Fluent material handling – with receiver or receiver coacting mea – Processes – Plural materials
Patent
1987-08-10
1989-09-12
Recla, Henry J.
Fluent material handling, with receiver or receiver coacting mea
Processes
Plural materials
141 83, 141 95, 141104, 141106, 141198, 141284, 141365, 222 57, 99342, B65B 304, B65B 330
Patent
active
048650897
ABSTRACT:
An apparatus and method are disclosed for dispensing a predetermined volume of a food chunk/liquid mixture having a predetermined ratio of food chunks to liquid without damaging the food chunks. The apparatus comprises at least one hopper, and a chute for receiving and selectively directing food chunks of the food chunk/liquid mixture into a cushion of liquid in the hopper. The metering apparatus preferably has sensing means for controlling the level of food chunks in the hopper, and a sensing means for selectively controlling the level of liquid in the hopper. When a constant predetermined volume of a food chunk/liquid mixture having a constant predetermined ratio of food chunks to liquid is consistently obtained in the hopper, a flap valve at the bottom of the hopper is repetitively opened for successively dispensing the food chunk/liquid mixture from the hopper into any suitable container.
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Donovan Edward C.
Graham Corporation
Recla Henry J.
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