FULLY AUTOMATIC SELF-SERVICE KEY DUPLICATING KIOSK

申请公布号：: WO2011153473(A2)
申请号：: WO2011US39128
申请日期：: 2011.06.03
申请公布日期：: 2011.12.08
申请人：: MINUTE KEY INC.;FREEMAN, DANIEL
发明人：: FREEMAN, DANIEL
分类号：: G07F11/70
主分类号：: G07F11/70
摘要：: A self-service, fully-automatic kiosk for duplicating keys includes a kiosk housing having a customer interface for receiving payment from a customer for the purchase of at least one duplicate of the customer's key. A key-receiving entry in the housing receives at least a portion of the customer's key to be duplicated, and a key analysis system within the housing analyzes the blade of a key inserted in the key-receiving entry to determine whether the inserted key matches one of a group of preselected key types and, if so, which preselected key type is matched. A key blank magazine within the housing stores key blanks for each of the preselected key types. A key blank extraction system extracts from the magazine a key blank for the preselected key type matched by the blade of the key inserted in the key-receiving entry. Then a key duplicating system within the kiosk replicates the tooth pattern of the blade of the key inserted in the key-receiving entry, on the blade of the extracted key blank.