G - Physics – 07 – F
Patent
G - Physics
07
F
354/33
G07F 5/22 (2006.01) G07F 5/24 (2006.01)
Patent
CA 1193366
ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE The present specification discloses a single price electro- mechanically actuated vending machine including an electronic multiple purchase module giving the machine the capability of selling products at a discount if purchased collectively during a single sales transaction. More specifically, the discount module of the present specification enables the vending machine to sell products in one-for, two-for, or three-for combinations during a single sales transaction or vend cycle. This is provided in accordance with the present disclosure by provision of a coin or check-operated vending machine, having a multiple purchase discount module comprising price-setting means for establishing said same predetermined product price for the vend of a first product and a predetermined price for at least one additional product for when a plurality of products are collectively purchased during said same sales transaction, the price of said at least one additional product being less than said same predetermined product price; accumulator means for receiving money during said single sales transaction and establishing credit toward the purchase of said products; escrow memory means for storing escrow credit established by said accumulator toward the purchase of a first product and at least one additional product during a single sales transaction; credit detector means for determining when said escrow credit is at least equal to said predetermined product price and when said escrow credit equals the total of said same predetermined product price and the price of said at least one additional product; pro- duct selector means for requesting the vend of a first one or more of said products following the insertion of all money related to said single sales transaction; and vend discharge control means responsive to said credit detector means for enabling the vend of said first product if said credit detector means determines that the escrow credit established in said escrow means at least equals said same predetermined product price and additional products if said escrow detector means determines that said escrow credit is at least equal to the total of said same predetermined product price and said predetermined price of said at least one additional product during said single sales transaction.
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King Eddie W.
Morgan Annis R. Jr.
Coca-Cola Company (the)
Sim & Mcburney
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