Patents Examined by Patrick Macker
  • Patent number: 6357622
    Abstract: An electronic drop-shelf vending device used within the vending industry to dispense packaged products. The device is a fully automatic and trouble-free electronic dispensing system that includes a micro-switch, a terminal block, a transformer, a solenoid, an electronic accumulative timing control module, an electronic multi-coin and/or multi token acceptor, and wiring interconnects. All of these components are operable together with one or more drop-shelf magazines in order to control the dispensing of the given packaged product by the action of the drop-shelf magazine via electronic triggering and electromechanical actuation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2002
    Inventor: Leo F. Ayotte