WO2006017183A3 - Optical vend-sensing system for control of vending machine - Google Patents

Optical vend-sensing system for control of vending machine Download PDF

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WO2006017183A3
WO2006017183A3 PCT/US2005/024278 US2005024278W WO2006017183A3 WO 2006017183 A3 WO2006017183 A3 WO 2006017183A3 US 2005024278 W US2005024278 W US 2005024278W WO 2006017183 A3 WO2006017183 A3 WO 2006017183A3
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David A Sprankle
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A light curtain device for use in a vending machine which has at least one mechanism arranged for initiating operation upon selection by a customer for vending an article into a vend space through which the article falls into a customer-accessible hopper. The light curtain device has first and second emitter/detector arrays, each having at least one emitter (14) and a plurality of detectors (16). The arrays are positionable and arrangeable within the vending machine so that electromagnetic radiation emitted by the at least one emitter (14) of the first array may be detected by at least some of the plurality of detectors of the second array (16), and so that electromagnetic radiation emitted by the at least one emitter (14) of the second array may be detected by at least some of the plurality of detectors (16) of the first array. Thus, articles falling through the vend space of the vending machine will interrupt electromagnetic radiation between at least one emitter (14) and at least one detector (16).
PCT/US2005/024278 2004-07-09 2005-07-08 Optical vend-sensing system for control of vending machine WO2006017183A2 (en)

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