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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 27, 2004
Filed:
Oct. 01, 2001
Applicant:
Inventor:
William S. Credle, Jr., Roswell, GA (US);
Assignee:
The Coca-Cola Company, Atlanta, GA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G07F 1/142 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G07F 1/142 ;
Abstract
A vending machine for vending articles, most notably beverage or food containers. More particularly, the present invention relates to a vending machine having a cabinet with a plurality of vertically spaced shelves, and an “X-Y” picker assembly for receiving a packaged beverage from a shelf and for delivering the packaged beverage to a delivery port in a front face of the cabinet, or to another location as desired.