Check-actuated control mechanisms – Including noncontacting – relatively movable parts connected...
Patent
1974-07-01
1976-02-03
Tollberg, Stanley H.
Check-actuated control mechanisms
Including noncontacting, relatively movable parts connected...
194DIG26, 235 617B, 235 618A, 235 6112M, 340149A, G07F 106, G07F 702
Patent
active
039359336
ABSTRACT:
An automatic article vending system in which a card is used to actuate the system. The card has a predetermined monetary value, which is decreased by the value of the article purchased with the card. A predetermined maximum value that can be spent at one time is set for the card. It is possible to purchase with the card an article having a value within the lower one of the present value of the card and the maximum spendable value. The card may be given an extra value added gratis to the value of the money paid by the owner of the card.
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patent: 3356021 (1967-12-01), May et al.
patent: 3578124 (1971-05-01), Flum
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patent: 3761682 (1973-09-01), Barnes et al.
Hirayama Mamoru
Minami Noriaki
Tanaka Toshio
Omron Tateisi Electronics Co., Ltd.
Rolla Joseph J.
Tollberg Stanley H.
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