Patents Assigned to LHD Vending, Inc.
  • Container for containing, treating and dispensing a bun in a hot dog dispensing machine
    Patent number: 6863179
    Abstract: A container for containing, treating and dispensing a bun in a hot dog dispensing machine has a container element having an inner cavity for accommodating a bun, an open side an a bottom located opposite to the open side, and a projection provided on the bottom and formed so that it supports a bun accommodated in the cavity and can be engaged by a formation of transporting means for transporting the container with the bun.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2005
    Assignee: LHD Vending, Inc.
    Inventors: Leonid Leykin, Aleksandr Kofman, Leonid Khodor
  • Food dispensing machine and method of use
    Patent number: 6802433
    Abstract: A food dispensing machine and method of use that includes separately loaded, conveyed, and heated first and second food portions. A first food portion, such as a hot dog, is dispensed from a chain of portions in an sealing film via a first dispensing device, which slices the film and expels the food portion. The first food portion is loaded onto a projecting component, which transports the first food portion to a first heating device and rotates the food portion during heating. Second food portions, such as buns, within containers attached to a film so as to form a chain, are dispensed by a second dispensing device, which separates each container from the film for placement onto a tray. The tray conveys the second food portions to a second heating device, and the heated first and second food portions are combined and dispensed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2004
    Assignee: LHD Vending, Inc.
    Inventors: Leon Leykin, Leonid Khodor, Alex Kofman
  • Bun dispensing device for hot dog dispensing machine
    Patent number: 6619503
    Abstract: A bun dispensing device for a hot dog dispensing machine operative for dispensing buns from a bun containing element which includes a plurality of individual bun containers and a common film to which the bun containers are releasably attached one after the other, the device has a unit for pulling the bun containing element, a unit for separating the bun containers with buns accommodated therein from the film of the bun containing element and located upstream of the pulling a unit, and a unit for guiding the bun containing element and located upstream of the separating unit, the separating unit being formed so that each of the bun containers with the bun accommodated therein is individually separated from the film under the action of the separating unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2003
    Assignee: LHD Vending, Inc.
    Inventors: Leonid Leykin, Aleksandr Kofman