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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 24, 1976
Filed:
Oct. 30, 1974
Applicant:
Inventors:
James T Schuller, St. Louis County, MO (US);
Anton Okolischan, Crestwood, MO (US);
Assignee:
UMC Industries, Inc., New York, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G07F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
194 / ; 194 98 ;
Abstract
A control for a vendor operable by a coded card comprising a validator for validating the code on the card inserted by a customer, enabling a vend if the card is valid, rejecting the card if invalid, and feeding the card out of the validator upon completion of a vend. A validated card fed out of the validator upon a vend is releasably retained for verification of the insertion of a proper card by the customer, being held for verification until the subsequent vend, and then released to storage.