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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 24, 2020
Filed:
Nov. 01, 2011
Applicants:
Nathan J. Erickson, Bloomington, MN (US);
Richard S. Walters, Port Washington, WI (US);
Inventors:
Nathan J. Erickson, Bloomington, MN (US);
Richard S. Walters, Port Washington, WI (US);
Assignee:
GPCP IP Holdings LLC, Atlanta, GA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 59/00 (2006.01); B65D 83/00 (2006.01); A47F 1/10 (2006.01); B65G 59/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A47F 1/10 (2013.01); B65G 59/067 (2013.01); B65G 59/068 (2013.01);
Abstract
A dispenser for dispensing cutlery may include a housing configured to contain a plurality of utensils for dispensing, a dispensing mechanism that includes at least one belt configured to be driven and separate a utensil from a stack of utensils, and at least one drive mechanism configured to drive the at least one belt. The dispenser may further include a receptacle configured to receive the utensil separated from the stack of utensils.