INTELLIGENT PET FOOD DISPENSER

摘要

In one embodiment, a system for dispensing pet food includes a chamber, a transport conveyor, a blade, and an extractor. The chamber may dispense a pet found pouch to the transport conveyer. The transport conveyor may receive the pet food pouch and transport the pet food pouch to the blade wherein the blade may cut open the pet food pouch. The transport conveyor may then move the opened pet food pouch to the extractor. The transport conveyor may activate the extractor causing the extractor to lower onto the transport conveyor and extract pet food from the pet food pouch into a food tray. The transport conveyor may dispose the pet food pouch into a trash tray by releasing a trapdoor.

主权项

1. A system for dispensing pet food, comprising:
a chamber operable to store a plurality of pet food pouches and dispense one of the plurality of pet food pouches at a dispense time; a transport conveyor operable to receive, from the chamber, a pet food pouch, the transport conveyor further operable to:
transport the pet food pouch along a track;activate a blade to cut open the pet food pouch by engaging a mechanical switch;transport the opened pet food pouch along the track to an extractor;activate the extractor to lower a cylindrical extracting bar onto the transport conveyor by engaging an optical switch;extract pet food from the pet food pouch using the extractor into a food tray below the track; anddispose the pet food pouch into a trash tray below the track by releasing a trapdoor in the transport conveyor.