Patent ID: 9468982
Filing Date: 2016-10-18
CPC Classification: B23C,B23Q,B65G,G07F,Y10T

Claim Text:
1. An automated key duplication system, comprising: a system housing; a key identification system housed at least partially within the system housing and configured to identify a master key; a key cutting system housed within the system housing; a key blank storage system housed within the system housing and comprising a plurality of rods, a plurality of key carriers removably coupled to the plurality of rods, and a plurality of key blanks, each one of the plurality of key blanks coupled to a different one of the plurality of key carriers; a key blank transfer assembly housed within the system housing and comprising a key retrieving apparatus, the key blank transfer assembly configured to remove one key carrier of the plurality of key carriers from the key blank storage system with the key retrieving apparatus and transport the one key carrier and the key blank coupled thereto from the key blank storage system to the key cutting system; and a duplicated key retrieval opening positioned on the system housing to receive the one key blank after the one key blank has been cut.