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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:
Feb. 06, 2001
Filed:
Jun. 01, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Steven A. Kovens, Owings Mills, MD (US);
Michael T. Gootee, Baltimore, MD (US);
Robert H. Tegtmeier, Phoenix, MD (US);
Ronald F. Deuel, Shrewsbury, PA (US);
Assignee:
Parkway Machine Corporation, Timonium, MD (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 5/900 ; G07F 1/144 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 5/900 ; G07F 1/144 ;
Abstract
An electronically actuated bulk vending machine with a merchandise storage globe seated on a base for electronically actuated distribution of the merchandise via a rotatable merchandise wheel nested in the base and under the storage globe where the machine includes an electric motor for rotating a gear where the gear extends from the motor to engage the merchandise wheel along the peripheral gearing thereof.