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Patent No.:

US 7040535 B1

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Date of Patent:
May. 09, 2006

Filed:

Jan. 12, 2005
Applicants:

Masaaki Sato, Ohta, JP;

Kuniyuki Tokizawa, Isesaki, JP;

Yuji Sone, Takasaki, JP;

Junichi Nishio, Gyoda, JP;

Inventors:

Masaaki Sato, Ohta, JP;

Kuniyuki Tokizawa, Isesaki, JP;

Yuji Sone, Takasaki, JP;

Junichi Nishio, Gyoda, JP;

Assignee:

Sanden Corporation, Gunma, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 7/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

When any one of the commodities displayed in commodity image display areas is sold out during an operation of a vending machine, a substitute commodity for a sold-out commodity is selected from among commodities other than the sold-out commodity, and a display of a commodity image display area including the sold-out commodity is replaced with a display of a commodity image display area including a commodity image of the selected substitute commodity.


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Sato, Masaaki. (2006). Vending machine (U.S. Patent No. 7040535). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/7040535

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