The Coca-cola Company

Jason E Allen

James R Bardin

Shaun Blaise Gatipon

Daniel P Goodman

M Allison Gadrix

Jeffrey C Yaschur

William S Credle, Jr

David J Harvey

Willis Whiteside

Tran Quang Minh

Ronald Wayne Steele

Mark Ratcliffe

Jairo Martinez

Tom Antista

Brian Ikeda

Meinhard Hausleitner

An apparatus for tracking the movement of a plurality of products. The apparatus includes a shelf with a plurality of products positioned thereon. The shelf has a first end with an optical sensor positioned thereabout. A controller is functionally connected to the optical sensor so as to track the removal of one of the products from the first end of the shelf and to track the insertion of one of the products into the first end of the shelf.

Cooler inventory management system

Cooler

An apparatus for tracking the movement of a number of products. The apparatus includes a shelf with the products positioned thereon. The shelf has a fit end with an optical sensor positioned thereabout. The optical sensor tracks the movement of the products. A guard is positioned about the first end of the shelf adjacent to the optical sensor so as to prevent exterior light from interfering with the optical sensor.

Cooler inventory management system with light guard

A cooler has a housing with a plurality of rotatable shelves. The shelves can move from an interior portion of the housing to an exposed exterior portion adjacent a discharge port of the cooler. The cooler is doorless so that access and viewing of the products in the port are unobstructed. An interior storage area is provided in the cooler for replenishment of removed products. An escapement mechanism can automatically load products from the storage area to empty slots on the periphery of the rotating shelf. Efficient cooling of the products is obtained. The shelves of the cooler can be rotated at the same or different speeds and/or directions. This merchandising cooler will not blend in with its surrounding environment to thereby attract a consumer's attention.

Rotary cooler

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Powder Springs, GA, United States of America

Jason E Allen