GB2203880B - Card operated vending machine - Google Patents

Card operated vending machine

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Publication number
GB2203880B
GB2203880B GB8808799A GB8808799A GB2203880B GB 2203880 B GB2203880 B GB 2203880B GB 8808799 A GB8808799 A GB 8808799A GB 8808799 A GB8808799 A GB 8808799A GB 2203880 B GB2203880 B GB 2203880B
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Prior art keywords
card
vending machine
operated vending
machine
card operated
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Expired - Fee Related
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GB8808799A
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GB8808799D0 (en
Inventor
Richard Trevor King
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Sankey Vending Ltd
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Sankey Vending Ltd
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07F—COIN-FREED OR LIKE APPARATUS
    • G07F7/00—Mechanisms actuated by objects other than coins to free or to actuate vending, hiring, coin or paper currency dispensing or refunding apparatus
    • G07F7/06—Mechanisms actuated by objects other than coins to free or to actuate vending, hiring, coin or paper currency dispensing or refunding apparatus by returnable containers, i.e. reverse vending systems in which a user is rewarded for returning a container that serves as a token of value, e.g. bottles
    • G07F7/069—Mechanisms actuated by objects other than coins to free or to actuate vending, hiring, coin or paper currency dispensing or refunding apparatus by returnable containers, i.e. reverse vending systems in which a user is rewarded for returning a container that serves as a token of value, e.g. bottles by box-like containers, e.g. videocassettes, books

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Multimedia (AREA)
  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • General Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Control Of Vending Devices And Auxiliary Devices For Vending Devices (AREA)
  • Medicinal Preparation (AREA)
  • General Preparation And Processing Of Foods (AREA)
  • Vending Machines For Individual Products (AREA)

Abstract

A machine primarily for renting articles, e.g. video cassettes by the use of a club card and in which there is provided a memory (29) in which is recorded a card credit or a credit limit for a user of the machine when the user first passes the club card through a card reader on the machine, renting transactions being arranged to reduce the card credit in the memory.
GB8808799A 1987-04-16 1988-04-14 Card operated vending machine Expired - Fee Related GB2203880B (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (1)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
GB878709234A GB8709234D0 (en) 1987-04-16 1987-04-16 Card operated vending machine

Publications (3)

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GB8808799D0 GB8808799D0 (en) 1988-05-18
GB2203880A GB2203880A (en) 1988-10-26
GB2203880B true GB2203880B (en) 1991-01-09

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GB878709234A Pending GB8709234D0 (en) 1987-04-16 1987-04-16 Card operated vending machine
GB8808799A Expired - Fee Related GB2203880B (en) 1987-04-16 1988-04-14 Card operated vending machine

Family Applications Before (1)

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GB878709234A Pending GB8709234D0 (en) 1987-04-16 1987-04-16 Card operated vending machine

Country Status (7)

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EP (2) EP0287367A1 (en)
AT (1) ATE90801T1 (en)
AU (1) AU1620388A (en)
CA (1) CA1313711C (en)
DE (1) DE3881884T2 (en)
GB (2) GB8709234D0 (en)
WO (1) WO1988008175A1 (en)

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US9104990B2 (en) 2009-09-05 2015-08-11 Redbox Automated Retail, Llc Article vending machine and method for exchanging an inoperable article for an operable article
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DE8431917U1 (en) * 1984-10-31 1985-04-25 Bui-Dang, Khoa, 6906 St Ilgen Car video library
DE3579458D1 (en) * 1985-06-17 1990-10-04 Leonhard Charles Brown DEVICE FOR DISTRIBUTING GOODS.

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EP0287367A1 (en) 1988-10-19
DE3881884D1 (en) 1993-07-22
DE3881884T2 (en) 1993-11-11
GB8709234D0 (en) 1987-05-20
ATE90801T1 (en) 1993-07-15
AU1620388A (en) 1988-11-04
CA1313711C (en) 1993-02-16
GB2203880A (en) 1988-10-26
EP0357634A1 (en) 1990-03-14
EP0357634B1 (en) 1993-06-16
WO1988008175A1 (en) 1988-10-20
GB8808799D0 (en) 1988-05-18

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Effective date: 19950414