EP 0286130 A3 19890927 - AUTOMATIC ARTICLE RENTING MACHINE
Title (en)
AUTOMATIC ARTICLE RENTING MACHINE
Publication
Application
Priority
- JP 8638587 A 19870408
- JP 8638887 A 19870408
- JP 17060087 A 19870708
Abstract (en)
[origin: EP0286130A2] In an automatic article renting machine, when a customer rents a new article (e.g. videocassette), since the number of videocassettes now being rent by the customer is checked and an additional renting is prohibited when the checked number exceeds a predetermined value, it is possible to prevent limitless videocassette renting to the same customer and to urge the customer to return videocassettes. Further, since the rental fee and the rental period are adjusted according to days of the week, it is possible to make uniform the videocassette renting business through the week. Further, even when a bar code indicative of the videocassette number is defective and therefore non-readable, since the customer can return the defective videocassette by inserting an ID card and by indicating the videocassette number, it is possible to prevent the customer from paying extra rental fee.
IPC 1-7
IPC 8 full level
CPC (source: EP)
G07F 7/069 (2013.01)
Citation (search report)
- EP 0191636 A2 19860820 - VIDEOVEND BOX OFFICE INC [CA]
- GB 2180526 A 19870401 - DELVEX LIMITED
- US 4458802 A 19840710 - MACIVER KENNETH J A [ZA], et al
- US 4414467 A 19831108 - GOULD GEORGE K [US], et al
Designated contracting state (EPC)
AT BE CH DE ES FR GB GR IT LI LU NL SE
DOCDB simple family (publication)
DOCDB simple family (application)
EP 88105647 A 19880408