Dispensing/vending machine and method with lockable, portable dispensing chutes
US5476190A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Sep 22, 1994 |
| Grant date | Dec 19, 1995 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 22, 2014 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG07F11/22
- WIPO fieldControl
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A vending machine for dispensing relatively flat, thin articles, and particularly for dispensing valuable articles such as debit cards and tickets. The articles to be dispensed are stored in removable chutes. Lockable covers are provided for the chutes so as to provide safe transportation containers for the valuable articles. Automatic device is provided for displacing the covers upon insertion of the chutes into the dispensing mechanism so as to prepare the mechanism for immediately dispensing the articles and eliminating the need to totally remove the covers during usage.
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