Patents by Inventor Peter Hues

Peter Hues 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).

  • Vending apparatus and method
    Patent number: 9495823
    Abstract: A vending apparatus and method of vending a product. Embodiments of a vending apparatus include a dispense mechanism configured to dispense a product, the dispense mechanism including a chamber that is rotatable relative to an opening of the dispense mechanism for aligning the product with the opening and dispensing the product therethrough. Further embodiments of a vending apparatus include a coin mechanism for receiving at least one coin before the vending apparatus dispenses a product, the coin mechanism including a delay mechanism configured to slow movement of an actuating device for avoiding jamming of the at least one coin in the coin mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: Bobrick Washroom Equipment, Inc.
    Inventors: Nancy LaCroix-Toyne, Raffi Mekhitarian, Dikran Babikian, Jacobus Marcus Berkhout, Robert Riccomini, William Conway, Peter Hues
  • VENDING APPARATUS AND METHOD
    Publication number: 20110000760
    Abstract: A vending apparatus and method of vending a product. Embodiments of a vending apparatus include a dispense mechanism configured to dispense a product, the dispense mechanism including a chamber that is rotatable relative to an opening of the dispense mechanism for aligning the product with the opening and dispensing the product therethrough. Further embodiments of a vending apparatus include a coin mechanism for receiving at least one coin before the vending apparatus dispenses a product, the coin mechanism including a delay mechanism configured to slow movement of an actuating device for avoiding jamming of the at least one coin in the coin mechanism.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2010
    Publication date: January 6, 2011
    Inventors: Nancy LaCroix-Toyne, Raffi Mekhitarian, Dikran Babikian, Jacobus Marcus Berkhout, Robert Riccomini, William Conway, Peter Hues