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Method and apparatus for storing articles for use with an article handling device

  • US 20050211720A1
  • Filed: 03/10/2005
  • Published: 09/29/2005
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/23/2000
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A method for stocking a vending machine with columnar-shaped bins having positioned therein articles to be vended, comprising:

  • providing a longitudinal segment of a bin, said segment having a plurality of articles stored in a stacked manner therein;

    assembling multiple ones of said bin segments together so as to form one or more continuous stacks of articles to be dispensed; and

    placing said assembled multiple bin segments in a storage area of said vending machine.

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