Patent ID: 8161782

Claim:
A locking system for providing access to a vending machine through a door of the vending machine, said locking system comprising: an opening handle lock for moving of a movable door lock mechanism between a locked position and an unlocked position, whereby in the unlocked position of the movable door lock mechanism the door on the vending machine may be opened, an identification unit which recognizes an electronic identification, an electronic blocking device that is adjustable between a) an inactive position where the electronic blocking device does not affect the opening handle lock and where the first lock may not be opened from the outside, and b) an active position where the electronic blocking device affects the opening handle lock such that the opening handle lock may be opened from the outside, the positions of the electronic blocking device being controlled by the identification unit such that a positive identification adjusts the electronic blocking device to the active position, a safety lock that may be actuated independently of the identification unit and by which the movable door lock mechanism is moved between the locked position and the unlocked position, the safety lock being arranged within and in alignment with the opening handle lock such that a key may pass through the opening handle lock to enter the safety lock to actuate the movable door lock mechanism, wherein the opening handle lock comprises an inner ring, an outer sleeve that is arranged so that a rotation thereof moves guides the movable door lock mechanism between the locked position and the unlocked position, and a locking rod, wherein the inner ring is arranged inside the outer sleeve, and wherein the locking rod is adjustably arranged for movement between a) a first position, which corresponds to the inactive position where the locking rod is not engaged with both the outer sleeve and the inner ring, and where the inner ring will rotate freely in relation to the outer sleeve, and b) a second position which corresponds to the active position where the locking rod is engaged with both the outer sleeve and the inner ring so that the inner ring will only may rotate together with the outer sleeve, whereby wherein any rotation of the inner ring is transferred from the inner ring by via the outer sleeve to the movable door lock mechanism, and wherein the electronic blocking device is arranged to actuate the locking rod between the first and second positions.