Patent ID: 8839939

Claim:
A vending system, comprising: an ice vending machine having insulated exterior walls and an interior room, the interior room being insulated for storing ice for sale, the ice vending machine being designed to dispense the ice to an exterior of the ice vending machine through an opening in the insulated exterior walls of the ice vending machine upon payment by a customer; and a water vending teller having a housing with a top side, a bottom side, vertical sides, a front side, and a rear side, the front side having at least one door for access to an interior of the water vending teller, the water vending teller being designed to dispense water through an opening in the housing of the water vending teller upon payment by the customer, the rear side of the water vending teller being mounted to one of the insulated exterior walls of the ice vending machine, the water vending teller being supplied with power and water by power and water supply lines that pass through the housing of the water vending teller and through a hole in the one of the insulated exterior walls of the ice vending machine.