Depository for receiving, imprinting and storing deposited articles of variable thickness
US3942435A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jan 6, 1975 |
| Grant date | Mar 9, 1976 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 6, 1995 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG07D11/0096
- WIPO fieldControl
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A depository for receiving, imprinting and storing deposited articles of varying thickness including a housing having a slot in the front thereof through which articles of variable thickness are inserted, a vault also located within the housing into which articles inserted through the housing slot are ultimately transferred for storage, and a movable tube for temporarily storing an article inserted therein through the housing slot while the same is imprinted with a date of deposit or the like and thereafter transferring the imprinted article to the vault. The tube is movable between a first, article-receiving position in which an article receiving end communicates with the housing slot to permit an inserted article to be received within the tube; a second, article-discharge position in which the article stored in the tube is discharged under the force of gravity into the vault via an opening in the other end of the tube; and third, article-imprinting positions variably located intermediate the first and second positions in which the articles of varying thickness in the tube are imprinted by a printer mounted on the tube, which printer moves into imprinting relationship with the tem…
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