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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 11, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 28, 2015
Applicant:
Gadsden Coffee Company, Inc., Attalla, AL (US);
Inventors:
Greg Snyder, Novato, CA (US);
Gary McFarland, Rainbow City, AL (US);
Rhys McFarland, Rainbow City, AL (US);
Rickey Burns, Crossville, AL (US);
Dennis Ashley, Gadsden, AL (US);
Assignee:
Gadsden Coffee Company, Inc., Atalla, AL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 3/00 (2006.01); G07F 11/00 (2006.01); A47F 1/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A47F 1/10 (2013.01); A47F 2001/103 (2013.01);
Abstract
A hygienic automatic electric utensil dispenser for use in eating establishments such as hospitals, schools, or other areas where large number of people are eating food in a central area. The dispenser can be refilled using prepackaged stacked plastic utensil in a self-sealing plastic bags without the user ever touching the utensil during the refilling process. The dispenser delivers the utensil in a sanitary method using a plurality of sensors.