Return automate
AssigneeTbf Company.Dk Aps
InventorLars GERLYKKE-DOHN
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Abstract
A recycling automate for receiving a spent item such as a bag or a piece of clothing, said automate comprising: an opening through which the item can be entered; a reader for registering an identification; a printer for producing a deposit receipt and/or a card reader for transfer of a token or payment of deposit for the spent item entered into the automate; a compartment for storing the spent items that has been entered through the opening, which compartment has an opening through which the automate can be emptied for the spent items.
Claims20
A recycling automate for receiving a used item such as a bag and/or a piece of clothing, said automate comprising:
- a first opening through which the item may be positioned inside the automate,
- a reader for registering an item identification,
- a printer for producing a deposit receipt and/or a card reader for transfer of a token or payment of deposit for the used item placed inside the automate,
- a compartment for receiving from the first opening the used item and/or storing said used item,
- a second opening adapted to enable said automate to be emptied for used items.
A chip-tagged item for reuse preferably a bag having a volume of from about 2 liters to about 150 litters, and/or which has a chip built into the bag, and/or which has one or more handles or shoulder straps for carrying the bag, and/or which consists substantially of fabric, fibers, plastic or a mixture thereof.
An automate adapted for receiving a spent bag, said automate comprising:
- an opening through which the bag can be entered;
- a reader for registering a bag identification;
- a printer for producing a deposit receipt and/or a card reader for transfer of a token or payment of deposit for the spent bag entered into the bag automate;
- a compartment for storing the spent bags that has been entered through the opening, which compartment has an opening through which the bag automate can be emptied for the spent bags.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.