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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 14, 1981
Filed:
Sep. 08, 1978
Robert D Williamson, Pembroke Pines, FL (US);
Other;
Abstract
A beverage dispensing control and quantity monitoring system includes a transponder to transmit a signal from a control cap placed on a liquor bottle to a receiver system and then to a data processing device. The cap fits on the bottle and contains an electronic package which will meter an exact amount of beverage when tilted, thus controlling the amount poured. The cap also transmits to the receiver such data as the operator or bartender pouring the beverage, the type of beverage, the amount of beverage, and any other necessary data such as when the cap is removed from the bottle, when the battery therein is low, etc. This is accomplished using a plurality of data bits preprogrammed into each bottle cap which are serialized using a shift register. The serialized data gates the output of an LF oscillator. A separator HF signal transmitted from the vicinity of the bottlecap is mixed in a nonlinear device with the gated LF oscillator output and radiated to a remote receiver and data processing device.