Ice cream vending machine
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1. Apparatus for vending a plurality of cups, each cup being filled with a primary food product and sealed with a cover, said apparatus comprising:
- storing means for storing the plurality of cups;
first dispensing means for dispensing one cup of said plurality of cups from said storing means;
removing means for removing the cover from said one cup;
second dispensing means for selectively adding at least one secondary food product to the primary food product in said one cup; and
controlling means for automatically controlling said first dispensing means, said removing means and said second dispensing means.
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Abstract
A vending machine stores a plurality of cups that are filled with primary food products and sealed with covers, and on command, dispenses one cup from the plurality of cups, removes the cover from the one cup, and adds secondary food products to the primary food product in the one cup. The primary food product can be heated. The operation of the vending operation is automatically controlled.
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1. Apparatus for vending a plurality of cups, each cup being filled with a primary food product and sealed with a cover, said apparatus comprising:
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storing means for storing the plurality of cups; first dispensing means for dispensing one cup of said plurality of cups from said storing means; removing means for removing the cover from said one cup; second dispensing means for selectively adding at least one secondary food product to the primary food product in said one cup; and controlling means for automatically controlling said first dispensing means, said removing means and said second dispensing means. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36)
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28. Apparatus according to claim further comprising conveying means for conveying said one cup between said storing means, said removing means and said second dispensing means, said conveying means being controlled by said controlling means.
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