Check-actuated control mechanisms – Including noncontacting – relatively movable parts connected...
Patent
1977-09-23
1981-01-20
Tollberg, Stanley H.
Check-actuated control mechanisms
Including noncontacting, relatively movable parts connected...
G07F 706
Patent
active
042457319
ABSTRACT:
Apparatus and methods for the recovery and recycling of metal, glass, plastic and paper containers and combinations thereof for beverages and similar article containers, which provides reimbursement of container deposits or fees upon the return of such containers. Apparatus and methods may be incorporated in an article dispensing machine with common coin exchange system and with a common container storage system. Apparatus and methods may be a self-contained unit independent of an article dispensing system. Apparatus and methods have the capability of performing operations of compacting, sorting, and storing received containers of varying composition. Apparatus and methods provide for removal of recovered containers from incorporated and self-contained container recovery systems. Apparatus and methods have the capability for reducing, detecting and controlling errors in the return of unacceptable containers. Apparatus and methods provide for the accounting of the recovered containers.
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Grant Robert B.
Herbst Richard J.
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