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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 05, 2003
Filed:
Mar. 07, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Takeshi Ishida, Sakado, JP;
Tsunehiro Aso, Kawagoe, JP;
Assignee:
Kabushiki Kaisha Nippon Conlux, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G07D 5/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G07D 5/00 ;
Abstract
A vending machine capable of preventing fraudulent use of false coins of a plurality of kinds. The number of slotted coins acceptable in one vending operation is preset in setting unit ( ). The coins slotted into a coin slotting unit ( ) are counted based on the sensing output from a counting sensor ( ). When a refund operation is carried out while the number of coins slotted into the coin slotting unit( ) is equal to or larger than the preset acceptable number of coins set in the setting unit ( ), the coin return in response to the refund instruction is inhibited as a fraudulent use.