EP 0053489 A1 19820609 - Improvements in and relating to vending machines.
Title (en)
Improvements in and relating to vending machines.
Title (de)
Verkaufsautomaten.
Title (fr)
Distributeurs automatiques.
Publication
Application
Priority
GB 8038311 A 19801128
Abstract (en)
The present invention relates to a vending machine of the kind described for use in combination with a disposable cup (13) having a generally reflective outer surface, said machine including at least one radiation transmitter and sensor (24, 25, 26), so arranged that the sensor is adapted to receive radiation reflected from the external surface of the cup within the machine, the arrangement being such that if no positive indication of cup presence is received in the correct control sequence of the control means then the control means is disenabled to prevent further function of the machine until the deficiency has been rectified.
IPC 1-7
IPC 8 full level
G07F 13/10 (2006.01)
CPC (source: EP)
G07F 13/10 (2013.01)
Citation (search report)
- DE 2724721 A1 19771215 - UNILEVER NV
- GB 1586858 A 19810325 - UNILEVER LTD
- US 3461922 A 19690819 - NIEHAUS WOLFGANG, et al
- US 3103960 A 19630917 - SIMJIAN LUTHER G
- US 4202387 A 19800513 - UPTON DOUGLAS J [US]
- US 3357133 A 19671212 - HELSING KNUD J
Designated contracting state (EPC)
AT BE CH DE FR GB IT LI LU NL SE
DOCDB simple family (publication)
EP 0053489 A1 19820609; DK 527881 A 19820529; GR 76917 B 19840904
DOCDB simple family (application)
EP 81305602 A 19811126; DK 527881 A 19811127; GR 810166645 A 19811127