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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 31, 2023
Filed:
Sep. 13, 2018
Pepsico, Inc., Purchase, NY (US);
Emad Jafa, Brewster, NY (US);
Cheuk Chi Lau, White Plains, NY (US);
Xuejun Li, White Plains, NY (US);
Yong Serock, Newton, CT (US);
Wai Ting Chan, Cambridge, GB;
Samuel Luke Johnstone, Cambridge, GB;
Martyn Thomas Mitchell, Royston, GB;
Euan Morrison, Cambridge, GB;
Erik David Williams, Cambridge, GB;
PepsiCo, Inc., Purchase, NY (US);
Abstract
Vending machines for storing and dispensing products to consumers in a space-efficient manner. A vending machine may include a product compartment, a product storage system, a support structure, a dispensing port, and a product delivery system. The support structure may elevate the product compartment and form a void beneath the product compartment. Other structures may occupy the void beneath the product compartment, or humans may walk through the void beneath the product compartment. A product may be automatically moved from the product compartment to the dispensing port using the product delivery system.