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A Serpentine vend rack structure is provided formed of hollow upright wall portions mounted in ported, laterally adjustable brackets over a refrigeration plenum such that the relative spacing between the wall portions is adjustable to accommodate articles of various sizes for vending. A plurality of

A Serpentine vend rack structure is provided formed of hollow upright wall portions mounted in ported, laterally adjustable brackets over a refrigeration plenum such that the relative spacing between the wall portions is adjustable to accommodate articles of various sizes for vending. A plurality of shaped bosses on opposing wall portions define a serpentine path and include flow parts over a portion of those paths to permit circulation of refrigerated air from the plenum, up through the brackets and wall portions and out through the bosses to chill articles stored in the vend rack prior to vending. The upright hollow wall portions are internally partitioned to preclude the flow of refrigerated air beyond a desired level of the vend rack.

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A vend rack structure for product vending machines for delivering vendable products from a top loading position to a bottom dispensing position in a vending machine, comprising: upright hollow wall portions having first means defining a plurality of serpentine paths thereon over a major extent of th

A vend rack structure for product vending machines for delivering vendable products from a top loading position to a bottom dispensing position in a vending machine, comprising: upright hollow wall portions having first means defining a plurality of serpentine paths thereon over a major extent of the vertical dimension thereof; said first means comprising hollow bosses extending outward from said wall portions and having the interior thereof in communication with said hollow wall portions; second means defining a plurality of canted substantially horizontal chutes on said wall portions stacked one above the other and interconnecting the upper ends of respective ones of said serpentine paths to said top loading position at one side of said wall portion; said serpentine paths on adjacent ones of said hollow wall portions defining serpentine product columns extending from said top loading position to said bottom dispensing position; port means formed in selected ones of said bosses connecting the interior thereof with said product columns over a predetermined portion thereof above said bottom dispensing position; flow means for permitting a flow of refrigerated air upward through said hollow wall portions and bosses and out through said port means for cooling a selected portion of said vendable products in said product columns prior to vending same; a refrigerated plenum having a ported to plate portion; circulation means in said plenum for forcing refrigerated air through said ported top plate portion; and bracket means for retaining the bottom ends of said wall portions, mounted on said top plate portion; said flow means comprising open bottom portions in said bracket means permitting said refrigerated air to flow therethrough and into said open bottom portions in said upright hollow wall portions and port means in said bracket means permitting said refrigerated air to flow therethrough and into said open bottom portions of said upright hollow wall portions.