Article dispensing – Automatic control – Of discharge assistant operation
Patent
1991-09-26
1992-12-22
Olszewski, Robert P.
Article dispensing
Automatic control
Of discharge assistant operation
221 89, 221124, 221130, 221131, 221133, 221195, 221312A, G07F 1110
Patent
active
051728290
ABSTRACT:
The present invention provides an automated key dispenser system that permits keys to be randomly loaded and stored on individual keyholders in horizontal and vertical arrays, as well as in a number of planes, while dispensing keys to a single accessible location. An exemplary system comprises one or more racks containing solenoid-operated pins arranged in columns and rows. The racks may be arranged side-by-side, one on top of another, or stacked in parallel planes. Awning-shaped covers over the pins prevent tampering and dislodgement of keys. The keys which are released when pins are withdrawn by the solenoids are directed by the awning-shaped covers to a chute which in turn directs them to an accessible opening or receptacle.
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Olszewski Robert P.
Reichard Dean A.
Siemens Nixdorf Information Systems, Inc.
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