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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 16, 2019
Filed:
Mar. 27, 2015
Red Bull Gmbh, Fuschl Am See, AT;
Daniel Longman, Leicester, GB;
RED BULL GMBH, Fuschl Am See, AT;
Abstract
A product transport mechanism is provided for a vending machine which has a product storage area, comprising a plurality of vertically spaced product storage locations, and a product collection area. The product transport mechanism comprises a plurality of vertically arranged product transport carriages. Each product transport carriage is movable in the same vertical plane between: a first position in which it is arranged to receive a product dispensed from a predetermined one of the vertically spaced product storage locations; and a second position below the first position in which the product transport carriage is located in the product collection area to enable collection of the vended product. Each product transport carriage is arranged to nest with the product transport carriage immediately below it so that more than one of the product transport carriages can simultaneously adopt the second position in the product collection area.