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(11) | EP 0 261 677 A3 |
| (12) | EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION |
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| (54) | Increased column/selectivity vender |
| (57) A space-to-sales vend rack including a plurality of adjacent vend columns having
a wide range of respective storage capacities, said columns including means for supporting
products in vertical stacks therein and being arranged in groups to provide space
for respective products commensurate with the anticipated sales of such products.
Some of these columns are fixed within the vending machine which certain of these
columns are mounted for at least partial removal from the interior of the vending
machine to provide access to all of the columns for loading them with the products
to be dispensed and for maximizing the numbers of groups of columns which can be placed
within a given interior space of a vending machine. |