| 摘要 |
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To dispense pachinko prizes only to the qualified by preventing the pachinko prizes from being dispensed if the person who has ordered that the pachinko prizes be dispensed is not qualified to receive the pachinko prizes. SOLUTION: When a membership card is inserted into a card slot in a control part 24, an automatic cigarette vender 12 reads an ID code from the membership card, and samples from a hall computer system 14 the date of birth of the member identified from the ID code read. Whether or not the member is over twenty years old is determined according to the sampled date of birth, and if he/she is over twenty years old, a cigarette selecting button 20 is made operable, so that when the selecting button 20 is pressed, the cigarette corresponding to the selecting button 20 pressed is unloaded into an unloading part 32. |
