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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 20, 2000
Filed:
Apr. 24, 1998
Il-Du Jung, Kwangju, KR;
Kwangju Electronics Co., Ltd., Kwangju, KR;
Abstract
In order to get a bill conveniently inserted only by using one hand of a customer as a bill input inlet door is kept open for a predetermined time duration and to fall down by its weight, there is provided an automatic vending machine having a bill input inlet disposed at a predetermined position of the front cabinet, a bill discriminating apparatus embedded inside of the front cabinet at a same height level for discriminating the authenticity of a bill induced through the bill input inlet and for storing the bill and a movable bill input inlet door hinged at the upper side of the bill input inlet for opening and closing the bill input inlet, wherein the bill input inlet is constructed of an opening and closing structure where, after a bill input inlet door is pushed up to a door inducing member and released, a bill input inlet door is slided by a soft contact at an initial closing phase thereof, is moved loosely but swiftly at a middle closing phase thereof and is slidingly contacted at a final closing phase thereof to be finally closed.