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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 22, 1991
Filed:
Oct. 17, 1988
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
The Vendo Company, Fresno, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
312 45 ; 221 67 ; 221241 ; 211 592 ;
Abstract
A vending apparatus for facilitating passage of a vendable object through a vending machine, the apparatus including a main body borne by the vending machine and mounting a pair of ribs which are disposed in spaced relation one to the other and which are individually adapted to support the vendable object in spaced relation to the main body, the ribs operable substantially to inhibit the vendable objects from bridging with adjoining vendable objects and thereby increasing the reliability of the vending machine so equipped.