Patents by Inventor Maria Pilar Perez Vales

Maria Pilar Perez Vales 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).

  • Automatic equipment for vending whole-grain products such as coffee or other products
    Patent number: 6725889
    Abstract: The equipment comprises: a plurality of containers in the form of bins (19A, 19B, . . . ), at the base of each of which a remotely controlled dispenser (21A; 21B; . . . ) can supply approximate quantities of the product by allowing it to fall from the corresponding container; channels (33A) capable of collecting the products supplied and of discharging them via a deflector (39) toward one or other of two housings (15A; 15B) for a packaging wrapper (5A, 5B) designed to package product received from the hopper, a grinder (15) being positioned above one (15B) of the housings. A computerized apparatus (50) is used for indicating and entering the individual selections and operations to be carried out.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2004
    Inventor: Maria Pilar Perez Vales
  • Automatic equipment for vending whole-grain products such as coffee or other products
    Publication number: 20030057234
    Abstract: The equipment comprises: a plurality of containers in the form of bins (19A, 19B, . . . ), at the base of each of which a remotely controlled dispenser (21A; 21B; . . . ) can supply approximate quantities of the product by allowing it to fall from the corresponding container; channels (33A) capable of collecting the products supplied and of discharging them via a deflector (39) toward one or other of two housings (15A; 15B) for a packaging wrapper (5A, 5B) designed to package product received from the hopper, a grinder (15) being positioned above one (15B) of the housings. A computerized apparatus (50) is used for indicating and entering the individual selections and operations to be carried out.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2002
    Publication date: March 27, 2003
    Inventor: Maria Pilar Perez Vales