Patents by Inventor Thomas Gaasch

Thomas Gaasch has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Apparatus, system and methods for dispensing products
    Publication number: 20050236417
    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.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2004
    Publication date: October 27, 2005
    Inventors: Stuart Baker, Daniel Finn, Thomas Gaasch, William Holmes
  • Apparatus, system and methods for dispensing products
    Publication number: 20050236418
    Abstract: Products are dispensed from a dispensing apparatus in which products marked with transaction information are received in a chain of bins. In response to control information synthesized from transaction information on the products in the bins and a dispense request, the chain is moved 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.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2004
    Publication date: October 27, 2005
    Inventors: Stuart Baker, Daniel Finn, Thomas Gaasch, William Holmes