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This vending machine system comprises a single master vendor including a coin mechanism and a vend possible judgement circuit and a plurality of slave vendors controlled by this master vendor. The master vendor comprises a master control unit for controlling the operation of the respective slave ven

This vending machine system comprises a single master vendor including a coin mechanism and a vend possible judgement circuit and a plurality of slave vendors controlled by this master vendor. The master vendor comprises a master control unit for controlling the operation of the respective slave vendors. Each of the slave vendors comprises a subcontrol unit which performs transmission and receiving of information relative to the master control unit and controls the article vending operation in response to the information provided from the master control unit. The transmission and receiving of the information between the subcontrol units and the master control unit is exclusively performed in accordance with a request issued from the side of the master control unit.

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A vending machine system comprising: a single master vendor including a coin mechanism and a vend possible judgment circuit, and a plurality of slave vendors controlled by said master vendor, each having a plurality of article dispensers, said master vendor having a master control unit for controlli

A vending machine system comprising: a single master vendor including a coin mechanism and a vend possible judgment circuit, and a plurality of slave vendors controlled by said master vendor, each having a plurality of article dispensers, said master vendor having a master control unit for controlling the operation of all of the respective slave vendors, each of said slave vendors having a respective subcontrol unit which performs transmission and receiving of information to and from the master control unit and which controls the article vending operation of the respective slave vendor in response to the information provided from the master control unit, and wherein; the output of said master control unit is applied to the first subcontrol unit, outputs and inputs of the first and nth subcontrol units are sequentially connected in series, and the output of the nth subcontrol unit is connected to the input of said master control unit, whereby the respective subcontrol units are serially connected to said master control unit; and wherein each of said units comprises means for prohibiting receipt of input data and for outputting the input data instantly for transfer to the sequentially adjacent subcontrol unit, when said number data does not indicate the number of said subcontrol unit.