Patent and Product Search Summary
SingleCig Vending
Contents
• Patent Search– A familiar item from the team’s past…– A little bit of a twist…– May I borrow a pencil?
• Product Search– Antique version…– Another antique…– Who speaks Spanish?– So it is legal…
• Patent #: 5,450,980• Date: September 19, 1995• Title: Coin operated vending
machine for vending individual cigarettes from a cigarette manufacturer's container
• Description:– Vends cigarettes in tubes– Operates with a coin
mechanism– Agitators may be placed on
the dispenser to insure proper feeding of the cigarettes
Seems Familiar…
• Patent #: 5,351,856 • Date: October 4, 1994• Title: Vending machine for
individual cigarettes• Description:
– Vends cigarettes toothpick style
– Operates with a rotating coin mechanism
– Removable floor in the storage bins to aid in restocking
One more…
• Patent #: 5,240,143 • Date: August 31, 1993• Title: Pencil Vending Machine• Description:
– Vends pencils one at a time– Operates with a sliding coin
slot– With the correct packaging
(straw like tubes) this design would work for our needs
Anyone have a pencil?
Antique Version
• Antique ca. 1930’s• Single Cigarette for a
penny• 6" wide, 8" deep, 7
1/2" high • Price: $475.00 plus
$12 shipping
Larger Antique Version
• Antique ca. 1950’s• Smoketaire brand• Price: $575.00 plus
$18 shipping • No available model
information
Mexican Vending
Domestically Available
• Available in the US• Similar to the Mexican
Vending Machines• Rotating Coin
Operation• Depth: 10”, Height:
14”, Width: 10”
• Seems Familiar: http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=/netahtml/search-bool.html&r=7&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=ptxt&s1=5450980&OS=5450980&RS=5450980
• One More: http://patimg2.uspto.gov/.piw?docid=US005351856&PageNum=1&&IDKey=DF5DCBEA5E3D&HomeUrl=http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2%2526Sect2=HITOFF%2526u=/netahtml/search-adv.htm%2526r=10%2526f=G%2526l=50%2526d=PTXT%2526p=1%2526p=1%2526S1=((cigarette%252BAND%252Bvend)%252BAND%252Bsingle)%2526OS=cigarette%252BAND%252Bvend%252BAND%252Bsingle%2526RS=((cigarette%252BAND%252Bvend)%252BAND%252Bsingle)
• Anyone Have a Pencil?: http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&u=/netahtml/search-adv.htm&r=11&f=G&l=50&d=PTXT&p=1&p=1&S1=((cigarette+AND+vend)+AND+single)&OS=cigarette+AND+vend+AND+single&RS=((cigarette+AND+vend)+AND+single)
• Antique Version: http://www.gameroomantiques.com/kdVending.htm
• Larger Antique Version: http://www.gameroomantiques.com/kdVending.htm
• Mexican vending: http://www.cigarsolo.com.mx/cigarsoloca-50.htm
• Domestically Available: http://www.hanna-vending.com/cigarettevendor.htm
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