Pouring batching device for fat-containing substances, in particular for chocolate
AssigneeLive-Tech S.R.L.
InventorDomenico Veglio
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Abstract
A pouring batching device (1), in particular for chocolate, in dies is described, comprising a case (2) inside which at least one cylindrical recess is obtained, in which a longitudinal shaft (7) is housed, to which at least one rotary piston (3) is fastened, means adapted to control the flow of said chocolate, wherein the case (2) is placed below a tank containing chocolate to be poured and is open towards its top, locating a hopper (8) adapted to put in contact an internal volume of the tank with the recess of the case (2), so that a mass of chocolate can easily descend by gravity inside the case (2) even without a sucking effect by the rotary piston (3).
Claims20
A batching device comprising:
- a case comprising a hopper tapered toward a cylindrical recess of the case, the hopper in fluid communication with at least one internal duct of the case, and the cylindrical recess in fluid communication with at least one pouring channel, the at least one pouring channel configured to receive a substance that flows from the hopper and into the cylindrical recess;
- a cylindrical valve disposed inside of the cylindrical recess, the cylindrical valve configured to rotate inside of the cylindrical recess about a shaft that extends through a coaxial hole of the cylindrical valve, the cylindrical valve including at least one slot;
- a rotary piston fastened to the shaft and configured to rotate inside of the at least one slot with the shaft, wherein the rotary piston, the cylindrical valve, and the cylindrical recess define at least one batching chamber, wherein rotation of the rotary piston with the shaft and rotation of the cylindrical valve about the shaft changes a respective volume of the at least one batching chamber;
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- a plate removably coupled to the case, the plate comprising at least one pouring duct in fluid communication with the at least one pouring channel and the at least one internal duct of the case, wherein the at least one pouring duct is configured to recycle the substance back to the hopper via the at least one internal duct of the case.
A batching device comprising:
- a case comprising a hopper tapered toward a cylindrical recess of the case, the hopper in fluid communication with a plurality of internal ducts of the case, and the cylindrical recess in fluid communication with a plurality of pouring channels, the pouring channels configured to receive a substance that flows from the hopper and into the cylindrical recess;
- a cylindrical valve disposed inside of the cylindrical recess, the cylindrical valve configured to rotate inside of the cylindrical recess about a shaft that extends through a coaxial hole of the cylindrical valve, the cylindrical valve including a plurality of slots;
- a plurality of rotary pistons fastened to the shaft and configured to rotate with the shaft inside of each of the slots respectively, wherein each of the rotary pistons, the cylindrical valve, and the cylindrical recess define a plurality of batching chambers, wherein rotation of the rotary pistons with the shaft and rotation of the cylindrical valve about the shaft changes respective volumes of the batching chambers;
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- a plate removably coupled to the case, the plate comprising a plurality of pouring ducts, each of the pouring ducts in fluid communication with a corresponding one of the pouring channels and a corresponding one of the internal ducts, wherein the pouring ducts are configured to recycle the substance back to the hopper via the internal ducts of the case.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.