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Container storage and dispensing apparatus and vending machine for dispensing refrigerated, unrefrigerated and/or heated foods

  • US 4,823,984 A
  • Filed: 04/21/1987
  • Issued: 04/25/1989
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/30/1986
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A vending machine for dispensing refrigerated and heated foods comprising:

  • housing means having refrigerated storage and dispensing area for the refrigerated foods and a heatable food storage and dispensing area for the heated foods;

    means contained in the housing means for cooling the refrigerated foods in the refrigerated storage and dispensing area;

    means contained in the housing means for heating the heated foods in the heatable food storage and dispensing area;

    means contained in the housing means for separating the heatable food storage and dispensing area from the refrigerated storage and dispensing area such that the heatable food storage and dispensing area is substantially unrefrigerated;

    first receiving means adjacent the refrigerated storage and dispensing area for receiving dispensed foods from the refrigerated storage and dispensing area;

    second receiving means for receiving the heated food from the heatable food storage and dispensing area;

    common means for selecting one of the refrigerated foods or heated foods to be dispensed to the first or second receiving means, respectively; and

    means responsive to t he selecting means for dispensing the selected food to the first or second receiving means.

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