CN102265122A - System and method for refilling consumer packaging - Google Patents
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Abstract
The present invention discloses a system and method for refilling packaging for consumer products of viscous fluids, gels, foams, soaps, creams, and the like, comprising a refillable reusable container for dispensing said consumer product under pressure, and a refilling unit in a fluid transfer station for transferring consumer product and/or energy and/or to or from the refillable, reusable container. The refilling unit is exchanged when depleted with a fresh refilling unit from a distribution facility or directly from a manufacturing facility. Consumers can refill their reusable packaging at said fluid transfer station, eliminating the need for purchasing product in a new package to prevent undue waste and save the costs of additional packaging.
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Background technology
Under the atmosphere that global trade is become increasingly prosperous at present, because the trade product can bring discarded object, so people are to the also progressively increase of concern of environment sustainability.In order to solve the environmental problem of relevant packaging waste, many countries have have carried out and implemented the requirement of environmental protection package, divide and distribute the cost of waste management, and responsibility is transformed to the goods producer, reduce the influence of packing to environment with this.No matter dealer is to domestic or can face the ever-increasing packing control of unprecedented scope in the foreign sales product, comprises environmental protection designing requirement and packing charge system widely.Although various countries' requirement is in this respect had nothing in common with each other, these require but can't be left in the basket to the influence of supplier of goods.
Existed and packed some states that regulated market comprises the U.S., Canada, West Europe and Eastern Europe, South Africa, Australia, Brazil, China, Japan, Taiwan, Tunisia, Korea S, and increasing rules wait to put into effect.Therefore, if these international packing charges and designing requirement are familiar with to some extent, the competitive power of exporting also will increase so.Especially when the continuous enhancing of environmental consciousness, fail to reach the packing instructions of setting by the trading partner problem such as this will cause some compulsory measures, and cause the cost competitiveness scarcity of commodity, and public image is not good if be derived from the import of the U.S..
At the legislation of packing and product, its driving force behind has the consideration for the environment aspect: the utilization of resources, pollute, and waste management, the enterprise that has also taken into account production and use packing should bear this idea of burden of some management packaging wastes.Along with international trade, the development of network selling, and serviceable life, short product constantly developed, the car loading (and the discarded object after these products and the packing thereof) of rendering to market sharply increases, often faster than the growth of Waste disposal ability.According to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), during 17 years, in the country of OECD, the municipal solid refuse has increased by 40%, and the consumption of resident of the same period has increased by 37.5%.Packaging waste is the waste stream of a growth of many countries, especially those is in the country that socioeconomic quick variation increasingly sharpens.Causing one of reason that this problem is on the rise is that with respect to economical packing and staple commodities, they prefer less retail unit, disposable packing, and other convenience goods because single family proportion is increasing.These variations have promoted simplifying and reclaiming packing.Yet the waste disposal solution has cost, and must have the people to pay for it.
In many countries, the core of packing and product control is " polluter pays for oneself " principle and enlarges producer's responsibility (EPR).Traditionally, by government operation and investment recovery and disposal method management packaging waste.Yet the cost of waste management (promptly collect, dispose) is not embodied on the price of product.Packing is thrown in by enterprise on market, make (waste management) cost in the digestion of the inside of product chain by collecting the charges to enterprise, thereby guarantees that more at large these expenses can not born separately by government and society's (being the taxpayer).The purpose of these systems is not in order to punish industry, but by the part expense allocation can directly be had influence on design, material, the supply chain member of the selection of aspects such as technology and production and marketing.So the packing developer can be encouraged to go to reduce packing and Environmental costs.Packing control forces manufacturer to include the cost of waste management in packing cost, product design and innovation.
Under this background, control discarded object and the cost relevant with the packing of product must be attempted to explore by company.The packing of product comprises food, beverage, and the personal care product, and similar products become the first-selected object of the protection environment of further taking action.The emphasis of current action is mainly biodegradable packing, and partly cause is because packaging company wishes to reappear packing.Therefore, biodegradable packing receives greatly to pay close attention to, and is used for the reusable of individual consumer's goods, but the then few people shows any interest of the container of repeated charging.
One of difficulty that repeats to fill individual consumer's goods is that existing system need be exposed in the atmosphere, and wherein some becomes branch's explanation.That is to say, can be when some product is exposed in the air owing to more airborne compositions shorten the shelf-life.Other products are exposed in the air and then can directly degrade, and therefore, need unnecessary antiseptic or other compositions, to stop the effect of air.When some personal care product of preparation, add antiseptic or other chemical substances and can cause the consumer to buy the difference that still selection does not contain other selections of antiseptic.
As everyone knows, personal care product's industry, as emulsion, face cream, treatment, cosmetics, or the like, the slow packing of not moving towards more environmental protection.This may be because of this industry, and to a great extent, the direct key factor of many product comls success is preference rather than the product qualities itself of masses to the well-known packing of these products.Relatively product itself is sold Gu Longshui, perfume, and the eye cosmetic, the company of cosmetics frost etc. may employ more resources and go the potential customers that the study reaction to their packing of product.Therefore, no matter be for manufacturer, still for repeating to buy the client of same package, cosmetics and personal care product company cause discarded object out of control and the cost of Geng Gao to the opposition of environmental protection package campaign.
Summary of the invention
The objective of the invention is by providing a kind of in order to repeat to fill and reuse the personal care product, as face cream, cosmetics, hair care product, cosmetics, and similar products, system and method address the above problem, but these inventions can be suitable for during other numerous consumer packages use equally.Above-mentioned personal care product has very high viscosity usually and is difficult to adopt traditional fluid delivery system transportation.The present invention has adopted a kind of system of container of the product that is designed to repetition filling miniature hand-held to overcome this obstacle, described product comprises the product that contains particular matter, product with hyperviscosity, conspicuous Bhujerba Er Kelai fluid and other non-Newtonian fluids of having a rest.
Optimum system choosing of the present invention ground uses a portable dispensing unit, this portable dispensing unit can store and can shift the personal care product in an individual that can repeat to fill container in a closed system to described consumption container pressurization, thereby avoids content is exposed in the environment.The client of container who has bought the individual who repeats to fill of a special use can use this product, depleted up to product, container with this individual that can repeat to fill takes a shop to then, refill a booth or customer representative place, in this private container, fill more original product with a dispensing unit of filling, eliminate the demand of another container of client's purchase (with discarded), also eliminated the demand that manufacturer manufactures another container.Saved this and imputed to client's cost, and, therefore also reduced packaging waste owing to there is not the discourage any attempt to discarded object by manufacturer.The described individual's who repeats to fill container can use indefinitely, and the processing of primary production packing has all been eliminated in each filling.Based on sustainable packing, system and method for the present invention can make cost reduce, simultaneously, because the customer service that promotes and the loyalty of brand can be increased income.
In an optional embodiment, the core that the consumer can use the mating operation station to utilize product is housed is filled the described container that repeats to fill.If necessary, described mating operation station can be suitable for a certain specific products, and described mating operation station comprises that other make to the more friendly parts of consumer's dispensing product, for example: the heating unit (if necessary) that can heat product, one temperature monitoring sensor, one in order to safeguard that the consumer uses the data warehouse of product situation data, one can pass on the consumer to use product, ordering products, change the communication device of the details of continue special preferential treatment product or other consumption from the supplier/manufacturer to consumer, and the miscellaneous part at mating operation station as detailed below.
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Fig. 1 is the dispensing schematic flow sheet according to method of the present invention;
Fig. 2 is the synoptic diagram according to the dispensing unit of a portable filling of system of the present invention;
Fig. 3 is the synoptic diagram according to two specific embodiments of the individual's who repeats to fill of system of the present invention container;
Fig. 4 is the synoptic diagram of filling workstation among the embodiment;
Fig. 5 is the synoptic diagram at mating operation station among the present invention.
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Fig. 1 is the dispensing process flow diagram of a preferred method of the present invention.One manufacturing works 70 that produce the individual product are the starting position of flow process.Usually, the individual product, as face cream, emulsion, soap, hair products, and similar individual product will be fitted in the container and shipping buys for the retail site for the client, or transport to the dealer of personal care product's direct marketing.In this method, the portable dispensing unit 40 of a underfill is brought to manufacturing works to fill one or more products of dress by automobile or other means of transportation.
In a preferred embodiment, the portable dispensing unit 40 of underfill can comprise a plurality of products of often selling or be used as complimentary product together.Described product can adopt as Application No.: 11/096, the 356 disclosed system's dispensing that refills, this patented claim are awarded Xibe Du (Thibodeau) and are transferred to the application's assignee, and its content is included the application in as a reference fully.Can join by application number in addition is 11/584,932, the U.S. Patent application that is entitled as " transport of materials of integration and distribution system ", people such as described patent authorizing WILLIAMS-DARLING Ton also is transferred to the application's assignee, and the content in the described patent can be included the application in as a reference fully.In case the dispensing unit is filled again, it is just transported to home-delivery center 20 from manufacturing works 70 so that the zone dispensing.The representative of sales ﹠ marketing represents the shop, delivery car is represented home-delivery center 20, the perhaps portable dispensing unit 50 that the personal care product dealer loads or transportation has been full of, and the portable dispensing unit 50 that will be full of is placed in the shop or refills in booth 30 or the automobile so that to individual consumer 10 supplies of material.To refilling booth 30 places, or the representative of sales ﹠ marketing takes a dispensing unit to the client place to client 10, fills full private container 60 to use fresh product with the individual's of their sky the container that repeats to fill 60.Exhausted portable dispensing unit 40 when refilling booth 30 or representative of sales ﹠ marketing after because of the container that repeats to fill of having filled some individuals, the portable dispensing unit 40 of described sky is sent back to home-delivery center 20 and is changed the portable dispensing unit 50 that has been full of then.The portable dispensing unit 40 of described sky is sent back to manufacturing works 70 so that fill up again, repeats this circulation then.One portable filling station 190 as shown in Figure 2, described portable filling station is provided with a house 100, this house 100 comprises a storage silo 110 and a dispensing storehouse 120.Described storage silo 110 comprises by a plurality of cores that one or more personal care products are housed or container 150 and constituting, and can use the portable dispensing unit 50 that has been full of of described filling workstation1 90.Native system can comprise that also one contains the standby core group 140 of product.The described portable dispensing unit 50 that has been full of can be set at and independent core 150 can be turned on the carousel of a delivering position.It will be understood by those skilled in the art that mode except carousel, other devices that corresponding core 150 can be transferred to a delivering position also be expect feasible, or by the mode that a single transfer system transmits a plurality of containers that connected by the complex root line also be expect feasible.Perhaps, an independent jar or a capsule can be connected with transfer station.Preferably, independent fluid pipeline 160 is communicated with described storage silo 110 and dispensing storehouse 120, and no matter how described independent core 150 is provided with.Preferably, described portable filling station 190 is provided with the processor 195 of a plurality of cores of a may command and transfer system.
Fig. 4 is for filling station 190 and processor 195 and the interactive simplified schematic diagram of each input signal.For example: processor is communicated by letter with bar code reader 185, or communicate by letter with the product in the distinguish containers 60 with the RFID chip-reader, then information is passed to described processor, processor control rotary tray motor 165 rotates then, and suitable jar or core 150 are sent to the relevant position of filling in the station 190.Contents level sensor 175 can be determined the contents level of product in the container 60, thereby can guarantee rightly container 60 to be filled, and individual's container 60 is not overflowed.Described then processor can make printer 155 print receipt, transaction record, and the reward voucher that can use when buying in the future, or offer other data of consumer and take away with the container of filling again for the consumer so that allow.Described processor also can be controlled a communication device, for example: as modulator-demodular unit, Internet connection, the communicator of phone and so on is information is continued to be sent to the dispensing center, for example with the stock, consumer data, operating conditions (temperature, pressure etc.) goes to manufacturer or dispensing center in currency or Financial Information and the similar information.So, described filling station can be independent of the dispensing center and work alone, and does not even need the attendant and is filling in booth or the similar filling station.
Refer again to Fig. 2, pipe special 160 guiding dispensing storehouses 120, in the dispensing storehouse 120, it is neighbouring so that refill the product of sale that an individual the container that repeats to fill 60 can be arranged on a filling worktable 170.In a preferred embodiment, described filling worktable is provided with a bar code reader or the RFID reader that can discern the identifier on the private container that repeats to fill 60.Described identifier is to the required specific product of processor report, and when the time comes, processor is controlled a motor (not shown) and forwarded carousel or other locating devices in the transfer device that required product is positioned into.This also can be used for rotating the sky of like products and full container, and wherein, processor can adopt various content measuring means to find out the contents level of product in the container, for example, and scale, optical reader, Magnetic Sensor, and similar means.
Referring to Fig. 2,4, when bar code reader 185 and/or RFID reader have been discerned product, corresponding other information of this product can be accessed by processor 195, are used for controlling conveying operations, as viscosity, and stalling characteristic, temperature limitation, and so on.This has guaranteed that correct container 150 correctly is installed to induction system, guarantees to set up suitable transport condition (pressure, volume etc.) simultaneously.If bar code reader 185 and/or RFID reader (or other recognition devices) but detect individual repeated charging container and the independently container 150 in portable dispensing unit 50 do not match, processor 195 can produce a signal and remind the representative of sales ﹠ marketing, the consumer, or attendant, should in filling the station, load a different carousel, the portable dispensing unit 50 that has been full of, or the core 150 of product.In case correct dispensing unit is placed in the fill system, described dispensing storehouse 120 begins to refill with the individual product who sells described individual's container 60, for example, can sell according to the general assembly (TW) of the product of dispensing.For example, described filling workstation1 70 contains a scale 180, and the weight signal before and after filling sends to processor 195 from scale.Processor 195 can be determined the total amount of the product that dispensing goes out then, and sets price according to the cost that this product is formulated, allow printer 155 printer prints go out a about this product price and the report or the receipt of the weight of this dispensing.The pattern of other prices and sale also is feasible in expecting, the embodiment of front only is used for demonstration.
Fig. 3 has showed two embodiment about individual's the container that repeats to fill 60, and the described container that repeats to fill 60 can fill viscous liquid, can form a sealing, sealing and system that be filled with energy.Shown in Fig. 3 a, a bottom filling/releasing means 60a is transported to the bottom of this container from the product of dispensing unit 50, and passes through the hole release products of this bottom.Among Fig. 3 b, the upper surface by described releasing means 60b is filled and dispensing.Other concrete device for carrying out said can comprise opposite loading and dispensing face.In each specific embodiment, an acting force element 200 bears the ubiquitous power by liquid or other generation usually, acts on the product 210, makes product be transferred to top hole 260 by hole 250 discharges or the pipeline 240 of bottom.Preferably, described acting force element 200 comprises that one is arranged on the adhesive seal 220 on the inwall of described container 60.The details of preferred embodiment and described container and acting force can be with reference to above-mentioned Xibe Du's patented claim, for succinctly not repeating them here of explaining.
One of system of the present invention is characterised in that it is totally enclosed and is that consumer or representative of sales ﹠ marketing do not contact or touch this product.Further, native system detects correct product automatically and correct product is charged in the container, need not product is exposed in environment/atmosphere, need not manual skill or manual decision, has reduced the probability of makeing mistakes and polluting.This system is designed to the interactive amount of minimum human so that the flow process smoothness has more service efficient, stable simultaneously.
The material that the closed performance of this system also helps volatilization row commonly used in the preservation personal care product industry or discharges in time.Because native system can not make product be exposed in the air, and have low the shearing because of having the adhesive seal relevant with the power transmission mechanism, therefore, the product with high sensitivity or problem of phase separation that system of the prior art can't carry can be carried by this system safely and reliably.Further, native system makes the described container that repeats to fill be re-filled under pressure, the dispensing product possibility that becomes in consumer's packing that the Xiang Yike that can't realize before making repeats to fill.
This system also allows the consumer be benefited by the situation of avoiding abandoning the product in the container simultaneously.Personal care product's container trends towards opacification, and the material of viscosity can stick to the inside surface of container.When container of the prior art stops to distribute product, during container handling, nearly 30% or above product be left in the container.And in the present invention, when described container was filled, the material of retention can be calculated, thereby the consumer only need pay the amount that newly is filled into the material in the container.In above-mentioned example, had before 30% with remaining product if retain in the container, the consumer only need buy 70% amount of complete container so.Therefore the consumer has not only saved the cost of new container, but also saved buy 30% this will be by the cost of the product that abandons together with old container.This power conducting system is discharged the inconsistent problem of product volume when also the visitor has solved in the prior art squeezing tube simultaneously, can extrude too many or amount very little according to the situation of squeezing tube.On the contrary, native system can dispensing process from start to finish all can provide a stable flow of material.
System and method of the present invention can an integrated intelligent parts.This intelligent parts can comprise real-time information exchange, comprises communication, database retrieval, global positioning function and additional processing capacity.This intelligent system can by a wired and/or wireless telecommunications system 145 will such as, goods producer or retail trader, client or client, the information of product and global location data sends telecommunication device to, for example: mobile phone, computer server, land-line, PC and PDA(personal digital assistant (PDA), for example blackberry, blueberry).Database can comprise about manufacturer or retail trader, such as the client address, and sales histories, personal information, the Customer Information of credit and financial data and individual preference.Product information can comprise arbitrary about the transportation or the special requirement of this product of dispensing, comprises the preventive measure of processing, or to the susceptibility of light or air, the requirement of pressure, and chemical property.Global location data or other positional information also can store near the domestic customer other that seek certain client and this product when sending product with charge free.For example, this processing procedure can be determined selected client and the distance of described intelligent parts and a direction of driving.In an embodiment of this intelligent parts, one GPS (GPS) device can be determined the position of this system, reading database obtains the position at client place and the product information that they like then, and described communication system will or be sent short messages or alternate manner is reminded a client requests or confirmed reservation in the delivery process by phone, electronic mail.
A kind of transporting fluid that optionally is used for, lotion, the system of gelinite or similar substance comprises a people's mating operation station, this individual mating operation station adopts the core that product material is housed to refill an individual product that can repeat to fill container 60.The specific embodiment of the present invention has comprised such as application number 12/192,848 and 12/426, the method of discussing in 789 the existing U.S. Patent application about the idea of materials conveyance and transportation viscous liquid, at this, its content is also included in as a reference as a whole fully.
Docking system described in this embodiment and method have been utilized a kind of individual's, and the mating operation station of family type is gone to shift and the dispensing multiple product, are selected from but are not limited to: oil, gel, lotion and similar products.This system utilizes one to have the hand-held dispenser/container of pressure gas to distribute contents wherein.The mating operation station receive described individual container and by one with container on the port that is complementary of exchange accessory to this can repeat to fill, reusable container transport energy and/or product.Energy exchange can be taked various ways, comprise pneumatic, electricity, heat etc.For example, the mating operation station can be provided with a compressed gas source, can introduce pressure gas in container described container is inflated, and makes the product material that refills to be assigned with out.Described container can be provided with a battery, and described mating operation station adopts a voltage that provides to this battery charge.Described mating operation station also can be to described container heat supply, and/or remove heat from described container, so that make that the dispensing product material is easier, otherwise heat can exert an influence to the product material in the container.
Fig. 5 one recharges the synoptic diagram at mating operation station 300 of individual's the packing of product.Described mating operation station 300 comprises that a butt joint liner 312 and is provided with the control enclosure 305 at this mating operation station of display 310, and the dial (of a telephone) of a plurality of button 320 and may command liquid/energy/exchanges data.Described mating operation station 300 can comprise one second butt joint port 1 to control one second container, and the perhaps described second butt joint port can be used as other purposes, such as: audio frequency, communication, computer, recreation or other similar applications.Exchanges data can comprise an alert data, the date, and the time, the time, mistake, financial data, flow, gas or system property, the global geographic position, interface identifier, material, material property, operator identifier, pressure, temperature, or the like.
Described container 360 can remove from described mating operation station, and comprises that one is used for and can receives material from described mating operation station, energy, and/or information, and a receptacle 350 that is used to exchange or accept data.Described container 360 can comprise that also one is used for the displaying contents thing, fills the date, retains material number percent, material type, or the display 370 of other and this container or subscriber-related information.Described container can be a single product container 360a or a pair of product container 360b.
Product can be accepted in described mating operation station from the core that has been full of 370 in slot being arranged on control enclosure 305 or the reservation hole 375.Described product is stored in the interior core 370 of control enclosure, just is diverted when consumer wants.Described control enclosure 305 can comprise a heat exchange element (not shown), product is heated and/or cools off, and perhaps, described heat exchange element 365 also can be arranged on the place of being placed when product container 330 does not use described in the described mating operation station.
Those skilled in the art should understand that only unrestricted the present invention of the foregoing description in order to understand the present invention.For example, except the personal care product of evidence such as health and beauty treatment material, which described system and method other cohesive materials also can be bought from we is benefited, for example, and the material and the application of commercial aspect, industrial aspect, mechanism and government aspect.
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- One kind adopt a container that can repeat to fill in a closed system in order to fill the system that repeats to fill of commercial product, comprising:One container in order to the individual of the hand-held of dispensing product under pressure, described container is provided with an above interface, described interface as from a dispensing unit, accept product or with dispensing elements exchange energy or with the function of dispensing unit in an at least a function and a dispenser apparatus in order to allocated product under pressure; WithOne dispensing unit, this dispensing unit be applicable to the container with the individual of described hand-held cooperate with under pressure from a portable storage unit that repeats to fill to described container transport material, make reusable this container of consumer, described dispensing unit cooperates with described container to carry material to avoid material to be exposed in the external environment in the system of a sealing under pressure.
- 2. it is characterized in that in order to refill the repeated fill system of commercial product according to claim 1 is described that described product is selected from a grouping that comprises breast frost, emulsion, soap body and gel.
- 3. it is characterized in that in order to refill the repeated fill system of commercial product according to claim 1 is described that described dispensing unit comprises that one is used to control the processor of the described dispensing unit operations that repeats to fill.
- 4. described in order to refill the repeated fill system of commercial product according to claim 3, it is characterized in that, the described dispensing unit that repeats to fill further comprises a disc type travelling belt, in order to an above product is moved to a position that is transferred into described individual's container.
- 5. it is characterized in that in order to refill the repeated fill system of commercial product according to claim 3 is described, also comprise one in order to the communication device of remote locations exchange data.
- 6. it is characterized in that in order to refill the repeated fill system of commercial product according to claim 5 is described that described data are selected from a grouping that comprises financial data, inventory data and consumption data.
- 7. it is characterized in that in order to refill the repeated fill system of commercial product according to claim 3 is described, also comprise one in order to the printer of type information to the consumer.
- 8. it is characterized in that in order to refill the repeated fill system of commercial product according to claim 3 is described, also comprise a sensor in order to the contents level of material in the exploration vessel.
- 9. it is characterized in that in order to refill the repeated fill system of commercial product according to claim 3 is described, also comprise one in order to reading the bar code reader of bar code on the described container, and refill product according to the information that obtains from described bar code.
- 10. one kind in order to reuse the method for consumer package, comprising:Provide one the reusable of commodity is housed to the consumer, the container that repeats to fill;Provide one to refill the station, this refills the station and is provided with a plurality of plural numbers of containing and plants commodity, and can therefrom obtain the core of commodity, the described station that refills is applicable to and determines described repeated use, and the type of the product in the container that repeats to fill is also avoided the content in described core or the described container is exposed under the situation in the environment from a selected described core dispensing product in described container of filling in the system of a sealing.
- 11., it is characterized in that the described station that refills is located in the booth according to the described method that is used to reuse consumer package of claim 10.
- 12. according to the described method that is used to reuse consumer package of claim 11, it is characterized in that, describedly refill station and an individual connection pad is combined.
- 13., it is characterized in that the consumer takes a container that recharges that exhausts to described booth place according to the described method that is used to reuse consumer package of claim 11, described container is filled up again with product in the described station that refills.
- 14., it is characterized in that described capsule is in home-delivery center place's exchange according to the described method that is used to reuse consumer package of claim 11.
- 15. according to the described method that is used to reuse consumer package of claim 11, it is characterized in that, one bar code reader reads the bar code on the described container, and described then refilling stood according to Information Selection one product that obtains from bar code to fill described container.
- 16., it is characterized in that a printer is printed a transaction reception letter described refilling product is shifted in the station in described container from described capsule after according to the described method that is used to reuse consumer package of claim 11.
- 17. according to the described method that is used to reuse consumer package of claim 11, it is characterized in that, before beginning to refill described container, a communication device and remote location exchange financial information.
- 18. according to the described method that is used to reuse consumer package of claim 11, it is characterized in that, before beginning to refill described container, the described product population that refills in the described container of station elder generation measurement.
- 19., it is characterized in that described measurement is to adopt a doctor's type scale to finish according to the described method of claim 18.
- 20. according to the described method of claim 12, it is characterized in that, before described container dispensing energy, described energy by described to connection pad to or from described container, shift.
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