A vending machine for dispensing selected quantities of distinct perfumes comprises a plurality of containers (70) stored within an air-cooled compartment (3), each container filled with a distinct perfume, a plurality of independent perfume supply circuits assigned to circulation of each distinct perfume comprising one container (70) containing this distinct perfume, a pump (80) assigned to pumping this perfume, the pump connected by means of a flexible pipe (81) to the container (70) and by means of a flexible pipe (82) to one of an equivalent plurality of tubular needles (83) assigned to supplying this distinct perfume. Rotatable perfume bottling assembly units (50) comprising a circumferential arrangement of tubular needles (83) are provided with associated perfume bottle filling drive units (90) adapted to handle delivery of a desired distinct perfume from a specific container (70) into a bottle (41) in a perfume purchase operation.

A vending system mounted on a substantially vertical surface (e.g., a wall) in accordance with at least one VESA mount standard.

A vending machine has an interactive customer experience. Some embodiments of the vending machine include a transparent front wall with a plurality of display units located behind the front wall. Each of the display units may contain an example of a product available for vending. Based on input received from a customer and other information, the vending machine may provide a recommendation for a product or products to select for purchase. The vending machine may highlight the recommendation by selectively illuminating the product display units that contain the recommended products.

A packaging unit for packaging pharmaceuticals into a pouch includes packaging equipment operable to form the pouch, a track configured to direct the pharmaceuticals toward the packaging equipment, and a receptacle coupled to the track upstream of the packaging equipment to receive the pharmaceuticals from the track. The receptacle includes a plunger. The pouch is formed around the plunger.

A chair includes a seat base, a back rest, left and right chair arm structures on opposite sides of the seat base, and a dispenser housing fitted within one of the chair arm structures. A cooler is removably received within an interior chamber of the dispenser housing and is structured to be filled with ice or frozen gel packs. A downwardly angled rack within the interior chamber provides a path that is directed at least partially around the cooler. The rack holds an arrangement of adjacently positioned beverage cans that are able to roll along the path by gravity assist while also being chilled by the cooler. A sliding drawer below the interior chamber includes a pocket for receiving a lowermost beverage can from the rack. The drawer pulls out from the front of the chair to dispense a single beverage can while the remaining cans advance one position.

An embodiment includes a system comprising a first vending machine (VM), the first VM comprising: an exterior chassis having a top, bottom, backside, front side, and first and second sides that couple the front side to the backside; a wireless short range communications node included in the chassis; and an actuator coupled to a compartment included in the chassis; wherein (a) the actuator provides a vended good to an aperture in the front side upon actuation, and (b) each of the front side and first and second sides includes no physically manipulatable consumer interface with which the consumer can control the first VM via direct physical manipulation of the first VM. Other embodiments are described herein.

An embodiment includes a system comprising a first vending machine (VM), the first VM comprising: an exterior chassis having a top, bottom, backside, front side, and first and second sides that couple the front side to the backside; a wireless short range communications node included in the chassis; and an actuator coupled to a compartment included in the chassis; wherein (a) the actuator provides a vended good to an aperture in the front side upon actuation, and (b) each of the front side and first and second sides includes no physically manipulatable consumer interface with which the consumer can control the first VM via direct physical manipulation of the first VM. Other embodiments are described herein.

A wall-mountable jukebox and cover assembly in which a jukebox chassis is exposed by the cover in a display screen and in one or more payment receptors for pay-for-play payment collection devices. The jukebox chassis and cover are designed to enable the jukebox chassis to detachably slide-on to the cover. Various securing mechanisms and access mechanisms may be configured. The jukebox and cover assembly is configured for use in commercial venues and can be customized to each location.

A vending machine remotes contents sensing apparatus collects information from the actual delivery of a product, sends it on to an MCU, then to a CPU, to the internet, to a remote receiver with a web interface application on a web page for access by a service person for real time delivery information.

A sanitizing device having a microcontroller 2 receiving information from the opening sensor 1 of the access status door to the interior of the vending machine activating at least one radiation module 4 or at least one sprayer 5 for a first stage of sanitization of the stored products. The microcontroller 2 operates the control mechanism of the upper doors 7 and the opening and closing mechanism 10 of the front door 9 of a disinfection compartment 6, closing both to start a second disinfection stage that is applied only on the product selected by the consumer when detected by the product sensor 11. The microprocessor 2 opens the front door 9 at the end of the stage, and upon receiving the signal from the empty disinfection compartment 6, triggers the opening and closing mechanism 10, closing the front door 9 and the control mechanism 8 by opening the upper doors 7. The presence detection sent by proximity sensors 3 to the machine to the microcontroller 2, interrupts the cycle of ultraviolet radiation. The microcontroller 2 is linked to a communication interface 14 and a network communication interface 15.