ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,562,020, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to SodaX Pty Ltd (Scoresby, Australia).
"Vending machine system" was invented by Andrew Donaghey (Mulgrave, Australia).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vending machine system for exchanging CO2 gas cylinders, the system including a controller in communication with a user interface, a payment system and an array of bin assemblies, wherein each one of the bin assemblies is shaped to at least partially receive an end of a CO2 gas cylinder and includes a locking system for releasably securing therein a CO2 gas cylinder, said system for performing the steps of (a) receiving user input through the user i...