ELECTRONICALLY CONTROLLED AND MONITORED ENCLOSURE TO DISPENSE TOBACCO PRODUCTS

A device for storing and dispensing tobacco products includes a housing configured to store tobacco product packages, a tracking system, and an electronic system. The housing may contain a plurality of chambers, each configured to store a different brand of tobacco product packages. The tracking sys...

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Main Authors TEMPLER JOHN WESLEY, ALLSUP MARK
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 27.08.2009
Subjects
CONVEYING
HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS,CABLES
PACKING
PERFORMING OPERATIONS
STORING
TRANSPORTING
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Summary:A device for storing and dispensing tobacco products includes a housing configured to store tobacco product packages, a tracking system, and an electronic system. The housing may contain a plurality of chambers, each configured to store a different brand of tobacco product packages. The tracking system is configured to track the number of tobacco product packages in each chamber as tobacco product packages are dispensed from the chambers and to include one or more light emitting elements and one or more light detection elements. The electronic system is configured to enable dispensing of the tobacco product packages from the chambers and to store information related to the dispensing of the packages from the chambers.
Bibliography:Application Number: US20080335873