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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 18, 2025
Filed:
Dec. 09, 2020
Applicant:
De' Longhi Appliances S.r.l., Treviso, IT;
Inventors:
Assignee:
DE' LONGHI APPLIANCES S.r.l., Treviso, IT;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 7/00 (2017.01); A47J 42/44 (2006.01); A47J 42/50 (2006.01); A47J 47/01 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A47J 42/50 (2013.01); A47J 42/44 (2013.01); A47J 47/01 (2013.01); G06T 7/0004 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30128 (2013.01);
Abstract
The loose product dispenser has a container and a sensor with optical barrier for detecting the presence of loose product in the container, the sensor having a transmitter of a light beam, configured to generate the optical barrier between an entry point and an exit point of the light beam from the container, and a receiver of the light beam, the sensor further has an electronic board on which both the receiver and the transmitter are installed, and a light guide configured and arranged to transmit to the reciever the light beam collected from the exit point.