Patent ID: 6415953
Filing Date: 2002-07-09
Classification: G07F

Abstract:
A first-in first-out vending machine suited for vending beverage containers, comprising:a housing having a front and a rear, a door at the front of the machine for stocking fresh product containers into the machine, a vending channel within the housing at the rear of the machine through which the containers are free to move toward a product retrieval outlet, at least one product tray extending between the door and the channel for supporting a least one row of the containers for movement proceeding from the door toward the vending channel at the rear of each row, means for urging the containers in each row toward the vending channel such that containers first loaded through the door are the first to enter the vending channel at the rear of the machine, and dispensing means for releasing a container at the rear of each row into the vending channel responsive to a vending signal.