Unattended automated bicycle rental station

Details Unattended automated bicycle rental station Unattended automated bicycle rental station

1997-05-15

1999-06-29

Crosland, Donnie L.

Communications: electrical

Land vehicle alarms or indicators

For bicycle

340543, 3405681, 34082535, 194205, 194247, 194902, 211 5, 235381, 235382, 70233, 70 57, B62J 300, G07F 700

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059174072

ABSTRACT:
An unattended, automated bicycle rental system utilizes a bicycle rental station having a locking bicycle rack and a control tower. The bicycle rack has an inventory of rental bicycles of non standard size as inventory and the bicycles are locked in place on the rack in distinct bicycle-receiving bays. The control tower incudes a credit card reader that unlocks a specific bicycle from its bay upon insertion of a bank or credit card and begins timing the period of time in which the bicycle is away from the rental station. When the bicycle is returned, it is placed into the bay and in contact with the rack so that an identification sensor can determine if it is a system bicycle and lock it in place in the rack and bill the credit card for the rental charge.

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Depo vervdersysteem, Dec. 1995.

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