G - Physics – 07 – F
Patent
G - Physics
07
F
G07F 7/06 (2006.01)
Patent
CA 2109080
A multiple use commodity collection and storage system, comprises a plurality of collection stations (11, 12, 13) remotely located, each for receiving a plurality of different predetermined post-consumer recyclable commodities. Each station includes a consumer selectable insert port (14, 15, 16) for receiving each different predetermined type of commodity; a pre-selection me- chanism associated with each insert port for automatically verifying that an inserted commodity is of the predetermined type; a microprocessor for storing data corresponding to the commodities verified by the pre-selection mechanism; a device for densify- ing the commodities received in each insert port and verified by the pre-selection mechanism to be of the predetermined type; a bulk storage device (30, 31, 32) including a segregated storage area for separately storing each predetermined type of densified commodity; a transfer device for automatically transferring each predetermined type of densified commodity from the densifying device to the corresponding segregated storage area in the bulk storage device and continuously maintaining the segregation of the commodity types during the transfer; and a dispenser for issuing at least one token in response to the receipt of a predeter- mined commodity. The system also includes at least one commodity collection vehicle (90) including a transport compartment, and a mechanism for automatically loading at least one of the densified commodities into the transport compartment.
Dewoolfson Bruce H.
Powell Ken R.
Environmental Products Corporation
Gowling Lafleur Henderson Llp
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