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Incremental rate locker system

  • US 5,212,644 A
  • Filed: 11/20/1990
  • Issued: 05/18/1993
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/20/1990
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. In an electronic left luggage locker system having a central computer, a remote control unit with a memory, a locker controlled by said remote control unit and means for transferring information between said central computer and said remote control unit, an incremental rate fee system comprising:

  • means located in said central computer and responsive to manual data input for storing rate data including an incremental fee, the time duration of an incremental interval and the maximum number of incremental time intervals;

    means for transferring said stored rate data to said remote control unit memory; and

    means located in said remote control unit and responsive to rate data stored in said remote control unit memory for computing a variable rental fee for use of said locker which fee depends on the length of a time interval during which said locker is in use.

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