawlins, Mark Wayne
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A cigarette package vending machine for selectively dispensing cigarette packages on actuation , by a user includes at least one cigarette package storage and dispensing container. The , container includes a storage region for storing a plurality of cigarette packages, a holding region , communicating with a storage region to receive the first cigarette package from the plurality in , the storage region and an output region communicating with the holding region to receive the , first cigarette package from the holding region for dispensing the first cigarette package from , the output region to the user. A dispenser is provided which is moveable between a rest , position and an open …
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- Filed August 11, 2000 and granted March 22, 2011. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended August 11, 2020.
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