Inline vending unit
An inline vending machine for ice and water vending installed within a store wall allowing a user to purchase ice and water without entering the store. A shipping frame for shipping and installation of the insulated wall into the store wall is also disclosed.
1. An inline vending unit for vending ice and/or water received within an opening of an exterior wall of a building comprising:
an insulated front wall received within the opening of the exterior wall of the building, wherein the building includes items for sale other than ice and water and the insulated front wall is a separate structure from the building;
a unitary vendor front panel mounted to the insulated front wall, the unitary vendor front panel comprising a vendor front top panel connected to a vendor front bottom panel through a flat panel;
a bagging mechanism comprising a bag chute mounted to the vendor front bottom panel of the unitary vendor front panel for vending ice;
a water vendor access hole defined by the flat panel of the unitary vendor front panel for receiving a receptacle to vend water into;
a top bubble front panel mounted to the vendor front top panel of the unitary vendor front panel; and
a bottom bubble front panel mounted to the vendor front bottom panel of the unitary vendor front panel.
2. The inline vending unit of claim 1 , wherein the vendor front panel further comprises water vending selection buttons, ice vending selection buttons, water payment, and ice payment.
3. The inline vending unit of claim 1 , further comprising at least one coin return chute in the vendor front bottom panel.
4. The inline vending unit of claim 1 , wherein the top bubble front panel and the bottom bubble front panel are made of polycarbonate.
5. The inline vending unit of claim 1 , wherein the insulated front wall is mounted to the vendor front panel through an inner trim and the insulated front wall is mounted to the exterior wall of the building through an outer trim.
6. The inline vending unit of claim 1 , wherein the bag chute further comprises: a first side, a second side, a front plate, a bottom plate, and a roll of bags which dispense into the bag chute, wherein the first side and the second side each have a first curved end and a second end connected to the bottom plate.