Merchandiser
AssigneeThe Coca-Cola Company
InventorsBart Carpentier, Jurgen Roekens, Joost Dessing
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Abstract
The present application and the resultant patent provide a merchandiser. The merchandiser may include an ambient compartment with at least one ambient product therein, a temperature controlled compartment with at least one temperature controlled product therein, and a rotary internal transport system within the temperature controlled compartment so as to dispense a temperature controlled product in response to an ambient product being placed therein.
Claims19
A merchandiser, comprising:
- a temperature controlled compartment with at least one temperature controlled product therein;
- an input system coupled to the temperature controlled compartment, the input system adapted to:
- allow a consumer to select a temperature controlled product to be dispensed by receiving an ambient product placed into the input system by the consumer, wherein the temperature controlled product and the ambient product are the same product;
- and
- identify if the ambient product placed into the input system by the consumer is an authorized product intended to be used with the merchandiser;
- and
- a reject port coupled to the input system;
- wherein the input system is adapted to direct the ambient product to the reject port if the product is not identified by the input system as an authorized product.
A merchandiser configured to dispense a number of products including a temperature controlled first product in response to an ambient second product placed therein by a consumer, comprising:
- an input system configured to:
- allow the consumer to make a product choice by placing the ambient second product into the merchandiser;
- and
- reject the ambient second product when the ambient second product does not correspond to an authorized product intended to be used with the merchandiser;
- a temperature controlled compartment configured to hold a plurality of temperature controlled first products therein;
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- a rotary internal transport system comprising a storage wheel within the temperature controlled compartment;
- wherein the rotary internal transport system comprises an output pusher system configured to push the temperature controlled first product from the storage wheel such that the rotary internal transport system dispenses the temperature controlled first product in response to the ambient second product being placed therein, and further wherein the ambient second product and the temperature controlled first product are the same product.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.