Patent ID: 8720742

Claim:
A kiosk system comprising one or more kiosks for dispensing one or more target products, each of said kiosks comprising: A1) a kiosk housing ( 200 ); A2) a user interface system ( 201 ) comprising one or more input devices, one or more display devices, or a combination thereof; and A3) one or more dispensing systems ( 203 ) housed in said kiosk housing, each of said dispensing systems comprises one or more storage devices for storing a plurality of stored products, a dispensing control system for selecting said target products from said stored products and dispensing said target products based on a dispensing signal, wherein said dispensing control system comprises: B1) at least one positioning drive device ( 208 ) to position a target storage device into a dispensing position based on said dispensing signal; and B2) at least one dispensing drive device ( 209 ) comprising a dispensing drive coupling ( 219 ) for coupling to one of the storage devices based on said dispensing signal; said dispensing drive device ( 209 ) is positioned in a center space of a circular storage tower ( 221 ) formed by arranging said storage devices in a circular pattern on a storage base ( 213 ), said circular storage tower ( 221 ) having a rotational axis ( 222 ); and said dispensing drive device ( 209 ) is movable along a center track ( 215 ) by a driving rod ( 214 ), said center track ( 215 ) and said driving rod ( 214 ) being parallel to said rotational axis ( 222 ).