Patent ID: 6227407
Filing Date: 2001-05-08
Classification: B65G

Abstract:
A vending machine for vending lollipops dumped in bulk form from a source external to said machine comprising:a housing and a lollipop dispensing means in said housing;a receptacle in said lollipop dispensing means adapted to receive the lollipops dumped into said machine, said receptacle shaped to direct by gravity the lollipops dumped therein centrally in said housing;a belt and a belt control means in said dispensing means for moving said belt in a substantially vertical loop in said housing;a plurality of baskets in said housing, said baskets rotatably mounted and sequentially spaced on said belt, said baskets adapted to receive individual ones of said lollipops;a helix means in said housing for moving individual ones of said lollipops into a position to be received into individual ones of said baskets, said belt positioned in said housing to receive said lollipops from said receptacle, said control means adapted to release individual lollipops from the respective baskets at the peak of the loop;money collecting means in said housing for activating said control means upon the deposit in said money collecting means of a selected sum; anda lollipop collecting bin on said housing for presenting said lollipops to a purchaser.