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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. 22, 1999
Filed:
Jul. 07, 1997
Applicant:
Inventor:
Hee-Soo Lee, Kwangju, KR;
Assignee:
Kwangju Electronics Co., Ltd., Kwangju-city, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ; G06F / ; G07F / ; B65G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
36447902 ; 36447901 ; 36447903 ; 36447908 ; 36447914 ; 221-8 ; 221129 ;
Abstract
A goods selecting apparatus and method for an automatic vending machine enables uses a control device to take necessary actions in case a user selects an article in error among goods stored in the automatic vending machine thereby preventing undesired goods from being extracted. The apparatus has a key input part for generating a key signal corresponding to a cancel or an extract selection of a goods selected by an user. A control part is provided and selectively generates a control signal to cancel or to send the selected goods to a goods extracting slot according to a key signal from the key input part within a predetermined time.