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US 12,102,257 B2Granted
Food product dispenser with removable module
AssigneeRich Products Corporation
InventorsRalf Reiser, Shawn Campbell, Jeff Kim
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Abstract
A food product dispenser includes a drive unit and a dispensing unit removably coupled to the drive unit. The dispensing unit includes a product reservoir configured to store the food product, a dispensing nozzle, and a product transfer assembly including a pump assembly configured to be driven by the drive unit when the dispensing unit is coupled to the drive unit to convey the food product from the product reservoir to the dispensing nozzle.
Claims21
A food product dispenser comprising:
- a drive unit;
- a dispensing unit removably coupled to the drive unit, the dispensing unit including
- a product reservoir configured to store the food product,
- a dispensing nozzle;
- and
- a product transfer assembly including
- a pump assembly configured to be driven by the drive unit when the dispensing unit is coupled to the drive unit to convey the food product from the product reservoir to the dispensing nozzle, and
- an aerator upstream of the dispensing nozzle,
- wherein the pump assembly is configured to convey the food product along the aerator to aerate the food product before the food product is discharged from the dispensing nozzle.
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A food product dispenser comprising:
- a drive unit;
- a dispensing unit removably coupled to the drive unit, the dispensing unit including
- a product reservoir configured to store the food product,
- a dispensing nozzle;
- and
- a product transfer assembly including
- a housing removably coupled to the product reservoir,
- a pump assembly configured to be driven by the drive unit when the dispensing unit is coupled to the drive unit to convey the food product from the product reservoir to the dispensing nozzle, and
- an aerator upstream of the dispensing nozzle,
- wherein the pump assembly is configured to convey the food product along the aerator to aerate the food product before the food product is discharged from the dispensing nozzle,
- wherein the housing includes an aerator housing portion having a first chamber and a second chamber, and
- wherein the aerator includes a first stationary mixing rod supported within the first chamber and a second stationary mixing rod supported within the second chamber.
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A food product dispenser comprising:
- a drive unit;
- a dispensing unit removably coupled to the drive unit, the dispensing unit including
- a product reservoir configured to store the food product,
- a dispensing nozzle, and
- a product transfer assembly configured to be driven by the drive unit when the dispensing unit is coupled to the drive unit to convey the food product from the product reservoir to the dispensing nozzle,
- wherein the product transfer assembly includes a stationary mixing rod upstream of the dispensing nozzle to aerate the food product before the food product is discharged from the dispensing nozzle.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.