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5678937 Apparatus for dispensing a document having monetary value  
A method and apparatus for dispensing money orders at a plurality of retail establishments is provided, including one or more data collector devices connected to a host device. Preferably, each of...
5640447 Debit calling label  
A debit calling label for allowing telephone charges to be credited against a prepaid account is disclosed. The debit calling label preferably includes a label, an account number printed on the...
5625562 Internal bar code reading apparatus  
A gift certificate dispensing device having an internal machine-readable indicia reader is disclosed for printing and dispensing a certificate either based upon payment by a user or upon the...
5612890 System and method for controlling product dispensation utilizing metered valve apparatus and electronic interconnection map corresponding to plumbing interconnections  
A method and system for controlling dispensation of fluids utilizing at least one metered valve apparatus controlling a movement of fluid from at least one bulk fluid reservoir through at least one...
5448638 Security apparatus and system for retail environments  
A gasoline service station includes gasoline dispensers and a PIN pad including keypads for receiving personal identification numbers and assembled into a network for securely communicating...
5415264 Automatic vending machine for newspapers  
An automatic vending machine includes a housing having a hinged cover which is releasably locked in a closed position. Coins are inserted in a slot formed in a front wall of the housing and move...
RE34915 Paperless system for distributing, redeeming and clearing merchandise coupons  
Cents-off merchandise coupons are distributed and redeemed immediately and electronically. An electronic display of coupons valid for use in a particular store is presented to customers in that...
5390711 Method and apparatus for making snow cones  
Improvements in a snow cone making machine including a retaining collar which interacts with a cone cup to prevent relative movement with respect to each other; an automatic cone cup dispenser...
5386462 Vending system with a given number of compartments  
The invention pertains to a vending system in which a compartment unit (1) with a given number of compartments (2) each of which is provided with a door (4) that can be locked by a locking device...
5383500 Automatic refuelling system  
A system for control of automatic refueling of automotive vehicles parked alongside a fuel dispenser unit which allows for a customer to control a refueling procedure without having to exit the...
5371681 Method of displaying vending periods of time  
A vending device (10) that can respond to selection of various vending commodities during the vending process by recalculating an amount of time that yet remains in the vending process as a...
5339250 Interactive network for remotely controlled hotel vending systems  
The hotel vending network includes a central control at the hotel main desk and a vending unit in each hotel guest room. The microprocessor controlled vending units include a display arrangement...
5292029 Patient medication dispensing and associated record  
In a nurse administered medication dispensing system a mobile cart contains a plurality of doctor prescribed medication in accordance with a like plurality of patients scheduled to receive such...
5270943 Fuel pump control card  
The present invention relates to a fuel pump control system for controlling fuel dispensers through a PC-based POS terminal. The system includes a printed circuit board which can be inserted in an...
5267171 Computer software vending machine  
A computer software vending machine includes an information storage unit for storing user information relating to a particular user when the user utilizes the computer software vending machine. An...
5239480 Automatic ticket dispensing system  
The system includes a plurality of self-service terminals each of which includes a central processor and which services a plurality of locations at which sporting, dramatic, musical, etc. events...
5206814 Robotic music store  
The invention concerns an automated vending system which uses a commercially available, multi-axis robot arm to retrieve an article from a storage location and deliver the article to a customer....
5205436 Maine tool dispensing device and system  
A system is provided for automatically dispensing machine tools, kits of tools and related supplies. The system includes one or more automatic tool dispensers interconnected and controlled by a...
5162989 Information rental system including processor equipped IC card having data erasing means  
An information renting system comprising an information renting apparatus and an IC card, said information renting apparatus including: source information memory means for previously storing...
5154314 System for transport, delivery and dispensation of industrial liquid fluids  
A secure control system for delivery, dispensing and inventory of several liquid fluids (products). A stocked liquid delivery vehicle 100 provides coordinated and measured filling of liquids...
5119293 System and apparatus for dispensing negotiable instruments  
A negotiable instrument dispensing system wherein the dispenser is located at the point-of-sale and coupled to a cash register through which an operator can ring up the sale of the negotiable...
5113351 Automated, interactive vending system for products which must be processed  
An automated, interactive system for receiving, storing, processing, retrieving and dispensing film, still video camera diskettes, or other products which must be processed. The system includes an...
5091713 Inventory, cash, security, and maintenance control apparatus and method for a plurality of remote vending machines  
A monitoring system for monitoring a vending machine at a remote location, the monitoring system including an inventory sensing system for providing a continuous update of the inventory in the...
5088586 Automatic renting apparatus  
An automatic renting apparatus is for automatically renting rental articles and restoring returned rental articles. The automatic renting apparatus stores information concerning rental articles...
5047948 Medication dispensing system  
A medication dispensing system comprises a portable, securable medication cabinet which includes a programmable logic controller to provide for patient medication control. The system includes...
5014875 Medication dispenser station  
An improved medication dispenser station is provided for controlled access storage of medications and other pharmaceuticals in a medical facility, such as a hospital or the like. The dispenser...
4999763 Self service access controller  
The present invention provides for an improved access, control and monitoring system for a facility with multiple apparatus that are activated by the customer. It provides a consolidated means to...
4970655 Automatic fee collecting and receipt dispensing system  
An automatic fee receiving and receipt dispensing system, particularly designed for vehicle registration transactions and the like, comprises an outer housing with a customer interface for...
4967366 Integrated gasoline dispenser and POS authorization system with unattached pin pad  
In a gasoline dispenser system, a dispenser head includes a PIN PAD for permitting a customer to privately enter their personal Identification Number into the PIN PAD at a location remote from the...
4961507 Dispensing system for handling consumable tooling and supplies  
The invention is a system for dispensing and tracking the use of a plurality of different and discrete consumable items. A dispensing machine is provided which has a supply of the various items to...
4949257 Automated merchandising system for computer software  
An automated merchandising system for computer software including a central memory for storing software for sale to customers, interface apparatus for receiving a software select customer choice...
4905813 Escrow credit controllers and method of operation thereof  
An escrow credit controller for use with vending machines having a vend path which is several articles in length, such as a copier machine. The controller accepts value in the form of coins or...
4896791 Coupon dispensing system  
A coupon dispensing system which displays a number of images, each image representing a product to be promoted and including a product selection area to be manipulated by a consumer to select that...
4884212 Apparatus and method for using unique charge cards dispensed from a vending machine  
A dispensing machine is accessed repeatedly by a card issued by the machine. The machine comprises storage bins for holding and dispensing a plurality of products. A memory unit is included for...
4853684 Remote control system for vending machines  
A remotely operated control system for vending machines as a replacement for the coin-operated mechanism of such vending machines. The system includes a remote control box disposed any desired...
4839505 Apparatus and method for storing and retrieving articles  
A machine from which a customer can selectably purchase or rent a videocassette or other such product, e.g., blank videotapes, music disks, and the like, or return a previously rented...
4817010 Vending machine control with improved vendor selector switch detection and decoding apparatus  
A vending machine control with an improved vendor selector switch detection and decoding circuit is described which detects and decodes the closure of selector switches in a vending machine...
4812629 Method and apparatus for vending  
A video cassette vending machine has a plurality of storage positions which are not user-accessible and a vend position which is user-accessible. A carrier unit is provided for carrying a selected...
4785969 Medication dispensing system  
An improved medication dispensing system is provided for controlled preprogrammed dispensing of medication to a patient and for creating a retrievable patient medication record. The system includes...
4752876 Self service terminal for lodging industry including room key dispenser  
A self service terminal for a lodging facility includes room key dispensing and receiving. The present invention allows a guest to automatically check into a lodging facility, have an appropriate...
4725977 Cartridge programming system and method using a central and local program library  
A cartridge programming system is provided for loading selected computer programs into a reprogrammable plug-in cartridge memory. A host computer controls a plurality of remote programming...
4658371 Fuel dispensing and vehicle maintenance system with on-board computer  
A method for dispensing fuel has features to prevent theft of fuel and also control maintenance of authorized vehicles. The system includes a portable memory unit which remains with each vehicle....
4628974 Apparatus for automated assembly of flowable materials  
Apparatus for the automated assembly of flowable materials into a receptacle for delivery to a selected location is disclosed. The apparatus includes a plurality of spaced flowable material...
4598810 Apparatus and method for vending and accepting return of re-usable articles  
A vending unit includes a plurality of cubicles each holding a TV film, dispensed in response to the manipulation by an identified patron. The patron has an identification code number, which upon...
4597058 Cartridge programming system  
A cartridge programming system is provided for loading selected computer programs into a reprogrammable plug-in cartridge memory. A host computer controls a plurality of remote programming...
4593376 System for vending program cartridges which have circuitry for inhibiting program usage after preset time interval expires  
A vending machine stores a plurality of video game programs which may be selected for purchase. The game program is transferred to a programmable cartridge which the user inserts into the machine....
4512453 Vendor accountability system  
An accountability system for a vendor having a cash handler, change tubes and a cash box, the cash handler being adapted to accept deposited coins and deliver them to the change tubes if needed,...
4369442 Code controlled microcontroller readout from coin operated machine  
A system for monitoring, testing, auditing and controlling vending machines is disclosed. The system includes a counter attached to the vending machine, and a microprocessor controlled, portable,...
4120452 Automatic vending system  
A vending system is disclosed which is adapted to be installed in a hotel or the like for permitting the guests to buy articles in a refrigerator or vending machine in a guest room without use of...
4034193 Electronic access control system  
A fuel dispensing system having seven separate fuel pumps for dispensing fuel, a pump activation system permitting each of eight hundred authorized users to individually activate a fuel pump the is...
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