公开(公告)号：US20220063912A1

公开(公告)日：2022-03-03

申请号：US17410914

申请日：2021-08-24

申请人： Little Caesar Enterprises, Inc.

发明人： Kent A. Deemter ,  R. William Kneifel II ,  Eric Brasseur ,  Edward Gleich ,  Anita Klopfenstein ,  David Scrivano ,  Dana Tilley ,  Thomas Hennessy ,  Kyle M. Bey ,  Evan Allen ,  Alex Szmatula

IPC分类号： B65G1/08 ,  B65G1/10 ,  B65G54/02 ,  A47J47/01 ,  A47J47/08

摘要： 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.

公开(公告)号：US20200290497A1

公开(公告)日：2020-09-17

申请号：US16644884

申请日：2018-09-05

申请人： Little Caesar Enterprises, Inc.

发明人： Keith Faigin ,  R. William Kneifel II ,  Kent A. Deemter ,  Stuart de Geus ,  Rick Moreno ,  David Scrivano ,  Jaime Pescia ,  Christopher P. Ilitch

IPC分类号： B60P3/025 ,  B60W60/00 ,  G06Q10/08 ,  G06Q10/06 ,  G06Q30/02 ,  G07F17/00 ,  G06Q50/30 ,  G06Q50/12 ,  G06Q50/28

摘要： A dynamic vending system includes a vending manager and a delivery vehicle. The vending manager is configured to receive and evaluate a plurality of dynamic conditions from the delivery vehicle and to provide instructions including a planned route to the delivery vehicle based on the dynamic conditions. The delivery vehicle includes a plurality of products available for sale, and is configured to execute the instructions including the planned route. The delivery vehicle is further configured to receive requests from consumers to stop along the planned route and to execute a transaction with the consumer for one of the products available for sale. The transaction includes the selection of one of the products available for sale, receipt of payment for the product, and dispensing the selected product to the consumer.

公开(公告)号：US20200051012A1

公开(公告)日：2020-02-13

申请号：US16597731

申请日：2019-10-09

申请人： Little Caesar Enterprises, Inc.

发明人： Kent A. Deemter ,  R. William Kneifel II ,  Matthew Omlor ,  Rick Moreno ,  David Scrivano ,  Dana Tilley

IPC分类号： G06Q10/08 ,  G07C9/00 ,  F24C7/08 ,  G06Q50/12 ,  A47J39/00 ,  A47J39/02 ,  G07F17/00 ,  A47J36/24

摘要： A food locker includes a housing, a food support member, a first door, a second door, and a lock. The housing includes a front wall a front wall, a rear wall, and a chamber. The front wall includes a first opening in communication with the chamber. The rear wall includes a second opening in communication with the chamber. The food support member is disposed within the chamber. The first door is supported by the housing and is movable between a closed position and an open position. The food support member is accessible through the first opening when the first door is in the open position. The second door is supported by the housing and is movable between a closed position and an open position. The food support member is accessible through the second opening when the second door is in the open position. The lock is operatively coupled to at least one of the housing and the first door and is actuatable between a locked configuration and an unlocked configuration. The lock is operable to (i) permit the first door to move from the closed position to the open position when the lock is in the unlocked configuration and (ii) prevent the first door from moving from the closed position to the open position when the lock is in the locked configuration.