Check-actuated control mechanisms – Control mechanism actuated by check – other than coin – which... – Having means to test physical characteristic of check
Patent
1989-02-13
1991-04-16
Bartuska, F. J.
Check-actuated control mechanisms
Control mechanism actuated by check, other than coin , which...
Having means to test physical characteristic of check
221 79, 414787, G07F 700, G07F 1152
Patent
active
050075187
ABSTRACT:
An apparatus for rental of articles such as videocassettes comprises an outer housing, and a storage assembly within the housing having storage locations for storing a plurality of videocassettes. The housing has a front panel including an array of separate display areas each containing pictorial indicia representing a particular videocassette and a predetermined selection code corresponding to that videocassette, a selection device adjacent the array for allowing a user to enter the selection code of a selected videocassette, and a delivery chute for delivering selected videocassettes to users. A transport mechanism is provided for retrieving selected videocassettes from the storage assembly for delivery to users, and for returning videocassettes to the storage assembly. A control device associates each stored videocassette with its storage location and controls the transport mechanism to deliver selected videocassettes to customers.
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Crooks Theodore J.
Morris Matthew G.
Zentz Terry L.
Bartuska F. J.
Crivello Sam
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