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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 05, 2005
Filed:
Jan. 16, 2003
Calin Vasile Roatis, DesPlaines, IL (US);
William D. Denison, Palos Hills, IL (US);
Tomasz Barnas, Lake in the Hills, IL (US);
Gary L. Myers, Monee, IL (US);
Calin Vasile Roatis, DesPlaines, IL (US);
William D. Denison, Palos Hills, IL (US);
Tomasz Barnas, Lake in the Hills, IL (US);
Gary L. Myers, Monee, IL (US);
TriTeq Lock and Security, L.L.C., Elk Grove, IL (US);
Abstract
A bayonet locking system for vending machines is provided to lock and unlock the machine preferably with a remotely controlled electronic operating unit. It includes at least one motor driven axially and rotationally movable bayonet with an enlarged shaped head being mounted preferably on a gasketed door and at least one receptacle receiving device disposed within the machine interior positioned for engagement by the bayonet when the door is moved to an intermediate position. The bayonet advances into the receptacle and rotates to capture it in the receptacle and then axially retracts to pull the door into the closed position wherein a gasket disposed between the door and the machine is substantially uniformly compressed and sealed around its periphery. An axially rotatable pin with fins may be used with a bracket on either the door or machine to prevent prying of the door at opposite corners.