"That the automobile has practically reached the limit of its development is suggested by the fact that during the past year no improvements of a radical nature have been introduced."
Scientific American ; Jan. 2 edition, 1909
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8083139 | Voice device for automatic vending machine A voice device for use in an automatic vending machine is disclosed to include a card reader for reading a voice file from an inserted electronic card, an input/output module for receiving a control signal from the automatic vending machine, a voice module, and a mi... | 12/27/2011 |
| 7934646 | Face panel assembly with an RFID module A face panel assembly is disclosed having a mounting flange for detachably fastening to a bill/coin acceptor in an automatic vending machine, a slot for the insertion of a bill/coin into the bill/coin acceptor, and a RFID module, which has a sensor for sensing a RFI... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7886888 | Bill box, bill acceptor assembly with bill box A bill acceptor and bill box assembly includes a bill acceptor for sensing the presence of a bill and verifying the authenticity of the bill, and a bill box having a bill entrance for receiving bills from the bill acceptor, a bill-receiving bearing board supported o... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7760971 | Anti-EMI lens module An anti-EMI lens module used in a bill acceptor is disclosed to include a circuit board, which has a plurality of electric recognition devices and a grounding device surrounding the electric recognition devices, a holder base mounted on the circuit board and holding... | 07/20/2010 |
| 7703592 | Bill accetor with improved face panel A bill acceptor includes a main body attached with a bill box at the back side, a transmission mechanism for carrying a bill or license into a passage in the main body for examination by a recognition unit inside the main body and returning the rejected bill or exam... | 04/27/2010 |
| 7530492 | Card discriminating system and method of the same The invention discloses a card discriminating system used for identifying whether a card is authentic or not. The card has a surface, and N sensing marks are formed on the surface of the card. The card discriminating system includes a position-based pulse generation... | 05/12/2009 |
| 7494059 | Card dispenser having a mobile sensor holder box A card dispenser includes a dispenser body, which defines an accommodation chamber for receiving a stack of cards for dispensing, a conveying unit mounted in the dispenser body and controlled to deliver the loaded cards from the accommodation chamber through a deliv... | 02/24/2009 |
| 7489456 | Lens module A lens module includes a holder base, which is affixed to a circuit board and has bottom receiving holes for receiving LEDs or sensors on the circuit board and a top flange with a foolproof notch, a lens device press-fitted into the top flange and secured to the foo... | 02/10/2009 |
| 7378674 | Magnetic verification system for bill acceptor A magnetic verification system for a bill acceptor includes a magnetic induction circuit, a signal amplifying and regulating circuit, and a magnetic field generating circuit. The signal amplifying and regulating circuit has a D/A converter, and the magnetic inductio... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7335903 | Detachable bill acceptor mounting arrangement A detachable bill acceptor mounting arrangement includes a face panel of a vending machine, the face panel having two protruding locating plates at two sides and an angled guide groove at each protruding locating plate, and a bill acceptor formed of a lower unit and... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7270599 | Coin outlet unit A coin outlet unit is disclosed to include a casing having a coin outlet, and an adjustment structure for adjusting the size of the coin outlet. The adjustment structure positioning spaces arranged in a line perpendicular to the extending direction of the coin outle... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7244176 | Outlet-adjusting device of coin dispenser An outlet-adjusting device suitable for a coin dispenser is provided. The outlet adjusting device comprises a directing element, an ejecting element and an positioning member, wherein the positioning member and the directing element are adapted for adjusting a biasi... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7140608 | Bill box for bill acceptor A bill box used in the bill receiver of a coin exchanger for accommodating banknotes received by the bill receiver is disclosed to have a gate installed in the first chamber thereof and a driving mechanism controllable to move the gate between two positions to close... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7036649 | Auto-bill-dispensing machine An auto-bill-dispensing machine is provided. The auto-bill-dispensing machine comprises bill receiver having a plurality of security hooks positioned axially between two positioning plates formed on the two sides of the upper chassis of the bill receiver, and the se... | 05/02/2006 |
| 6994201 | Bill acceptor A bill acceptor is constructed to include a housing, the housing having a base for holding a banknote for examination, a first light emitter adapted to emit infrared light onto the banknote carried on the base of the housing for examination, a second light emitter a... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6991129 | Power control circuit for use in a vending machine A power control circuit used in a vending machine having a bill accepter and vending main units controlled by the bill accepter is disclosed to include a pulse signal generator installed in the bill inlet of the bill accepter and adapted to generate a triggering sig... | 01/31/2006 |
| 6983881 | Banknote receiver for ticket vendor A banknote receiver for use in a ticket vending machine, money exchange machine, or the like is constructed to include a housing with a banknote insertion slot, a detector unit formed of an upper base and a lower base and mounted in the housing and adapted to scan t... | 01/10/2006 |
| 6903342 | Banknote acceptor An infrared banknote acceptor for use to verify the authenticity of banknotes is constructed to include a housing, the housing having a base adapted to hold the banknote to be verified, a light source adapted to emit an infrared light beam onto the banknote carried ... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6897461 | Bill slot panel for a vending machine An improved bill slot panel for a vending machine is disclosed. The bill slot panel of the present invention comprises a light-transmitting element, which is installed at a bill slot entrance of a bill slot panel of the vending machine. The light-transmitting elemen... | 05/24/2005 |
| 6896115 | Paper currency receiver for ticket vendor A paper currency receiver for use in a ticket vending machine, money exchange machine, or the like is constructed to include a housing with a paper currency insertion slot, and a detector unit formed of an upper base and a lower base and mounted in the housing and a... | 05/24/2005 |
| 6892873 | Coin detector for use in a coin acceptor A coin detector installed in the track of a coin acceptor at a back side of a face panel is constructed to include a frequency oscillation circuit, the oscillation circuit assembly being formed of two printed circuit boards symmetrically disposed at two sides of the... | 05/17/2005 |
| 6889972 | Banknote dispenser A banknote dispenser is constructed to include a housing adapted to hold banknotes in a stack for dispensing, a power module, a transferring wheel set driven by the power module to spread a stack of banknotes into a stepped stack of banknotes and then to dispense ba... | 05/10/2005 |
| 6851540 | Paper currency collection detection arrangement for an automatic vending machine A paper currency collection detection arrangement used in an automatic vending machine formed of a paper currency receiving unit, a paper currency collection cabinet, and a detection unit. The paper currency collection cabinet has a bottom sensor hole, and a slide m... | 02/08/2005 |
| 6769569 | Vending machine with security device A vending machine with security device is disclosed. The security device is fitted onto a dispensing device, wherein the security device is positioned in between the dispensing device and a driving device of the vending machine. The security device together with the... | 08/03/2004 |
| 6749195 | Structure of paper currency receiving system for ticket vending machine or the like A paper currency receiving system is constructed to include a paper currency take-up unit adapted for taking up paper currency inserted therein, a paper currency storage cabinet mounted in the paper currency take-up unit to collect paper currency, a paper currency h... | 06/15/2004 |
| 6742645 | Paper currency receiving system for a ticket vendor or the like A paper currency receiving system is constructed to include a paper currency take-up unit adapted for taking up paper currency inserted therein, a paper currency verification unit inserted into the paper currency take-up unit at a bottom side and adapted for verifyi... | 06/01/2004 |
| 6719167 | Ticket roll detection arrangement for a ticket vending machine A ticket roll detection arrangement using a photo-grid wheel for synchronous rotation with the ticket roll supply reel of a ticket vending machine, and a photo transmitter receiver assembly on two sides of the photo-grid wheel to detect the revolving speed of the ph... | 04/13/2004 |
| 6669050 | Paper currency storage cabinet mounting arrangement for a paper currency receiving system used in a ticket vendor or the like A paper currency storage cabinet mounting arrangement is constructed to include a paper currency receiving and verification unit and a paper currency storage cabinet, the paper currency receiving and verification unit having retaining holes and a hook hol... | 12/30/2003 |
| 6651796 | Paper currency receiving system mounting arrangement for an automatic vending machine A paper currency receiving system mounting arrangement includes a housing defining an upper open chamber and a lower open chamber, a paper currency transferring unit inserted into the upper open chamber, the paper currency transferring unit having two spr... | 11/25/2003 |
| 6639200 | Paper currency recognition system A paper currency recognition system used in a money exchange machine includes a LED type transmitter unit and a phototransistor type receiver unit controlled by a CPU. The receiver unit also includes an N-channel MOSFET. When a variation in the induction ... | 10/28/2003 |
| 6616009 | Ticket vending machine A ticket vending machine includes a face panel defining a ticket passageway and a ticket outlet at one end of the ticket passageway, a side plate mounted with an axle for holding a ticket roll, a sheet-transfer cylinder assembly controlled to transfer the... | 09/09/2003 |