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US 2019/0133340 A1Published application
Automated hygienic utensil dispenser
AssigneeMax Packaging
InventorsGreg Snyder, Dennis Ashley, Rickey Burns, Gary McFarland, Rhys McFarland
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Abstract
A hygienic automatic electric utensil dispenser for use in eating establishments such as hospitals, schools, or other areas where large number of people are eating food in a central area. The dispenser can be refilled using prepackaged stacked plastic utensil in a self-sealing plastic bags without the user ever touching the utensil during the refilling process. The dispenser delivers the utensil in a sanitary method using a plurality of sensors.
Claims4
A method for loading a hygienic cutlery dispenser, comprising:
- a. Opening a door of a hygienic cutlery dispenser;
- b. Loading the cutlery dispenser with cutlery stack still in its sealed packaging without a user touching said cutlery in its sealed packaging;
- c. Removing said sealed packaging from the cutlery stack once the cutlery stack has been properly loaded in the hygienic cutlery dispenser by pulling the packaging toward the top-loading door.
- d. Repeating steps a through c until the cutlery dispenser is fully refilled;
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- e. Closing the door.
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