Patents by Inventor Ken Suwabe

Ken Suwabe has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Commodities storing apparatus of vending machine
    Patent number: 5873489
    Abstract: A first commodities receiving plate (9, 62) is provided for holding commodities (4) stored on a pair of neighboring commodities storing paths. An operation member (17, 70) interlocked with a pivotal motion of the first commodities receiving plate (9, 62) is fixed to a driving shaft (13, 67) for pivoting the first commodities receiving plate (9, 62). A second commodities receiving plate (20, 73) is disposed on the sliding surface side of each of the commodities storing paths and on the rear side of the first commodities receiving plate (20, 73), with one side of the second commodities receiving plate (20, 73) supported by a shaft. When the second commodities receiving plate (20, 73) is caused to pivot and the other side thereof is moved upward, the first commodity is fed out to a commodities feed-out port while the second commodity is prevented from moving to the commodities feed-out port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 1997
    Date of Patent: February 23, 1999
    Assignee: Matsushita Refrigeration Company
    Inventors: Yoshiaki Ide, Yoshiyuki Nakamura, Ken Suwabe, Yoshiyuki Baba