Patent ID: 6732921
Filing Date: 2004-05-11
Classification: G06Q,G07F,Y02W

Abstract:
A system for managing a large number of reusable multi-trip receptacles for a product, the multi-trip receptacles being used in a number of use cycles, the system comparing:each of the receptacles being marked by a code in an identifiable manner, a plurality of local stations separated from each other, each local station including means for reading the code and means for recording data for each individual receptacle passing through a local station; a central station; means for transmitting the data from the local stations to the central station; means for storing the data which have been recorded in the local stations for the individual receptacle in allocation to the read code of that receptacle in the central station, means for evaluating the data stored in the central station to establish the number of cycles the receptacle has been used; and when a certain number of cycles is reached, the local stations being informed that the relevant receptacle is no longer to be used.