Apparatus, methods and systems for storing and conveying items within a food delivery apparatus

A cartridge to be removably loaded in a food delivery apparatus, wherein the cartridge is for storing and conveying food items and comprises:

• a housing having a plurality of walls defining a main cavity;
• a outer looped element affixed at least partially in the main cavity, wherein the outer looped element has a length that spans substantially all of a second length of the housing;
• at least one roller positioned inside the outer looped element;
• a movable inner looped element mounted on the at least one roller and positioned inside the outer looped element;
• a plurality of panels, wherein a first end of each of the plurality of panels is radially attached to the movable inner looped element such that each of the plurality of panels extends toward the outer looped element;
• a plurality of movable chambers between the outer looped element and the movable inner looped element, wherein each of the plurality of movable chambers is defined by a space between a first panel of the plurality of panels and an adjacent panel of the plurality of panels that is next to the first panel;
• a first opening that spans substantially all of a first side of the outer looped element;
• a first movable door covering substantially all of the first opening and partially defining the outer looped element when the first movable door is in a first movable door closed position;
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• a second opening disposed on the outer looped element proximate to a bottom end of the outer looped element providing access to outside the cartridge.

A cartridge to be removably loaded in a food delivery apparatus, wherein the cartridge is for storing and conveying food items and comprises:

• a cavity within the cartridge;
• an inward facing looped wall at least partially affixed inside the cartridge;
• at least one rotatable roller inside the inward facing looped wall;
• a movable inner looped element mounted on the at least one rotatable roller and positioned inside the inward facing looped wall;
• a plurality of panels radially attached to the movable inner looped element such that each of the plurality of panels extends toward the inward facing looped wall;
• a plurality of movable chambers between the inward facing looped wall and the movable inner looped element, wherein each of the plurality of movable chambers is defined by a space between a first panel of the plurality of panels and an adjacent panel of the plurality of panels that is next to the first panel;
• an opening disposed on the inward facing looped wall spanning substantially all of a first side of the inward facing looped wall that provides access to outside the cartridge;
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• a movable door at least partially covering an opening on the inward facing looped wall that provides access to outside the cartridge such that when the movable door is in a movable door closed position the movable door partially defines the inward facing wall.