Apparatus, system and methods for dispensing products
US8180484B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Feb 28, 2011 |
| Grant date | May 15, 2012 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 28, 2031 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG07F17/0092
- WIPO fieldControl
- WIPO sectorInstruments
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.
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