IDENTIFICATION VERIFY KEY CONTROL DEVICE

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To secure safety by temporarily setting a lost card key unavailable when the card key is lost. SOLUTION: Two or more kinds of ID verify keys 7 previously registering information permitting unlock of an electric lock 6 are used, and when the information detected from the ID verify key 7 agrees with previously registered unlock permit information, a control device 13 built in the body of an automatic vending machine 4 controls the electric lock 6 to be unlocked. The ID verify keys 7 are composed of an operation key 7A used in ordinary operation and a master key 7B registered as master. A switching means 13b in the control device 13 switches between a mode in which both the operation key 7A and the master key 7B are available and a mode in which only the master key 7B is available to set the operation mode. COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO