Change-making machine

Claim 1

A CHANGE-MAKING MACHINE FOR USE WITH A BANK OF VENDING MACHINES WHICH CONTAIN VARIOUS ARTICLES OF MERCHANDISE SELLING FOR VARYING PRICES AND WHICH HAVE A COMMON MONEY-RECEIVING PORTION, COMPRISING IN COMBINATION A SUPPORT, A COIN TUBE ASSEMBLY MOUNTED ON SAID SUPPORT, EACH COIN TUBE IN THE COIN TUBE ASSEMBLY ADAPTED TO HOLD COINS OF A PARTICULAR DENOMINATION AND HAVING AN OPENING TO PERMIT COINS TO LEAVE THE COIN TUBE, COINDISPENSING MEANS FOR EACH COIN TUBE MOVABLY MOUNTED ON SAID SUPPORT AND ASSOCIATED WITH SAID OPENING, EACH OF SAID COIN-DISPENSING MEANS MOVABLE TO DISPENSE A PREDETERMINED NUMBER OF COINS FROM ANY COIN TUBES ASSOCIATED WITH IT WHICH NORMALLY CONTAIN COINS, AND A PLURALITY OF ACTUATING MEMBERS MOVABLY MOUNTED ON SAID SUPPORT, EACH ACTUATING MEMBER MOVABLE INTO ENGAGEMENT WITH ONE OF THE COIN-DISPENSING MEANS ASSOCIATED WITH EACH COIN TUBE TO CAUSE THE COIN-DISPENSING MEANS TO MOVE AND DISPENSE COINS FROM THOSE COIN TUBES ASSOCIATED WITH IT WHICH NORMALLY CARRY COINS, AND A SEPARATE CONTROL CIRCUIT FOR EACH DIFFERENT PRICE CHARGED FOR THE ARTICLES SOLD BY THE VENDING MACHINES, EACH CONTROL CIRCUIT ADAPTED TO BE ENERGIZED WHEN A FIXED SUM OF MONEY IS INSERTED IN THE SAID MONEY-RECEIVING PORTION AND A PARTICULAR ARTICLE IS SELECTED FROM ONE OF THE VENDING MACHINES IN THE BANK WHICH SELLS FOR THE PRICE CORRESPONDING TO THE PRICE THE CONTROL CIRCUIT REPRESENTS, EACH CONTROL CIRCUIT BEING PRINTED ON A BOARD AND ALL THE PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARDS BEING ASSEMBLED TOGETHER IN SPACED PARALLEL RELATIONSHIP, A COMMON SHAFT EXTENDING THROUGH THE CENTRAL PORTIONS OF THE PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARDS AND ROTATABLY MOUNTED THEREIN, MEANS CONNECTED TO SAID ROTARY SHAFT TO CAUSE IT TO ROTATE WHEN ANY OF THE PRINTED CIRCUITS IS ENERGIZED, ROTARY CONTACT MEMBERS RIGIDLY MOUNTED ON THE SHAFT, EACH ROTARY CONTACT MEMBER ASSOCIATED WITH A PARTICULAR PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD, CONTACTS MOUNTED ON EACH OF SAID PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARDS IN THE PATH OF THE ROTARY CONTACT MEMBER AND ADAPTED TO BE ENERGIZED BY THE ENGAGEMENT WITH THE ROTARY CONTACT MEMBER, AT LEAST SOME OF SAID CONTACTS ON EACH PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD CONNECTED TO A PARTICULAR COMBINATION OF ACTUATING MEMBERS AND WHEN ENERGIZED CAUSING THIS PARTICULAR COMBINATION OF ACTUATING MEMBERS TO MOVE INTO ENGAGEMENT WITH THE ASSOCIATED COIN-DISPENSING MEANS WHEREBY COINS ARE DISPENSED FROM THE COIN TUBES ASSOCIATED WITH THE PARTICULAR COMBINATION OF COIN-DISPENSING MEANS SELECTED, THE CONNECTIONS BETWEEN EACH CONTROL CIRCUIT AND THE PARTICULAR COMBINATION OF ACTUATING DEVICES SUCH THAT THE VALUE OF THE COINS DISPENSED EQUALS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE FIXED SUM OF MONEY INSERTED IN THE MONEY-RECEIVING PORTION OF THE CHANGE-MAKING MACHINE AND THE PRICE OF THE ARTICLES SELECTED.