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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 07, 1980
Filed:
Aug. 29, 1978
Applicant:
Inventor:
Thomas E Meacham, Jr, Philadelphia, PA (US);
Assignee:
Refreshment Machinery Incorporated, Warminster, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
141 18 ; 137565 ; 141198 ; 222 56 ; 417 12 ; 417 26 ;
Abstract
A vending machine such as a coffee vending machine has a hot water tank connected to the outlet side of a pump. The inlet side of the pump is selectively connected to one of a plurality of water storage containers by way of a valve. Water for the hot water tank is pumped thereto from the storage containers. When a storage container is empty, the valve is moved to a position so as to communicate with another one of the containers.