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VENDING MACHINE

  • US 20140172159A1
  • Filed: 08/03/2012
  • Published: 06/19/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/04/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A vending machine (40) with an associated goods store (2), said goods store (2) stocked in ordered fashion by a plurality of goods carriers (41), the vending machine comprising a goods input region (4) for inserting old goods intended for exchange, return, or new purchase, a data processing device and a data storage device, and signal transducers (42, 43), which are each associated with a goods carrier (41) or a group of goods carriers (41), wherein the signal transducers (42, 43) have a signal link with the data processing device, an identification apparatus for identifying the old goods inserted into the goods input region (4), wherein the signal transducers comprise at least one of optical or acoustically signaling signal transducers (42, 43), and the data processing device interacts with the identification apparatus and has a signal link to the signal transducers (42, 43) in such a way that, after identification of old goods inserted into the goods input region (4), the signal transducer (42, 43) or the signal transducers of the goods carrier (41) or the group of goods carriers are activated and are designated for stocking goods associated with the old goods.

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