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Programming presets in a vending machine

  • US 20060074523A1
  • Filed: 02/26/2003
  • Published: 04/06/2006
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/26/2002
  • Status: Active Grant
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5. A method for reloading a vending machine with articles to be vended, comprising:

  • placing one of a predetermined group of articles at a predetermined position within a storage area of the vending machine, said placing corresponding to a given plan-o-gram;

    programming an article retrieval device of said vending machine to retrieve a proper one of said stored articles, by selecting one of a plurality of sets of control information, each of said sets of control information being required for generating the proper control signals for the retrieval device when the storage area has disposed therein a corresponding given plan-o-gram of articles.

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