| Patent Number |
Title Of Patent |
Date Issued |
| RE28749 |
Coin controlled means for vending machines and the like |
March 30, 1976 |
| A versatile coin controlled circuit for use in vending and other coin operated machines, said circuit including relatively simple means for establishing a vend price and for simultaneously controlling the amount refunded for each deposit in excess of the vend price. The subject impro |
| 4598378 |
Management information system and associated vending control device |
July 1, 1986 |
| The combination of a vend control circuit with a device to accumulate an ongoing history of the operation of a vending machine capable of vending products and making change, the improvements comprising circuit elements for detecting the occurence of an interruption in the supply of power |
| 4587984 |
Coin tube monitor means |
May 13, 1986 |
| A device for monitoring the coins in one or more coin tubes on a vending machine to maintain a running total of the coins therein that are available to pay back excess deposits and to make refunds. The device may include one or more coin tubes for containing a supply of coins of resp |
| 4526263 |
Lock-ahead vend control employing a common vend energization monitor to effect vend selection re |
July 2, 1985 |
| A vend control circuit for a multi-channel vendor, including a credit entry circuit, a plurality of selection switches actuatable for selecting different vend selections, a plurality of vend motors, each vend selection having a vend motor associated therewith, a plurality of vend channel |
| 4478353 |
Vendor control system |
October 23, 1984 |
| A vend control system for vending machines which accept credit, have an established vend price, include customer actuatable selection capability, apparatus for producing a selected vend, and an empty product device operable to prevent energizing of the associated vend producing apparatus |
| 4429778 |
Conditioning time control for vending by selection |
February 7, 1984 |
| A conditioning time control and method of operation thereof for controlling the pre-vend conditioning of products in a multi-selection vendor having credit entry circuitry, vend selection switches, each vend selection having a pre-established vend price associated therewith, product |
| 4359147 |
Means to control vending functions |
November 16, 1982 |
| An improved vending control system for controlling events and sequences of events involved in vending and paying out or refunding of amounts deposited, the system including product delivery sensing apparatus to monitor the delivery of products and to indicate when a product dispensing |
| 4316532 |
Versatile pricing means |
February 23, 1982 |
| A pricing device for use in coin controlled and related devices such as coin changers and other vending control circuits including an electronic memory device for entering and storing price information, and programming controls for the memory device including information entry controls, |
| 4284208 |
Vend control system |
August 18, 1981 |
| A vend control system capable of vending products or services as selected comprising a plurality of vend producing devices each capable when actuated of producing a vend, circuits connecting the vend producing devices in a matrix circuit wherein the devices are arranged in first and |
| 4280181 |
Cash accountability control circuit for vending and like machines |
July 21, 1981 |
| A control circuit for vending and other coin controlled devices including a first accumulator for accumulating the price of each vend, said accumulator having a first input where signals that represent each vend price are entered, a second input where signals for initiating a vend op |
| 4254857 |
Detection device |
March 10, 1981 |
| A detector device adapted to be used for detecting coins and other metal objects for various purposes including to distinguish between genuine and non-genuine or counterfeit coins, the subject detector device includes an electric tank circuit having a coil through which, or adjacent to w |
| 4151904 |
Coin detection device |
May 1, 1979 |
| An apparatus for detecting objects such as coins and the like and for generating signal responses that depend on the metal content or other characteristics of the object or coin, which apparatus includes a detector circuit including an oscillator device having a coil portion for producin |
| 4105867 |
Control circuit for pay telephones and the like |
August 8, 1978 |
| A control circuit for a pay phone including a coin unit where money is deposited and validated, an entry circuit having a first input connected to the coin unit for entry of amounts deposited, a second input to the entry circuit for communicating thereto call price information, a control |
| 4034839 |
Simplified multi-price vend control circuit |
July 12, 1977 |
| A vend and price selection control circuit including selection switches actuatable by a customer to produce any of a plurality of possible vends at different vend prices, all of which are controlled by the same control and logic circuitry and circuit elements to enter pricing information |
| 4008792 |
Vend control circuits capable of vending different quantities at different prices |
February 22, 1977 |
| A control circuit for vending and like machines which includes an electric circuit with circuit elements and connections which enable vending machines to vend different items costing different amounts and in different quantities with and without quantity discount capability and to re |
| 3963035 |
Coin controlled circuits for vending and other coin controlled devices |
June 15, 1976 |
| A control circuit for vending and other coin controlled devices which have arrangements to payback amounts deposited in excess of the vend price, the vending machine having a plurality of coin tubes for respectively containing coins of different denominations for payback, each tube havin |
