CAN OR EMPTY BOTTLE-COLLECTING APPARATUS

摘要

PURPOSE: A can or empty bottle-collecting apparatus is provided to store the price data of a person on such a storing device as a portable card if the person throws empty cans or bottles in and to give the accumulated prices to the person in cash later. CONSTITUTION: A can or empty bottle-collecting apparatus comprises a recording unit(30) for recording the price data for the threw cans or empty bottles; a processing unit for detecting and processing the threw cans or empty bottles; and a control unit for controlling the operating relations of constituents of the collecting apparatus and for calculating the prices for the threw cans or empty bottles with using the data detected from the processing unit. The recording unit is a card filling machine or a printing machine. The can or empty bottle-collecting apparatus further comprises an input unit(50) for inputting the identity of the thrower of the cans or empty bottles.