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A system for monitoring the operations of a person, such as a bartender, who has under his control a number of containers, such as bottles of liquor, from which he dispenses individual portions, and for keeping a running inventory of all the containers that are available to the operator at the begin

A system for monitoring the operations of a person, such as a bartender, who has under his control a number of containers, such as bottles of liquor, from which he dispenses individual portions, and for keeping a running inventory of all the containers that are available to the operator at the beginning of a work period. The system includes a work station that has a compartment for retaining an array of containers from which the operator is dispensing portions, a container identifying and disposal unit for receiving empty containers presented to it by the operator, and a storage unit arranged to hold a plurality of containers and dispense one of the containers after the operator presents a similar container to the identifying and disposal unit.

대표청구항 ▼

In combination, a bottle dispensing mechanism, adapted to store bottles of selected classifications, bottle disposal apparatus adjacent said dispensing mechanism, a receptacle in said disposal apparatus adapted to receive discarded bottles, a movably-mounted gate in said disposal apparatus controlli

In combination, a bottle dispensing mechanism, adapted to store bottles of selected classifications, bottle disposal apparatus adjacent said dispensing mechanism, a receptacle in said disposal apparatus adapted to receive discarded bottles, a movably-mounted gate in said disposal apparatus controlling access to said receptacle, and control means for identifying a bottle of one of the selected classifications when the bottle is placed in said disposal apparatus and moving said gate to open position to provide access to said receptacle, said disposal apparatus including a guide chute above said gate and arranged to direct a bottle to a position partially supported by said gate whereby when said gate is moved to open position the bottle drops into said receptacle.