APPARATUS, SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR DISPENSING PRODUCTS

Title:

APPARATUS, SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR DISPENSING PRODUCTS

Document Type and Number:

WIPO Patent Application WO/2005/108252

Kind Code:

A3

Abstract:

Products are dispensed from a dispensing apparatus in which products marked with transaction information are received in a two-dimensional array of moveable bins. In response to control information synthesized from transaction information on the products in the bins and a dispense request, the array is operated to place a bin at a dispensing station on the dispensing apparatus. At the dispensing station, a mechanism is operated in response to the control information to provide access to the bin. A product in the bin may then be retrieved.

Inventors:

BAKER STUART C (US)
FINN DANIEL C (US)
GAASCH THOMAS F (US)
HOLMES WILLIAM K (US)

Application Number:

PCT/US2005/012752

Publication Date:

April 19, 2007

Filing Date:

April 15, 2005

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Assignee:

AMISTAR CORP (US)
BAKER STUART C (US)
FINN DANIEL C (US)
GAASCH THOMAS F (US)
HOLMES WILLIAM K (US)

International Classes:

G06F17/00; B65G59/00; B65H1/00; B67D7/08; G07F11/00; G07F11/26; G07F11/58; G07F11/62

Foreign References:

US6464142B1	2002-10-15
US5390711A	1995-02-21

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