Data generating device for bulk vending machines
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United States of America Patent
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Sep 18, 2001
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Oct 18, 1999
filing date -
Oct 19, 1998
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Abstract
A data generating device 300 for use in combination with a coin mechanism 100 of a bulk vending machine 10, is provided. The combination uses a standard coin mechanism of a bulk vending machine, which in its normal operation is received into an opening in the bulk vending machine. The coin mechanism has a selectively rotatable shaft 110 extending axially therefrom, which has mounted therearound, a portion of the data generating device. The data generating device has a contact switch assembly 230, comprising a first pair of spaced-apart wires 236/238 at a first location of the switch assembly, the first pair of wires connected to a data compilation/transfer device 310 by a lead wire 241 and to a capacitor by another lead wire 243, a second pair of spaced-apart wires 242/244 at a second location of the switch assembly, the second pair of wires connected at least to the capacitor by yet another lead wire 247, a selectively rotatable element 260 having a metal strip 266 attached thereto, the metal strip able to connect both of the wires of both of the first and second pairs of the spaced-apart wires at separate and distinct positions during the selective rotation of the selectively rotatable element, wherein the shaft causes the selectively rotatable element to rotate bringing the metal strip first in contact with the first pair of spaced-apart wires and then in contact with the second pair of spaced-apart wires, thereby causing the compilation of data.
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