US Patent 7213723 Bulk vending machine

Patent 7213723 was granted and assigned to Beaver Machine Corporation on May, 2007 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

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Patent attributes

Current Assignee

Beaver Machine Corporation

Patent Jurisdiction

United States Patent and Trademark Office

Patent Number

72137230

Patent Inventor Names

Josef W. Schwarzli0

Date of Patent

May 8, 2007

Patent Application Number

105286490

Date Filed

September 26, 2003

Patent Primary Examiner

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Gene O Crawford

Patent abstract

A bulk vending machine provides a dispensing conduit having a revolving mouth that floats on top of a heap of articles in the product bin. The mouth is movable between a horizontal orientation, in which the mouth can scoop articles off of the surface of the heap, and a vertical orientation in which a throat of the dispensing conduit opens to allow an article which has been scooped into the mouth to fall through the dispensing chute. Revolution of the dispensing conduit by turning the handle causes the mouth to revolve around the heap of articles, scooping up one or more articles in its path.