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An coin-operated machine for releasing a locking member secured in the automatic machine, after a means of payment, for example a coin, has been introduced into the automatic machine, has a chamber 16 for receiving the locking member 18, members 38, 44 for securing the locking member 18 in the chamber 16, a chamber 12 for receiving the means of payment 14, and members 20, 22, 38 for releasing the locking member 18 after the means of payment 14 has been introduced. The chamber 12 for the means of payment 14 has a scanning member 20, 28 which is adapted so as, on a displacement movement, to scan the size of an introduced means of payment 14 in the direction of the displacement movement of the scanning member and which has, corresponding to one or more of such sizes, one or more cutouts 32, 34 for receiving a release member 38, 36 which is assigned to the chamber 16 for the locking member 18 and adapted so as to enter into an engagement connection with the cutout 32 or 34 in the scanning member 20, 28 in such a manner that the locking member 18 is freed and removed from the chamber 16 of the locking member. <IMAGE>
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