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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Oct. 12, 2021

Filed:

Feb. 05, 2020
Applicant:

6d Bytes Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Inventors:

Vipin Jain, Saratoga, CA (US);

Venkateswaran Ayalur, Cupertino, CA (US);

Vijayasimha Doddabalapur, Foster City, CA (US);

Kevin Andrew Marshall, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Jessica Pei-Sheng Murphy, San Mateo, CA (US);

Assignee:

6D Bytes Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 65/48 (2006.01); B65G 65/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 65/4881 (2013.01); B65G 65/005 (2013.01); B65G 2201/0211 (2013.01); B65G 2812/0645 (2013.01); B65G 2814/0302 (2013.01); B65G 2814/0325 (2013.01); B65G 2814/0344 (2013.01);
Abstract

In one embodiment, the present disclosure includes a solid dispenser including dispensing vanes coupled rotationally about respective parallel horizontal axes. The two dispensing vanes including a surface at a radial distance from the corresponding parallel horizontal axis with teeth arranged on and projecting from the surface. The surfaces of the dispensing vanes may be in contact between the parallel horizontal axes and are flexible in radial directions of the dispensing vanes. In one example embodiment, the dispensing vanes are configured to rotate in opposing directions about the respective parallel horizontal axes to selectively dispense ingredients from a hopper.


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