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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 24, 1987
Filed:
Nov. 23, 1984
John R Jones, Memphis, TN (US);
Other;
Abstract
An apparatus for vending individual servings of ice cream at the demand and selection of a vendee. The apparatus includes a money activate switch for being closed when a predetermined amount of money is inserted thereinto; a selector switch for being energized when the money activated switch is closed; a container dispenser for dispensing one ice cream container when the selector switch is energized and one of a plurality of specific selection switches of the selector switch is closed; a container rotator for receiving the ice cream container from the container dispenser and for rotating the ice cream container; and an ice cream dispenser for dispensing ice cream into the ice cream container as the container is rotated by the container rotator. A syrup dispenser is preferably provided for selectively dispensing syrup onto the ice cream dispensed into the container.