The Coca-cola Company

Allen Lineberry

Benjamin John Kingston

David Carrewyn

Axel Kling

Patrick Etesse

A vessel is assigned a unique vessel identifier (). Before or after the vessel is filled, the vessel identifier is encoded into a machine-readable code that is printed or etched onto the vessel (). The code may have the property that it can be quickly read by a scanner from a variety of different angles and vessel orientations. When the vessel is sold to a user, the user may scan the machine-readable code (or a different code placed on a label associated with the vessel) using a smartphone (), and the unique vessel identifier is linked to a user account associated with the user (). Later, when the user places the empty vessel in the recycling stream, a scanner or camera placed in the recycling facility scans or captures the machine-readable code on the vessel and extracts the vessel identifier from the code ().

Systems and methods for associating vessels with user accounts

Functionality is disclosed herein for producing articles with multiple color inks. A method of decorating, printing, or otherwise producing articles with multiple color inks includes continuously refilling an ink reservoir with multiple color inks in a sequential manner, and continuously applying the multiple color inks from the ink reservoir onto articles of manufacture to create decorated articles of manufacture.

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Liberty, NC, United States of America

Allen Lineberry