EP 0623234 B1 19960410 - VENDING MACHINES
Title (en)
VENDING MACHINES
Title (de)
VERKAUFSAUTOMATEN
Title (fr)
DISTRIBUTEUR AUTOMATIQUE
Publication
Application
Priority
- GB 9116816 A 19910805
- GB 9201372 W 19920724
Abstract (en)
[origin: WO9303463A1] The present invention provides a vending machine comprising a plurality of carousels (20), each having a plurality of predetermined locations (28) for storing products for sale, a plurality of vending positions (10), each comprising: means (30) for the purchaser to select one of the desired products that are for sale, means (34, 36) for the purchaser to pay for the selected product and, means (40, 52, 54, 56) for delivering the product to the purchaser, means (22) for rotating each carousel independently of the other carousels, and control means comprising a memory for storing the location(s) on the carousels of each product for sale and which, in response to the selection of a product from one of the vending positions, is able to cause one of the carousels to rotate to bring a location carrying the desired product to the delivery means of that vending position and to activate the delivery means to deliver the desired product to the purchaser.
IPC 1-7
IPC 8 full level
G07F 9/00 (2006.01); G07F 11/54 (2006.01)
CPC (source: EP)
G07F 11/54 (2013.01)
Designated contracting state (EPC)
AT BE CH DE DK ES FR GB GR IT LI LU MC NL SE
DOCDB simple family (publication)
WO 9303463 A1 19930218; AT E136672 T1 19960415; AU 2361892 A 19930302; AU 657159 B2 19950302; CA 2115080 A1 19930218; DE 69209852 D1 19960515; EP 0623234 A1 19941109; EP 0623234 B1 19960410; GB 9116816 D0 19910918; JP H06509434 A 19941020
DOCDB simple family (application)
GB 9201372 W 19920724; AT 92916248 T 19920724; AU 2361892 A 19920724; CA 2115080 A 19920724; DE 69209852 T 19920724; EP 92916248 A 19920724; GB 9116816 A 19910805; JP 50337693 A 19920724