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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:
Nov. 10, 1998
Filed:
Oct. 15, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Steven A Kovens, Owings Mills, MD (US);
Wayne Mincher, Towson, MD (US);
Michael T Gootee, Baltimore, MD (US);
Robert H Tegtmeier, Phoenix, MD (US);
Assignee:
Parkway Machine Corporation, Timonium, MD (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A24F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
221 24 ; 221155 ;
Abstract
A dynamic bulk vending machine including a merchandise globe assembly sitting on an upper hopper, an intermediate chamber containing a unitary, multi-layer, serpentine, wire-form track defining an irregular pathway for spherical merchandise which sits on a lower hopper, all of which sit on a base containing a coin receiving actuation mechanism which is mechanically linked to both hoppers.