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US 2012/0074224 A1Published application
Removable component for a consumable with identifying graphic
AssigneeWhirlpool Corporation
InventorsKIRK M. DUNSBERGEN, KAUSTAV GHOSH, ROBERT J. PINKOWSKI
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Abstract
A removable component for dispensing a physical resource from a dispensing system may include a body defining a reservoir in which a physical resource may be stored, a graphic provided on the removable component having information.
Claims26
A removable component for dispensing a physical resource from a dispensing system, the removable component comprising:
- a body defining a reservoir in which a physical resource may be stored;
- a graphic provided on the removable component;
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- a composite structure formed by the graphic, body, and reservoir and having optically encoded information at first and second depths in the composite structure, with the second depth being different than the first depth.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.