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Vending machine

  • US 5,147,021 A
  • Filed: 12/05/1990
  • Issued: 09/15/1992
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/29/1987
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A vending machine including judging means for judging whether vending is possible or not on the basis of comparison of an amount of deposited money with a vend price, and being adapted for processing money amount data using a minimum money amount digit of a minimum denomination coin or bill handleable by the machine, said vending machine comprising:

  • card reading and writing means for receiving a card on which money amount data including data of a money amount less than the minimum money amount digit and necessary discrimination data are recorded and reading the data from the card and writing money amount data on the card;

    memory means for storing said money amount data including data of a money amount less than the minimum money amount digit that has been read by said card reading and writing means;

    discarding means for discarding a money amount less than the minimim money amount digit from said money amount data read by said card reading and writing means;

    means for adding money amount data left after discarding by said discarding means to the amount of deposited money and for applying the result of the addition as total deposited amount to said judging means;

    discount means for effecting a predetermined discount from a predetermined vend price of a vended article for a discount amount or at a discount rate that can be set for said money amount less than the minimum money amount digit; and

    control means for substracting a vend price after said discount from the money amount data that has been read from the card by said card reading and writing means and stored in said memory means, and for causing the balance to be written in the card by said card reading and writing means.

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