Patent · US Expired

Auxiliary storage and dispensing unit

US5346297A · kind A · utility

170Cited by
2References
49Claims
0Family size

Inventors

Key dates

Filing dateJan 4, 1993
Grant dateSep 13, 1994
Priority date
Expiry dateJan 4, 2013

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC E)Fixed Constructions
  • CPC primaryE05B2047/0054
  • WIPO fieldCivil engineering
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

An auxiliary storage and dispensing unit for use with a computer-controlled supply and medication dispenser station including a cabinet having integrally connected top, bottom, side and rear cabinet panels defining a tall storage and interior dispensing cavity accessible through a front opening, a plurality of horizontally openable and closeable doors including door frames and transparent windows hingedly mounted and locked over the front opening, a device for interconnecting one or more doors to allow access to a particular portion of the interior cavity, and a door unlocking device interconnected the computer-controlled station for selectively unlocking one or more of the doors at a particular location on the cabinet as a function of information inputted to the station.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.