Patents Assigned to Paper Making Controls Service, Inc.
  • Automated ice vending machine and method of vending ice
    Patent number: 7681408
    Abstract: The present invention is an automated ice vending machine for delivering ice to consumers. The machine of the present invention includes an insulated enclosure, an ice manufacturing apparatus, a cooling unit, an ice inventory storage bin, an ice agitating device, an incline ice transport device, and a bagger assembly. The present invention also includes a method of vending ice to a consumer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2010
    Assignee: Paper Making Controls Service, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Michael Hobson, James M Clark, Warren Christopher Johnston