Cone dispensing apparatus and method thereof
AssigneeInterbake Foods, Inc.
InventorChris Martin
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Abstract
A cone dispensing apparatus a control system for monitoring and controlling the various components of the apparatus. The dispensing apparatus can include a first cam and a second cam, wherein the first cam and second cam are positioned parallel to each other in a housing. A first motor can be coupled to the first cam and a second motor can be coupled to the second cam, wherein the first and second motors are configured to rotate the cams around an axis. A first holdback plate and a second holdback plate can be coupled to a respective first linear motor and second linear motor. The hold back plates and cams can be synchronized to dispense a cone from the cone stack to the cams positioned below.
Claims20
A cone dispensing apparatus for dispensing a cone, comprising:
- a control system;
- a first cam and a second cam, wherein the first cam and second cam are positioned parallel to each other in a housing;
- a first rotary motor coupled to the first cam and a second rotary motor coupled to the second cam, wherein the first rotary motor is configured to rotate the first cam around a first axis and the second rotary motor is configured to rotate the second cam around a second axis;
- a first holdback plate and a second holdback plate;
- a first linear motor coupled to the first holdback plate and a second linear motor coupled to the second holdback plate, wherein the first linear motor moves the first holdback plate alone a third axis and the second linear motor moves the second holdback plate along a fourth axis,
- wherein the first rotary motor, second rotary motor, first linear motor, and second linear motor are communicatively coupled to the control system.
The apparatus of claim 13, wherein the second cam has a third set of cone dispensing portions on a first side of the second cam and a third set of cone dispensing portions on a second side of the second cam.
The apparatus of claim 14, wherein the first set of dispensing portions of the first cam are configured to be in a first index cycle with the third set of dispensing portions of the second cam, and the second set of dispensing portions of the first cam are configured to be in a second index cycle with the fourth set of dispensing portions of the second cam.
A cone dispensing apparatus for dispensing a cone, comprising:
- a control system;
- a first cam and a second cam, wherein the first cam and second cam are positioned parallel to each other in a housing;
- a first motor configured to turn the first cam around a first axis and a second motor configured to turn the second cam around a second axis;
- a control system, comprising a processing means, memory for storing one or more pre-determined programs communicatively, wherein the control system is communicatively coupled to the first motor.
The cone dispensing apparatus of claim 16, wherein the first cam has a first cone dispensing portion and a second cone dispensing portion, wherein the first cone dispensing portion is positioned on the opposite side of the second cone dispensing portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.