Weighing scales – Processes
Patent
1997-04-22
1998-11-03
Williams, Hezron E.
Weighing scales
Processes
177 4, 177 2515, G01G 900, G01G 2338, G01G 1940
Patent
active
058312200
ABSTRACT:
A system for accepting and storing items for subsequent pickup by a commercial carrier includes a storage area which is defined by an outer housing, and a customer interface area that includes a weighing unit and a unit, such as a magnetic card reader, for accepting payment from a customer. The system may also include a control system that accepts address information from the customer through a key pad, and then instructs a printer to print an address label for the item. The system includes safeguards which prevent unauthorized access to the storage area, and will not provide a receipt to the customer until internal sensors verify deposit of the item. A manifest printer may also be provided for the benefit of the commercial carriers who service the system, to print out a summary of the transactions that pertain to each carrier. Alternatively, no storage area is provided. Instead, the item is given to a human attendant, such as a check out clerk of a grocery or hardware store and the like, with the appropriate mailing label for validation of receipt of the item by the attendant.
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Liles Kenneth Wayne
Ramsden Gary W.
Gibson Randy W.
U-Ship, Inc.
Williams Hezron E.
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