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US 2017/0096285 A1Published application
Dispensing systems with supplemental functions
AssigneeMakefield LLC
InventorsKutadgu Akdogan, Kalyan C. Vepuri, Christian Von Heifner
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Abstract
A dispensing device provides improved security and risk management through the inclusion of a security lock. The security lock may require authentication of a user as a condition for dispensing a dispensable included in a container of the dispensing device. The dispensable may include a consumable unit.
Claims16
1-22. (canceled)
A system comprising:
- a cartridge defining a volume to hold a plurality of consumable units;
- a mechanism mechanically coupled to the cartridge, the mechanism including a user input activatable to dispense individual doses of the plurality of consumable units from the cartridge;
- a base defining a slot, the cartridge movable along the slot into releasable engagement with the base;
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- a machine input separate from the user input, wherein, with the cartridge engaged with the base, the machine input bypasses at least a portion of the mechanism and is actuatable by the base to dispense one of the plurality of consumable units from the cartridge.
2 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.