Method of retrofitting a vending machine
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Jul 20, 2006
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A method of retrofitting an existing vending machine having products stacked vertically in a horizontal orientation in a number of storage locations and utilizing an electro-mechanical device for dispensing said products horizontally via a delivery channel to a delivery port, comprising: a) replacing said number of selectable storage locations having vertically stacked and horizontally oriented product with a plurality of product shelves each having a plurality of product storage locations having horizontal columns of vertically stored products; b) replacing said existing electromechanical device for dispensing said vertically stacked and horizontally oriented product with a product dispensing system that retrieves product from the horizontal columns of vertically oriented product in response to a customer selection; and, c) providing a channel that will convert the vertically oriented product delivered by the dispensing system that converts the vertically oriented product to a horizontally oriented position for delivery through a horizontally oriented customer product delivery port.
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