Apparatus for cooking and dispensing food
AssigneeRamatian Pty. Ltd.
InventorSidney J. Murray
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Abstract
This invention concerns food cooking and dispensing apparatus which includes a container for the foods to be cooked and dispensed, a cooking unit and a food holder. The food holder is movable between a first position in or exposed to the cooking unit. There is also included a metering device which is adapted, when operated, to convey a predetermined quantity of the food from the container to the food holder in its first position. The food holder is such that when moved to its second position it discharges food therein gravitationally to a dispensing unit. The apparatus also includes actuating means for operating the metering device and moving the food holder and also prepaid coin operated means for initiating the action of the actuating means.
Claims8
Apparatus for cooking and dispensing food including:
- a container for foods to be cooked and dispensed, said container comprising a barrel having an open bottom, and means for rotating said barrel about its substantially vertical axis,
- a fixed plate below said barrel and having an opening through which the food can be dispensed from said barrel,
- a cooking unit,
- a food holder movable between a first position in or exposed to the cooking unit and a second position clear of the cooking unit, from which it can gravitationally discharge food to a dispensing outlet,
- a metering device operable to convey a predetermined quantity of the food from said barrel to said food holder when in its first position,
- said metering device including a measuring chamber open at top and bottom and movable over a base member from a receiving position at which it is below said opening in said fixed plate, the bottom of the chamber in such position being closed by the base member, to a discharging position clear of said base member, laterally offset from said opening in said fixed plate, and above said food holder,
- actuating means for operating the metering device and for moving the food holder to its first and second positions, and
- coin operated means for initiating said actuating means.
Apparatus for cooking and dispensing food including:
- a rotatable container for holding food prior to cooking and dispensing;
- a food holder positioned below said container, and means for pivotally mounting said holder for movement between food receiving, cooking, and dispensing positions;
- a cooking unit into or adjacent to which said food holder can be moved when in its cooking position;
- metering means including a measuring chamber for receiving a predetermined quantity of food from said container, said metering means being constructed and arranged for lateral movement in such a manner that said measuring chamber is above and dispenses food into said food holder during the cooking position of the latter;
- actuating and moving means for said food holder and said metering means, comprising a crank member operatively connected by linkage means both to said food holder and said metering means, said linkage means being such that rotation of said crank member simultaneously moves said metering means into a first food receiving position when said food holder is elevated above said cooking unit, a second food dispensing position when said food holder is moved to its cooking position and a third position isolated from said food container when said food holder is in its dispensing position, and
- means for actuating said crank member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.