Abstract: Apparatus including a vending machine compartment including a dispensing door openable to permit removal of merchandise from the compartment, the compartment being pivotedly connected to a box assembly, and wherein the dispensing door includes a link element that is constrained to move along a track formed in the box assembly such that the dispensing door is not openable at a first portion of the track and is openable at a second portion of the track.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
May 7, 2009
Date of Patent:
September 18, 2012
Assignee:
Hotel Outsource Management International, Inc.
Abstract: A sensor assembly including a sensor including an actuatable element that causes an operation when actuated by a sensor actuator, the sensor including a holder, and a biasing device that imparts a biasing force against the holder that compensates for relative movement between the actuatable element and the sensor actuator so as to maintain the actuatable element substantially at a predetermined spatial position with respect to the sensor actuator.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
March 18, 2008
Date of Patent:
July 26, 2011
Assignee:
Hotel Outsource Management International, Inc.
Abstract: A vending machine including a dispensing door openable to permit removal of merchandise from the vending machine, and a one-way stopper positioned relative to the dispensing door, such that upon removal of merchandise from the vending machine, the one-way stopper is deployed to a position that prevents placing the merchandise back in the vending machine.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
June 6, 2006
Date of Patent:
April 7, 2009
Assignee:
Hotel Outsource Management International, Inc.