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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:
May. 15, 1984
Filed:
May. 06, 1982
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Fuji Electric Co., Ltd., Kanagawa, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F23N / ; B67D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
236 / ; 62158 ; 2221 / ;
Abstract
A control system for an automatic vending machine functions to operate a refrigerator, for example, continuously during a first mode after a power interruption or restocking occurs, and then switches to a non-continuous mode which may be controlled thermostaticly or by cyclicly switching the refrigerator on and off at selected intervals of time. Also, a timer may be set to turn off the refrigerator and other accessories such as lights altogether during selected times of day.