Patent ID: 9138107
Filing Date: 2015-09-22
Classification: A47J,G07F

Abstract:
1. A spice rack comprising: a housing; a plurality of receptacles for holding spices; a plurality of receptacle holders within the housing each for receiving one of the receptacles; a selector; a receptacle identifier provided on each of the receptacles; a reader associated with each receptacle holder for reading the identifier of a receptacle within the receptacle holder; and a memory containing a list of spices, each receptacle identifier being associated in memory with one of said spices; wherein when a receptacle is received in one of the receptacle holders the receptacle identifier is stored in memory associated with a receptacle holder identifier to identify the receptacle holder in which the receptacle has been received and selecting a spice from the list of spices on the selector causes operation of the spice rack such that the receptacle holder containing the receptacle associated with said selected spice is removable.