Controller for an automatic vending machine
US5154272A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Apr 16, 1991 |
| Grant date | Oct 13, 1992 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 16, 2011 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG07F5/24
- WIPO fieldControl
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A controller for an automatic vending machine in which the specification for each of a plurality of countries is set easily. If a country setting switch sets a specification for a desired country, parameter values corresponding to the specification are read from a memory and elements required for changing the specification are controlled in accordance with the parameter values. The parameter values include, for example, respective threshold levels for the inserted coins for each of the countries and the values indicative of the distributing manners to distribute the respective inserted coins for each of the countries.
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