Inventors:
Raffi Mekhitarian - Shadow Hills CA, US
Dikran Babikian - Glendale CA, US
Jacobus Marcus Berkhout - Menlo Park CA, US
Robert Riccomini - Saratoga CA, US
William Conway - Moorpark CA, US
Peter Hues - San Jose CA, US
International Classification:
G07F 9/10
B65D 83/00
US Classification:
194350, 221156, 221 97, 221 1
Abstract:
A vending apparatus and method of vending a product. Embodiments of a vending apparatus include a dispense mechanism configured to dispense a product, the dispense mechanism including a chamber that is rotatable relative to an opening of the dispense mechanism for aligning the product with the opening and dispensing the product therethrough. Further embodiments of a vending apparatus include a coin mechanism for receiving at least one coin before the vending apparatus dispenses a product, the coin mechanism including a delay mechanism configured to slow movement of an actuating device for avoiding jamming of the at least one coin in the coin mechanism.