Abstract: A modified product dispenser unit and a batch product lift or elevator unit adjacent to an automatic fryer. Fries (or other forms of batch product) are dispensed into an angled chute, and thence into the lift or elevator batch product holder at the bottom or loading position in a batch product elevator in the batch product elevator unit. The holder is raised by motorized chains, cables, or the like to a top or release position in the batch product lift or elevator, where the fries are then delivered to an exit chute which drops the fries into the automatic fryer. The batch product lift or elevator unit may comprise a pair of holders and corresponding lifting mechanism and exit chutes, corresponding to the pair of hoppers.

Abstract: A modified product dispenser unit and a batch product lift or elevator unit adjacent to an automatic fryer. Fries (or other forms of batch product) are dispensed into an angled chute, and thence into the lift or elevator batch product holder at the bottom or loading position in a batch product elevator in the batch product elevator unit. The holder is raised by motorized chains, cables, or the like to a top or release position in the batch product lift or elevator, where the fries are then delivered to an exit chute which drops the fries into the automatic fryer. The batch product lift or elevator unit may comprise a pair of holders and corresponding lifting mechanism and exit chutes, corresponding to the pair of hoppers.

Abstract: A dispenser unit for dispensing bulk frozen food items including a cabinet having at least one hopper having a drum, a deflector and flexible gate valve, a dispense assembly and a control system is disclosed. Also disclosed is a method for dispensing bulk frozen food items which includes inserting the bulk frozen food items in a dispenser unit having at least one hopper storage area, transporting the bulk frozen food item to a bottom area of the hopper storage area, dropping the bulk frozen food item from the bottom area of the hopper storage area into a dispense assembly, including a bucket, a dispensing door assembly, a load cell system, a proximity sensor, and at least one basket, and releasing the bulk frozen food items into the at least one basket when the proximity sensor of the dispense assembly detects the at least one basket.