Patents by Inventor Michael H. Wellman

Michael H. Wellman 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 for dispensing and accepting return of reusable articles
    Patent number: 4967906
    Abstract: An apparatus for dispensing and returning reusable articles each identifiable with its own identification code, comprising: a pair of opposing, stationary arrays of locations, each location being capable of holding a reusable article therein and having its own particular location code; a memory adapted to store details of said location codes and said article codes in memory; a data receiver for receiving informational data from a patron; a receptacle for receiving and discharging said articles; a transfer mechanism for placing an article in a location in said arrays or removing an article therefrom, the transfer mechanism being movable relative to said arrays between operative engagement with any of said locations and said receptacle; an article code sensing device adapted to sense the article code of an article carried by said transfer mechanism; and a control device having means for receiving information and for generating output instructional information and control signals, said control device being respo
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 1989
    Date of Patent: November 6, 1990
    Assignee: Diebold, Incorporated
    Inventors: Herbert Morello, F. Michael Theriault, Michael H. Wellman
  • Apparatus for dispensing and accepting return of reusable articles
    Patent number: 4896024
    Abstract: An apparatus for dispensing and returning reusable articles each identifiable with its own identification code, comprising: a pair of opposing, stationary arrays of locations, each location being capable of holding a reusable article therein and having its own particular location code; a memory adapted to store details of the location codes and the article codes in memory; a data receiver for receiving informational data from a patron; a receptacle for receiving and discharging the articles; a transfer mechanism for placing an article in a location in the arrays or removing an article therefrom, the transfer mechanism being movable relative to the arrays between operative engagement with any of the locations and the receptacle; an article code sensing device adapted to sense the article code of an article carried by the transfer mechanism; and a control device having means for receiving control information and for generating output instructional information and control signals, the control device being respon
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 1987
    Date of Patent: January 23, 1990
    Assignee: Diebold, Incorporated
    Inventors: Herbert Morello, F. Michael Theriault, Michael H. Wellman