Belt carrier for dispensing machines
CA 2350236 A1 · Owner: Ford, Allan L. · Inventors: Ford, Allan L.
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A carrier assembly including a carrier container (e.g. a box) and a bag (e.g. a flexible, transparent plastic bag) for holding an article e.g. a garment belt. The , garment belt has scanner-readable indicia associated with it (e.g. a bar code is disposed on a hang tag secured, to the belt's buckle). The carrier assembly is arranged to be used with other such assemblies, each holding an article (e.g. a garment belt) by an automatic dispensing , machine to select the carrier assembly from other similar carrier assemblies and to dispense the selected carrier, assembly therefrom based on the scanner readable indicia. The automatic dispensing machine, includes a scanner for scanning the …
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- Filed June 11, 2001. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended June 11, 2021.
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