Touchless food dispenser
AssigneeTouchless Dispenser Company, Inc.
InventorsBryan Hakim, George Hakim, Gabe Hakim, Christian Haller
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Abstract
A touchless food dispenser. The touchless food dispenser includes one or more types of food stored therein, one or more removable nozzles, and one or more nozzle replacement mechanisms. The touchless food dispenser is configured to dispense the food through the one or more removable nozzles. The one or more nozzle replacement mechanisms are configured to remove the one or more removable nozzles and replaces the one or more removable nozzles with a different removable nozzle.
Claims24
A touchless food dispenser comprising:
- a plurality of packets of food stored within the touchless food dispenser;
- one or more apertures oriented to direct at least one of the plurality of packets of food out of the touchless food dispenser;
- a packet sensor that is configured to detect the plurality of packets of food as the plurality of packets of food are being dispensed;
- a powered roller assembly including a plurality of drive rollers configured to feed the plurality of packets of food continuously one after another toward the one or more apertures and to squeeze the plurality of packets of food between the plurality of drive rollers as the plurality of drive rollers feed the plurality of packets of food toward the one or more apertures;
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- a controller configured to:
- control the plurality of drive rollers to feed the plurality of packets of food from inside the touchless food dispenser continuously one after another toward the one or more apertures such that the at least one of the plurality of packets of food is dispensed through the one or more apertures and out of the touchless food dispenser, and the plurality of drive rollers squeeze the at least one of the plurality of packets of food as the plurality of drive rollers feed the plurality of packets of food toward the one or more apertures;
- detect the plurality of packets of food being fed through the plurality of drive rollers;
- determine whether a selected amount of the food has been dispensed out of the touchless food dispenser based on the plurality of packets of food detected by the packet sensor;
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- stop dispensing the plurality of packets of food out of the touchless food dispenser when the selected amount of food has been dispensed.
A method of dispensing food from a touchless food dispenser including plurality of packets of food stored within the touchless food dispenser, one or more apertures, a packet sensor, and a powered roller assembly including plurality of drive rollers, the method comprising:
- dispensing at least one of the plurality of packets of food out of the touchless food dispenser by feeding the plurality of packets of food continuously one after another toward the one or more apertures and squeezing the at least one of the plurality of packets of food with the plurality of drive rollers as the plurality of drive rollers feed the plurality of packets of food toward the one or more apertures;
- detecting the plurality of packets of food being fed through the plurality of drive rollers;
- determine whether a selected amount of the food has been dispensed out of the touchless food dispenser based on the plurality of packets of food detected by the packet sensor;
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- stop dispensing the plurality of packets of food out of the touchless food dispenser when the selected amount of food has been dispensed.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.