US2006035695A1PendingUtilityA1

Card dispensing machine

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Individually held — no corporate assignee on recordPriority: Aug 16, 2004Filed: Aug 16, 2004Published: Feb 16, 2006
Est. expiryAug 16, 2024(expired)· nominal 20-yr term from priority
Inventors:Dennis L. CarstensKent Carstens
G07F 17/32A63F 3/0645A63F 9/001G07F 17/3248G07F 17/42
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Abstract

The present invention is a free-standing vending machine that accepts currency and dispenses cards at certain values. The cards may be product coupons or trading cards. The machine may have multiple columns of cards, each column having cards with different values and offering different promotions. The cards are promoted by a sweepstakes game. A control board in the vending machine contains the rules of the sweepstakes game and determines whether a card is a winner or loser as each card is drawn from its respective column. A printer prints the winner/loser information and any prize amount on the cards as each card is drawn from its column. The latest card drawn from each column is displayed such that a customer can see whether the card is a sweepstakes winner or loser before purchasing the card.

Claims

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1 . A card dispensing machine, comprising: 
 a currency collector;    at least one card holder that holds a plurality of cards, wherein the cards are promoted by a sweepstakes game;    a control board that contains the rules of the sweepstakes game and determines whether a card is a winner or loser as each card is drawn from the card holder;    a printer that prints whether a card is a sweepstakes winner or loser as each card is drawn from the card holder; and    a card display window that holds the latest card drawn from the card holder, wherein a customer can see whether the card is a sweepstakes winner or loser before purchasing the card.    
   
   
       2 . The card dispensing machine according to  claim 1 , wherein the cards are coupons.  
   
   
       3 . The card dispensing machine according to  claim 1 , wherein the cards are trading cards.  
   
   
       4 . The card dispensing machine according to  claim 1 , wherein sweepstakes information is printed on a removable portion of the card that is attached by perforation.  
   
   
       5 . The card dispensing machine according to  claim 1 , wherein the printer prints a unique verification code on each card as the cards are drawn from the card holder.  
   
   
       6 . The card dispensing machine according to  claim 1 , wherein the number of winners is distributed over a specified number of cards in a randomly finite manner.

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