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United States Patent | 3,718,906 |
Lightner | February 27, 1973 |
A vending system includes a central station at which various information stored on master recordings can be selectively accessed by purchasers from any of multiple remote vending machines, the accessed information being reproduced on cartridge-type storage media at that vending machine. The cartridge, upon receiving all of the selected information, is ejected from the vending machine for the permanent use of the purchaser. In a preferred embodiment the master recording medium comprises a plurality of endless master tapes continuously driven by a common capstan. The master tapes may contain commercially recorded music which is selectively transferred to a magnetic tape cassette at a vending machine. The master tapes may contain complete albums of recordings which are automatically produced on the cassette, or alternatively may contain a variety of solo recordings which can be individually selected to create a new album of the purchaser's choice.
Inventors: | Lightner; Robert W. (Cocoa Beach, FL) |
Appl. No.: | 05/148,714 |
Filed: | June 1, 1971 |
Current U.S. Class: | 379/77 ; 194/205; 235/381; 340/5.9; 348/E7.071; 360/15; 360/69; 360/92.1; 379/101.01; 379/83; 379/87; 379/91.02; 725/100; 725/118; 725/92; G9B/15.135 |
Current International Class: | G11B 5/00 (20060101); G11B 15/68 (20060101); G07F 17/30 (20060101); G07F 17/00 (20060101); H04N 7/173 (20060101); G11b 015/02 (); H04m 017/02 (); H04q 009/00 () |
Field of Search: | 340/147R,147A,149A,162,174.1R,174.1CC,147 178/6.6A 179/1.2E,2R,2A,6.3MA,6.3CC 346/33M 194/2,10,15 |
3609227 | September 1971 | Kuljian |
3444334 | May 1969 | Clark |
3169624 | February 1965 | Baker et al. |