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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 01, 2025
Filed:
Feb. 13, 2024
Little Caesar Enterprises, Inc., Detroit, MI (US);
Kent A. Deemter, Hudsonville, MI (US);
R. William Kneifel, Ii, West Bloomfield, MI (US);
Eric Brasseur, Detroit, MI (US);
Edward Gleich, Detroit, MI (US);
Anita Klopfenstein, Detroit, MI (US);
David Scrivano, South Lyon, MI (US);
Dana Tilley, Detroit, MI (US);
Thomas Hennessy, Royal Oak, MI (US);
Kyle M. Bey, Davison, MI (US);
Evan Allen, Detroit, MI (US);
Alex Szmatula, Detroit, MI (US);
Little Caesar Enterprises, Inc., Detroit, MI (US);
Abstract
A system for dispensing ingredients includes a cabinet and a conveyor disposed beneath the cabinet. The conveyor includes a staging region and a dispensing region in communication with an interior of the cabinet through a dispenser opening. One or more containers are removably disposed within the cabinet, and each of the one or more containers has an outlet disposed above the dispenser opening and includes an ejector operable to dispense one of the ingredients through the outlet. One or more bins are removably received within the conveyor. The bins are operable to be moved by the conveyor between a first position in the staging region and a second position in the dispensing region. Within the dispensing region, the conveyor is configured to move the bins between dispensing positions beneath respective ones of the containers.