US 12,073,679 B2
Techniques to dispense an item and release a jammed item from a dispensing system
David D. Davidar, Schwenksville, PA (US); and Jeremiah Divyan David, Tamil Nadu (IN)
Assigned to Trinity Axis Inc., Harleysville, PA (US)
Filed by Trinity Axis Inc., Harleysville, PA (US)
Filed on Feb. 24, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/114,155.
Application 18/114,155 is a continuation of application No. 17/382,479, filed on Jul. 22, 2021, granted, now 11,620,868.
Prior Publication US 2023/0222859 A1, Jul. 13, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G07F 11/42 (2006.01); G07F 11/72 (2006.01)
CPC G07F 11/42 (2013.01) [G07F 11/72 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A dispensing system including:
an arrangement of dispensing passages;
a dispensing device adjacent to the arrangement of dispensing passages, wherein the dispensing device includes a motor;
a retrieval bin;
an IR sensor adjacent to the retrieval bin; and
a system controller configured to operate the dispensing system and receive an input to process a jammed item release technique, wherein the jammed item release technique includes the system controller instructing the dispensing device to dispense a selected product for a second time.