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Vending machine with separate interlocking sections

US4416363A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJul 3, 1980
Grant dateNov 22, 1983
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Expiry dateJul 3, 2000

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG07F7/00
  • WIPO fieldControl
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A vending machine with separate lockable storage sections and an actuating key for insertion into the vending machine and unlocking the sections, the actuating key having a workable matrix, and a stamping mechanism which is actuatable by removal of an article from an unlocked section to mark an appropriate imprint on the matrix.

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