Drive system for a vending machine dispensing assembly
CA 2523470 C · Owner: Crane Co. · Inventors: Percy, Charles Wayne
Overview
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A vending machine includes first and second release mechanisms mounted to front portions of adjacent shelf dividers extending along a product shelf and establishing a product queue. A product transport system is arranged in the cabinet to carry a selected product container from the product queue towards a delivery chamber. A drive mechanism operatively connected to each of the first and second release mechanisms is mounted to an underside of the product shelf to simultaneously shift the first and second release mechanisms in order to release a selected product to the product transport system.
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- Filed October 14, 2005 and granted April 23, 2013. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended October 14, 2025.
- Certificates of supplementary protection extend only drug patents, and it isn't classified as one.
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