FOODBOX / FOODBOX LONG
Version 3.4 / November 2016
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1.2 tHE bASIC WoRKING PRINCIPLE of VENDING MACHINE
Most of the time the vending machines are operational and dispense food.
After the selection of the needed product using the keyboard, payment according to the price tag and
after pressing the button to confirm the selected product, the product dispensing process starts.
Algorithm of getting the selected product:
1. Pay the required amount for the selected product, feeding bank note in the Bank Note Acceptor
(BNA) and/or coins in the coin slot;
2. Using the keyboard type the number, corresponding to the cell containing the needed product;
3.
Press the confirmation key on the keyboard (for most of the models this key is labelled
“Product”
).
4. The electrical motor which moves the spiral in the cell containing the selected product makes a full
turn of 360
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dropping the product into the discharge (dispensing) tray (see fig 1);
5. Push the door on the dispensing tray and take your purchase;
6. To receive remainder of money press the
“Change”
button and collect your change from the coin
tray.
360
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Fig. 1 - Working principle
