Produits et services

Automatic vending machines; Vending machines; Vending machines for delivery of goods, namely, delivery of sacramental, sterile individual communion wafers for a church

Abrégé

Systems and methods for dispensing items utilizing a housing having a compartment configured to store a quantity of items, a dispensing device configured to dispense at least one of the items from the housing to an individual, an activation device configured to activate the dispensing device to dispense the at least one item from the housing in response to an interaction with the individual, an outlet in the housing through which the items may be individually dispensed from the housing by the dispensing device, and one or more light sources that emit UV-C radiation within the housing and irradiate exterior surfaces of the items or packaging of the items with the UV-C radiation. Methods utilizing the system may be used to dispense items, such as sacramental elements for Communion.

Classes IPC  ?

• A47G 33/00 - Articles religieux ou rituels d'usage domestique ou général
• A21D 15/06 - Amélioration de produits finis de boulangerie par irradiation
• A23L 2/50 - Conservation des boissons non alcoolisées par irradiation ou traitement électrique sans effet de chauffage
• A61L 2/10 - Procédés ou appareils de désinfection ou de stérilisation de matériaux ou d'objets autres que les denrées alimentaires ou les lentilles de contactAccessoires à cet effet utilisant des phénomènes physiques des radiations des ultraviolets
• A61L 2/24 - Appareils utilisant des opérations programmées ou automatiques
• A61L 2/26 - Accessoires
• B65D 83/04 - Réceptacles ou paquets comportant des moyens particuliers pour distribuer leur contenu pour distribuer de petits objets en forme d'anneau, de disque, de sphère ou similaire, p. ex. des comprimés ou des pilules
• C12H 1/16 - Pasteurisation, stérilisation, conservation, purification, clarification ou vieillissement des boissons alcoolisées sans précipitation par des moyens physiques, p. ex. irradiation

Abrégé

Systems and methods for dispensing items utilizing a housing having a compartment configured to store a quantity of items, a dispensing device configured to dispense at least one of the items from the housing to an individual, an activation device configured to activate the dispensing device to dispense the at least one item from the housing in response to an interaction with the individual, an outlet in the housing through which the items may be individually dispensed from the housing by the dispensing device, and one or more light sources that emit UV-C radiation within the housing and irradiate exterior surfaces of the items or packaging of the items with the UV-C radiation. Methods utilizing the system may be used to dispense items, such as sacramental elements for Communion.

Classes IPC  ?

• B67D 1/07 - Nettoyage des appareils pour débiter des boissons
• B67D 1/00 - Appareils ou dispositifs pour débiter des boissons à la pression
• B65G 59/06 - Désempilage par le bas de la pile