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• • G—PHYSICS
  • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
  • G07F—COIN-FREED OR LIKE APPARATUS
  • G07F13/00—Coin-freed apparatus for controlling dispensing or fluids, semiliquids or granular material from reservoirs
• • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
  • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
  • A47G—HOUSEHOLD OR TABLE EQUIPMENT
  • A47G23/00—Other table equipment
  • A47G23/10—Devices for counting or marking the number of consumptions
  • A47G23/12—Consumption counters combined with table-ware or table-service
  • A47G23/16—Consumption counters combined with table-ware or table-service combined with drinking vessels or with lids therefor
• • G—PHYSICS
  • G06—COMPUTING OR CALCULATING; COUNTING
  • G06Q—INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
  • G06Q10/00—Administration; Management
  • G06Q10/08—Logistics, e.g. warehousing, loading or distribution; Inventory or stock management
  • G06Q10/087—Inventory or stock management, e.g. order filling, procurement or balancing against orders
• • G—PHYSICS
  • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
  • G07F—COIN-FREED OR LIKE APPARATUS
  • G07F13/00—Coin-freed apparatus for controlling dispensing or fluids, semiliquids or granular material from reservoirs
  • G07F13/04—Coin-freed apparatus for controlling dispensing or fluids, semiliquids or granular material from reservoirs by weight
• • G—PHYSICS
  • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
  • G07F—COIN-FREED OR LIKE APPARATUS
  • G07F7/00—Mechanisms actuated by objects other than coins to free or to actuate vending, hiring, coin or paper currency dispensing or refunding apparatus
  • G07F7/06—Mechanisms actuated by objects other than coins to free or to actuate vending, hiring, coin or paper currency dispensing or refunding apparatus by returnable containers, i.e. reverse vending systems in which a user is rewarded for returning a container that serves as a token of value, e.g. bottles
  • G07F7/0609—Mechanisms actuated by objects other than coins to free or to actuate vending, hiring, coin or paper currency dispensing or refunding apparatus by returnable containers, i.e. reverse vending systems in which a user is rewarded for returning a container that serves as a token of value, e.g. bottles by fluid containers, e.g. bottles, cups, gas containers
• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
  • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
  • B65D2203/00—Decoration means, markings, information elements, contents indicators
  • B65D2203/10—Transponders

Definitions

• the present invention relates to a marking device for a drinking vessel with an electronic circuit, wherein the electronic circuit comprises a transmitter circuit for transmitting a signal, a processing circuit for processing information and a permanent memory, wherein the processing circuit is connected to the transmitter circuit such that an information processed by the processing circuit can be transmitted as a signal from the transmitter circuit, and wherein the processing circuit is connected to the permanent memory such that information from the permanent memory is readable and processable in the processing circuit.
• marking devices with an electronic circuit for example an RFID chip
• marking devices which comprise an electronic circuit, wherein the electronic circuit is embedded in the housing.
• the marking devices known from DE 20 2005 013 470 U1 are all integrated in a recess of a dish part in this by casting.
• such potting turns out to be disadvantageous especially for the production process. The casting required additional steps in the production of the tableware.
• the invention proposes to design the marking device described above such that in addition to the electronic circuit has a fastening element for fixing the electronic circuit to the drinking vessel, wherein the electronic circuit is connected to the fastening element and wherein the fastening element has a concave receiving portion in which a portion of the drinking vessel is positively accommodated.
• a positive connection in the sense of the present application is understood to be a positive connection between the fastening element of the marking device and a drinking vessel, which prevents the marking device from being removed from the drinking vessel in one spatial direction, without one passing through the fastening element predetermined threshold of force that must be expended to separate the marking device and the drinking vessel, is exceeded.
• This threshold of force necessary to remove the marking device from the drinking vessel is chosen in one embodiment to be higher than the forces encountered during normal use of the drinking vessel.
• the fastening element is designed in one piece.
• the fastening element is designed in several pieces, in particular in two parts.
• the fastening element is a molded part, preferably a plastic molded part.
• the concave receiving portion has a part-circular or circular basic shape. In other words, in one embodiment, the concave receiving portion has a concave shaped wall portion. This encompasses after mounting the marking device to a drinking vessel, a portion of the drinking vessel partially or completely.
• the concave-shaped wall portion is circular or part-circular.
• a part-circular or circular basic shape also includes polygonal approximations of such a shape.
• the fastening element with the concave receiving portion has an overall partial annular or annular basic shape. Polygonal shapes are also referred to as part-circular or circular basic shapes in the sense of the present invention.
• the positive connection between the receiving portion of the fastening element and the portion of the drinking vessel in the context of the present invention can be achieved in particular when the receiving portion, ie in particular but its concave wall portion, extends such that it has an angular range of more than 180 ° and of less than 360 ° encloses.
• the portion of the drinking vessel can be introduced through an opening or opening of the receiving portion in this. If the dimension, for example the diameter, of the section of the drinking vessel is greater than the opening of the receiving section, then the section of the drinking vessel bends the receiving section of the fastening element and after the complete insertion of the section of the drinking vessel the receiving section surrounds the section of the drinking vessel that the receiving portion is held positively at the portion of the drinking vessel. It can therefore be said that in one embodiment of the invention, the receiving portion is elastically deformable such that the fastener is clipped onto the portion of the drinking vessel.
• the fastening element can be clipped onto the portion of the drinking vessel, but additionally has a closure element which can be connected to the receiving section and that of the receiving section not covered angle range closes.
• the fastening element has a closure element that can be connected to the receiving section, wherein the receiving section and the closure element are designed such that they form a closed, over a angular range of 360 ° extending concave wall portion in the connected state. This wall section then surrounds the section of the drinking vessel in the manner of a ring.
• Embodiments are conceivable in which the receiving portion and the closure element are integrally formed.
• An example of this is a connection between the closure element and the receiving section via a film hinge.
• the receiving portion and the closure element are configured such that they are releasably connectable to each other.
• Such embodiments have the advantage that they allow receiving portion and closure element from each other separate without destroying them.
• the marking device can be attached to a drinking vessel and removed again from this and the marking device can be used again, for example on another drinking vessel.
• the receiving portion and the closure element are designed releasably connectable to each other by at least the receiving portion or the closure element has at least one magnet which is engageable with a magnetic portion of the respective other element.
• a magnetic closure has the advantage that it can be reclosed as often as desired without being worn and used in the ordinary operation of drinking vessels and marking devices for easy attachment of the marking devices to the drinking vessels.
• the receiving portion and the closure element to each other on complementary mounting portions which are configured such that they engage positively in the connected state.
• the receiving portion and the closure element are configured such that upon release of the receiving portion and the closure element from each other at least the receiving portion or the closure element is damaged or weakened.
• the receiving portion and the closure element on mutually complementary mounting portions which can be positively connected to each other and their separation leads to a destruction or weakening of a portion of the mounting portions.
• Such complementary positive fastening sections are known as so-called “tamper proof” fastening sections or closures from the prior art in various embodiments.
• fastener and the electronic circuit are connected together.
• Such a connection can be done for example by pouring the electronic circuit in the fastener or by gluing the electronic circuit to the fastener.
• the fastening element has a recess, wherein the electronic circuit is received in a form-fitting manner in the recess.
• the fastening element has a recess, wherein the electronic circuit is glued into the recess. In yet another embodiment, the fastening element has a recess, wherein the electronic circuit is cast into the recess.
• a signal in the sense of the present invention may be an electrical, a magnetic, an electromagnetic or an optical signal. However, embodiments in which the signal is modulated onto a magnetic field or an electromagnetic field or an electromagnetic field are preferred.
• the electronic circuit in addition to the transmitter circuit, also includes a receiver circuit for receiving a signal. It is understood that this receiver circuit is then connected to the processing circuit.
• the transmitter and / or receiver circuit are analog circuits.
• the processing circuit is a digital circuit.
• Such a digital processing circuit is in one embodiment a microcontroller.
• the circuit also has an antenna, which is connected to the transmitter and / or receiver circuit. This serves to radiate or receive the signal in the form of a magnetic field or an electromagnetic field.
• the electronic circuit is an RFID transponder. A coupling between a reading device and such an RFID transponder takes place in an embodiment of the invention either with the aid of a magnetic alternating field of short range or by high-frequency radio waves.
• the RFID transponder is an electronic circuit in the sense of the present application, a passive RFID transponder. This is supplied with energy from a signal sent by a reader to the transponder.
• the RFID transponder is an active transponder with its own energy source, for example a battery or a rechargeable battery, for supplying energy to at least the processing circuit and / or the transmitter or receiver circuit.
• the RFID transponder is a transponder according to the NFC standard. Such transponders can be read with conventional mobile devices, such as a smartphone or a tablet, and are available at low cost.
• the electronic circuit in particular the permanent memory of the electronic circuit, is set up such that the electronic circuit and thus the marking device are uniquely identified. If the marking device is in turn mounted on a drinking vessel, this also identifies the respective drinking vessel uniquely.
• information with the unambiguous identification by means of the processing circuit and the transmitter circuit can be transmitted to a receiver for unambiguous identification of the marking device.
• the unambiguous identification is stored, for example, as information in the electronic circuit, in particular the permanent memory.
• information about the respective drinking vessel can be stored and / or processed in a database assigned precisely to this drinking vessel.
• the identification of the electronic circuit is unambiguous in the sense that globally each drinking vessel provided with the electronic circuit according to the invention is uniquely identifiable.
• the electronic circuit but in particular an antenna of the circuit and / or the transmitter and / or receiver circuit to the use of the marking device, namely adapted for a drinking vessel. Since the behavior of the transmitter and / or receiver circuit, but in particular of the antenna, changes significantly as a function of a surrounding dielectric or a dielectric located in its vicinity, these components are adapted to the surrounding dielectric. If the drinking vessel is made of glass, an adaptation of the circuit to the glass is required in one embodiment.
• the electronic circuit also has a display device which is operatively connected to the processing circuit. It is understood that such a display device is arranged on the surface of the fastener such that it is perceivable by a user of the marking device. Examples of such a display device are in particular a display, for example an OLED display, or a light-emitting diode.
• a display device for example an OLED display, or a light-emitting diode.
• the object mentioned at the outset is also achieved by a drinking vessel with an electronic circuit, wherein the electronic circuit has a transmitter circuit for transmitting a signal, a processing circuit for processing information and a permeable circuit.
• processing circuit is connected to the transmitter circuit such that an processed by the processing circuit information from the transmitter circuit is emitted as a signal, and wherein the processing circuit is connected to the permanent memory such that information from the permanent memory and readable is processable in the processing circuit.
• a drinking vessel with a marking device in one of the embodiments, as described above.
• the electronic circuit of the drinking vessel or the marking device connected to the drinking vessel preferably the permanent memory of the electronic circuit, is arranged such that the drinking vessel is uniquely identified and / or identifiable.
• a drinking vessel according to the present invention is a drinking vessel regardless of the choice of its material.
• the material of the drinking vessel may be selected from a group consisting of glass, ceramic, stainless steel and plastic or a combination thereof.
• a glass drinking vessel is preferred.
• Drinking vessels for the purposes of the present application include cups, handle items, such as Seidel, cups and pitchers, stalk vessels, but also bottles or water bottles.
• the drinking vessel has a convex portion which is positively received in the receiving portion of the fastening element of the marking device.
• the convex portion of the drinking vessel has a rotational symmetry about an axis of symmetry.
• the convexly curved portion of the drinking vessel is a handle, a handle, a handle or a base body of the drinking vessel.
• the said elements have in common that they typically have convex outer surfaces. In particular, in one embodiment, these elements have a rotational symmetry about an axis of symmetry.
• the concave portion of the drinking vessel has a groove.
• This extends in one embodiment circumferentially in a direction of curvature of the concave portion.
• Such a groove serves for the positive reception of the fastening element of the marking device, wherein the groove in one embodiment allows a positive connection in a direction perpendicular to the positive locking, which is provided by the concave receiving portion of the fastening element. Therefore, in one embodiment of the invention Course of the groove substantially perpendicular to this axis of symmetry of the convex portion of the drinking vessel.
• the drinking vessel has a standing surface, wherein the electronic circuit or the marking device with the electronic circuit is arranged on the drinking vessel such that the distance of the electronic circuit from the stand surface is 5 cm or less, preferably 3 cm or less and more preferably 1 cm or less.
• that surface is referred to as the base on which the drinking vessel can be placed in proper use. The distance between electronic circuit and footprint is measured in a direction perpendicular to the base.
• a system comprising a plurality of drinking vessels, as previously described in embodiments thereof, a reading device for receiving a signal emitted by a transmitter circuit of one of the marking devices and a data processing device connected to the reading device ,
• Such a system enables the signals emitted by the individual marking devices of the drinking vessels or the information contained in the signals to be evaluated and processed.
• Figure 1 a is a perspective view of a marking device in a first embodiment according to the present invention.
• Figure 1 b is a perspective view of a drinking vessel according to a first embodiment of the invention for receiving the marking device of Figure 1 a).
• Figure 2 is a perspective view of the marking device of Figure 1 a) and the drinking vessel of Figure 1 b) in the assembled state.
• Figure 3a) is a perspective view of a marking device according to another embodiment of the present invention.
• Figure 3b) is a perspective view of a drinking vessel according to another embodiment of the present invention.
• Figure 4 is a perspective view of the marking device of Figure 3a) and the drinking vessel of Figure 3b) in the assembled state.
• Figure 5a is a perspective view of a marking device according to another embodiment of the present invention.
• FIG. 5b is a perspective view of a drinking vessel according to a further embodiment of the present invention.
• Figure 6 is a perspective view of the marking device of Figure 5a) and the drinking vessel of Figure 5b) in the assembled state.
• Figure 7a) is a perspective view of a marking device according to another embodiment of the present invention.
• Figure 7b is a perspective view of a drinking vessel according to another embodiment of the present invention.
• Figure 8 is a perspective view of the marking device of Figure 7a) and the drinking vessel of Figure 7b) in the assembled state.
• Figure 9a is a perspective view of a marking device according to another embodiment of the present invention.
• Figure 9b) is a perspective view of a drinking vessel according to another embodiment of the present invention.
• Figure 10 is a perspective view of the marking device of Figure 9a) and the drinking vessel of Figure 9b) in the assembled state.
• FIG. 11a) is a perspective view of a marking device according to another embodiment of the present invention.
• Figure 1 1 b is a perspective view of a drinking vessel according to another embodiment of the present invention.
• FIG. 12 is a perspective view of the marking device of Figure 1 1 a) and the drinking vessel of Figure 1 1 b) in the mounted state.
• FIG. 13 shows a schematic representation of a marking device according to an embodiment of the present invention.
• Figure 14 shows an exploded perspective view of another embodiment of a marking device according to the invention from above.
• Figure 15 shows a schematic exploded view of the marking device of Figure 14 from below.
• FIG. 16 shows a perspective view of a drinking vessel according to a further embodiment of the present invention.
• FIG. 17 shows a perspective view of the foot region of the drinking vessel from FIG. 16 with the marking device from FIGS. 14 and 15 before mounting the marking device.
• FIG. 18 shows a perspective view of the drinking vessel from FIGS. 16 and 17 with the marking device from FIGS. 14 and 15 during assembly.
• Figure 19 shows a perspective view of the drinking vessel of Figures 16 to 18 with the marking device of Figures 14 and 15 in the assembled state.
• Figure 20 shows a top perspective view of a marking device according to another embodiment of the present invention.
• Figure 21 shows an exploded perspective view of the marking device of Figure 20 in a side view.
• Figures 22 to 24 show perspective views of a drinking vessel with the marking device of Figures 20 and 21 during assembly.
• Figure 25 is a broken away perspective view of another embodiment of a drinking vessel with a marking device according to the present invention.
• FIG. 26 shows a schematic representation of an embodiment of a system according to the invention comprising a drinking vessel with marking device, a reading device and a data processing device.
• FIGS. 1, 3, 5, 7, 9 and 11 each show the marking device 1, 11, 21, 31, 41, 51 and the drinking vessel 5, 15, 25, 35, 45, 55 separated from one another, so that the representations of Figures a) and b) together form an exploded view
• Figures 2, 4, 6, 8, 10 and 12 each show a at the respective drinking vessel 5, 15, 25, 35, 45, 55 recorded, ie mounted, marking device 1, 1 1, 21, 31, 41, 51st
• Figures 1 to 12 show all embodiments of the marking device 1, 1 1, 21, 31, 41, 51 according to the invention, in which the fastening element 2, 12, 22, 32, 42, 52 in the manner of a clip is made in one piece or in one piece.
• the electronic circuit of the marking device is not shown. Rather, in these embodiments, the electronic circuit is molded into the marking device, i. in an exterior view of the fasteners 2, 12, 22, 32, 42, 52 of the marking devices 1, 1 1, 21, 31, 41, 51 is not visible.
• the marking devices of FIGS. 1 to 12 have in common that their fastening elements 2, 12, 22, 32, 42, 52 each have a concave receiving section with a concavely curved wall section 3, 13, 23, 33, 43, 53.
• the concavely curved wall section 3, 13, 23, 33, 43, 53 is designed such that it extends over an angular range of more than 180 °.
• a drinking vessel 5, 15, 25, 35, 45, 55, as shown for example in Figure 1 b) for the marking device of Figure 1 a) in which of the concavely curved wall portion 3, 13, 23rd , 33, 43, 53 accommodated receiving space 4, 14, 24, 34, 44, 54 receivable.
• the drinking vessel 5, 15, 25, 35, 45, 55 and the fastening element 2, 12, 22, 32, 42, 52 of the marking device 1, 1 1, 21, 31, 41, 51 configured so complementary to each other, that the marking device 1, 1 1, 21, 31, 41, 51 form fit to the drinking vessel 5, 15, 25, 35, 45, 55 can be accommodated.
• the marking device 1, 1 1, 21, 31, 41, 51 by means of the respective fastening element 2, 12, 22, 32, 42, 52, this has an opening 6, 16, 26, 36, 46, 56, so that the respective concave receiving portion with the concavely curved wall portion 3, 13, 23, 33, 43, 53 extends over an angular range of less than 360 °.
• the angle through which the respective concavely curved wall section 3, 13 extends is approximately 345 °.
• the drinking vessel 5, 15, 25, 35, 45, 55 can be accommodated within the receiving space 4, 14, 24, 34, 44, 54 surrounded by the concavely curved wall section 3, 13, 23, 33, 43, 53, they are all Fixing elements 2, 12, 22, 32, 42, 52 of Figures 1 to 12 made of an elastically deformable plastic by injection molding.
• the plastic allows for expansion of the receiving section, i. an enlargement of the opening 6, 16, 26, 36, 46, 56 such that the drinking vessel 5, 15, 25, 35, 45, 55 through the opening 6, 16, 26, 36, 46, 56 in the interior 4, 14, 24, 34, 44, 54 can be introduced.
• the fastening elements 2, 12, 22, 32, 42, 52 and the drinking vessel 5, 15, 25, 35, 45, 55 designed such complementary to each other that they also form a positive fit in the axial direction of the portion of the drinking vessel 5, 15th , 25, 35, 45, 55 effect.
• the fastener i. its wall section 3, 13, 23, 33, 43, 53, in cross-section a convex shape, which in the mounted state complementary in a concave, over the circumference of the portion of the drinking vessel 5, 15, 25, 35, 45, 55, which is received in the receiving space 4, 14, 24, 34, 44, 54, extending recess or groove 7, 17, 27, 37, 47, 57 engages.
• the embodiments of the marking devices and the drinking vessels of FIGS. 1 to 12 differ essentially in the position or position of a drinking vessel in which the respective marking device can be received. Common to all embodiments that the respective marking device is receivable on a convexly curved portion of the drinking vessel or vice versa expressed a convex curved portion of the drinking vessel in the concave receiving portion 3, 13, 23, 33, 43, 53 of the marking device 1, 1 1 21, 31, 41, 51 is receivable.
• the drinking vessel is a beaker 5, 15, wherein the convexly curved portion of the glass 5, 15, which is received in the receiving portion of the fastening element of the marking device, which is the liquid or beverage receiving portion of the glass ,
• the embodiments of FIGS. 1 and 2, on the one hand, and FIGS. 3 and 4, on the other hand, differ in the axial position of the groove 7, 17 relative to the axis of symmetry of the glass 5, 15 and thus the axial position of the marking device 1, 11 on the latter Glass 5, 15.
• the glasses 25, 35 of the embodiments of FIGS. 5, 6 and 7, 8 are stem glasses, wherein these glasses each have a groove 27 in the region of their stems 28, 38.
• the two glasses 25, 35 differ by the position of the marking device 21, 31 in the axial direction of the respective glass 25, 35.
• the groove 27 receiving the marking device 21 is at the upper end of the stem 28 in the region of the transition arranged the liquid volume defining part. Since the handle 28 widens upwards, the outer wall of the fastening element 22 from FIG. 5a) also widens conically upward and the contour of the glass 25 is configured in sections to complete it. It is again ensured both a positive connection in the radial direction through the concave curved wall portion 23 of the fastening element 22 and a positive connection in the axial direction by the shape or the side walls 29a, 29b of the groove 27.
• FIG. 9 The embodiments of Figures 9, 10 and 1 1, 12 show drinking vessels in the form of silks 45, 55 with handles 45a, 55a.
• the handles 45a, 55a are configured such that they each have a groove 47, 57 in which the convexly curved section of the glass 45 is located, which is located in the receiving space 44, 54 enclosed by the concavely curved wall section 43, 53. is acceptable.
• the respective handle 45a, 55a, in which the groove 47, 57 is recessed it is again convexly curved and has an axis of symmetry, wherein the axis of symmetry coincides with an axis of symmetry of the receiving space 44, 54 of the fastener 42, 52 , so that the concavely curved wall portion 43, 53 causes a positive connection in the radial direction relative to this axis, while the configuration of the groove 47, 57 causes a positive connection in the axial direction.
• FIG. 13 shows a schematic view of the structure of an embodiment of the marking device 101 consisting of a fastening element 102 with a concave receiving portion 1 10, which as described above comprises a concave wall portion 103, so that this concave wall portion 103 engages around a receiving space 104 for a complementarily configured portion of a glass.
• An electronic circuit 120 in the form of an RFID transponder is cast into the fastening element 102.
• This RFID transponder 120 comprises a processing circuit in the form of an energy-saving microprocessor 121, a permanent memory 122, which is electrically connected to the processor 121, and a transmitter and receiver circuit 123 with an antenna 124, wherein the transmitter circuit in turn also with the processor 121 connected is.
• the RFID transponder is a so-called passive transponder, which does not have its own power supply, for example in the form of a battery. Power is supplied by induction, with a coil as induction antenna 124 charging a capacitor which allows a response or response of the processor 121 to be modulated to a query from a reader (not shown in FIG. 13) to the reader's interrogation signal and this in turn via the antenna 124 to radiate.
• a reader not shown in FIG. 13
• the antenna 124 to radiate.
• the RFID transponder 120 is a so-called smart tag with a carrier frequency of 13.56 MHz. For these frequencies, the RFID transponder can be produced inexpensively in large quantities.
• the RFID transponder shown works according to the NFC standard.
• FIGS. 14 to 25 differ from the embodiments of the marking devices previously described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 13 in that they are designed in two parts.
• Figures 14 to 19 show a marking device 201, which is constructed in two parts.
• a receiving portion 202 in which the electronic circuit is arranged, with a Closure element 203 are connected.
• both the receiving element 202 and the closure element 203 each have a concavely curved wall section 204 and 210, respectively.
• a section of a glass is received, so that a positive connection between the glass and the concave wall sections 204, 21 1 is effected.
• a connection between the receiving portion 202 and the connecting member 203 is effected by two mutually complementary locking elements 206, 207, wherein two pairs of locking elements 206, 207 are provided to the two halves of the ring formed from receiving element 202 and closing element 203 completely to connect with each other.
• the complementary latching elements 206, 207 are configured in the embodiment of the marking device 201 shown in FIGS. 14 to 19 such that they can be connected to one another and then can only be detached from one another by a force which leads to destruction of one or both latching elements 206 , 207 leads.
• the marking device 201 is largely secured against unauthorized removal. In particular, however, a person who forcibly removes the marking device 201 can not reuse them.
• the shape of the marking device 201 complements the foot portion 209 of a stem glass 208 or a beer canopy, as shown in perspective views in Figures 16 to 19.
• the embodiment of the marking device according to the invention shown in FIGS. 20 to 24 combines the design principles of the fastening elements of FIGS. 1 to 12 on the one hand and FIGS. 14 to 19 on the other hand.
• the marking device 301 is a marking device that can be fastened by the configuration of the attachment element on the stem 304 of a stem glass 305.
• the portion of the stem 304 is receivable in a receiving space 307 enclosed by a concave wall portion 306.
• the wall portion 306 in this embodiment has a polygonal shape that is complementary to the polygonal cross-sectional shape of the stem 304. Despite this polygonal shape, the wall portion 306 forms part of a concavely curved receiving portion 302 in the sense of the present invention.
• FIG. 25 shows a further alternative embodiment of a combination of a beer tulip 505 and a marking device 501, as has been described in detail above with regard to FIGS. 20 and 21.
• the embodiments of FIGS. 22 to 24 on the one hand and FIG. 25 on the other hand differ in their axial position of the marking device 301, 501 on the glass 305, 505 and with respect to the symmetry axis of the glass 305, 505.
• FIG. 26 shows a schematic view of a system comprising a plurality of glasses 401, each of which has a marking device 402 connected thereto.
• a reader 403, in the illustrated embodiment of the system is located in a counter of a hospitality business and allows information to be interrogated about a glass 401 when that glass is in a position near the reader 403, ie on the counter.
• the reader 403 in the embodiment shown is connected to a computer 404 and this in turn via a data connection 405 to a database 406.
• Possible applications include, for example, the amount of a particular drink sold on a schaff day.

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