Multi-Chamber Calibration Cup For Gauging A Food Product Dispensing Device
AssigneeCarrier Commercial Refrigeration, Inc.
InventorJames J. Minard
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Abstract
A calibration cup for use in calibrating a quantity of a dessert dispensed from a product dispensing machine includes a body portion having an interior cavity, the interior cavity including a first chamber adjacent to at least a second chamber being disposed along a longitudinal width of the body portion, the first and the at least one second chamber being configured for receiving a quantity of the dessert from the product dispensing machine; and at least one opening on the body portion, the at least one opening being configured for receiving a nozzle coupled to the product dispensing machine; where the body portion is configured for self-aligning the first chamber and the at least a second chamber to the product dispensing machine.
Claims20
A calibration cup for use in calibrating a quantity of a dessert dispensed from a product dispensing machine, comprising:
- a body portion having an interior cavity, the interior cavity including a first chamber adjacent to at least a second chamber being disposed along a longitudinal width of the body portion, the first and the at least one second chamber being configured for receiving a quantity of the dessert from the product dispensing machine;
- and
- at least one opening on the body portion, the at least one opening being configured for receiving a nozzle coupled to the product dispensing machine;
- wherein the body portion is configured for self-aligning the first chamber and the at least a second chamber to the product dispensing machine.
A method of calibrating an amount of dessert dispensed from a product dispensing machine, comprising:
- coupling a calibration cup to the product dispensing machine, wherein the calibration cup further comprises:
- a body portion having an interior cavity, the interior cavity including a first chamber adjacent to at least a second chamber being disposed along a longitudinal width of the body portion, the first and the at least one second chamber being configured for receiving a quantity of the dessert from the product dispensing machine;
- and
- at least one opening on the body portion, the at least one opening being configured for receiving a nozzle coupled to the product dispensing machine,;
- wherein the body portion is configured for self-aligning the first chamber and the at least a second chamber to the product dispensing machine;
- receiving a defined quantity of the dessert in the calibration cup;
- and
- measuring the rate of the dessert dispensed for the defined quantity.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.