Patents Assigned to Charles Thomas
  • Patent number: 4645093
    Abstract: An apparatus for vending individual servings of ice cream at the demand and selection of a vendee. The apparatus includes a money activate switch for being closed when a predetermined amount of money is inserted thereinto; a selector switch for being energized when the money activated switch is closed; a container dispenser for dispensing one ice cream container when the selector switch is energized and one of a plurality of specific selection switches of the selector switch is closed; a container rotator for receiving the ice cream container from the container dispenser and for rotating the ice cream container; and an ice cream dispenser for dispensing ice cream into the ice cream container as the container is rotated by the container rotator. A syrup dispenser is preferably provided for selectively dispensing syrup onto the ice cream dispensed into the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 1984
    Date of Patent: February 24, 1987
    Assignees: Richard F. Kriz, Thomas Lemon, Charles Thomas
    Inventor: John R. Jones