Improved system for mailing and collecting items
CA 2189159 C · Owner: Ramsden, Gary W. · Inventors: Ramsden, Gary W.; Liles, Kenneth Wayne
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A system (310) for accepting and storing items for subsequent pickup by a commercial carrier includes a storage, area (14) which is defined by an outer housing (312) and a customer interface , (318) that includes a weghing unit (356) and a unit for accepting payment such as a magnetic card reader (328) from a , customer. The system may also include a control system (382) that accepts address information from the customer through a key pad (324), and then instructs a printer (326) to print an address label for the item. The system includes safeguards which prevent unauthorized access to the storage area and will not provide a receipt to the customer until internal sensors (356 358 360) …
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- Filed April 27, 1995 and granted January 14, 2003. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended April 27, 2015.
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