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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 03, 2015
Filed:
Jan. 13, 2014
Applicant:
Whirlpool Corporation, Benton Harbor, MI (US);
Inventors:
Kirk M. Dunsbergen, Stevensville, MI (US);
Kaustav Ghosh, Benton Harbor, MI (US);
Robert J. Pinkowski, Baroda, MI (US);
Assignee:
Whirlpool Corporation, Benton Harbor, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 19/06 (2006.01); D06F 39/02 (2006.01); A47L 15/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 19/06046 (2013.01); D06F 39/02 (2013.01); A47L 15/0055 (2013.01); A47L 2401/023 (2013.01); A47L 2401/026 (2013.01); A47L 2501/30 (2013.01);
Abstract
A removable component for dispensing a physical resource from a dispensing system may include a body defining a reservoir in which a physical resource may be stored, a graphic provided on the removable component having information, and a composite structure formed by the patterned graphic, the body, and the reservoir.