The Vendo Company

Wrex Products, Inc., a Part Interest

Daniel S Carter

Larry E Hieb

Gregory A Petrie

Dennis M Rupp

David O Bess

A helical structure having a shaft defining an axis of rotation and a substantially helical flight extending about the axis of rotation and composed of a plurality of sections each having a segment disposed in substantially right angular relation to the axis of rotation. A method for manufacturing a helical structure or the like including the steps of producing a mold having a mold cavity defining a configuration for the helical structure having a substantially helical flight composed of a plurality of sections having segments disposed in substantially right angular relation to an axis of rotation for the helical structure, introducing a moldable substance into the mold cavity to form the helical structure in the configuration and removing the helical structure from the mold cavity by separating the mold along a path substantially aligned with the segments. An apparatus for manufacturing a helical structure or the like, the apparatus including a first mold body having a mold cavity defining a first portion of a configuration for a helical structure having an axis of rotation with a substantially helical flight extending thereabout, a second mold body having a mold cavity defining a second portion of the configuration, and a structure for releasably interconnecting the first and second mold bodies for movement to and from an assembled relationship only along a path substantially right-angularly related to the axis of rotation of the configuration.

Method of manufacturing a helical structure

A vending apparatus for facilitating passage of a vendable object through a vending machine, the apparatus including a main body borne by the vending machine and mounting a pair of ribs which are disposed in spaced relation one to the other and which are individually adapted to support the vendable object in spaced relation to the main body, the ribs operable substantially to inhibit the vendable objects from bridging with adjoining vendable objects and thereby increasing the reliability of the vending machine so equipped.

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Sandy Hook, CT, United States of America

Daniel S Carter