Article vending machine employing unique robotic arm and the rob

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1987-08-11

1989-08-29

Rolla, Joseph J.

Check-actuated control mechanisms

Control mechanism actuated by check, other than coin , which...

221 79, 221 88, 221259, 414278, 414787, G07F 1154, G07F 708

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048608769

ABSTRACT:
A vending machine for articles, such as videotape cassettes, includes a rotatable turret having article-retaining compartments in which the articles to be dispensed are retained, and a vertically movable robotic arm located adjacent the turret for removing a desired article from the turret and directing the article to a discharge opening in the device. Preferably the vending machine is computer controlled to dispense the desired article from the machine, based upon an input signal provided by a user, and also to return an article to the machine, when the user desires to return it. A unique package arrangement for a videotape cassette includes a case having opposed planar walls and passageways extending through the surfaces in a central location thereof. A cassette to be retained in the case includes coded information on opposed surfaces thereof aligned with the passageways through the planar walls of the case to permit a scanner to read the coded information regardless of the orientation of the case as it is inserted into a discharge/access opening in a videotape vending machine.

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