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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 24, 2024
Filed:
Jan. 31, 2019
Automated Retail Technologies, Llc, Sarasota, FL (US);
James Edward Deaton, Georgetown, TX (US);
Linda H. Wu, Newberg, OR (US);
John C. Serieka, Chicago, IL (US);
Lynn Warren Hamrick, Leander, TX (US);
Sean Raymond Lucas, Leander, TX (US);
William Warrenburg, Austin, TX (US);
Brent Joseph Clafferty, Round Rock, TX (US);
AUTOMATED RETAIL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Sarasota, FL (US);
Abstract
A vending machine is adapted for dispensing a pre-packaged food product provided in a refrigerated enclosure housed in the vending machine. The vending machine includes an oven including a housing defining a cavity for receiving the pre-packaged food product. The housing has a sidewall with a sidewall opening providing access to the cavity. A side door is mounted to the sidewall for closing and opening the sidewall opening. A drive mechanism is connected to the side door and adapted to mechanically move the side door of the oven between a closed position and an opened position. The drive mechanism includes a sensing device adapted to determine whether the side door is in one of the closed position and the opened position. A door frame is mounted to the sidewall and has a guide track. The side door is movably received in the guide track.