IPC Main Group
G07F 11/00 Coin-freed apparatus for dispensing, or the like, discrete articles
Introduced: September 1968
Last revised: January 2006
Classification Context
- Section:
- PHYSICS
- Class:
- CHECKING-DEVICES
- Subclass:
- COIN-FREED OR LIKE APPARATUS
Related Keywords
MAGAZINES for coin-freed vending machines
8 direct subcodes
Child Classifications
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- G07F 11/02 from non-movable magazines
- G07F 11/46 from movable storage containers or supports
- G07F 11/62 in which the articles are stored in compartments in fixed receptacles
- G07F 11/64 in which the articles are individually suspended from stationary supports
- G07F 11/66 in which the articles are dispensed by cutting from a mass
- G07F 11/68 in which the articles are torn or severed from strips or sheets
- G07F 11/7 in which the articles are formed in the apparatus from components, blanks, or material constituents
- G07F 11/72 Auxiliary equipments, e.g. for lighting cigars, opening bottles
Top Applicants
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