Patent ID: 9700153
Date: 2017-07-11
CPC Classifications: A47F,B65D

Claim:
1. A hygienic cutlery dispenser, comprising: a. A storage chute for containing a plurality of stacked cutlery, the cutlery having a food-contacting end and a non-food contacting end; b. A dispensing port; c. An electric motor; d. A dispensing mechanism wherein said dispensing mechanism further comprises an upper plate, a middle plate, and a lower plate; e. the upper plate having a plurality of supporting pads and a slotted track; f. the middle plate having a plurality of track pins and said middle plate connected to said electric motor by an actuator and a motor lever plate; g. the lower plate having a slotted track and a plurality of dispensing teeth, wherein said dispensing teeth have a profile congruent with the non-food contacting end of said cutlery; h. a sliding relationship between said upper and lower plates with slotted track for the said middle plate to slide therebetween via track pins on said middle plate to actuate dispensing said cutlery one-by-one hygienically without user touching the hygienic cutlery dispenser; and i. at least one door covering said storage chute.