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An automated delivery system includes a unitary wheel assembly having a plurality of horizontally disposed tiers each supporting a plurality of radially extending product bins. Electronic control components including customer interfacing devices, regulate the operation of a motor to rotate the wheel

An automated delivery system includes a unitary wheel assembly having a plurality of horizontally disposed tiers each supporting a plurality of radially extending product bins. Electronic control components including customer interfacing devices, regulate the operation of a motor to rotate the wheel assembly to position a specific bin juxtaposed a single, fixed delivery chute, at which point one stationary discharge assistant as provided for each tier is actuated to manipulate a gate assembly associated with each bin to cause the discharge of its product, by gravity, into the chute. Input keyboard, monitor, credit card and currency processing devices connected to the control components permit varied types of transactions by customers of the system.

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An automated delivery system comprising: a wheel assembly including a plurality of circular tiers, each said tier provided with a plurality of storage bins adapted to contain a product to be dispensed, each said bin having a gate assembly displaceable between an open and a closed position, horizonta

An automated delivery system comprising: a wheel assembly including a plurality of circular tiers, each said tier provided with a plurality of storage bins adapted to contain a product to be dispensed, each said bin having a gate assembly displaceable between an open and a closed position, horizontal bin support means beneath said bins of each said tier, means interlocking said tiers into a unitary assembly, wheel assembly support means engageable with and maintaining said wheel assembly at a fixed elevation, a delivery chute adjacent the outer periphery of said wheel assembly, indexing motor means operable to rotate said wheel assembly to position a selected one of said bins on any said tier juxtaposed said delivery chute, discharge motor means on each said tier operable to displace any one said bin gate assembly on its respective tier, whereby upon displacement of any one said gate assembly, any product within the respective said bin is directed into said delivery chute, said gate assembly includes a lever pivotally attached to each said bin, and said lever and discharge motor means are provided with cooperating cam surfaces.