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US 12,721,453 B2Granted
Bulk dosing system
AssigneeSociete des Produits Nestle S.A.
InventorsLaura Priester, Christian Jarisch, Lucio Scorrano, Jonathan Gebs
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Abstract
The invention relates to a food and/or beverage product container, a dispensing unit and a dispensing system comprising the product container and the dispensing unit. The dispensing unit comprises a handle, the downwards movement of the handle causes the tilting plate of the dispensing unit to be lifted which allows the delivery of the product from the inner volume of the product container through an aperture.
Claims20
Dispensing unit for receiving a product container comprising:
- a frame surrounding the dispensing unit,
- a handle attached to the frame in an initial position,
- a front door for opening and closing the dispensing unit, the front door comprising an outlet plate for receiving an outlet,
- a tilting plate connected to the handle via an elastic member, and
- a further elastic member configured to maintain the handle in the initial position when there is not a downwards force applied to the handle,
- wherein a movement of the handle causes the elastic member to pull upwards the tilting plate.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.