EP 1402488 A2 20040331 - CENTRALIZED VENDING METHOD USING CARTRIGE-LOADED MACHINES
Title (en)
CENTRALIZED VENDING METHOD USING CARTRIGE-LOADED MACHINES
Title (de)
ZENTRALISIERTES VERKAUFSVERFAHREN MIT VERWENDUNG KASSETTEN-GELADENER MASCHINEN
Title (fr)
PROCEDE DE DISTRIBUTION AUTOMATIQUE CENTRALISEE UTILISANT DES MACHINES CHARGEES DE CARTOUCHES
Publication
Application
Priority
- US 0129416 W 20010901
- US 66603800 A 20000920
- US 79452101 A 20010226
Abstract (en)
[origin: WO0225552A2] A vending machine (1) is housed in a light, yet sturdy enclosure (2) made of an external sheet metal shell (18) and an internal seamless plastic liner (22) between which a volume of expanded synthetic foam material is injected. One or more good-holding magazines (3, 77) are removably held within the enclosure. A keypad, alpha-numerical display and card reader are packaged in the door (4) closing the front of the enclosure. A driving motor module (61) and a coin accetor (7) are removably mounted against the inside liner. Due to the absence of complex or delicate structure, the machine can be serviced, cleaned and sanitized within minutes. A pair of vending machine, one holding snack food, the other beverage can sare coupled to wrk together and dispense combinations of items from a single control panel. Both the beverage and snack food holding magazines are driven from the same type of motor module mounted inside the liner. The machines are used in connection with a centralized method for selling items through a plurality of such machines installed at various user's sites. The magazines are filled at the supply center and distributed along pre-established delivery routes. The servicing of each machine consists essentailly of opening the machine, removing the previously installed magazine, substituting a new full magazine and securely locking the machine without any accounting of goods or currency or any other maintenance work.
IPC 1-7
IPC 8 full level
G06Q 30/06 (2012.01); B65G 47/78 (2006.01); B65G 59/00 (2006.01); F16D 1/00 (2006.01); G06K 17/00 (2006.01); G06Q 10/00 (2006.01); G06Q 20/00 (2006.01); G06Q 30/00 (2006.01); G06Q 50/00 (2006.01); G07F 5/18 (2006.01); G07F 7/08 (2006.01); G07F 9/00 (2006.01); G07F 9/02 (2006.01); G07F 9/10 (2006.01); G07F 11/00 (2006.01); G07F 11/28 (2006.01); G07F 11/34 (2006.01); G07F 11/36 (2006.01)
CPC (source: EP KR US)
G06Q 30/06 (2013.01 - KR); G07F 5/18 (2013.01 - EP KR); G07F 9/001 (2020.05 - EP US); G07F 9/002 (2020.05 - EP US); G07F 9/006 (2013.01 - KR); G07F 9/10 (2013.01 - EP); G07F 11/00 (2013.01 - KR); G07F 11/34 (2013.01 - EP)
Citation (search report)
See references of WO 0225552A2
Designated contracting state (EPC)
AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE TR
DOCDB simple family (publication)
WO 0225552 A2 20020328; WO 0225552 A3 20031231; AU 2001292856 B2 20070809; AU 9285601 A 20020402; CA 2423352 A1 20020328; CN 1247906 C 20060329; CN 1492974 A 20040428; CN 1529877 A 20040915; CN 1529877 B 20110810; EP 1402488 A2 20040331; JP 2004510233 A 20040402; JP 4922541 B2 20120425; KR 100848431 B1 20080728; KR 20020054350 A 20020706; MX PA03002515 A 20040910
DOCDB simple family (application)
US 0129416 W 20010901; AU 2001292856 A 20010901; AU 9285601 A 20010901; CA 2423352 A 20010901; CN 01802807 A 20010901; CN 01822807 A 20010221; EP 01973258 A 20010901; JP 2002529678 A 20010901; KR 20027006416 A 20020520; MX PA03002515 A 20010901