Patent ID: 7497352
Filing Date: 2009-03-03
Classification: G07F,H05B

Abstract:
1. A method of dispensing a food in a vending machine, comprising: receiving a selection in a vending machine; providing a container of food with the vending machine in response to the selection, the food being of the type that has multiple components and at least one component of the food separates from another food component during storage; agitating the container in the vending machine during transport of the container from a storage location in the vending machine to an induction heating device, the agitating including tumbling of the container in a first pathway with a path that zigzags; thereafter induction heating the container in the vending machine so as to substantially uniformly heat and disperse the food contained in the container; and agitating the container in the vending machine during transport of the container from the induction heating device to an outlet, the agitating including tumbling of the container in a second pathway with a path that zigzags, wherein said agitating before and after the heating uniformly mixes the food in the container.