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US 12,376,603 B2Granted
Apparatus for depositing
AssigneeSociete des Produits Nestle S.A.
InventorsAdam Lee Baldwin, Richard John Leadbeater, Jonathan Sutton
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Abstract
An apparatus for depositing a food product comprising a nozzle having a pressurised chamber and a food product outlet; a valve needle movable relative between a closed position and to one of a plurality of discrete open positions; and an actuator configured to set the position of the valve needle relative to the outlet, wherein the nozzle is further able to rotate in use to change the direction of flow of a food product being deposited by the apparatus.
Claims15
An apparatus for depositing a food product, the apparatus comprising:
- a nozzle having a chamber for receiving a food product under a positive pressure, the chamber being provided with a food product outlet, the outlet being provided with a first sealing surface;
- a valve needle comprising a second sealing surface and being movable relative to the outlet between a closed position in which the first sealing surface is proximate to the second sealing surface, and to one of a plurality of discrete open positions relative to the outlet;
- an actuator configured to set the position of the valve needle relative to the outlet, the actuator operable to set the position of the valve needle to the closed position and any one of the plurality of open positions for depositing the food product;
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- wherein the nozzle is further configured to rotate in use to change the direction of flow of a food product being deposited by the apparatus.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.