A lock assembly includes a bolt rnovable between a first position and a second position, a rotating body rotatable between a first position and a second position, and a pawl rnernber rotatable between a first position and a second position. Rotation of the rotating body from the first position to the second position is configured to cause the bolt to rnove from the first position to the second position. The pawl member is configured to prevent rotation of the rotating body from the first position to the second position when the pawl member is in the first position and the rotating body is in the first position.
G07F 17/12 - Coin-freed apparatus for hiring articlesCoin-freed facilities or services for means for safe-keeping of property, left temporarily, e.g. by fastening the property comprising lockable containers, e.g. for accepting clothes to be cleaned
A lock can include attack-resistant and/or weather-resistant features. Attack-resistant features can include a sacrificial link between a locking mechanism and an external keyway covering an exterior face of the locking mechanism. The sacrificial link can break during a torque attack on the lock such that the full force of the torque attack is not applied to the locking mechanism. Weather-resistant features can include drain openings in one or more housing components external to the locking mechanism to facilitate drainage of liquid matter from the lock before the liquid matter reaches the locking mechanism.
E05B 17/18 - Closures or guards for keyholes shaped as lids or slides
E05B 17/20 - Means independent of the locking mechanism for preventing unauthorised opening, e.g. for securing the bolt in the fastening position
E05B 65/02 - Locks for special use for thin, hollow, or thin-metal wings
E05C 3/04 - Fastening devices with bolts moving pivotally or rotatively without latching action with operating handle or equivalent member rigid with the bolt
A lock can include a motor assembly, a gear assembly, and an unlocking assembly. The motor assembly can include a motor and a drive shaft. The gear assembly can include a cam, a pinion gear, and a pinion. The pinion gear can include a plurality of teeth disposed along only a portion of a perimeter of the pinion gear. The pinion gear can be configured to engage the pinion. The pinion can be configured to translate laterally to release a biasing member to unlock a door of a container.
Systems and methods for generating and implementing an anonymized delivery point processing system are disclosed. Anonymous addresses can be associated with actual physical delivery points. An item having an anonymous address thereon can be sorted and/or routed on item processing equipment based on the associated actual physical delivery point.
G06K 7/14 - Methods or arrangements for sensing record carriers by electromagnetic radiation, e.g. optical sensingMethods or arrangements for sensing record carriers by corpuscular radiation using light without selection of wavelength, e.g. sensing reflected white light
A high throughput sorting device is disclosed. The device includes a first sorter and a second sorter, each of the first and second sorters having a plurality of cells each configured to support, carry, and deposit an item. The device can also include at least one shared chute extending below a portion of the first sorter and a portion of the second sorter. The at least one chute can be configured to receive an item deposited by each of the plurality of cells and transport the item to an endpoint. The device can also include a base configured to support the at least one shared chute and the first and second sorters
A system and method for generating shipping labels for shipping items to other countries. The shipping label can be based on shipping information for the item. The shipping label can also contain information about whether there was a landed cost guarantee associated with the item.
A system for providing access to a distribution network includes a scanner for scanning a plurality of computer readable codes on a plurality of items. Each of the computer readable codes includes a sender identifier. The scanner generates scan data for each of the plurality of items and associates the sender identifier with the scan data for each of the plurality of items. A data repository, configured to store the scan data. An interface receives a specific sender identifier, receives a user request for delivery performance attributes, selects the scan data stored in the data repository for items associated with the sender identifier and communicates the selected scan data to a processor. The processor diagnoses delivery performance based on the selected scan data, generates a delivery performance report and corrects a delivery performance issue according to the diagnosis of a delivery performance issue.
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SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING REAL-TIME TRACKING OF ITEMS IN A DISTRIBUTION NETWORK
A system for operating a distribution network includes a scanner configured to scan a computer readable delivery code on a plurality of items in the distribution network to generate scan data. The code includes a sender identifier associated with the sender of the item on which the code is located. The code further includes delivery information for the plurality of items. A data repository in communication with the scanner and stores the delivery information. A processor in communication with the data repository categorizes the scanned plurality of items into a plurality of categories based on the sender information. An interface is configured to receive a user request for the delivery information for items categorized into a specified category selected from the plurality of categories and communicates the request for delivery information to the processor, which generates and sends a plurality of computer readable codes to the user.
A system and method of verifying the identity of a user or registrant. The user or registrant provides identification information and registration information. The identification information may be a visual representation of an identifying item associated with location information. In some embodiments, the identification information may be a visual representation of a government issued identity. An identification module verifies the identification information and compares the verified identification information to the registration information.
A system and method for generating a return label for merchandise being returned from a buyer or consumer in a first country to a merchant in a second country. A name and address of a consumer in the first country desiring to return merchandise and merchant or seller information including a merchant identifier is received. An address for receiving returns for the merchant or seller in the second country is accessed based on the merchant information. One or more machine readable identifiers for use by a first country carrier and for use by a second country carrier based at least on the consumer information, and information for routing the return merchandise are generated. A return label for merchandise being returned from the consumer to the merchant is generated. The return label can include the machine readable identifiers and a customs declaration for the merchandise.
A lock and method of locking a lockable volume is described. The lock may be located on a door of a lockable volume, such as a locker configured to hold an item. The lock may comprise a post and a cam, the cam having an opening corresponding to the size and shape of the post. The cam is rotatable about an axis, wherein the rotation of the cam about the axis releasably secures the post within the opening, thereby locking the door to which the post is attached.
A method and system for tracking the status of a label. The system can include a memory with a database. The database can include an indicator of the label status. The system can additionally include a processor that operates in accordance with instructions stored in the memory. The processor can receive a request to generate a label, update the first database with an identifier that indicates the existence of the label, receive a signal indicating that a service requested by the label has been provided, and update the identifier in the first database to indicate that the requested service has been provided.
A method and system for tracking the status of a label. The system can include a memory with a database. The database can include an indicator of the label status. The system can additionally include a processor that operates in accordance with instructions stored in the memory. The processor can receive a request to generate a label, update the first database with an identifier that indicates the existence of the label, receive a signal indicating that a service requested by the label has been provided, and update the identifier in the first database to indicate that the requested service has been provided.
Methods and systems are provided for creating and processing an electronic customs declaration manifest. These methods and systems include creating a image of the customs declaration form, converting the image of the customs declaration form into an electronic customs manifest, and transferring the electronic customs manifest to a database. In addition, a image is may also be forwarded electronically to a remote encoding center, where the customs declaration form data is manually converted into an electronic file for storing in a database. Customs services of both the originating and destination countries review the declared information stored in the database. When the international mailpiece arrives at the border, domestic customs service may find a matching unique identifiers on the international mailpieces and customs declaration forms stored in the database. The service provider may load an international mailpiece into an airplane, if a domestic customs service allow the international mailpiece having a matching unique identifier to leave the originating country. A service provider may return an international mailpiece to the domestic customs service if an international mailpiece is not allowed to leave the originating country.
Methods and systems are provided for tracking the nesting of delivery items can include using a passive RFID-type or an auto-detection type communication device to determine which mail handler picks up a particular tray from a location, such as the end of a conveyor system. When the mail handler places the tray in a container, another RFID-type device can be used to detect into which container the mail handler placed the tray. This information may then be passively and/or wirelessly transmitted to an application server that may store the information in a database to verify and validate, in real time, that the tray was placed into the correct container. These methods and systems are equally applicable to other nesting environments, including for example, the placing of containers into transportation vehicles.
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METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR USER REQUESTED MAIL DELIVERY SERVICES
Methods and systems are provided for handling customer requests regarding delivery services (Figure 2, 20). These methods and systems include receiving via a network, such as the Internet (Figure 2, 202), a customer request regarding delivery services (Figure 2, 206), validating the received information and sending the information to a database for recordation (Figure 2, 208). Then, in response, receiving an indication from the database regarding whether the information was successfully recorded and sending to the customer a confirmation number regarding the recorded information (Figure, 212). For example, a user desiring hold mail or redelivery services may navigate to a web page of the delivery service for requesting these services (Figure 2, 204). The user may then enter information regarding their request for services (Figure 2, 206). This request may then be forwarded to a database that is accessible by the particular delivery unit that provides delivery services to the user's address (Figure 2, 210). The delivery unit may then retrieve and handle the user's request accordingly (Figure 2, 212).
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