Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Vending machine
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Application No.: US16130717Application Date: 2018-09-13
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Publication No.: US11568702B2Publication Date: 2023-01-31
- Inventor: Emad Jafa , Cheuk Chi Lau , Xuejun Li , Yong Serock , Wai Ting Chan , Samuel Luke Johnstone , Martyn Thomas Mitchell , Euan Morrison , Erik David Williams
- Applicant: PepsiCo, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US NY Purchase
- Assignee: PepsiCo, Inc.
- Current Assignee: PepsiCo, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Purchase
- Agency: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C.
- Main IPC: G07F9/10
- IPC: G07F9/10 ; G07F11/48

Abstract:
Vending machines for storing and dispensing products to consumers in a space-efficient manner. A vending machine may include a product compartment, a product storage system, a support structure, a dispensing port, and a product delivery system. The support structure may elevate the product compartment and form a void beneath the product compartment. Other structures may occupy the void beneath the product compartment, or humans may walk through the void beneath the product compartment. A product may be automatically moved from the product compartment to the dispensing port using the product delivery system.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200090443A1 VENDING MACHINE Public/Granted day:2020-03-19
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