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US 7,327,267 · App. 11/365,918 · Granted Feb 5, 2008

Vending machine

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Patent No.
US 7,327,267
App. No.
11/365,918
Granted
Feb 5, 2008
Kind
B2
Abstract

A vending machine reads a commodity data on a commodity from a QR code of a commodity housing unit by a code reader of a commodity receiving unit when the commodity receiving unit receives the commodity from a predetermined commodity housing unit selects an operation mode of the commodity receiving unit in accordance with the read commodity data, and operates the commodity receiving unit in accordance with the selected operation mode.

Claims (20)

1. A vending machine comprising:

a plurality of commodity housing units;

a commodity conveying unit for conveying a commodity received from a predetermined commodity housing unit to a predetermined position;

a plurality of data recording portions being provided with the commodity housing units respectively, the data recording portions each having commodity data corresponding to the commodity in each of the commodity housing units;

data reading means being provided with the commodity conveying unit, the data reading means capable of reading the commodity data from one of the data recording portions;

mode selecting means for selecting an operation mode of the commodity conveying unit in accordance with the commodity data which is read by the data reading means; and

operation control means for operating the commodity conveying unit in accordance with the operation mode which is selected by the mode selecting means.

2. The vending machine according to claim 1 , wherein

the commodity data includes at least commodity size.

3. The vending machine according to claim 1 , wherein

each of the data recording portions includes an code; and

the data reading means includes a code reader capable of reading the code.

4. The vending machine according to claim 1 , wherein

each of the data recording portions includes an IC chip; and

the data reading means includes a receiver capable of receiving the commodity data from the IC chip.

5. The vending machine according to claim 1 , wherein

each of the commodity housing unit has a region for setting a data recording portion; and

a display portion including at least commodity price is provided with the portion.

6. The vending machine according to claim 5 , wherein

the data recording portion and the display portion are provided with a plate removably attached to the region.

Assignments (5)
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS IN PATENT NOS. 6129293, 7574813, 8238525, 8083454, D545888, D467946, D573242, D487173, AND REMOVE 8750534 PREVIOUSLY RECORDED ON REEL 047208 FRAME 0635. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE CHANGE OF NAME. Recorded Apr 27, 2020
From: SANDEN CORPORATION
To: SANDEN HOLDINGS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 053545/0524 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 24, 2019
From: SANDEN HOLDINGS CORPORATION
To: SANDEN RETAIL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 050473/0388 →
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE PROPERTY NUMBERS PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT REEL: 038489 FRAME: 0677. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT. Recorded Oct 9, 2018
From: SANDEN CORPORATION
To: SANDEN HOLDINGS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 047208/0635 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Apr 21, 2016
From: SANDEN CORPORATION
To: SANDEN HOLDINGS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 038489/0677 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 2, 2006
From: TSUNODA, MASARU
To: SANDEN CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 017712/0482 →