G - Physics
05
B
342/10
G05B 19/02 (2006.01) G05B 19/10 (2006.01)
Patent
CA 1236546
Abstract of the Disclosure A vending machine includes a plurality of selection switches corresponding, respectively to a plurality of items to be sold. In response to the insertion of coins and the subsequent operation of any of the selection switches, the item corresponding to the selection switch is vended. A RAM is installed in association with a microcomputer, and this RAM contains memory areas for storing the sales quantity and the sales amount on an item basis. These data are renewed at every vending. The RAM further contains a price memory area for storing the sales price of each item. When any of the selection switches is operated in the ready state of the machine, the price of the item corresponding to that selection switch is read from the RAM and is displayed on the inserted-amount display. Furthermore, when a selection switch is depressed in the state when the management mode is set up, the price of the item corresponding to that switch is displayed likewise. Moreover, in response to a selective operation of the selection switch, the sales quantity and the sales amount of an arbitrary item stored in each memory area of the RAM can be displayed in the management mode. When "continuous confirmation" command is given in the management mode, the price, sales quantity or the sales amount as described above can be displayed continuously in sequence for each item.
463913
Awane Misao
Hara Seiji
Kobayashi Satoshi
G. Ronald Bell & Associates
Sanyo Electric Co. Ltd.
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