Patent ID: 8708193

Claim:
A vending machine component kit configured to be retrofitted into an existing conventional vending machine comprising: an internal storage compartment, said internal storage compartment being substantially rectangular in shape, said internal storage compartment including a plurality of container columns operable to store beverage containers, said internal storage compartment having a plurality of wall layers; a control panel, said control panel having the necessary electronics to store, receive, manipulate and transmit data, said control panel including a plurality of currency format input apparatus, wherein at least one of said plurality of currency format input apparatus is a credit card input apparatus, said credit card input apparatus operable to facilitate the input of credit or debit cards as a form of currency for a sales transaction, said credit card input apparatus being configured to receive a credit card such that the credit card is laterally slid into said credit card input apparatus, said credit card input apparatus further being mounted in a downward angular manner; a plurality of dividers, said dividers operable to form said plurality of container columns, said dividers including a first wall and a second wall, said dividers having a void intermediate said first wall and second wall, said void having disposed therein a portion of said network of cooling tubes; and a cooling system, said cooling system including a condenser, said cooling system having a network of cooling tubes, said cooling system operable to maintain said internal storage compartment at a temperature that is lower than that of its environmental surroundings.