System and method for dispensing toppings

Patent Number: 9386799

Patent Date: 2016-07-12

Patent type: utility

One variation of a method for dispensing toppings onto topping vehicles includes: indexing a first topping vehicle to a first position adjacent a first topping module, the first topping module comprising a first hopper containing a first topping of a first topping type; indexing a second topping vehicle to a second position adjacent a second topping module comprising a second hopper containing a second topping of a second topping type; retracting a first blade of the first topping module; advancing the first blade through the first topping; retracting a first retaining plate to dispense a topping slice from the first topping onto the first topping vehicle according to a first topping order for the first topping vehicle specifying the first topping type, the first retaining plate offset from the first blade opposite the first hopper; advancing the first retaining plate; and indexing the first topping vehicle to the second position.

Inventors

First Name Last Name City State Country
John Lawrence McDonald, III - - -
Alexandros Vardakostas - - -
Steven Frehn - - -

IPCs

Section Class Sub Class Group Sub Group
A 23 P 1 00
A 23 P 1 08
A 21 C 9 04
A 23 L 1 00

Assignee

Organization First Name Last Name City State Country
Momentum Machines Company - - - - -