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G07F 9/00 (2006.01) A47F 1/10 (2006.01) B65D 8/00 (2006.01) G07F 9/02 (2006.01) G07F 11/04 (2006.01) G07F 11/72 (2006.01)

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CA 2197421

A process for co-dispensing beverages and snack food products from a single vending machine. Filled beverage containers and filled snack food containers are stored in the vending machine and a buyer, upon payment, product selection, etc., can obtain both a beverage, e.g., a soft drink, and a snack food, e.g., corn chips, from a single machine. The beverage and snack food containers preferably are of substantially the same size so that a vending machine of the type which dispenses containers having a uniform size may be used to carry out the present invention. Also, an automatic door-opening mechanism is disclosed which opens the dispensing door of a vending machine when a snack food container is dispensed which is too light to open the door under the force of gravity. A process and apparatus for packaging snack food product in containers are also disclosed wherein accurately sized portions of the product are formed and fed into a funnel member, the funnel member having troughs which align the product in a desired direction.

Procédé de distribution de boissons et d'en-cas à partir d'un seul distributeur automatique. Des conteneurs à boisson remplis et des conteneurs à en-cas remplis sont stockés dans le distributeur, et un acheteur peut, après avoir payé et sélectionné le produit, obtenir à la fois une boisson, telle qu'une boisson non alcoolisée, et un en-cas, tel qu'un paquet de pop-corns à partir d'un seul distributeur. Les conteneurs à boisson et en cas sont, de préférence, sensiblement de la même taille de sorte qu'il soit possible d'utiliser un distributeur du type distribuant des conteneurs de taille uniforme. En outre, un mécanisme d'ouverture des portes automatique est décrit qui ouvre la porte d'un distributeur lorsqu'un conteneur à en-cas trop léger pour ouvrir la porte par gravité est distribué. L'invention traite aussi d'un procédé et d'un appareil pour emballer des en-cas dans des conteneurs, selon lequel des parties de produits de taille précise sont formées et envoyées dans un élément d'entonnoir, ce dernier comportant des auges qui alignent le produit dans un sens requis.

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