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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:
Dec. 07, 1999
Filed:
Nov. 20, 1997
Applicant:
Inventor:
Jeong-Pyo Ock, Kwangju, KR;
Assignee:
Kwangju Electronics Co., Ltd., Kwangju, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
194217 ; 221129 ;
Abstract
A vending mechanism for a vending machine, including the steps of: if a user first selects an article by using an article selection panel after putting money into the vending machine, dispensing the user with the selected article; and if the user selects another article second by using the srticle selection panel and the remainder of the input money is more than the price of the second-selected article while supplying him or her with the first-selected article, dispensing him or her with the second-selected aritcle.