Dispenser for hot and cold products

Claim 1

An automatic dispenser for hot and cold food products comprising: (a) a cabinet provided with means for cooling said cabinet, (b) a plurality of horizontal conveyor belts disposed one above another in said cabinet, each of said conveyor belts comprising end rollers, a motor for driving one of said rollers and a belt trained on said rollers, said conveyor belts having ends aligned in a vertical plane spaced from a side of said cabinet, said conveyor belts comprising a plurality of storage belts for storing products to be dispensed and one delivery belt, (c) said cabinet having a delivery door at an end of said delivery belt opposite said aligned ends, (d) an oven in said cabinet disposed above said horizontal conveyor belts, said oven having a door, controllable means for opening and closing said door and a conveyor in said oven, said conveyor comprising two end rollers, a reversible motor for driving one of said rollers and a conveyor belt trained on said rollers, an end of said belt adjacent said door being vertically aligned with said aligned ends of said horizontal conveyor belts, a lift in said cabinet disposed adjacent said aligned ends of said horizontal conveyor belts, said lift comprising vertical guide means, a frame slidable vertically on said guide means, two end rollers rotatably supported by said frame, a reversible motor for driving one of said rollers and a conveyor belt trained on said rollers, and computerized means for controlling said horizontal conveyor belts, said lift and said oven in the manner that upon a customer selecting a product to be eaten hot, said lift is positioned with its conveyor belt in alignment with the respective storage conveyor belt on which the selected product is stored, said respective storage conveyor belt and said lift conveyor belt are operated to transfer said product onto said lift, said lift is raised to the level of said oven, said lift conveyor belt and said oven conveyor belt are operated to transfer said product into said oven, said oven door is closed and said oven is turned on, after a selected time said oven is turned off, said oven door is opened, said oven conveyor belt and said lift conveyor belt are operated in reverse to transfer said now heated product onto said lift, said lift is lowered to the level of said delivery conveyor belt and said lift conveyor belt and delivery conveyor belt are operated to transfer said product to said delivery opening, and upon a customer selecting a product to be eaten cold, said lift is positioned with its conveyor belt in alignment with the respective storage conveyor belt on which the selected product is stored, said respective storage conveyor belt and said lift conveyor belt are operated to transfer said product onto said lift, said lift is brought to the level of said delivery conveyor belt and said lift conveyor belt and said delivery conveyor belt are operated to transfer said product to said delivery opening.