Check-actuated control mechanisms – Including noncontacting – relatively movable parts connected...
Patent
1980-10-10
1982-09-07
Tollberg, Stanley H.
Check-actuated control mechanisms
Including noncontacting, relatively movable parts connected...
G07F 902
Patent
active
043479251
ABSTRACT:
In the malfunction indication device for a vending machine according to this invention, a malfunction occurrence indicator is provided at a prominent place on the outside of the vending machine. This indicator indicates occurrence of malfunction immediately upon detection of the malfunction by a malfunction detector to give warning to a purchaser. Simultaneously, a code representing a detected malfunctioning point is stored in a memory circuit. By manipulation of an indication control switch by an operator, the code representing the malfunctioning point is read from this memory circuit and indicated by a malfunction code indicator. As the malfunction occurrence indicator and the malfunction code indicator, a money amount indicator already provided in the vending machine for indicating an amount of deposited coins or a balance thereof is advantageously utilized. For enabling the money amount indicator to function as the malfunction occurrence indicator, present contents of indication of the money amount indicator are intermittently indicated by an intermittent driving of the indicator when the malfunction has been detected. For enabling the money amount indicator to function as the malfunction code indicator, the code representing the malfunctioning point is indicated by the money amount indicator only when the indication control switch is manipulated.
REFERENCES:
patent: 4233660 (1980-11-01), Fagan
patent: 4240635 (1980-12-01), Brown
patent: 4272757 (1981-06-01), McLaughlin et al.
Akagawa Masaki
Sugimoto Osamu
Kabushiki Kaisha Nippon Coinco
Tollberg Stanley H.
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