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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:
Apr. 12, 1994
Filed:
Jul. 16, 1991
Applicant:
Inventor:
Kunio Fukatsu, Ebina, JP;
Assignee:
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Kawasaki, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G07F / ; G07G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
235381 ; 902-8 ; 364405 ;
Abstract
In an article sales system, a POS terminal 100 is connected to a depositing/withdrawing apparatus 200. Purchased articles may be paid for by inserting a credit or cash card into slot 102, or a prepaid card into slot 122. Banknotes and coins are inserted into the depositing/withdrawing apparatus 209, 210. The customer selects whether excess cash inserted into the depositing/withdrawing apparatus is to be paid to the customer in cash, or in the form of a prepaid card, or deposited in the account read from the credit or cash card.