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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:
Jun. 25, 1991
Filed:
May. 23, 1988
Applicant:
Inventors:
Paul A Phillips, Marietta, GA (US);
Eddie W King, Marietta, GA (US);
Assignee:
The Coca-Cola Company, Atlanta, GA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ; G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
364479 ; 364403 ;
Abstract
A vend control mechanism for a multiple product vending machine is controlled electronically by a master control unit to dispense particular products from storage increments in the machine specifically assigned to those products. A code menu is provided for a service person to input codes into the master control unit to reassign storage increments to products to take account of particular product sales volumes for that vending machine.