Patent ID: 7281468

Claim:
Automatic sandwich dispenser intended for fast-food catering, comprising a plurality of compartments for storing and conserving fresh ingredients, a means allowing a consumer to order a sandwich, a means for automatically making a sandwich which comprises a cutting device and which cooperates with said compartments for storing and conserving the fresh ingredients in order, in response to the consumer's order, to slice the fresh ingredients and to fill a bread roll with the slices of ingredients, and a means for delivering the made up sandwich, wherein each compartment comprises a storage element forming a volume for containing the ingredient and comprising an opening adapted to cooperate with the cutting device, said storage element being adapted to slide in the compartment in order to reposition the ingredient in said opening after it has been sliced; and wherein the automatic sandwich making means comprises means for automatically manipulating the storage compartments in order to position the opening vertically with respect to the cutting device and the bread roll.