EP 0191636 A3 19880120 - AUTOMATIC VENDING MACHINE
Title (en)
AUTOMATIC VENDING MACHINE
Publication
Application
Priority
CA 474322 A 19850214
Abstract (en)
[origin: EP0191636A2] This invention relates to automatic vending machines and components therefor, and in one aspect is adapted to permit the automatic dispensing of rented video cassettes and the return of such video cassettes into a store in the automatic vending machine (32) for future dispensing. In another aspect this invention relates to a method of operation of automatic vending machines.
IPC 1-7
IPC 8 full level
G07F 7/00 (2006.01); G07F 7/06 (2006.01); G07F 11/00 (2006.01); G07F 11/62 (2006.01); G07F 17/00 (2006.01)
CPC (source: EP)
G07F 7/069 (2013.01); G07F 11/62 (2013.01)
Citation (search report)
- US 4348152 A 19820907 - TAKAMATSU SHUNICHI
- DE 3314189 A1 19831027 - SCHLEICHER HANS JUERGEN, et al
- DE 3315724 A1 19841031 - RIENECKER WOLFGANG DR ING, et al
- US 4414467 A 19831108 - GOULD GEORGE K [US], et al
- US 4458802 A 19840710 - MACIVER KENNETH J A [ZA], et al
- US 4300040 A 19811110 - GOULD GEROGE K, et al
Designated contracting state (EPC)
AT BE CH DE FR GB IT LI LU NL SE
DOCDB simple family (publication)
EP 0191636 A2 19860820; EP 0191636 A3 19880120; AU 5341786 A 19860821; AU 579003 B2 19881110; CA 1260117 A 19890926; JP S61262995 A 19861120
DOCDB simple family (application)
EP 86300962 A 19860212; AU 5341786 A 19860212; CA 474322 A 19850214; JP 2910386 A 19860214