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Apparatus for supervising access to individual items

  • US 4,635,053 A
  • Filed: 09/06/1984
  • Issued: 01/06/1987
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/06/1983
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. Apparatus for monitoring access to individual items each of which is provided with a unique identifying code, comprising:

  • (a) a plurality of identical receptacles for receiving one of a plurality of individual items, respectively, each of said receptacles including(1) means for interrogating the unique identifying code of each item;

    (2) means for releasably securing an item within said receptacle; and

    (3) indicator means for indicating the presence and absence of an item relative to said receptacle;

    (b) identfication means operable by a potential user for identifying himself and a desired item;

    (c) detection means for detecting in which one receptacle of said plurality of receptacles the desired item is arranged; and

    (d) control means connected between said receptacles and said identification and detection means for operating said securing means associated with said one receptacle to release the desired item in response to the correct identification of the potential user and the desired item, said control means further operating said indicator means associated with said one receptacle when said securing means associated with said one receptacle is released.

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