Merchandiser
AssigneeThe Coca-Cola Company
InventorsJurgen Roekens, Bart Carpentier, David Pas, Michael J. Kline
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Abstract
The present application provides 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 vending module in communication with the temperature controlled compartment such that the vending module dispenses a temperature controlled product in response to an ambient product being placed in the vending module.
Claims22
A merchandiser, comprising:
- an ambient compartment with a plurality of different types of ambient products therein;
- a temperature controlled compartment with a plurality of different types of temperature controlled products therein;
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- a first of the plurality of different types of ambient products corresponding to a first of the plurality of different types of temperature controlled products;
- a vending module in communication with the temperature controlled compartment;
- an identification module to identify the plurality of different types of ambient products for dispensing a corresponding temperature controlled product;
- the identification module in communication with the plurality of different types of temperature controlled products in the temperature controlled compartment;
- the vending module adapted to dispense the first temperature controlled product in response to the first ambient product being placed in communication with the identification module and identified therein.
A method of dispensing a number of temperature controlled products, comprising:
- providing a plurality of different types of ambient products in an ambient compartment and a plurality of different types of temperature controlled products in a temperature controlled compartment;
- identifying a selected first one of the plurality of different types of ambient products via an identification module in communication with the plurality of different types of temperature controlled products in the temperature controlled compartment;
- maneuvering the selected first one of the plurality of different types of ambient products to the temperature controlled compartment;
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- dispensing one of the plurality of different types of temperature controlled products wherein the one of the plurality of different types of temperature controlled products corresponds to the identified selected first one of the plurality of different types of ambient products.
A merchandiser, comprising:
- an open compartment with a plurality of different types of ambient products positioned on a plurality of ambient product shelves;
- a temperature controlled compartment with a plurality of different types of temperature controlled products positioned on one or more temperature controlled shelves;
- an identification module;
- the identification module in communication with the plurality of different types of temperature controlled products in the temperature controlled compartment;
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- a vending module in communication with the temperature controlled compartment;
- wherein the identification module identifies a first one of the plurality of different types of ambient products for vending and the vending module vends one of the plurality of different types of temperature controlled products that corresponds to the identified first one of the plurality of different types of ambient products as determined by the identification module.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.