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Library checking systems

  • US 20040193309A1
  • Filed: 11/24/2003
  • Published: 09/30/2004
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/27/2002
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A library checking system for use with a plurality of borrowable items provided with identifying means, the system comprising a housing within which a borrowable item is contained during checking, an identification unit for detecting the identifying means of the item while within the housing and for supplying a signal identifying the item to central processing means, an input to the housing through which the item is insertable for checking, an output from the housing through which the item is discharged to a pick-up area in the event of the item being passed by the central processing means as available for borrowing, and a movable floor within the housing on which the item is supported during detection by the identification unit, the movable floor being movable to cause the item to drop into a secure receptacle in the event of the item not being passed by the central processing means as available for borrowing.

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