Dispenser for automatically dispensing a beverage or liquid food into take-away recipients
OwnerPierre-Francois A. Grimaldiinventor
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Abstract
A dispenser for automatically dispensing into receptacles of variable dimensions, a very accurate volume of liquid stored in bulk form in at least one tank. The dispenser has several dispensing units each having a mobile spout that can be automatically returned to a rest position, a volume measuring container placed between a filling and an emptying electrovalve. A switch opens the emptying valve when it is manoeuvered by a customer. The dispensing unit also supplies a ticket indicating the volume and/or the price of the dispensed liquid.
Claims14
A dispenser for automatically dispensing into takeaway receptacles of variable dimensions, a very accurate volume of liquid which is stored in bulk in at least one tank, said dispenser including a cabinet having at least one dispensing unit, each dispensing unit comprising, in combination:
- a mobile spout having means for automatically-returning the spout towards a rest position, and a microswitch actuated by said spout when the latter is in said rest position;
- a volume measuring container;
- two electrovalves between which said volume measuring container is placed:
- a filling electrovalve connecting said volume measuring container to said tank, and an emptying electrovalve connecting said tank to said spout;
- a switch which opens said emptying electrovalve when it is manoeuvered by a customer;
- and means for supplying a ticket indicating the volume and/or the price of the liquid dispensed.
A dispenser for automatically dispensing into takeaway receptacles of variable dimensions a very accurate volume of liquid which is stored in bulk in at least one tank, said dispenser including a cabinet having at least one dispensing unit, each unit comprising:
- a mobile spout which is connected to said tank via an electrovalve and which comprises means for automatically returning said spout towards a rest position, and a microswitch actuated by said spout when the latter is in said rest position;
- a flow meter which is placed upstream of said electrovalve;
- a level sensor which is placed near an end of said mobile spout and which automatically controls closure of said electrovalve when it detects the presence of liquid;
- a switch which controls opening of said electrovalve when it is manoeuvered by a customer, and means for supplying a ticket indicating the volume and/or the price of the volume of liquid dispensed.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.