Bulk rivet container and transfer cabinet
First Claim
1. A bulk rivet container designed to cooperate with a transfer cabinet having a cabinet entry passage closable by a cabinet cover to which an RFID reader is coupled and the transfer cabinet having a container locking protrusion and a container opening protrusion oriented about the cabinet entry passage relative to an orienting recess, the bulk rivet;
- container comprising;
a container discharge passage through which bulk rivets are dischargeable from the container;
a container cover moveable between a closed container position in which the container cover closes the container discharge passage, and an open container position in which the container cover opens the container discharge passage;
an orienting protrusion provided along a peripheral side of the container adjacent the discharge passage;
a container locking recess provided along the peripheral side of the container adjacent the container discharge passage;
a container opening recess along an exterior of the container cover; and
an RFID tag adjacent the container cover;
wherein the orienting protrusion, the container locking recess, and the container opening recess are designed to be simultaneously couplable with the orienting recess, the container locking protrusion, and the container opening protrusion, respectively, and positioning of the RFID tag is designed to make the RFID tag simultaneously readable by the RFID reader.
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Abstract
A bulk rivet container can include a cover and an adjacent RFID tag, and the cover can be moveable between a closed position and an open position. A cover exterior can have an opening recess. A peripheral side of the container can include an orienting protrusion and a container locking recess. The container can be designed to cooperate with a transfer cabinet having a rivet entry passage closable by a cabinet cover to which an RFID reader is coupled. The cabinet can have a locking protrusion and an opening protrusion oriented about the cabinet entry passage. The orienting protrusion, the container locking recess, and the container opening recess can be designed to be simultaneously couplable with the orienting recess, the container locking protrusion, and the container opening protrusion, respectively, while the RFID tag is simultaneously readable by the RFID reader.
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20 Claims
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1. A bulk rivet container designed to cooperate with a transfer cabinet having a cabinet entry passage closable by a cabinet cover to which an RFID reader is coupled and the transfer cabinet having a container locking protrusion and a container opening protrusion oriented about the cabinet entry passage relative to an orienting recess, the bulk rivet;
- container comprising;
a container discharge passage through which bulk rivets are dischargeable from the container; a container cover moveable between a closed container position in which the container cover closes the container discharge passage, and an open container position in which the container cover opens the container discharge passage; an orienting protrusion provided along a peripheral side of the container adjacent the discharge passage; a container locking recess provided along the peripheral side of the container adjacent the container discharge passage; a container opening recess along an exterior of the container cover; and an RFID tag adjacent the container cover; wherein the orienting protrusion, the container locking recess, and the container opening recess are designed to be simultaneously couplable with the orienting recess, the container locking protrusion, and the container opening protrusion, respectively, and positioning of the RFID tag is designed to make the RFID tag simultaneously readable by the RFID reader. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A bulk rivet container and transfer cabinet combination, comprising:
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the transfer cabinet including; a cabinet entry passage through which bulk rivets are receivable into the cabinet from the container; a container mounting receptacle positioned over the cabinet entry passage and including a container orienting recess in a periphery thereof; a cabinet cover movable between a closed cabinet position in which the cabinet cover closes the cabinet entry passage and an open cabinet position in which the cabinet cover opens the cabinet entry passage, and an exterior of the cabinet cover having a container opening protrusion; a container locking protrusion adjacent the container mounting receptacle and movable between an unlocked position and a locked position; and an RFID reader coupled to the cabinet cover; and the bulk rivet container including; a container discharge passage through which bulk rivets are dischargeable from the container into the cabinet; a container cover moveable between a closed container position in which the container cover closes the container discharge passage, and an open container position in which the container cover opens the container discharge passage; a container orienting protrusion along a peripheral side of the container adjacent the container discharge passage; a container locking recess along the peripheral side of the container adjacent the container discharge passage; a container opening recess along an exterior of the container cover; an RFID tag adjacent the container cover; wherein, when the container is mounted to the container mounting receptacle of the cabinet, the RFID tag is positioned to be readable by the RFID reader, the container orienting protrusion is engaged with the container orienting recess, the container locking protrusion is movable between the unlocked position in which the container locking protrusion is outside the container locking recess and the locked position in which the container locking protrusion is engaged with the container locking recess, and the container opening protrusion is engaged with the container opening recess enabling the container cover to move from the closed container position to the open container position as the cabinet cover moves from the closed cabinet position to the open cabinet position. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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Specification