G07F - Definition 
Definition statement
This subclass covers:
Apparatus freed (actuated) by coins or tokens or objects other than coins, including paper currency, coded cards or credit cards, as well as radio frequency identification (RFID) cards, for the purpose of vending, hiring or dispensing any of articles, facilities or services.
Complete banking systems, or apparatus freed (actuated) by coded cards or credit cards, for the purpose of dispensing or receiving money and posting such transactions to existing accounts, e.g. automatic teller machines (ATM), or points of sale (POS).
Details of the coin-freed or paper currency-freed apparatus of the type quoted above, including:
- coins specially adapted to actuate coin-freed apparatus;
- coin-inlet arrangements;
- coin-actuated mechanisms;
- interlocks;
- devices for alarm or indication, e.g. when empty;
- coin boxes;
- counting total of coins inserted.
Relationship between large subject matter areas
This subclass does not cover constructions or details of apparatus which includes, or is combined with, coin-actuated mechanisms but is not specially adapted or modified for use therewith. Such constructions or details are covered by the relevant subclass for the particular apparatus.
References relevant to classification in this subclass
This subclass does not cover:
Coin sorting | G07D 3/00 |
Coin testing | G07D 5/00 |
Using a coded card, e.g. smart card carrying an integrated chip, to authorise calls from a telephone set | H04M 1/675 |
Coin-freed or check-freed prepayment telephone systems | H04M 17/00 |
Informative references
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Coins in general, e.g. manufacture | A44C |
Purses, money-bags or wallets | A45C 1/00 |
Paying counters for shops, bars, supermarkets or the like | A47F 9/02 |
Gaming or amusement machines, without coin or card collection | A63D, A63F |
Credit or identity cards in printed format | B42D 25/00 |
Arrangements of devices for controlling, indicating, metering or registering quantity or price of liquid transferred | B67D 7/08 |
Safes | E05G |
Tariff metering apparatus | G01D 4/00 |
Record carriers for use with machines and with at least a part designed to carry digital markings in the form of printed circuits, magnetic bands, holograms, contact-less communication circuits, e.g. credit cards, identity cards, RFID-transponder cards | G06K 19/067, G06K 19/10 |
Payment schemes, architectures or protocols, which involve data processing | G06Q 20/00 |
Commerce, e.g. marketing, shopping, billing, auctions or e-commerce, which involves data processing | G06Q 30/00 |
Machines for printing and issuing tickets, without coin or card activation | G07B 1/00 |
Arrangements or apparatus for collecting fares, tolls, or entrance fees at one or more control points | G07B 15/00 |
Parking meters, e.g. parking disks, without coin or card activation | G07C 1/30 |
Turnstiles with entry or exit registering means, without coin or card activation | G07C 9/02 |
Devices accepting coins or valuable papers without posting such transactions to existing accounts, e.g. money depositing machines | G07D 11/00 |
Cash registers; Supermarket procedures | G07G |
Glossary of terms
In this subclass, the following terms or expressions are used with the meaning indicated:
| Coins | covers also tokens or the like. |
| Freed | is a synonym for actuated. |
| Dispensing | is a synonym for delivering. |
Synonyms and Keywords
In patent documents the following abbreviations are often used:
| ATM | Automatic Teller Machine |
| PIN | Personal Identification Number |
| POS | Point Of Sale |
In patent documents the following terms "operated", "activated", "freed" and "actuated" are often used as synonyms. Also, these terms can be used as keywords.
In patent documents the following terms "banking machine" and "ATM" are often used as synonyms. Also, these terms can be used as keywords.
In patent documents the following terms "chip" and "IC" are often used as synonyms. Also, these terms can be used as keywords.