Device and method for dispensing product from a flexible package
AssigneeMars, Incorporated
InventorsUwe Nehus, Stefan Eberhardt, Davide Ronchi
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Abstract
Dispensing devices and methods are provided. A dispensing device comprises an opening accessing an insertion path thereof, two opposing surfaces configured to compress a flexible package inserted into the insertion path while moving across the flexible package in two directions, and an opener configured to bend an opening region of the package out of a plane defined by the flexible package and further configured to cut a distal portion of an opening region of the flexible package. A method of dispensing product from a flexible package is also provided.
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A dispensing device comprising:
- an opening accessing an insertion path thereof;
- two opposing surfaces configured to compress a flexible package inserted into the insertion path while moving across the flexible package in two directions;
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- an opener configured to bend an opening region of the package out of a plane defined by the flexible package and further configured to cut a distal portion of an opening region of the flexible package.
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A method of dispensing product from a flexible package, comprising:
- inserting a flexible package into an insertion path within an internal chamber of a dispensing device;
- compressively contacting the flexible package between two opposing surfaces while moving across the flexible package in a first direction;
- bending an opening region of the package out of a plane defined by the flexible package;
- cutting a distal portion of an opening region of the flexible package;
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- compressively contacting the flexible package between the two opposing surfaces while moving across the flexible package in a second direction.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.