Food product dispenser with temperature control
AssigneeRich Products Corporation
InventorsShawn Campbell, Ralf Reiser, Seung-Yeol Hong, Michael Paul Piatko
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Abstract
A dispenser configured to dispense a product from a product package includes an inlet configured to receive the product from the product package, a dispensing nozzle downstream of the inlet, a pump in fluid communication with the inlet and operable to pump the product from the product package to the dispensing nozzle, and a temperature control assembly including a temperature control element in thermally conductive contact with the product package and the dispensing nozzle to heat or cool the product package and the dispensing nozzle.
Claims17
A dispenser configured to dispense a product from a product package, the dispenser comprising:
- an inlet configured to receive the product from the product package;
- a dispensing nozzle downstream of the inlet;
- a pump in fluid communication with the inlet and operable to pump the product from the product package to the dispensing nozzle;
- a fluid pathway extending between the pump and the dispensing nozzle, the fluid pathway including an aerator configured to whip the product as the product flows along the aerator;
- and
- a temperature control assembly including a temperature control element in thermally conductive contact with the product package, the fluid pathway, and the dispensing nozzle to heat or cool the product package, the fluid pathway, and the dispensing nozzle,
- wherein the temperature control element includes a thermally conductive plate defining an aperture, and
- wherein the dispensing nozzle extends through the aperture.
A dispenser configured to dispense a product from a product package, the dispenser comprising:
- a housing including a first compartment configured to receive the product package and a second compartment separated from the first compartment;
- a motor positioned in the second compartment, the motor including an output shaft defining an axis;
- an inlet configured to receive the product from the product package;
- a dispensing nozzle downstream of the inlet;
- a pump positioned in the first compartment, the pump in fluid communication with the inlet and driven by the output shaft to pump the product from the product package to the dispensing nozzle;
- a fluid pathway extending between the pump and the dispensing nozzle, the fluid pathway including an aerator configured to whip the product as the product flows along the aerator;
- and
- a temperature control assembly in thermally conductive contact with the product package, the fluid pathway, and the dispensing nozzle to heat or cool the product package, the fluid pathway, and the dispensing nozzle,
- wherein the temperature control assembly includes a thermally conductive plate defining an aperture, and
- wherein the dispensing nozzle extends through the aperture.
A dispenser configured to dispense a product from a product package, the dispenser comprising:
- an inlet configured to receive the product from the product package;
- a dispensing nozzle downstream of the inlet;
- a pump in fluid communication with the inlet and operable to pump the product from the product package to the dispensing nozzle through a fluid flow path, the fluid flow path including an aerator configured to whip the product as the product flows along the aerator;
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- a temperature control assembly in thermally conductive contact with the product package, the fluid flow path, and the dispensing nozzle to heat or cool the product package, the fluid flow path, and the dispensing nozzle, the temperature control assembly including a first zone configured to heat or cool the fluid flow path and a second zone configured to heat or cool the product package,
- wherein the second zone has a greater heating or cooling capacity than the first zone,
- wherein the temperature control assembly includes a thermally conductive plate defining an aperture, and
- wherein the dispensing nozzle extends through the aperture.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.