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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:
Mar. 15, 1983
Filed:
Oct. 14, 1980
Applicant:
Inventors:
Osamu Sugimoto, Sakado, JP;
Masaki Akagawa, Sakado, JP;
Assignee:
Kabushiki Kaisha Nippon Coinco, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G07F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
194 / ; 221-2 ; 34082535 ; 377-7 ; 377 14 ;
Abstract
A vending machine is generally equipped with a money amount indicator which indicates an amount of deposited coins or a balance thereof. This total sales indication device utilizes the money amount indicator to indicate a total sales of the vending machine on this indicator when the vending machine is not making a vending operation. Prices of articles sold are cumulatively added by a sales counter to obtain a total sales and counting contents of this sales counter are indicated on the money amount indicator by manipulating an indication control switch.