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Vending machine comprising a product dispensing unit located in the safety-lock protected housing, where the product dispensing unit has multiple, independently controlled product dispensers, and where the product dispensing cell of the product dispensing unit has a hinged door opening to the front panel of the machine. The machine also comprises a coin identifying unit having a coin insertion slot disposed on the front panel, a coin return unit, and a banknote unit with a banknote insertion slot and a bank card reader unit having a bank card insertion slot, the machine further comprising a receipt printer, operating means and a display, which are all connected either directly or indirectly to the input and output ports of a control unit characterised by that the control unit is a computer, with1 the product dispensing unit, the bank -card reader unit, a wireless internet adapter, and a peripheral interface unit being connected to the control input-output ports of the computer. The coin identifying and coin return units, the banknote identifying unit, the receipt printer, the operating means implemented as buttons and also a door sensor, a motion sensor, an alarm, and an infrared sensor are connected to the comp&mgr;ter through the peripheral interface unit; and the computer further • comprises as peripherals a display monitor, an active speaker, a maintenance keyboard, a printer, and a WLAN network adapter.

Classes IPC  ?

• G07F 11/36 - Appareils déclenchés par des pièces de monnaie pour distribuer ou délivrer d'une façon analogue, des articles d'une façon discontinue sortant de magasins fixes dans lesquels les magasins sont en forme d'hélice ou de spirale