Patents Assigned to Choice Vend Industries, Inc.
  • Modular dispensing mechanism for vending machine
    Patent number: 4444334
    Abstract: A modular helical carrier mechanism for dispensing bottles and cans is readily mounted and dismounted from a vending machine, to make its parts and assemblies readily accessible. A frame portion of the module may include a tie bar providing support for the carriers, which tie bar engages the lower edge of an overlying partition wall of the machine, to provide an assembly of enhanced rigidity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 1981
    Date of Patent: April 24, 1984
    Assignee: Choice Vend Industries, Inc.
    Inventor: Albert L. Hughes, Jr.
  • Adjustable dispensing mechanism for vending machine
    Patent number: 4429807
    Abstract: A helical carrier mechanism for dispensing bottles and cans from a vending machine has adjustable and removable carriers, to permit facile conversion, preferably between two- and three-deep alternative modes of operation. The mechanism may employ cam members, used to control the energizing circuit of the operating motor, which are reversible so as to present different numbers of lobes, and the frame in which the carriers are mounted may have spring-loaded members, both to further facilitate conversions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 1981
    Date of Patent: February 7, 1984
    Assignee: Choice-Vend Industries, Inc.
    Inventor: John A. Enders
  • Convertible dispensing mechanism for vending machine
    Patent number: 4426016
    Abstract: A helical carrier mechanism for dispensing bottles and cans from a vending machine has at least one carrier which can be rendered inoperative and non-interfering, such as by removal, to permit facile conversion between two- and three-deep alternative modes of operation. The mechanism may include a cover that is configured to cooperate with the internal walls and hopper of the machine, to afford smooth, gentle and dependable dispensing of the product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 1981
    Date of Patent: January 17, 1984
    Assignee: Choice Vend Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: James Croteau, John A. Enders