Ronald W Aspnes

Address:

8422 Oakland Ave S, Minneapolis, MN 55420

VIN:

2MEFM75V48X628697

Make:

MERCURY

Model:

GRAND MARQUIS

Year:

2008

US Patent:

59112999, Jun 15, 1999

Filed:

Nov 26, 1996

Appl. No.:

8/756781

Inventors:

Ronald W. Aspnes - Bloomington MN
Russell W. Blundy - Bloomington MN

Assignee:

GGB Tech., Inc. - Bloomington MN

International Classification:

G07F 104
G07F 1144

US Classification:

194344

Abstract:

An aerobatic coin vending machine where the coin travels an aerobatic path under the influence of gravity after being fed into the coin feed mechanism. The coin first drops into a pre-chute with a relatively wide mouth for catching the coin. The pre-chute then drops the coin into the mouth of a main chute having a pair of first and second track portions. The coin rolls down the first track portion in one axial direction of the coin and then drops into the second track portion, down which it rolls in the other axial direction of the coin. The coin then drops out of the coin outlet of the main chute and onto a trackless and endless structure or vortex structure where the coin rolls in a spiral. Finally, the coin falls into a coin container. The main chute and vortex structure are disposed in the vending machine behind a transparent sidewall of the vending machine so that the coin aerobatics may be observed.