Title:
APPARATUS FOR DISPENSING OF BULK PRODUCT
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO1999053808
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
A bulk vending apparatus for dispensing a user-determined amount of product includes a rack unit having a plurality of support structures (330) capable of extending out from the rack unit, a plurality of dispensing units (210) each containing a product for dispensing and arranged on the support structures and including restraining means (360, 361, 362) to restrain all but a first support structure of the plurality of support structures when a first support structure is extended from the rack unit.
Inventors:
ELLIS JEFFREY M
SKLOVSKY STUART
DIMARCHI SILVIO J
WUENSCH JACK
SKLOVSKY STUART
DIMARCHI SILVIO J
WUENSCH JACK
Application Number:
PCT/US1999/008602
Publication Date:
December 29, 1999
Filing Date:
April 20, 1999
Export Citation:
Assignee:
MARS INC (US)
International Classes:
A47F1/035; A47F1/14; E05B65/46; E05B65/466; G07F11/44; (IPC1-7): A47F1/02; A47F1/03; E05B65/46
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