Vending machine
CA 2590470 C · Owner: Atsuta, Junichi · Inventors: Fukumoto, Tomochika; Atsuta, Junichi
Overview
Its claims, description and drawings are in the Canadian Patents Database.
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A vending machine capable of discharging merchandises by throwing a coin therein to operate a discharge merchandise retention member by the operating power of a handle. The vending machine includes: a notch which is provided at a front face of a box body and which opens upward, a control panel which is attached with the notch in a detachable manner, the control panel including the handle and a coin sorting unit.
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Why it's free to use
- Filed December 21, 2005 and granted August 28, 2012. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended December 21, 2025.
- Certificates of supplementary protection extend only drug patents, and it isn't classified as one.
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