Device and a Method for Distributing Flowable or Pourable Substances, in Particular Air Chocolate
AssigneeBuhler AG
InventorFrank Altjohann
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Abstract
A device for distributing flowable or pourable substances, for example chocolate, has at least one metering element with at least one metering channel that can be brought into fluidic connection with a substance container and a substance destination. The device also has at least one closure element that can be moved between a first position in which the substance cannot exit the metering channel in the direction of the substance destination and a second position in which the substance can exit the metering channel in the direction of the substance destination.
Claims20
1-10. (canceled)
A device for distributing a flowable substance, wherein the device has:
- at least one metering element, having at least one metering channel, which latter can be brought into fluidic connection, on the one hand, with a substance container and, on the other hand, with a substance destination,
- wherein the device has at least one closure element, which is settable between a first position, in which substantially no substance can exit the metering channel in the direction of the substance destination, and a second position, in which substance can exit the metering channel in the direction of the substance destination.
An attachment part for converting casting machines having at least one metering element, wherein the attachment part has at least one closure element and can be mounted onto the casting machine such that the closure element is settable between a first position, in which no substance can exit the metering element in the direction of a substance destination, and a second position, in which substance can exit the metering element in the direction of the substance destination.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.