Abstract: A product packaging system for organizing and packing a number of different items into a set. The system may include a number of staging conveyors. Each of the staging conveyors may carry a stack of items from the number of different items. The system further may include a positioning conveyor positioned adjacent to the staging conveyors and a number of removal devices positioned adjacent to the positioning conveyor. The removal devices may remove one item from the stack of items on each of the staging conveyors and place the item on the positioning conveyor. The system also may include one or more rotation devices positioned about the positioning conveyor so as to rotate the one items on the positioning conveyor.

Abstract: A product packaging system for organizing and packing a number of different items into a set. The system may include a number of staging conveyors. Each of the staging conveyors may carry a stack of items from the number of different items. The system further may include a positioning conveyor positioned adjacent to the staging conveyors and a number of removal devices positioned adjacent to the positioning conveyor. The removal devices may remove one item from the stack of items on each of the staging conveyors and place the item on the positioning conveyor. The system also may include one or more rotation devices positioned about the positioning conveyor so as to rotate the one items on the positioning conveyor.

Abstract: A food vending area display structure for mounting on a counter top or other support surface comprising a front row of posts mounted on the support surface so as to extend upward therefrom, a plurality of display headers extending between adjacent posts in the row to identify separate dispensing areas, and a plurality of resilient transverse structural members extending between adjacent posts in the row to enable the posts to support one another in reacting to horizontal loads so that the posts need not pass through the support surface. The resilient transverse structural members may comprise curved metal grill bars having fittings at their ends which enable them to be fastened to the vertical posts by conventional hose clamps to facilitate assembly.

Abstract: A self-serve chilled condiment dispenser dispenses individual containers of one or more different types of condiments from a compact space generally on a first in, first out basis. The chilled condiment dispenser comprises a cabinet having a narrow side compartment for housing one or more removable cooling devices, and a plurality of removable chutes stacked one above the other. The cooling devices may be removed from the dispensers without having to remove condiment containers.

Abstract: A compact self-service bagel dispenser which provides customers with a selection of a plurality of different groups of bagels, and a plurality of different bagels within each group, within a small dispensing area. To provide convenient access to different varieties or groups of bagels within a relatively compact "footprint" on a counter surface, the dispenser preferably comprises a rotatable bin having a plurality of separate compartments separated from one another by generally vertical dividers. Each compartment preferably has an open upper end into which bagels may be loaded, a lower dispensing area, and a transition portion through which bagels travel from the upper end to the lower dispensing area. The rotatable bin is preferably supported on a fixed base. The bin preferably includes a bottom wall having a plurality of openings therein to permit crumbs, seeds, and other particulate materials to fall into a receptacle supported by the base.