US 11,721,158 B2
Apparatus, methods and systems for dispensing an item from a dispensing apparatus
Daniel Braido, Jersey City, NJ (US); Audley Wilson, Jersey City, NJ (US); Christopher Carbonaro, Staten Island, NY (US); Justin Dawber, Pittsburgh, PA (US); and Theodore Halbach, Newark, NJ (US)
Filed by RoboBurger Enterprises Inc., Newark, NJ (US)
Filed on Dec. 8, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/77,913.
Application 18/077,913 is a continuation in part of application No. PCT/US2022/035910, filed on Jul. 1, 2022.
Application PCT/US2022/035910 is a continuation of application No. 17/375,038, filed on Jul. 14, 2021, granted, now 11,335,154, issued on May 17, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0104846 A1, Apr. 6, 2023
Int. Cl. G07F 11/58 (2006.01); B65G 13/02 (2006.01)
CPC G07F 11/58 (2013.01) [B65G 13/02 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for dispensing an item from a dispensing apparatus, wherein
the system is attached to a dispensing apparatus lower portion of the dispensing apparatus,
the system comprising:
a plate;
a flap movably attached to the plate, the flap having a flap open position and a flap closed position;
a stop extending outward from a flap first surface of a flap lower portion in both the flap open position and the flap closed position;
a movable arm in attachment with the flap configured to move the flap between the flap open position and the flap closed position;
a heating element at least proximate to the flap;
an opening on the flap extending between the flap first surface and a flap second surface; and
a rod substantially vertically arranged and in attachment with the plate.