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Article delivery system
Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1968-11-12
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Granted: 1971-04-20
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Expires: 1988-11-12
Abstract
Abstract An article delivery system comprises an article-conveying means having a plurality of article support means and a plurality of stationary article-receiving positions. Each article-receiving position has means for receiving a coded stub which originally was a part of a coded ticket. Each of the article support means is provided with a code storage means adapted to be set by the code of a ticket portion. As the code storage means is conveyed by the article-conveying means past the individual articlereceiving positions, it receives input signals from the coded stubs disposed at the respective positions. If a signal match is obtained, the article conveyed by the conveying means is delivered to the respective position and the respective storage means is zeroized.
Inventors
- 👤 Luther G Simjian
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-27 15:53
CPC Classifications
G; G06; G06Q; G06Q20/00; G06Q20/30; G06Q20/34; G06Q20/342; A; A47; A47F; A47F10/00; B; B65; B65G; B65G47/00; B65G47/34; B65G47/46; B65G47/50; G07; G07F; G07F7/00; G07F7/02; G07F7/025
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim
499 words
An article delivery system comprising: a plurality of circularly disposed stationary article-receiving positions; a plurality of check stub-receiving drawers, one associated with each of said positions to receive a code bearing check stub; locking means associated with each of said drawers; a rotary indexing table forming a circular article-conveying means; said conveying means having a plurality of peripherally disposed article-supporting means and including drive means for conveying each of said supporting means sequentially past said stationary article-receiving positions, said article-receiving positions being disposed about the periphery of said conveying means to receive an article from a respective supporting means; additional conveying means disposed along a radial axis respective to said circular article-conveying means to convey an article from a preparation station to said circuLar articleconveying means; a plurality of electrically operated code storage means, one associated with each of said supporting means and checkreceiving means located adjacent to said circular and additional conveying means for receiving a code bearing check, said storage means being coupled at one point in sensing relation with said code bearing check, and light means causing said code to be sensed by said storage means for entering said code information in said storage means, said code bearing check and said article being conveyed by said additional conveying means on to said supporting means where the code bearing check is briefly removed and inserted in the check-receiving means to set the code in said storage means and returned to said supporting means for delivery with said article; means causing each of said storage means, responsive to the operation of said drive means conveying said supporting means, to be coupled in sensing relation with a respective stubreceiving drawer and a code-bearing check stub disposed therein for causing the code of the respective stub to be sensed by the storage means coupled therewith; control means coupled to each of said code storage means for providing an output signal responsive to the existence of correlation between the code stored by the storage means and the code of a respective check stub disposed in one of said check stub-receiving drawers; a delivery means comprising a reciprocating sweep bar associated with each of said article-supporting means and coupled to said control means for being operated responsive to the receipt of an output signal for causing said delivery means to remove an article disposed on the respective supporting means and delivering it to the article-receiving position with which the respective stub-receiving drawer is associated; further means coupled to said control means and said locking means for maintaining a respective drawer locked after the receipt of a check stub in such a drawer and for unlocking such drawer upon activation of the associated delivery means; a check stub-receiving receptacle associated with each of said drawers, and means for causing a check stub disposed in a respective drawer to be conveyed to an associated receptacle responsive to said drawer after being in its unlocked position is opened for the insertion of another check stub.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
499 words
An article delivery system comprising: a plurality of circularly disposed stationary article-receiving positions; a plurality of check stub-receiving drawers, one associated with each of said positions to receive a code bearing check stub; locking means associated with each of said drawers; a rotary indexing table forming a circular article-conveying means; said conveying means having a plurality of peripherally disposed article-supporting means and including drive means for conveying each of said supporting means sequentially past said stationary article-receiving positions, said article-receiving positions being disposed about the periphery of said conveying means to receive an article from a respective supporting means; additional conveying means disposed along a radial axis respective to said circular article-conveying means to convey an article from a preparation station to said circuLar articleconveying means; a plurality of electrically operated code storage means, one associated with each of said supporting means and checkreceiving means located adjacent to said circular and additional conveying means for receiving a code bearing check, said storage means being coupled at one point in sensing relation with said code bearing check, and light means causing said code to be sensed by said storage means for entering said code information in said storage means, said code bearing check and said article being conveyed by said additional conveying means on to said supporting means where the code bearing check is briefly removed and inserted in the check-receiving means to set the code in said storage means and returned to said supporting means for delivery with said article; means causing each of said storage means, responsive to the operation of said drive means conveying said supporting means, to be coupled in sensing relation with a respective stubreceiving drawer and a code-bearing check stub disposed therein for causing the code of the respective stub to be sensed by the storage means coupled therewith; control means coupled to each of said code storage means for providing an output signal responsive to the existence of correlation between the code stored by the storage means and the code of a respective check stub disposed in one of said check stub-receiving drawers; a delivery means comprising a reciprocating sweep bar associated with each of said article-supporting means and coupled to said control means for being operated responsive to the receipt of an output signal for causing said delivery means to remove an article disposed on the respective supporting means and delivering it to the article-receiving position with which the respective stub-receiving drawer is associated; further means coupled to said control means and said locking means for maintaining a respective drawer locked after the receipt of a check stub in such a drawer and for unlocking such drawer upon activation of the associated delivery means; a check stub-receiving receptacle associated with each of said drawers, and means for causing a check stub disposed in a respective drawer to be conveyed to an associated receptacle responsive to said drawer after being in its unlocked position is opened for the insertion of another check stub.
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| 3.5 Years (Year 4) | 1974-04-19 | 1974-10-19 | 1975-04-20 | $2000.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 7.5 Years (Year 8) | 1978-04-19 | 1978-10-19 | 1979-04-20 | $3760.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 11.5 Years (Year 12) | 1982-04-19 | 1982-10-19 | 1983-04-20 | $7700.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |