Beverage dispensing machine with cup dispenser

US12252390B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Marmon Foodservice Technologies, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Zachary Dresser · West Chicago, US
• David K. Njaastad · Palatine, US
• Michael A. Graef · Gräfelfing, DE
• Daniel Muskin-Pierret · Oak Park, US
• Brian Mathews · Sycamore, US
• Kevin M. Carrara · Des Plaines, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 8, 2022
• Grant date: Mar 18, 2025
• Expiry date: Mar 30, 2043

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B67D2210/00078
• WIPO field: Control
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A cup dispensing system in an automated dispensing beverage dispensing system receives a first supply of cups at a first dispensing assembly with a first selective release device and receives a second supply of cups at a second dispensing assembly with a second selective release device. The first and second dispensing assemblies respectively coincide with first and second indexed locations on a cup conveyance system. The cup dispensing system operates to dispense a first cup from the first dispensing assembly to the first indexed location and a second cup from the second dispensing assembly to the second indexed location.