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US 12,721,308 B1Granted
Automated solid/liquid dispenser
OwnerClarissa Alison Cuevas, Carlos Cuevasinventors
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Abstract
Aspects of the disclosure are directed to an automated solid/liquid dispenser. In accordance with one aspect, the disclosure includes a housing including a hinge, a trash area and at least one compartment for holding content; a bowl for receiving the content; and a lifting floor plate coupled to the hinge, wherein the bowl sits on top of the lifting floor plate, and wherein the lifting floor plate places the bowl in a tilted position towards the trash area.
Claims3
An apparatus comprising:
- a housing including a hinge, a trash area including a handle and wherein the trash area is separable from the housing and the housing including at least two compartments for holding at least two types of contents, wherein a side of the housing includes at least one metal strip, and a lid includes an electromagnet to connect to the at least one metal strip when the lid rests along the side of the housing;
- a bowl for receiving the at least two types of contents;
- a lifting floor plate coupled to the hinge, wherein the bowl sits on top of the lifting floor plate, and wherein the lifting floor plate places the bowl in a tilted position towards the trash area;
- a sliding floor plate and the lid, wherein the sliding floor plate is configured to receive the bowl with the at least two types of contents, and the lid is configured to open according to a timing schedule, wherein the timing schedule dictates a first time when an electromagnetic field is deactivated to cause the lid the close, a second time when the sliding floor plate delivers the bowl to the lifting floor plate and a third time when the hinge mechanically moves the lifting floor plate to achieve the tilted position;
- a water hose connected through a hole into the housing in a position to spray water onto the bowl when the bowl is in the tilted position between 45-60 degrees as measured relative to a horizontal plane;
- a refrigerator coupled to one of the at least two compartments, wherein the refrigerator is configured to keep the temperature of one or more of the at least two types of contents below room temperature;
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- a motor and a mixer, wherein the motor is coupled to the mixer and the mixer is configured to mix one or more of the at least two types of contents.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.