EP 0815523 A4 20040602 - UNATTENDED AUTOMATED SYSTEM FOR SELLING AND DISPENSING

Title (en)

UNATTENDED AUTOMATED SYSTEM FOR SELLING AND DISPENSING

Title (de)

UNBEDIENTES AUTOMATISCHES SYSTEM FÜR DEN VERKAUF UND DIE VERTEILUNG

Title (fr)

SYSTEME DE VENTE ET DE DISTRIBUTION AUTOMATISE SANS PERSONNEL

Publication

EP 0815523 A4 20040602 (EN)

Application

EP 96908773 A 19960313

Priority

US 9603397 W 19960313
US 40322095 A 19950313

Abstract (en)

[origin: WO9628791A1] A system for an unattended automated service station for selling and dispensing products, primarily motor fuels from a service island. The system includes fuel dispensing device (35), card reading device (51), coin and currency acceptor devices (43, 45), card verification device (27), coin and currency dispensing devices (47, 49), receipt printing device (55), processor control device (39), fuel activating and selection device (31), display device (57), audio device, and a data transmission device (33). The components interact to enable a customer to select a specific fuel or product purchase through any combination of coins or currency, have the fuel dispensing automatically activated, enable delivery of a preselected quantity of fuel, provide a cash or credit card receipt, and provide other information concerning other products or services for sale during the fuel delivery process.

IPC 1-7

G06F 17/60; B67D 5/30; B67D 5/14; G07F 13/02; B60S 5/02; G07F 15/04

IPC 8 full level

G07F 5/24 (2006.01); G07F 7/00 (2006.01); G07F 13/02 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP)

G07F 5/24 (2013.01); G07F 7/00 (2013.01); G07F 13/025 (2013.01)

Citation (search report)

[Y] US 5027282 A 19910625 - HOLLIDGE PETER W [CA]
[Y] US 3935435 A 19760127 - GREENWOOD ROBERT C
[A] DE 3938503 A1 19910523 - SALZKOTTEN TANKANLAGEN [DE]
[A] US 4555639 A 19851126 - MELEK BERNARD [CA]
[A] US 3618732 A 19711109 - FORSE HARRY D
See references of WO 9628791A1

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AT BE CH DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE

DOCDB simple family (publication)

WO 9628791 A1 19960919; AU 5250596 A 19961002; AU 720829 B2 20000615; BR 9607216 A 19981117; CA 2244953 A1 19960919; EP 0815523 A1 19980107; EP 0815523 A4 20040602; MX 9706984 A 19981031; NZ 304652 A 19990429

DOCDB simple family (application)

US 9603397 W 19960313; AU 5250596 A 19960313; BR 9607216 A 19960313; CA 2244953 A 19960313; EP 96908773 A 19960313; MX 9706984 A 19970912; NZ 30465296 A 19960313