Patent ID: 8620472

Claim:
A modularized vending machine, retail display, or automated retail store comprising: a central robotic gantry comprising an upright enclosure with a pair of sides and a front and a back, an internal elevator vertically movable within the gantry, the elevator comprising a transverse conveyor for moving items laterally and a pair of retractable, product collection wings disposed on either side of the conveyor and displaceable to direct selected products upon the conveyor to deliver a vend, and wherein the wings are actuated by a wing motor that distributes power through a drive shaft that causes a first set of levers to rotate to actuate a second and a third set of levers to operate said collection wings, at least one inventory cabinet attached to at least one gantry side; at least one door fitted upon the front or back of the gantry, the doors comprising a product vend area; at least one display module proximate said gantry, the display module containing items to be vended, the display module comprising a plurality of physical displays in which items to be vended are visibly housed; a computer for activating and controlling the gantry and said module; and, software for controlling said computer.