Abstract: An apparatus for dispensing and/or vending a bulk product. The apparatus comprises one or more bins for holding a bulk product, a dispensing mechanism operatively coupled to each of the bins, a controller operatively coupled to the dispensing mechanisms, and an interface for receiving a request for one of the bulk products. The controller is operatively coupled to the interface and configured to generate one or more control signals in response to a request for controlling the dispensing mechanism to dispense one of the bulk products.
Type:
Application
Filed:
May 14, 2013
Publication date:
April 3, 2014
Applicant:
646840 Alberta Ltd. d/b/a The Mentor Group
Inventor:
646840 Alberta Ltd. d/b/a The Mentor Group
Abstract: An apparatus for dispensing and/or vending a bulk product. The apparatus comprises one or more bins for holding a bulk product, a dispensing mechanism operatively coupled to each of the bins, a controller operatively coupled to the dispensing mechanisms, and an interface for receiving a request for one of the bulk products. The controller is operatively coupled to the interface and configured to generate one or more control signals in response to a request for controlling the dispensing mechanism to dispense one of the bulk products.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
May 23, 2008
Date of Patent:
June 25, 2013
Assignee:
646840 Alberta Ltd.
Inventors:
Christopher Roy Lock, Andras Gyorffy, Graham Russell Nelson