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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:
Dec. 17, 2002
Filed:
Oct. 26, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Francis A. Wittern, III, West Des Moines, IA (US);
Gary L. Walke, Bondurant, IA (US);
Assignee:
Inland Finance Company, Des Moines, IA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 3/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 3/00 ;
Abstract
An apparatus and method for lifting a dispensed product in a vending machine includes a lift member positioned in the path of a vended item. A control member, manually movable between first and second positions, raises the lift member to in turn raise a vended item.