Check-actuated control mechanisms – Control mechanism actuated by check – other than coin – which... – Having means to mutilate check
Patent
1992-07-20
1993-07-13
Huppert, Michael S.
Check-actuated control mechanisms
Control mechanism actuated by check, other than coin , which...
Having means to mutilate check
194212, G07F 706
Patent
active
052265196
ABSTRACT:
A multiple use commodity collection and storage system, comprises a plurality of collection stations remotely located, each for receiving a plurality of different predetermined post-consumer recyclable commodities. Each station includes a consumer selectable insert port for receiving each different predetermined type of commodity; a pre-selection mechanism associated with each insert port for automatically verifying that an inserted commodity is of the predetermined type; a microprocessor for storing data corresponding to the commodities verified by the pre-selection mechanism; a device for densifying the commodities received in each insert port and verified by the pre-selection mechanism to be of the predetermined type; a bulk storage device including a segregated storage area for separately storing each predetermined type of densified commodity; a transfer device for automatically transferring each predetermined type of densified commodity from the densifying device to the corresponding segregated storage area in the bulk storage device and continuously maintaining the segregation of the commodity types during the transfer; and a dispenser for issuing at least one token in response to the receipt of a predetermined commodity. The system also includes at least one commodity collection vehicle including a transport compartment, and a mechanism for automatically loading at least one of the densified commodities into the transport compartment.
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Environmental Products Corporation
Hienz William M.
Huppert Michael S.
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