Automatic warehousing machine
First Claim
14. APPARATUS FOR DISPENSING ANY QUANTITY OF SELECTED ITEMS COMPRISING A SOURCE OF DIGITALLY CODED SIGNALS INDICATIVE OF THE TYPE AND QUANTITY OF EACH ITEM TO BE DISPENSED, A PLURALITY OF DISPENSING UNITS, EACH ARRANGED TO DISPENSE ONE ITEM WHEN ACTUATED, FIRST DECODING MEANS COUPLED TO THE SOURCE FOR GENERATING A PLURALITY OF OUTPUT SIGNALS IDENTIFYING THE ITEMS TO BE DISPENSED, MEANS RESPONSIVE TO SAID OUTPUT SIGNALS FROM THE DECODING MEANS FOR REPEATEDLY ACTUATING ALL THE PARTICULAR DISPENSING UNITS IDENTIFIED BY SAID OUTPUT SIGNALS, SECOND DECODING MEANS COUPLED TO THE SOURCE FOR GENERATING A PLURALITY OF OUTPUT SIGNALS INDICATIVE OF THE QUANTITY OF EACH ITEM TO BE DISPENSED, MEANS RESPONSIVE TO THE SIGNALS FROM THE SECOND DECODING MEANS FOR INTERRUPTING THE ACTUATION OF ANY PARTICULAR DISPENSING UNIT BY SAID ACTUATING MEANS WHEN THE PARTICULAR DISPENSING UNIT HAS BEEN ACTUATED A NUMBER OF TIMES CORRESPONDING TO THE QUANTITY INFORMATION FOR THAT PARTICULAR ITEM.
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14. APPARATUS FOR DISPENSING ANY QUANTITY OF SELECTED ITEMS COMPRISING A SOURCE OF DIGITALLY CODED SIGNALS INDICATIVE OF THE TYPE AND QUANTITY OF EACH ITEM TO BE DISPENSED, A PLURALITY OF DISPENSING UNITS, EACH ARRANGED TO DISPENSE ONE ITEM WHEN ACTUATED, FIRST DECODING MEANS COUPLED TO THE SOURCE FOR GENERATING A PLURALITY OF OUTPUT SIGNALS IDENTIFYING THE ITEMS TO BE DISPENSED, MEANS RESPONSIVE TO SAID OUTPUT SIGNALS FROM THE DECODING MEANS FOR REPEATEDLY ACTUATING ALL THE PARTICULAR DISPENSING UNITS IDENTIFIED BY SAID OUTPUT SIGNALS, SECOND DECODING MEANS COUPLED TO THE SOURCE FOR GENERATING A PLURALITY OF OUTPUT SIGNALS INDICATIVE OF THE QUANTITY OF EACH ITEM TO BE DISPENSED, MEANS RESPONSIVE TO THE SIGNALS FROM THE SECOND DECODING MEANS FOR INTERRUPTING THE ACTUATION OF ANY PARTICULAR DISPENSING UNIT BY SAID ACTUATING MEANS WHEN THE PARTICULAR DISPENSING UNIT HAS BEEN ACTUATED A NUMBER OF TIMES CORRESPONDING TO THE QUANTITY INFORMATION FOR THAT PARTICULAR ITEM.
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Current AssigneeDonald G. Gumpertz
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Original AssigneeDonald G. Gumpertz
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InventorsGumpertz, Donald G.
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Application NumberUS04/222,758Time in Patent Office714 DaysField of SearchUS Class Current221/7CPC Class CodesB65G 1/1378 the orders being assembled ...
