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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:
Aug. 11, 1998
Filed:
May. 30, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
David Deaville, West Chester, PA (US);
Frank Mars, McLean, VA (US);
Assignee:
Mars Incorporated, McLean, VA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G07F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
194348 ; 194350 ;
Abstract
A vending machine bezel for attachment to the front panel of a vending machine that is durable and versatile, and that advantageously provides at least two apertures for the insertion of money. The face of the bezel fits through an industry-standard size bill validator opening in the front panel of the vending machine. In one embodiment, the bezel contains three apertures to accept banknotes, coins and cards in payment for a vend item.