Food service cup dispensers, systems, and methods

a technology for food service and dispensers, applied in the field of printing and dispensing systems for food service, can solve the problems of requiring a significant lag time and often feeling impersonal in the customer experience of food servi
US20190174933A1Inactive Publication Date: 2019-06-13GPCP IP HLDG LLC
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Authority / Receiving Office
US · United States
Current Assignee / Owner
GPCP IP HLDG LLC
Publication Date
2019-06-13
Estimated Expiration
Not applicable · inactive patent

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Abstract

Systems for providing on-demand cup printing and dispensing for food service are provided herein. A cup dispenser includes a cup source configured to hold a stack of cups and one or more cup-moving elements configured to cause a cup from the stack of cups to move through the cup dispenser. The cup dispenser includes a motor configured to operate the one or more cup-moving elements to cause the cup to move through the cup dispenser along a path. The cup dispenser also includes a printer configured to print at least one of order information or personalization information on the cup that is based on the food service order associated with the cup. The cup dispenser further includes a dispensing slot that provides the cup, which includes the at least one of order information or personalization information printed thereon.
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CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

[0001] This application claims priority to U.S. Provisional Application No. 62 / 712,465, filed Jul. 31, 2018, entitled “Personalized Food Service Material Printing Systems”, and U.S. Provisional Application No. 62 / 597,516, filed Dec. 12, 2017, entitled “Personalized Food Service Material Printing Systems”; each of which is incorporated by reference herein in its entirety.FIELD OF THE INVENTION

[0002] Example embodiments of the present invention generally relate to printing and dispensing systems for food service and, more particularly to on-demand cup printing and dispensing systems for food service.BACKGROUND

[0003] Customer experience for food service can often feel impersonal. A customer may provide a food order and a food service person may then package up the food order for the customer. The packaging is pre-printed and supplied to the food service store often months in advance, such that the customer is presented with generic food packaging for...

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