Control device for a vending machine and gift certificate for us

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1987-02-26

1989-03-07

Rolla, Joseph J.

Check-actuated control mechanisms

Control mechanism actuated by check, other than coin , which...

194207, 194210, 194214, 235381, 364479, G07F 702

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048098370

ABSTRACT:
This gift certificate has information recorded thereon for identifying a total face value vendible by the gift certificate and a predetermined base amount equal to or smaller than the total face value. The information recorded on a deposited gift certificate is read by a reading device. A validation device validates the total face value and the base amount of the deposited gift certificate in response to the read information. A vending permission judgement device prohibits, in reponse to an output of the validation device, at least vending of an article to which a vend price below the base amount has been assigned. By virtue of this arrangement, a purchaser of an article from a vending machine by using a gift certificate is not forced to make purchase of the entire total face value but has only to make purchase above the base amount in which case a change preferably is paid out.

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