Food dispenser, dispenser container and method

Details Food dispenser, dispenser container and method Food dispenser, dispenser container and method

1994-01-31

1994-10-11

Recla, Henry J.

Fluent material handling, with receiver or receiver coacting mea

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Battery grid pasting

141 83, 141129, 141168, 141172, 141275, 99407, 177114, 222 56, B65B 4342, B67C 300

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053538471

ABSTRACT:
A portioning dispenser for bulk food items is disclosed which receives bulk food items in a storage bin, portions food items from the storage bin, and dispenses measured portions of food items for further processing. The dispenser can include a rotary drum for conveying food items from the storage bin and a load cell for weighing the quantity of items conveyed from the storage bin into a secondary bin. The dispenser can also include a conveyor system for sequentially accepting, filling and returning a plurality of portion containers. The dispenser can include one or more inclined ramps for allowing containers to be slidably conveyed within the dispenser to and away from a basket filling station. In another embodiment of the invention, a method is disclosed for dispensing measured portions of bulk food items which includes several of the above-discussed operations. A container especially suited for use in the dispenser is also disclosed.

REFERENCES:
patent: 5191918 (1993-03-01), Cahlander et al.
patent: 5282498 (1994-02-01), Cahlander et al.

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