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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 11, 1996
Filed:
Jun. 09, 1994
Wan Je Cho, Busan, KR;
LG Industrial Systems Co., Ltd., Seoul, KR;
Abstract
An apparatus for guiding food discharged from an automatic vending machine. The apparatus comprises a guide plate fixed to a front end of a lower shutter, which is adapted to be moved back and forth to discharge easily heated food, and a guide bracket provided under a heating unit, which is adapted to guide the guide plate and the food. Since the guide plate pushes food to a discharging outlet when the heated food falls down into the guide bracket so that the user can easily take out the food of the outlet. Since it is not necessary to increase an inclined angle of the guide plate, height of the discharging part can be reduced. Hence, receptive capacity of a food stacking part is relatively increased as compared with the same sized machine.