Dispensing – Collapsible wall-type container – With wall-collapsing means
Patent
1997-01-02
1999-07-06
Walczak, David J.
Dispensing
Collapsible wall-type container
With wall-collapsing means
222105, 2221811, 2221812, 2221813, 222386, B65D 3528
Patent
active
059187670
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
This invention relates to dispensing apparatus for dispensing a viscous or semi-solid product from a container.
In dispensing food products hygiene requirements are becoming even stricter. Moreover convenience and variety of product are of greater importance.
An object of the invention is to provide a dispensing apparatus especially suitable for food products which is simple, adaptable and hygienic.
According to the invention there is provided, according to one aspect, a dispensing apparatus for dispensing a viscous or semi-solid product from a container comprising a base, a deformable portion and an outlet, the apparatus comprising deforming means movable to engage and deform the deformable portion to discharge product from the container through the outlet, a seating for supporting the base of the container during dispensing of product from the container, an arm carrying the seating and movable between an operating position and a non-operating position in which the container may be removed from and placed in the seating, and support means for the arm whereby the arm is movable between said positions, the deforming means being engageable with the container only in the operating position.
Preferably the deforming means is a plunger movable in a generally vertical direction, and the seating, in the operating position, is located vertically below the plunger, the arm and the seating being movable about a generally horizontal axis of the support means to a non-operating position to one side of the operating position.
Conveniently the seating and the arm are presented generally horizontally in the operating position and downwardly inclined to the horizontal in the non-operating position.
Preferably the seating and the arm are releasably securable in each of the operating and non-operating positions and the plunger is movable only when the seating is in the operating position.
The arm may be L-shaped and located in an inverted position, the shorter limb of the arm carrying the seating, and pivot means is located towards the lower end of the longer limb of the arm.
The arm may have a handle whereby the arm is movable manually between the operating and non-operating positions, and the seating is arranged for the container to be lifted up and out of the seating, the deformable portion of the container being presented upwardly towards the plunger and the outlet being presented downwardly from the arm when the container is located in the seating.
The apparatus may include an upright frame having towards its upper end a support for the deforming means and its associated drive means, the frame having intermediate its ends the arm and associated seating, and the frame having towards its lower end a base for supporting the frame, the base including a receiver spaced below the seating and giving access to a receptacle for product discharged from the container.
Conveniently the frame houses drive means for the deforming means and lighting means, and a housing surrounds the lighting means and has a light transmission region for lighting the housing from within.
The deforming means may be driven by a compressed gas operated piston and cylinder arrangement, and the apparatus includes a source of compressed gas and gas reservoir for supplying pressurised gas to the piston and cylinder.
Preferably the deforming means includes locating means movable to engage with the container to locate the container in the seating, and pressure generating means which engages with the deformable portion of the container to deform the portion towards the base in discharging product through the container outlet and the locating means and the pressure generating means are relatively movable so that, after the locating means has engaged the container, the pressure generating means moves relative to the locating means to discharge said product.
The locating means may comprise a locating member slidably mounted relative to the pressure generating means and resiliently urged by spring means towards a locating position, whereby after said member locate
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Maust Timothy L.
McGill Technology Limited
Walczak David J.
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