Apparatus for supplying grain and flour to container of food processing machine

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 11350636
APP PUB NO 20200170261A1
SERIAL NO

16691607

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A grain and flour supply apparatus is provided, including a holding bin provided above a container and having an exhaust port from which gas is discharged, an introduction port into which grain and flour are introduced, and a supply port which supplies the grain and flour to the container; a first vacuum breaker valve opening and closing the exhaust port; a second vacuum breaker valve opening and closing the introduction port; a third vacuum breaker valve opening and closing the supply port; a temperature sensor measuring the temperature in the holding bin; a vacuum device drawing a vacuum in the holding bin; and a control device configured to control the first vacuum breaker valve, the second vacuum breaker valve, the third vacuum breaker valve, and the vacuum device, and set with a target temperature.

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SODICK CO LTDKANAGAWA COUNTY YOKOHAMA JAPAN BUILDING AREA ZHONG TING TAIWAN THREE 12 1 YOKOHAMA-SHI KANAGAWA

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Noguchi, Akinori Kanagawa, JP 14 34
Ueno, Maya Kanagawa, JP 8 36

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