Ice merchandiser with on-product financial payment system
US10206525B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 23, 2015 |
| Grant date | Feb 19, 2019 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 8, 2037 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
- CPC primaryF25D2331/801
- WIPO fieldControl
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An ice merchandiser for storing bagged ice for purchase by a customer is provided. The ice merchandiser includes a payment system for facilitating a bagged ice product transaction at the ice merchandiser. The payment system includes a mass determination module structured to determine a mass of bagged ice product removed during the bagged ice product transaction and a transaction module structured to determine an amount of currency required for the bagged ice product transaction based on the determined mass of bagged ice product removed.
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