Patents by Inventor James Bendig
James Bendig has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
-
Patent number: 11802039Abstract: A system and method for dispensing a beverage includes the detection of a presence of a cup underneath a nozzle, and in response to the detected presence of the cup, a target fill height is calculated. The controller operates to begin a dispense of a beverage into the cup. A beverage fill height determined and compared to a target fill height. When the beverage fill height exceeds the target fill height, the controller operates to stop dispensing the beverage into the cup.Type: GrantFiled: September 9, 2022Date of Patent: October 31, 2023Assignee: Marmon Foodservice Technologies, Inc.Inventor: James Bendig
-
Patent number: 11591205Abstract: A touchless beverage dispensing valve assembly includes a nozzle and a valve configured to control a flow of a substance through the valve to the nozzle. A solenoid is configured to operate the valve between open and closed conditions. A trigger sensor includes an optical sensor and a controller. The controller executes a trigger sensor control module to receive an output from the optical sensor and operate the solenoid to control the valve between the open condition and the closed condition. A feedback device is operable to selectively provide a visual indication an operational status of the valve.Type: GrantFiled: May 6, 2021Date of Patent: February 28, 2023Assignee: Marmon Foodservice Technologies, Inc.Inventors: James Bendig, E. Scott Sevcik, David K. Njaastad
-
Patent number: 11584632Abstract: An example of a beverage dispenser includes a nozzle and a valve coupled upstream of the nozzle. A sensor is operable to detect an object within a detection zone and provide a signal representative of a distance between the object and the sensor. A controller is configured to receive the signal from the sensor. The controller is configured to determine a sub-zone from a plurality of sub-zones within the detection zone in which the object is located. The valve is controlled between an open condition to dispense the substance through the nozzle and a closed condition based upon the determined sub-zone.Type: GrantFiled: July 13, 2021Date of Patent: February 21, 2023Assignee: Marmon Foodservice Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Jacob C. Greenberg, Christopher D. Coul, James Bendig
-
Publication number: 20230002210Abstract: A system and method for dispensing a beverage includes the detection of a presence of a cup underneath a nozzle, and in response to the detected presence of the cup, a target fill height is calculated. The controller operates to begin a dispense of a beverage into the cup. A beverage fill height determined and compared to a target fill height. When the beverage fill height exceeds the target fill height, the controller operates to stop dispensing the beverage into the cup.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 9, 2022Publication date: January 5, 2023Applicant: Marmon Foodservice Technologies, Inc.Inventor: James Bendig
-
Patent number: 11472693Abstract: A system and method for dispensing a beverage includes the detection of a presence of a cup underneath a nozzle, and in response to the detected presence of the cup, a target fill height is calculated. The controller operates to begin a dispense of a beverage into the cup. A beverage fill height determined and compared to a target fill height. When the beverage fill height exceeds the target fill height, the controller operates to stop dispensing the beverage into the cup.Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 2021Date of Patent: October 18, 2022Assignee: Marmon Foodservice Technologies, Inc.Inventor: James Bendig
-
Publication number: 20220106181Abstract: In an automated beverage dispensing system, a conveyance system defines a plurality of cup locations and operates to sequentially move the plurality of cup locations through a plurality of indexed locations. A cup dispensing system is configured to receive a supply of cups. The cup dispensing system is operable to dispense a cup to a cup loading location that coincides with an indexed location of the plurality of indexed locations. A beverage dispensing system is configured to dispense a beverage at a beverage dispense location of the plurality of indexed locations. A computer associates an ordered beverage to a cup location of the plurality of cup locations.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 4, 2021Publication date: April 7, 2022Applicant: Marmon Foodservice Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Mark Miller, David Njaastad, Zachary Dresser, Slawomir Kielian, James Bendig, Steve Miller, Kurt Zoellick
-
Publication number: 20220017350Abstract: An example of a beverage dispenser includes a nozzle and a valve coupled upstream of the nozzle. A sensor is operable to detect an object within a detection zone and provide a signal representative of a distance between the object and the sensor. A controller is configured to receive the signal from the sensor. The controller is configured to determine a sub-zone from a plurality of sub-zones within the detection zone in which the object is located. The valve is controlled between an open condition to dispense the substance through the nozzle and a closed condition based upon the determined sub-zone.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 13, 2021Publication date: January 20, 2022Applicant: Marmon Foodservice Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Jacob C. Greenberg, Christopher D. Coul, James Bendig
-
Publication number: 20220018586Abstract: An example of a system for touchlessly dispensing ice into a receptacle includes a dispense chute configured to direct dispensed ice therethrough to a dispense area. A visual feedback device is configured to present a visual indication of an operational status of the system. A sensor is configured to produce a beam within the dispense area and to provide a signal indicative of a proximity of an object within the beam to the sensor. A controller is configured to receive the signal and to determine the proximity of the object to the sensor from the signal. The controller is configured to operate the system to initiate a dispense of ice through the dispense chute based upon the determined proximity of the object. The controller is configured to operate the visual feedback device to present a visual indication of the initiated ice dispense.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 13, 2021Publication date: January 20, 2022Applicant: Marmon Foodservice Technologies, Inc.Inventors: James Bendig, E. Scott Sevcik, David K. Njaastad, Andrew J. Tobler
-
Publication number: 20210380394Abstract: A system and method for dispensing a beverage includes the detection of a presence of a cup underneath a nozzle, and in response to the detected presence of the cup, a target fill height is calculated. The controller operates to begin a dispense of a beverage into the cup. A beverage fill height determined and compared to a target fill height. When the beverage fill height exceeds the target fill height, the controller operates to stop dispensing the beverage into the cup.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 2, 2021Publication date: December 9, 2021Applicant: Marmon Foodservice Technologies, Inc.Inventor: James Bendig
-
Publication number: 20210347628Abstract: A touchless beverage dispensing valve assembly includes a nozzle and a valve configured to control a flow of a substance through the valve to the nozzle. A solenoid is configured to operate the valve between open and closed conditions. A trigger sensor includes an optical sensor and a controller. The controller executes a trigger sensor control module to receive an output from the optical sensor and operate the solenoid to control the valve between the open condition and the closed condition. A feedback device is operable to selectively provide a visual indication an operational status of the valve.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 6, 2021Publication date: November 11, 2021Applicant: Marmon Foodservice Technologies, Inc.Inventors: James Bendig, E. Scott Sevcik, David K. Njaastad
-
Patent number: 11158151Abstract: A dispensing system for dispensing containers. The dispensing system includes a storage chamber configured to hold the containers available for dispensing. A release device is coupled to the storage chamber to release the containers therefrom. An input device is configured to receive an order to dispense specific containers from the containers stored within the storage chamber, where the specific containers include at least two individual containers having different shapes. A tray receives the specific containers released from the storage, where the specific containers when released form a nested stack on the tray, and where the nested stack has a stacked height. A control system is operative coupled to the input device and the release device, where the control system determines a sequence for dispensing the specific containers from the order so as to minimize the stacked height of the nested stack on the tray.Type: GrantFiled: February 24, 2020Date of Patent: October 26, 2021Assignee: Cornelius, Inc.Inventors: Vincenzo DiFatta, Christopher F. Zemko, Clayton Knight, Jeremy Nocchi, James Bendig
-
Publication number: 20200273283Abstract: A dispensing system for dispensing containers. The dispensing system includes a storage chamber configured to hold the containers available for dispensing. A release device is coupled to the storage chamber to release the containers therefrom. An input device is configured to receive an order to dispense specific containers from the containers stored within the storage chamber, where the specific containers include at least two individual containers having different shapes. A tray receives the specific containers released from the storage, where the specific containers when released form a nested stack on the tray, and where the nested stack has a stacked height. A control system is operative coupled to the input device and the release device, where the control system determines a sequence for dispensing the specific containers from the order so as to minimize the stacked height of the nested stack on the tray.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 24, 2020Publication date: August 27, 2020Applicant: Cornelius, Inc.Inventors: Vincenzo DiFatta, Christopher F. Zemko, Clayton Knight, Jeremy Nocchi, James Bendig