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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 23, 2013
Filed:
May. 11, 2012
Stuart C. Baker, Santa Ynez, CA (US);
Daniel C. Finn, Valley Center, CA (US);
Thomas F. Gaasch, Encinitas, CA (US);
William K. Holmes, San Diego, CA (US);
Stuart C. Baker, Santa Ynez, CA (US);
Daniel C. Finn, Valley Center, CA (US);
Thomas F. Gaasch, Encinitas, CA (US);
William K. Holmes, San Diego, CA (US);
Parata Systems, LLC, Durham, NC (US);
Abstract
Products are dispensed from a dispensing apparatus in which products marked with transaction information are received in a two-dimensional array of moveable bins. In response to control information synthesized from transaction information on the products in the bins and a dispense request, the array is operated to place a bin at a dispensing station on the dispensing apparatus. At the dispensing station, a mechanism is operated in response to the control information to provide access to the bin. A product in the bin may then be retrieved.