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Power saving apparatus of an automatic vending machine and method thereof

  • US 5,947,327 A
  • Filed: 05/30/1997
  • Issued: 09/07/1999
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/13/1996
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A power saving apparatus of an automatic vending machine, the apparatus comprising:

  • a goods sold-out state detecting part for judging and detecting a sold-out state of goods stored and/or provided at a predetermined part of the automatic vending machine;

    an inner apparatus within said automatic vending machine including a coin sensing mechanism, a goods selecting part and a goods extracting part,a failure detecting part for detecting a trouble state of the inner apparatus of the automatic vending machine;

    a control part for determining the sold-out state of the goods stored at said automatic vending machine by a detecting signal from said failure detecting part, and for generating a control signal for controlling an operating time of each load of the inner apparatus of said automatic vending machine;

    a display part for displaying the no sales state according to the display control signal output from the control part; and

    a driving control part for adjusting and controlling the operating time of each load according to a control signal output from the control part.

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