Fluent material handling – with receiver or receiver coacting mea – With conveying means to supply successive receivers
Patent
1992-04-06
1994-02-01
Recla, Henry J.
Fluent material handling, with receiver or receiver coacting mea
With conveying means to supply successive receivers
141 83, 141168, 141172, 141275, 99407, 177114, 222 56, B65B 4342, B67C 300
Patent
active
052824985
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.
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Cahlander Robert L.
Carroll David W.
Hollingsworth Alfred C.
Lawrence Gregory A.
Rudesill Brian R.
Douglas Steven O.
Recla Henry J.
Restaurant Technology, Inc.
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