(under the class definition) Article dispensers having means to sense a condition (or absence thereof) or a change of condition, which condition may or may not change, said means causing operation or control of a separate device for effecting a control function on the dispenser.
(1) Note. Machines which operate on a repeating cycle of operation are not considered to be "automatic" even though they are often so designated in the art, unless there are included means sensitive to conditions subject to change, from cycle to cycle, and separate means controlled thereby to effect a control function on the machine. Thus, a machine including means to sense condition changes which necessarily take place to the same degree at the same time in each cycle of operation are not included in this subclass.
(2) Note. Where the means responsive to condition change directly effect a control function, i.e., where the sensing and the control means are the same instrumentality, the device has been considered to be condition responsive rather
than automatic in the sense intended in this and the indented subclasses. See subclasses 17+, 21, 22+, 107+, and 151+, for example.
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17+, see (2) Note above.
21, see (2) Note above. 22+, see (2) Note above.
107+, see (2) Note above.
151+, see (2) Note above.
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222, Dispensing,
52+, for fluent material dispensing devices having automatic control means, and see the notes thereto.
235, Registers,
379, 380, 381, and 383 for banking and credit card systems and mechanized stores, respectively, wherein either money or merchandise is released upon the sensing of a valid credit card and including means to debit the account of the individual receiving the money or merchandise.
