Coin-operated dispensing system

Claim 1

AN ELECTRONIC COIN-OPERATED DISPENSING SYSTEM COMPRISING: A COIN RECEIVER WHICH COMPRISES A MULTIPLE POSITION CIRCUIT IN WHICH EACH POSITION REPRESENTS A QUANTITY OF MONEY ENTERED IN THE COIN RECEIVER, ONE POSITION REPRESENTING AN EMPTY COIN RECEIVER, A PULSE GENERATOR COUPLED TO SAID COIN RECEIVER, SAID ONE POSITION IN SAID COIN RECEIVER BEING COUPLED TO AND DISABLING SAID PULSE GENERATOR BEFORE COINS ARE DEPOSITED IN SAID COIN RECEIVER AND AFTER TOTAL COINAGE HAS BEEN REGISTERED BY SAID PULSE GENERATOR IN AN ASSOCIATED ELECTRONIC CIRCUIT, SAID COIN RECEIVER ENABLING SAID PULSE GENERATOR AFTER COINS ARE DEPOSITED THEREIN, SAID PULSE GENERATOR GENERATING A NUMBER OF PULSES DETERMINED BY THE COINS DEPOSITED IN SAID RECEIVER, SAID COIN RECEIVER DISABLING SAID PULSE GENERATOR AFTER SAID NUMBER OF PULSES HAVE BEEN GENERATED, A REVERSIBLE COUNTER ADAPTED TO COUNT IN FORWARD AND REVERSE DIRECTIONS, SAID PULSE GENERATOR BEING COUPLED TO SAID REVERSIBLE COUNTER TO ENTER PULSES THEREIN IN THE FORWARD DIRECTION REPRESENTING THE AMOUNT OF MONEY DEPOSITED IN SAID COIN RECEIVER, AND AN AUXILIARY PULSE SOURCE COUPLED TO SAID REVERSIBLE COUNTER TO ENTER COUNTS THEREIN IN A REVERSE DIRECTION, SAID REVERSIBLE COUNTER BEING COUPLED TO SAID AUXILIARY PULSE SOURCE TO DISABLE IT AFTER SAID COUNTER HAS BEEN EMPTIED OF ALL OF ITS STORED COUNTS.