Touchless lid dispenser apparatus and method

US10366560B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• DAN & O'B ENTERPRISES, LLC · US

Inventors

• Daniel J. Weber · Bel Air, US
• John Jancsek · Blaine, US
• Mark Thomas Podvin · Andover, US
• Matthew Lawrence Stoffel · Maplewood, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 17, 2015
• Grant date: Jul 30, 2019
• Expiry date: Jul 17, 2035

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G07F11/16
• WIPO field: Control
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A lid dispensing system includes a housing, a sensor, and a dispenser. The sensor senses objects outside the housing. Once sensed, a dispenser within the housing coveys a lid outside the housing. A method for dispensing lids is also disclosed. The method includes sensing objects outside a housing, separating a lid from a stack of lids, and conveying lids to a position outside the housing.