Product dispensing system and methods
AssigneeAunt Flow Corp.
InventorsClaire Coder, Anne Weigand, Pepin Gelardi, Emma Pearl Wilmer-Shiles, Gordon Thomas, Mark Dalhart, Jesse Klein
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Abstract
A dispensing unit for personal care products and personal protective equipment includes one or more dispensing assemblies contained within a single housing. The dispensing unit may contain dispensing assemblies that independently dispense two different types of products. Each dispensing assembly includes an actuator that mechanically injects a time delay between dispensings. Products are bundled together with support structures that are removed when the bundles are placed into a dispensing assembly.
Claims28
A product dispensing system for dispensing a product, comprising:
- a product feed chute structured to store the product, the product feed chute having a top end, an opposing bottom end, and a chute body having two sidewalls that extend a distance between the top end and the opposing bottom end and two partial front walls connected to the two sidewalls of the chute body, the two partial front walls extending from the bottom end to a middle point located between the top end and the bottom end of the product feed chute;
- a front access region positioned between the two partial front walls in the product feed chute and defining an opening that is at least partially located between the two partial front walls through which the product is loaded into the product feed chute;
- a dispensing mechanism operably connected to the product feed chute and structured to receive the product from the product feed chute;
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- an actuator structured to cause the product to be moved from the product feed chute to the dispensing mechanism.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.