Registers – Systems controlled by data bearing records – Credit or identification card systems
Patent
1987-10-19
1990-01-23
Shoop, Jr., William M.
Registers
Systems controlled by data bearing records
Credit or identification card systems
34082535, 194210, 194904, 414274, 414278, G06K 500
Patent
active
048960241
ABSTRACT:
An apparatus for dispensing and returning reusable articles each identifiable with its own identification code, comprising: a pair of opposing, stationary arrays of locations, each location being capable of holding a reusable article therein and having its own particular location code; a memory adapted to store details of the location codes and the article codes in memory; a data receiver for receiving informational data from a patron; a receptacle for receiving and discharging the articles; a transfer mechanism for placing an article in a location in the arrays or removing an article therefrom, the transfer mechanism being movable relative to the arrays between operative engagement with any of the locations and the receptacle; an article code sensing device adapted to sense the article code of an article carried by the transfer mechanism; and a control device having means for receiving control information and for generating output instructional information and control signals, the control device being responsive to informational data from the receiver to actuate the transfer mechanism to remove a selected article from a location in the arrays to the receptacle by the transfer mechanism, or to return an article received by the receptacle to an empty location in the arrays.
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Morello Herbert
Theriault F. Michael
Wellman Michael H.
Diebold Incorporated
Hochberg D. Peter
Kusner Mark
Shoop Jr. William M.
Weisz Louis J.
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