Tobacco dispenser
CA 2540873 C · Owner: British American Tobacco (Investments) Limited · Inventors: Willis, Chris; Keeton, Haden
Overview
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A tobacco dispenser for cigarettes and other similar products includes a mechanism for dispensing stock contained in the machine. The tobacco dispenser is ftu-ther provided with an input device such as a radio frequency , identifier (RFID) reader non-volatile memory, and control logic. In operation, the dispenser is typically installed in a back-of-bar environment where a customer may ask an attendant to purchase a packet of cigarettes. In order to make such a sale, the attendant swipes an RFID card against the RFID reader of the tobacco dispenser. This allows the RFID reader to access a unique serial number contained in the RFID card which can then be verified , against a set of …
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- Filed October 5, 2004 and granted December 3, 2013. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended October 5, 2024.
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