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EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION |
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(57) An apparatus for a customer-operated dispensing machine includes an infinitely variable
selector which enables the customer to select a continuously variable quantity of
a product dispensed by a dispensing mechanism thereof, the apparatus being adapted
to actuate the product dispensing mechanism to thereby dispense the product. The apparatus
includes means for adjusting either the dispensing time of the dispensing mechanism
or the dispensing rate of the dispensing mechanism to thereby adjust the quantity
of the product dispensed.