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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 22, 2021
Filed:
Aug. 02, 2019
Applicant:
Swyft Inc., San Francisco, CA (US);
Inventors:
Diego Vazquez, Antioch, CA (US);
Lincoln Smith, San Francisco, CA (US);
Gower Smith, San Francisco, CA (US);
Assignee:
Swyft Inc., San Francisco, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G07F 11/42 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G07F 11/42 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods and apparatuses provide a vending machine with a dispenser the moves product from a shelf to a conveyor bucket. The dispenser includes an elongate divider with a drive gear at its bucket end. A drive gear from the bucket engages the dispenser drive gear causing a linear positioner to move a carriage along the elongate divider and toward the bucket. The movement causes product on the shelf, and between the carriage and the bucket, to be forced into the bucket.