Invention Publication
- Patent Title: BULK PRODUCT DISPENSER
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Application No.: US18241889Application Date: 2023-09-03
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Publication No.: US20240144769A1Publication Date: 2024-05-02
- Inventor: Mark E. Allegra , Khalil Chmayssani , Ireneusz Czapp , Tomasz Robaszkiewicz , Marek Ormanin , Brian Phillips
- Applicant: Franke Foodservice Systems, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US TN Smyma
- Assignee: Franke Foodservice Systems, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Franke Foodservice Systems, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US TN Smyma
- Main IPC: G07F11/24
- IPC: G07F11/24 ; A47F1/035 ; A47J37/12 ; A47J47/01 ; G07F11/44 ; G07F11/48 ; G07F11/50 ; G07F11/52 ; G07F17/00

Abstract:
An improved dispenser unit for dispensing bulk food items, including a cabinet having at least one hopper having a drum with product compartments, a deflector and flexible gate valve, a dispense assembly, and a control system. The dispense assembly may or may not include one or more belts and/or sensors. The product compartments include flexible and/or elastic membranes, which dynamically change the effective product storage volume within a compartment, and eliminate rigid or semi-rigid pinch points between the drum and drum compartment. A product flow divider may be positioned above the receiving container in the dispense assembly, said divider configured to cause the dispensed product to divide into two or more flow streams into the receiving container. The receiving container may be vibrated or oscillated.
Public/Granted literature
- US12136311B2 Bulk product dispenser Public/Granted day:2024-11-05
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