Patent ID: 9550662
Date: 2017-01-24
CPC Classifications: B67D,G06Q,G07F

Claim:
1. An apparatus for vending a containerized fluent product from a dispenser to a vendee utilizing an original container for said fluent product and, after said original container has been emptied of said fluent product, then vending multiple refillings of said fluent product in said original container, said apparatus comprising: at least one bulk supply of said fluent product; machine-readable indicia on said container operative to store and indicate said fluent product and a container composition; an indicia reading means operative to read said machine-readable indicia and identify said fluent product uniquely from said plurality of fluent products available from said dispenser, and to read said container composition; a machine comparator configured to compare said read container composition with said fluent product and determine compatibility therebetween; means controlled by said indicia reading means and said machine comparator for initiating a transfer of said fluent product from said at least one bulk supply of said fluent product to said dispenser and thence to said original container when said machine comparator determines compatibility; and a sensor sensing a complete filling of said container and terminating said transfer of said fluent product.