MULTI-PRODUCT DISPENSER AND METHOD OF USING SAME

摘要

A dispenser unit (10) for dispensing bulk frozen food items including a cabinet (14) having at least one hopper (24) having a drum (44), a deflector (42) and flexible gate valve (46), a dispense assembly (16) and a control system (12) is disclosed. Also disclosed is a method for dispensing bulk frozen food items which includes inserting the bulk frozen food items in a dispenser unit having at least one hopper storage area, transporting the bulk frozen food item to a bottom area of the hopper storage area, dropping the bulk frozen food item from the bottom area of the hopper storage area into a dispense assembly, including a bucket (50), a dispensing door assembly (54), a load cell system (70), a proximity sensor (72), and at least one basket (28), and releasing the bulk frozen food items into the at least one basket when the proximity sensor of the dispense assembly detects the at least one basket