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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 05, 2002
Filed:
Jun. 28, 1999
Applicant:
Inventor:
Robert D. Ross, Gibbsboro, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Mars, Incorporated, McLean, VA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08B 5/00 ; G09G 5/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G08B 5/00 ; G09G 5/00 ;
Abstract
An improved display module for a vending machine is described. An implementation includes an enhanced display means, an inverter connected to a CLOCK input signal, and a flip-flop connected to the inverter and to a DATA input signal. The inverter and the flip-flop generate a LOAD signal for input to the enhanced display.