Receptacle assembly and a reverse vending machine comprising said receptacle assembly

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9292991
APP PUB NO 20150246771A1
SERIAL NO

14193386

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A receptacle assembly for receiving empty containers includes a set of receptacles and a base. The base includes a guide adapted to control orientation of each receptacle in the set of receptacles when a receptacle is assembled on the base. When assembled on the base, each receptacle includes at least one inner side wall arranged adjacent to a side wall of another receptacle in the set of receptacles, and at least one outer side wall that does not face any side wall of a receptacle in the set of receptacles. The upper edge of a first inner side wall of a first receptacle extends downwards from a first intersection between the first inner side wall and one first outer side wall, to a point where the upper edge has a height which is lower than the height of any upper edge of each outer side wall of the first receptacle.

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TOMRA NORTH AMERICA INCONE CORPORATE DRIVE SUITE 710 SHELTON CT 06484

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Lavoie, Peter Shelton, US 3 10

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