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Renting of articles and machine thereof

  • US 4,458,802 A
  • Filed: 02/23/1982
  • Issued: 07/10/1984
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/03/1981
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method of renting articles by means of a renting machine, having a store for housing articles in a plurality of compartments, which includes the steps ofa landlord charging the various compartments of the store of the renting machine with a plurality of articles, each of which is identifiable with its own compartment and its own particular code;

  • a patron presenting to the machine a hire token identifiable with the patron, details of the token being automatically recorded by the machine;

    the patron selecting a particular article from the plurality of articles in the store;

    the machine automatically recording details of the code of the article selected by the patron;

    the machine thereupon delivering the article to the partron; and

    the patron, after use of the article, returning it to the machine which, upon recognising the code of the article previously selected by the patron, accepts it into its own particular compartment in the store.

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