US 2020/0400476 A1Published application

Metering device

AssigneeSodick Co., Ltd.

InventorTakeshi OKIYAMA

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Abstract

A metering device includes a storage tank, a funnel, a feeder, at least one measuring container, a first driver, and a second driver. Liquid and string-shaped foods are sent from the storage tank to the funnel by the feeder. The measuring container is provided under the funnel in a measuring position, and volumetrically meters the string-shaped foods sent from the funnel while ejecting the liquid. The first driver moves the funnel or the measuring container to insert the funnel into the measuring container at a time of metering, and moves the funnel or the measuring container to separate the funnel from the measuring container after metering is completed. The second driver moves the measuring container from the measuring position to an ejecting position.

Claims12

Dependent claims

A metering device, comprising:

a storage tank storing liquid and string-shaped foods;
a funnel;
a feeder sending the liquid and the string-shaped foods from the storage tank to the funnel;
at least one measuring container provided under the funnel in a measuring position where the string-shaped foods are metered, and volumetrically metering the string-shaped foods sent from the funnel while ejecting the liquid sent from the funnel;
a first driver moving the funnel or the at least one measuring container to an inserted position where the funnel is inserted into the at least one measuring container at a time of metering, and moving the funnel or the at least one measuring container to a non-inserted position where the funnel is separated from the at least one measuring container after metering is completed, in the measuring position;
and
a second driver moving the at least one measuring container from the measuring position to an ejecting position where the metered string-shaped foods are ejected.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 16/853,775Filed 21 Apr 2020
Priority: JP 2019-11523121 Jun 2019
Published: 24 Dec 2020
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification7 codes

G01F 11/24
Wherein the measuring chamber rotates or oscillates: for fluent solid material
G01F 11/282
With stationary measuring chambers having constant volume during measurement: for fluent solid material not provided for in G01F11/34, G01F11/40,…
A47J 47/01
Kitchen containers, stands or the like, not provided for in other groups of this subclass; Cutting-boards, e.g. for bread: with dispensing devices
B65D 47/261
With slide valves , i.e. valves that open and close a passageway by sliding over a port, e.g. formed with slidable spouts: having a rotational or…

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