Patents by Inventor Armando G. Cortez

Armando G. Cortez has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 4230214
    Abstract: A housing in which to receive a plurality of cigarettes and defining an outlet opening through which cigarettes may be successively discharged from the interior of the housing. Flush closing door structure is supported from the housing and shiftable between a flush closed position closing the opening and an open position. The housing defines coin slots for receiving coins therein and in which coins may be temporarily supported in predetermined position. Also, coin displacement structure is provided within the housing for shifting between inactive and active positions and is manually shiftable between the active and inactive positions thereof from the exterior of the housing. The door includes abutment structure engageable by coins upon displacement of the coins by the coin displacement structure during its movement from the inactive position to the active position thereof, to shift the door from the flush closed position thereof toward the open position thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 1979
    Date of Patent: October 28, 1980
    Inventor: Armando G. Cortez