Apparatus for dispensing and accepting return of reusable articl

Details Apparatus for dispensing and accepting return of reusable articl Apparatus for dispensing and accepting return of reusable articl

1989-10-16

1990-11-06

Price, William I.

Special receptacle or package

For holding a machine readable recording medium

For holding a tape cassette

B65D 85672

Patent

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049679066

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 said location codes and said article codes in memory; a data receiver for receiving informational data from a patron; a receptacle for receiving and discharging said articles; a transfer mechanism for placing an article in a location in said arrays or removing an article therefrom, the transfer mechanism being movable relative to said arrays between operative engagement with any of said locations and said receptacle; an article code sensing device adapted to sense the article code of an article carried by said transfer mechanism; and a control device having means for receiving information and for generating output instructional information and control signals, said control device being responsive to informational data from said receiver to actuate said transfer mechanism to remove a selected article from a location in said arrays to said receptacle by said transfer mechanism, or to return an article received by said receptacle to an empty location in said arrays.

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