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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 30, 1987
Filed:
Feb. 11, 1986
Hirokazu Ogaki, Nagoya, JP;
Yuichi Yasutomo, Nagoya, JP;
Yoshibumi Kato, Nagoya, JP;
Tatsuo Kato, Nagoya, JP;
Takamitsu Suzuki, Nagoya, JP;
Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Aichi, JP;
Abstract
A vending system for automatic sale of articles selected by a customer, comprising a display for displaying groups of vending information in respective steps of a vending procedure that are executed to select one of the articles. The vending system comprises an advancing key and a returning key which enable the vending procedure to be advanced from the currently established step to the next, or to be reversed to revert to the preceding step. The vending system further comprises a payment-control device for commanding the display to display a price of the selected article, and for detecting an amount of a payment medium deposited for the selected article. The selected article is delivered when the detected amount of the payment medium is equal to or larger than the displayed price.