Solid material comminution or disintegration – Processes – With classifying or separating of material
Patent
1992-09-21
1993-11-02
Cuda, Irene
Solid material comminution or disintegration
Processes
With classifying or separating of material
241100, 241DIG38, B02C 1912
Patent
active
052577414
ABSTRACT:
An apparatus and method is disclosed for redeeming returnable containers inserted by a customer. Each returnable container has a longitudinal axis and uniform product code data on an external peripheral surface. The apparatus includes a conveying device for transporting individual containers from a first location for customer insertion to a second location for selective container ejection and a third location for selective container shredding. A spinning device imparts rotation to the individual containers while passing between the first and second locations, preferably causing the uniform product code data to travel in a helical path for multiple reads by a scanning device prior to reaching the second location. The scanning device sends an output signal to a central processing unit for processing in accordance with a control program stored in memory. Processed electronic output signals are generated by the central processing unit to control an ejector mechanism if the scanning device does not read recognizable uniform product code data from the container. If recognizable uniform product code data is read by the scanning device and verified by the central processing unit, the container passes onto shredding gears located at the third location. Consumer transaction counters and vendor transaction counters are incremented for each container accepted for shredding by the apparatus. A receipt can be generated for the customer after a single or after multiple container transactions have taken place. Vendor transaction data is stored to allow retrieval of historical vendor transaction data on a periodic basis.
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Rode Brian C.
Rode Jerry A.
Cuda Irene
Husar John M.
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