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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 02, 1996
Filed:
Jan. 25, 1994
Eric R Colburn, Wexford, PA (US);
Max A Fedor, Wexford, PA (US);
Robert G Gillio, Lancaster, PA (US);
Daniel W Neu, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
MedSelect Systems, Inc., Cranberry Township, PA (US);
Abstract
Inventory monitoring apparatus capable of real-time counting of objects added to or subtracted from a location whose inventory is to be monitored. The apparatus includes structure for supporting a plurality of objects and at least one lever adapted to be contacted and displaced by movement of the objects to and from the supporting structure. Movement of the lever in one direction triggers a switch which generates a signal indicating that an object is being added to the support structure. Similarly, opposite movement of the lever triggers another switch which generates a signal indicating that an object is being removed from the support structure. A microprocessor receives and counts the signals generated by the switches to provide a real-time total of the quantity and, if desired, the locations of objects borne by the supporting structure.