Bulk product dispenser

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 11482066
APP PUB NO 20190311568A1
SERIAL NO

16361607

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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.

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Patent Owner(s)

  • FRANKE FOODSERVICE SYSTEMS, INC.

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Inventor(s)

Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Allegra, Mark E Brentwood, US 5 24
Chmayssani, Khalil Nolensville, US 9 12
Czapp, Ireneusz Reda, PL 10 3
Ormanin, Marek Suchy Dwor, PL 5 0
Phillips, Brian Smyrna, US 69 600
Robaszkiewicz, Tomasz Rumia, PL 4 2

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