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Internal bar code reading apparatus

  • US 5,625,562 A
  • Filed: 01/29/1996
  • Issued: 04/29/1997
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/17/1994
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A dispensing apparatus for dispensing a first form negotiable for goods or services having first machine-readable indicia disposed thereon on validation of a second form having second machine-readable indicia disposed thereon, said second form providing at least partial payment for said first form, said apparatus comprising a housing, said apparatus also including means for accepting said second form when said second form is inserted from outside said housing into said housing and means from inside said housing for dispensing said first form, said dispensing means and said accepting means having a common machine-readable indicia scanner for reading said first and second indicia, said apparatus further including means for processing information from said first machine-readable indicia to identify a security problem and means for validating said second indica before allowing said accepting means to accept said second form in at least partial payment for said first form.

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