Patent ID: 8249743
Filing Date: 2012-08-21
Classification: E05G,G07C,G07F

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for receiving, storing, safeguarding, managing and retrieval of articles, comprising: multiple individual storage compartments for holding articles, said individual storage compartments for said articles being arranged in a cylindrical array having a cylindrical exterior surface rotatable about a central axis of said cylindrical array, a separate exterior surface opening in said cylindrical array to each individual compartment; a means for allowing access to such compartments one at a time and to articles stored therein and physically restricting access and view to all other articles not selected; a means for returning such articles to the same compartments for again storing them therein; an enclosure having front doors, said enclosure surrounding said cylindrical array of storage compartment; a movable access port in said enclosure which upon alignment with a selected one of said storage compartments in said cylindrical array permits access to the selected compartment; a longitudinally extending slot in said enclosure door with at least a component sliding door of the length thereof and parallel to said central axis; a set of channel tracks mounted horizontally and parallel to each other and to said enclosure door at opposite top and bottom parts of said enclosure door at longitudinal extremities of said sliding door wherein on said channel tracks said sliding door rides horizontally in a vertical and parallel position to said central axis; a means for opening and closing said sliding door; a belt received in said channel tracks and comprising a series of contiguous transversely extending plate links, wherein at least one of said plate links is apertured to define an opening in said belt that is the size of the said exterior opening of one of said storage compartments, wherein the other plate links forming said belt extending on either side of said opening is unapertured and prevents access through said belt except through said opening, said opening forming said moveable access port, said channel tracks are mounted parallel to the central axis and in front of said cylindrical array inside of said enclosure from top to bottom of said enclosure and movably retaining said belt in said channel tracks contiguous with an interior surface of said enclosure; a positioning means for moving said belt vertically with respect to said cylindrical array wherein at least one component of movement is parallel to the horizontal arrays; positioning means for rotation movement of said cylindrical array about an axis with respect to the enclosure, wherein at least one component of movement with respect to said movable access port provides access to each individual compartments respectively; actuating means for said positioning means and said moving means, wherein each said article is assigned a value corresponding to one of said storage compartments; an access means for controlling said actuating means in accordance with said selected assigned values; a controlling means for controlling the access means; a means for gathering, storing and organizing data; a means to self diagnose functions and generate reports; a means for guarding special stored articles; a means for data entry and function or options display; and a means for controlling login access.