Energy saving vending machine and control
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Aug 11, 2005
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Nov 1, 2004
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Jan 16, 2004
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A method of controlling a vending machine, the vending machine having at least two operating modes including a normal operating mode in which items to be vended are maintained at or near a desired vend temperature and an energy saving mode in which items to be vended are allowed to be at a temperature other than the desired vend temperature, the method includes collecting historical operational data about the vending machine; predicting, based at least in part on the collected historical data, at least one period of potential vend activity; and putting the vending machine into normal operating mode prior to any predicted period of potential vend activity.
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