Crane Company

Charles W Percy

John P Huffman

Mark R Henning

Ronald P Petersen

Jack L Osborn

Gregory Scott Ivey

Access panel and method of manufacture. The access panel is mounted on a vending machine for movement between open and closed positions and normally closes the opening to a product retrieval area. Advertising indicia is provided behind a front face of the access panel to prevent damage to the indicia. The access panel is also tamper resistant and may be changed only by authorized personnel. The advertising indicia is encapsulated between a front panel and back panel of the access panel.

Vending machine access panel and method of formation

The thermally regulated storage container of the present invention comprises a cabinet housing with an one open face. A self-sealing and self aligning cover provides an environmental seal between an insulated storage area within the cabinet housing and an external environment. A modular environmental control unit is removably installed within the cabinet. This unit can control temperature, pressure, humidity or any other environmental condition. A ducting system within the cabinet mates with the environmental control unit. An environmental monitoring system monitors internal conditions of the storage container and provides an input to a control system operable to direct the modular environmental control. This ensures that the desired internal conditions are maintained.

Thermally regulated storage container

A vending machine having a self-contained self-aligning refrigeration unit, a temperature sensing probe positioned in front of the machine behind a glass panel for sensing the temperatures in the machine near the product to be vended and having a monetary unit which slides in and out of the cabinet and rotates for easy access.

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Chesterfield, MO, United States of America

Charles W Percy