Rental and vending machine, in particular for video cassettes, and cassette boxes used for video cassettes
CA 1314848 C · Owner: Nsm Apparatebau Gmbh & Co. Kg · Inventors: Menke, Wilhelm
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The present invention relates to a rental and vending machine in, particular for video cassettes, this having a cabinet-like housing, two compartment systems that are arranged 90 as to face each other within the housing, these being used to store the cassette boxes that contain the video cassettes with a computer, controlled cassette transport system which can be moved, vertically and horizontally between the two compartment systems and to accommodate cassette boxes and to move these from and to a specific storage compartment or the delivery/return chute within the housing, and having a reading system for reading the identification codes used to identify the cassettes and with an, operating …
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- Granted March 23, 1993. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended March 23, 2010.
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