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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 20, 1984
Filed:
Jul. 22, 1982
Michael Taylor, Lower Norton, GB;
Malcolm D Withnall, Morton Morrell, GB;
Michael A Talbot, High Wycombe, GB;
Mars Limited, London, GB;
Abstract
A dispensing machine particularly for dispensing bottles or cans. The machine has a storage area formed by a plurality of parallel vertically spaced inclined shelves and at the lower end of each shelf is a pick-up station. A carrier mounted on a carriage moves vertically past the pick-up stations and can receive a bottle from any selected one by operating a release mechanism when it is adjacent the required pick-up station. The carriage takes the selected bottle to a dispensing station at the top of the machine where the carriage tips and rolls the bottle into a fixed position from which it can be removed by a customer.