Patent ID: 9292991
Filing Date: 2016-03-22
CPC Classification: G07F

Claim Text:
1. A receptacle assembly for receiving empty containers, comprising a set of receptacles and a base, said set of receptacles comprising at least a first receptacle and a second receptacle, and said base comprising guiding means adapted to control orientation of each receptacle in said set of receptacles when said set of receptacles is assembled on said base, each receptacle in said set of receptacles comprises a bottom and side walls, each sidewall having an upper edge, said receptacle assembly being adapted to be used in a reverse vending machine, and when assembled on said base each receptacle in said set of receptacles comprises at least one inner side wall and at least one outer side wall, wherein each inner side wall is arranged adjacent to a side wall of another receptacle in said set of receptacles, and each outer side wall is not facing any side wall of a receptacle in said set of receptacles, and a first inner side wall of the first receptacle in said set of receptacles is facing a first inner side wall of the second receptacle in said set of receptacles, wherein said upper edge of said first inner side wall of said first receptacle extends generally downwards from a first intersection between said first inner side wall and one first outer side wall of said first receptacle, to a point where the upper edge has a height, relative to the bottom of the first receptacle, which is lower than a height of any upper edge, relative to the bottom, of each outer side wall of said first receptacle.