Dispensing – With discharge assistant – Movable or conveyer-type trap chamber
Patent
1995-01-19
1996-09-03
Kashnikow, Andres
Dispensing
With discharge assistant
Movable or conveyer-type trap chamber
222368, G01F 1110
Patent
active
055516041
ABSTRACT:
A relatively hygienic dispenser is provided for dispensing particulate matter such as bulk foods, gum drops or even hardware such as nuts and bolts. A dispenser mechanism is attached to a storage bin or receptacle. The material, typically food or sticky candy, falls toward dispenser module due to gravity. The dispenser has a four sided roughly rectangular, variable geometry passageway. Two opposed sides of the passageway are rigid, and the other two opposed sides are flexible. A scoop is pivotally mounted to the two rigid walls and extends across the passageway between them. The two lobed scoop accepts material from the receptacle, is turned either clockwise or counter-clockwise, and discharges material, presumably to a waiting container. The scoop turns between, and in contact with, the two spring-loaded sides, or skirts, and two flexible scraper walls. The scrapers discourage materials from sticking to the outside of the scoop, and the flexible skirts press close to the sides of the scoop as it is turned, limiting flow, yet may flex to discourage crushing or shearing of gummy particles. This permits control of the rate of flow of bulk food materials in a relatively hygienic manner.
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Burgener Derek
Kern Francois
Derakshani Philippe
Gierczak Eugene J. A.
Kashnikow Andres
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