Quantity checking system and method

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364403, 235385, 235381, 235424, 221 2, 221 4, 377 13, 377 15, G06F 1520, G06F 15226, G06G 748

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046398759

ABSTRACT:
A checking system is provided to check the condition of a plurality of storage racks, e.g., the quantity and types of articles in racks in a machine, with the articles being stored along the length of the racks. Rack indicating means is provided in the form of indicia adjacent each of the plurality of racks to identify a plurality of different types or brands of articles. Each of these rack indicating means is subdivided along the length of the respective rack into individual indicating means or indicia, and, as an example, may correspond to the numerical sequence of the respective adjacent article stored in the rack. Interrogation means is cooperable with the indicating means, and this may be a bar code reader to cooperate with bar code indicia to determine data from the rack and individual indicating means. As an example, this may be identifying the particular rack and the sequential number of the articles in the particular track at that instant. A computer is connectable to memory means and to the interrogation means with the memory having an input from the interrogation means to remember data from each indicating means and from the prior history of interrogation. The computer calculates which are those brands of articles which are being dispensed more frequently, and hence are the articles of particular brands or types which should be added into inventory in that particular machine. The foregoing abstract is merely a resume of one general application, is not a complete discussion of all principles of operation or applications, and is not to be construed as a limitation on the scope of the claimed subject matter.

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