Computer controlled machine for vending personalized products or the like
US5513116A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 25, 1991 |
| Grant date | Apr 30, 1996 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 25, 2011 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG07F17/26
- WIPO fieldControl
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A machine for vending greeting cards or other personalized or customized products includes audio and video presentations of available products and options available to a customer, provisions for payment and apparatus for automatic delivery of products. Base products such as preprinted forms are stored for selective transfer by a robot device to modifying apparatus such as a printer, modified products being delivered to a delivery receptacle, all operations being under computer control and being changeable as desired for adding or substituting new forms of products.
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