Patents by Inventor Herbert Luckower

Herbert Luckower 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).

  • Vending machine
    Patent number: 5067630
    Abstract: A vending machine has a carousel containing several rotatable trays stacked one above another. The trays carry and present for vending selected items, such as food and merchandise. The carousel is contained in a housing or canister and is part of an integrated assembly with a coin container. The carousel is filled at a central depot rather than at the site where the machine is installed for use by customers. The customer locations have the cabinet of the machine. Fixed in the cabinet is a drive mechanism for the carousel and locating and guide members which enable integrated assemblies to be removed from the cabinet and fresh assemblies, with the carousel trays loaded at the central depot, to be installed in place of the removed assemblies. The coin box when empty is equipped with a mechanism which is set to enable coins to drop into the container and is automatically reset so as to close the opening when the assembly is removed from the cabinet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 1988
    Date of Patent: November 26, 1991
    Assignee: G. T. Norton, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas A. Nesser, Deborah L. Nesser, Edward P. Joslyn, Bernard J. Rick, Herbert Luckower, John P. Barczak
  • Vending machine
    Patent number: 4942954
    Abstract: A vending machine has a carousel containing several rotatable trays stacked one above another. The trays carry and present for vending selected items, such as food and merchandise. The carousel is contained in a housing or canister and is part of an integrated assembly with a coin container. The carousel is filled at a central depot rather than at the site where the machine is installed for use by customers. The customer locations have the cabinet of the machine. Fixed in the cabinet is a drive mechanism for the carousel and locating and guide members which enable integrated assemblies to be removed from the cabinet and fresh assemblies, with the carousel trays loaded at the central depot, to be installed in place of the removed assemblies. The coin box when empty is equipped with a mechanism which is set to enable coins to drop into the container and is automatically reset so as to close the opening when the assembly is removed from the cabinet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 1989
    Date of Patent: July 24, 1990
    Assignee: G. T. Norton, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas A. Nesser, Deborah L. Nesser, Herbert Luckower, John P. Barczak, Edward P. Joslyn, Bernard J. Rick