Supply station with internal computer
US5520450A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Aug 2, 1994 |
| Grant date | May 28, 1996 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 2, 2014 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC E)Fixed Constructions
- CPC primaryE05B2047/0054
- WIPO fieldCivil engineering
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
A supply station with internal computer, comprising an upright 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 lockable doors, including door frames and transparent windows, hingedly mounted at various locations over the front opening, a mechanism for locking the doors when they are closed over the front opening, at least two partitions in the cavity in spaced-apart arrangement to form a smaller sub-cavity therein, a computer, including a keyboard, for inputting coded information concerning the particular dispensable items in the cabinet needed for a patient and information as to the party entering the information that causes electrical impulses to be issued therefrom in conformance with such information, mounted in the sub-cavity and accessible through the front opening; and, door unlocking mechanism interconnected the computer and the locking mechanism for receipt of the electrical impulses from the computer to selectively unlock one or more of the doors at a particular location on the station as a function of informatio…
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