Patent ID: 9469463
Filing Date: 2016-10-18
CPC Classification: A23F,A23L,A23V,A47G,A47J,B01F,B65D

Claim Text:
1. An automated spice, herb, condiment, tea, powdered beverage, and/or ground coffee dispenser, comprising: (a) a plurality of cartridges, adapted to be individually filled, respectively, with one of the items selected from the group of items comprising said spices, herbs, teas, condiments, powdered beverages, and ground coffee beans; (b) a cartridge carrier adapted to mount and hold said plurality of cartridges; (c) dispensing means, comprised of a least one spindle or rotary arm, which when activated, engages and extends a sliding member from within a respective cartridge, to trigger dispensation by gravity of a calibrated amount of one of said items, from a selected cartridge; (d) said dispensing means and cartridges adapted for relative movement therebetween to allow said dispensing means to be aligned, when desired, with a selected cartridge of said plurality of cartridges; and (e) a memory look-up table, containing a plurality of separate, discrete dispensing programs for operation of the dispensing means and said spindle or rotary arm to dispense quantities of said items from various of said cartridges, wherein when a dispensing program is selected by a user, the dispensing program aligns the dispensing means relative to the cartridge carrier and, in particular, a selected cartridge, to: