228 patents
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Utility
Lean Vending Machine
5 May 22
A vending machine includes two horizontal lead screws, a vertical lead screw, first and second motors, a shelf, a delivery cup, and a delivery area.
Emad JAFA, Xuejun LI, Ovidiu BUTNARU, Claudiu IOV, Marius MIHAILA, Jozsef SANDOR, Andrei SMITKO
Filed: 12 Oct 21
Utility
Carbonation Machine and a Gas Canister for a Carbonation Machine
28 Apr 22
A carbonation machine may include a carbonation head, a holder that is configured to hold a gas canister, the holder comprising a connector with a socket configured to enable linear insertion of a valve of the canister into the socket, the socket including a seal with at least one lateral opening to enable fluidic flow between one or more laterally oriented ports of the valve and a conduit of the holder while preventing leakage of gas from the fluidic flow, and a holding mechanism configured to hold a lateral projection from the canister after insertion of the valve into the socket such that the valve remains in the socket, and an activation mechanism configured to operate the valve to release the gas from the canister when inserted into the socket so as to enable the gas to flow via the conduit to the carbonation head
Guy DANIELI, Avi Cohen, Oren Shalev, Mark Funt, Allan Ring, Amnon Shkedi, Dvir Brand, Eyal Shmueli, Amit Avigdor, Eran Shaashua, Hagai Harduff, Doron Krom
Filed: 30 Dec 21
Utility
Impellers for Cutting Machines and Cutting Machines Equipped Therewith
28 Apr 22
Machines for cutting products and impellers suitable for use therein.
Keith Alan Barber, Corey Everette Baxter, Rebecca Glynn Gann
Filed: 22 Oct 20
Utility
Adapter for Canister Filling System and Method for Filling a Gas Canister
28 Apr 22
An adapter for a canister filling system includes a body having an opening that is shaped to enable insertion of a valve of a gas canister for holding a pressurized or liquefied gas, into an interior space of the body, leaving a sealed gap between at least a portion of a lateral aspect of the valve and an internal surface of the body facing the interior space; and at least one channel that is configured to conduct pressurized or liquified gas from a canister filling system into the sealed gap in the interior space, so as to reach one or more lateral exterior ports of the valve of the gas canister that open laterally to a longitudinal axis of a body of the gas canister, when the valve is inserted in the interior space, to facilitate filling of the gas canister with the pressurized or liquified gas through said one or more lateral exterior ports of the gas canister.
Guy DANIELI, Avi COHEN, Oren SHALEV, Mark FUNT, Allan RING, Amnon SHKEDI, Dvir BRAND, Eyal SHMUELI, Amit AVIGDOR, Eran SHAASHUA, Hagai HARDUFF, Doron KROM, Avraham VAKNIN
Filed: 11 Jan 22
Utility
Contactless Beverage Dispensers and Contactless Beverage Dispensing Methods
14 Apr 22
A method of selecting and dispensing a custom beverage in a contactless manner using a mobile electronic device.
Anton LJUNGGREN, Marco CIMATTI, Martin Eduardo BROEN, Jacob Michael CATES, Adrian TAYLOR, Cory TOBIN
Filed: 13 Oct 20
Utility
Unattended Beverage Dispensing Systems and Methods
14 Apr 22
Unattended beverage dispensers configured to dispense one or more beverages after authenticating a customer and associating the customer with a customer account.
Robert CRAWFORD, Sam KAROL
Filed: 23 Dec 21
Utility
Cutting Apparatus for Foodstuffs
31 Mar 22
An apparatus includes a cutting surface that contains at least one cutting element having a top.
Chumpol Pongpairote
Filed: 2 Jun 20
Utility
Flume, and Method, For Supplying Vegetable Pieces
17 Mar 22
A flume for supplying vegetable pieces in a supply of liquid, the flume extending between a flume inlet and a flume outlet, the flume comprising: a gulley section having an upstream inlet end at the flume inlet and a downstream outlet end, the gulley section having opposed sidewalls and a gulley floor therebetween, and a spreader section having opposed first and second lateral walls and a spreader floor therebetween, the spreader section having an upstream end connected to the downstream outlet end of the gulley section, the spreader section progressively increasing in width between the opposed first and second lateral walls in a downstream direction from the upstream end to a downstream end of the spreader section, wherein the opposed first and second lateral walls are each outwardly inclined away from a longitudinal axis of the spreader section by a respective angle α° for the first lateral wall and β° for the second lateral wall, in respective opposite directions, which extends from the upstream end of the spreader section to the downstream end of the spreader section, wherein the gulley section has a width of the gulley floor at the downstream outlet end of W1, the length of the spreader section between the upstream and downstream ends of the spreader section is N, and the dimensionless ratio N/W1 is within the range of from 2 to 15, and wherein the sum of α° and β° is from 10 to 25°.
Barbara Warburg, Simon Lawton
Filed: 21 Jan 20
Utility
Devices, Systems, and Methods for Real-time Peeling
24 Feb 22
Devices, systems, and methods for real-time peeling are disclosed.
Sean EICHENLAUB, Christopher KOCI, Keith CHAN
Filed: 19 Aug 21
Utility
Product Labeling Review
24 Feb 22
A label processing engine receives, as inputs, raw data representative of a label and baseline data, detects a raw data object within the raw data, classifies the raw data object, and localizes the raw data object within the raw data, detects a baseline data object within the baseline data, classifies the baseline data object, and localizes the baseline data object within the baseline data.
Jingting Hui
Filed: 20 Aug 21
Utility
Product Delivery Mechanism for a Vending Machine
24 Feb 22
A vending machine includes a housing defining a product storage area and a delivery portal.
Eleonor Dorin STOENESCU
Filed: 19 Aug 20
Utility
Beverage Dispense Monitoring with Camera
17 Feb 22
A beverage dispenser includes a nozzle to dispense a beverage.
Samuel KAROL, Anthony ROMANO, Thore Mainart BÜCKING, Timothy Charles KING, Joseph Albert DOLPHIN, Roger Bradley MILLINGTON
Filed: 13 Aug 20
Utility
Carbonation Machine and a Gas Canister for a Carbonation Machine
3 Feb 22
A carbonation machine may include a carbonation head, a holder that is configured to hold a gas canister, the holder comprising a connector with a socket configured to enable linear insertion of a valve of the canister into the socket, the socket including a seal with at least one lateral opening to enable fluidic flow between one or more laterally oriented ports of the valve and a conduit of the holder while preventing leakage of gas from the fluidic flow, and a holding mechanism configured to hold a lateral projection from the canister after insertion of the valve into the socket such that the valve remains in the socket, and an activation mechanism configured to operate the valve to release the gas from the canister when inserted into the socket so as to enable the gas to flow via the conduit to the carbonation head
Guy DANIELI, Avi COHEN, Oren SHALEV, Mark FUNT, Allan RING, Amnon SHKEDI, Dvir BRAND, Eyal SHMUELI, Amit AVIGDOR, Eran SHAASHUA, Hagai HARDUFF, Doron KROM
Filed: 17 Aug 21
Utility
Multi-layered Packaging Films
3 Feb 22
A multi-layered packaging film includes (a) an outer print layer, (b) an inner product-side layer, and (c) a lamination layer interposed between the outer print layer and the inner product-side layer.
Pak Meng Cham, Sridevi Narayan-Sarathy, Brad Dewayne Rodgers, Adam Johnson, Satyabrata Samanta
Filed: 30 Jul 20
Utility
Beverage Dispenser
27 Jan 22
A beverage dispenser uses-high ratio concentrates to mix on-demand beverages.
Giancarlo FANTAPPIE, Steven T. JERSEY, Farshad KAMALI
Filed: 23 Jul 21
Utility
Vending Machine for Foodstuffs
27 Jan 22
A vending machine configured to dispense foodstuffs includes a plurality of cartridges having a plurality of slots with each slot releasably retaining a foodstuff; a heating section configured to receive at least one foodstuff from at least one of the plurality of slots and to heat the at least one foodstuff; and a dispensing drawer configured to receive the at least one foodstuff passing through the heating section and to permit access to the foodstuff.
Mauricio Jasso Rodriguez
Filed: 22 Jul 20
Utility
Display Device for Illuminating Packaged Beverages
20 Jan 22
A display device for illuminating a packaged beverage includes a panel having a front end opposite a rear end.
Sandeep JAIN, Gurmeet Singh BHUTANI
Filed: 15 Jul 21
Utility
Contactless Autofill Dispensing
20 Jan 22
A contactless autofill dispenser includes a housing and a dispense area for receiving a cup.
Kazim A. KHAN, Terry Tae-il CHUNG
Filed: 13 Sep 21
Utility
Ambient Filling System and Method
6 Jan 22
Systems and methods for filling a beverage container with a carbonated fluid at ambient temperature while minimizing foam formation are provided.
Enver BULUNMAZ
Filed: 16 Sep 21
Utility
Interactive Vending Machine
23 Dec 21
A method of presenting product information in a vending machine may include detecting audio information from a consumer and converting the audio information to a text string.
Emad JAFA, Cheuk Chi LAU, Xuejun LI, Darren LING, Bernard YANG
Filed: 22 Jun 20