System and method for dispensing toppings

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9326544
SERIAL NO

14534038

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One variation of a method for dispensing toppings onto topping vehicles includes: indexing a first topping vehicle to a first position adjacent a first topping module, the first topping module comprising a first hopper containing a first topping of a first topping type; indexing a second topping vehicle to a second position adjacent a second topping module comprising a second hopper containing a second topping of a second topping type; retracting a first blade of the first topping module; advancing the first blade through the first topping; retracting a first retaining plate to dispense a topping slice from the first topping onto the first topping vehicle according to a first topping order for the first topping vehicle specifying the first topping type, the first retaining plate offset from the first blade opposite the first hopper; advancing the first retaining plate; and indexing the first topping vehicle to the second position.

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Patent Owner(s)

  • MOMENTUM MACHINES COMPANY

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Inventor(s)

Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Frehn, Steven San Francisco, US 36 293
McDonald, John Lawrence Berkeley, US 21 163
Vardakostas, Alexandros San Juan Capistrano, US 39 313

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