Patents by Inventor Walter L. Koch

Walter L. Koch 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).

  • Universal pull-out drawer for vending machine
    Patent number: 5344046
    Abstract: A control panel drawer for a consumer-operated vending machine of a type having a cabinet defining an internal volume in which vendable products are held for selectable vending, a front display at which vendable products are designated with price and selection indicia and a money acceptance and product selection panel at which an amount of money corresponding to the price of a desired product selection and instructions for dispensing the desired product selection are entered by the consumer and an operatively associated vending mechanism connected through an electronic circuit to vend the selected product to the consumer in response to insertion of money and instructions from a consumer to the control panel drawer includes a drawer which is slidably connected to the vending machine cabinet having a first position at which the drawer is inserted within the vending machine cabinet adjacent to the internal product holding volume and a second position slidably extended forward of the front display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 1993
    Date of Patent: September 6, 1994
    Assignee: C-Power Companies, Inc.
    Inventors: Algert J. Maldanis, Walter L. Koch, David K. Giegerich, Andris C. Sloss
  • Vending machine
    Patent number: D247062
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 1976
    Date of Patent: January 24, 1978
    Assignee: Rowe International Inc.
    Inventors: Robert P. Franklin, Walter L. Koch
  • Processed water vending machine
    Patent number: D282084
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 1983
    Date of Patent: January 7, 1986
    Assignee: Water Marketers, Inc.
    Inventor: Walter L. Koch
  • Beverage vending machine front panel
    Patent number: D316568
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 1988
    Date of Patent: April 30, 1991
    Assignee: Gross-Given Manufacturing Company
    Inventor: Walter L. Koch
  • Food vending machine front panel
    Patent number: D316728
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 1988
    Date of Patent: May 7, 1991
    Assignee: Gross-Given Manufacturing Company
    Inventor: Walter L. Koch