Material dispensing device
AssigneesSavoreat Ltd., Yissum Research Development Company of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem
InventorsMoshe Aknin, Dor Jacobi, Yogev Naiim, Oded Shoseyov
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Abstract
The technology provides a material dispensing device and a method of dispensing metered amounts of materials from collapsible material containers.
Claims20
A material dispensing device comprising:
- a horizontal mounting plate configured to receive on its surface a collapsible cartridge containing a material,
- a longitudinally moving cartridge compressing assembly configured and operable for compressing said collapsible cartridge against the mounting plate, the longitudinally moving cartridge compressing assembly comprising:
- a longitudinally moving roller or revolving cylinder mounted over Raid mounting plate at a distance being substantially equal to a thickness of a material-free cartridge;
- a first forward and a backward drive motor coupled to said longitudinally moving roller or revolving cylinder such that when the drive motor is actuated to a forward direction the longitudinally moving roller or revolving cylinder moves in a forward direction over the collapsible material-containing cartridge, thereby compressing the collapsible cartridge and displacing the material from a first region within the collapsible cartridge to a second region within the collapsible cartridge, wherein the distance between the first and second regions is defined by a distance moved by the longitudinally moving roller of revolving cylinder, and when the motor is actuated to a reverse direction the longitudinally moving roller or revolving cylinder retracts in a direction over the compressed portion of the cartridge, and
- a material dispensing assembly configured and operable to downwardly press said collapsible cartridge, to thereby dispense a metered amount of a material contained in the cartridge through a material outlet, the material dispensing assembly positioned at an angle to said mounting plate and at a position aligned with a material outlet of said cartridge, the material dispensing assembly comprising
- a pressing rod;
- a second forward and a backward drive motor coupled to said pressing rod such that the drive motor is actuated to a forward direction the rod moves in a downward direction pressing the collapsible material-containing cartridge, thereby compressing the collapsible cartridge and dispensing an amount of the material through the material outlet, and when the motor is actuated to a reverse direction the rod retracts in a direction away from the cartridge.
A system comprising one or more material dispensing devices, each material dispensing device comprising a horizontal mounting plate configured to receive on its surface a collapsible cartridge containing a material, a longitudinally moving cartridge compressing assembly configured and operable for compressing said collapsible cartridge against the mounting plate, and a material dispensing assembly configured and operable to downwardly press said collapsible cartridge, to thereby dispense a metered amount of a material contained in the cartridge through a material outlet, and further comprising a cutting tool configured and operable to release a metered amount of the material from each respective cartridge outlet.
The system according to 7, further comprising a material mixing unit, a product assembly unit and a product cooking unit.
A method of forming a food product, the method comprising:
- in a system comprising a plurality of devices, each device comprising a mounting plate provided with a collapsible material-containing cartridge having a material outlet and further comprising a movable recipient surface configured to receive a metered amount of the material from the material outlet of each dispensing device,
- dispensing material from a first device onto the recipient surface by compressing the collapsible material-containing cartridge in said first device to displace a material in said cartridge to a region of the material outlet, and downwardly pressing on the material above the material outlet to cause dispensing of a metered amount of the material via the outlet;
- moving the recipient surface from beneath an outlet of the first device to an outlet of a second device, and dispensing a metered amount of material from the second device;
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- repeating the foregoing steps until all desired ingredients of the food product from the devices are dispensed onto the recipient surface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.