Fluid food dispenser
AssigneeVita-Mix Corporation
InventorsJohn K. Barnard, Richard D. Boozer, Sreenivasan Sankar, Frank P. Barnard, Michael D. Anton
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Abstract
A dispenser according to the invention is capable of dispensing fluid food products from selected bags through nozzles attached thereto. An actuator plate has one edge provided with V-shaped slots. A push rod carries the actuator plate and positions a selected V-shaped slot adjacent to the selected nozzle. The other end of the actuator plate is in engagement with a cam assembly driven by a motor. The rod can be pushed to engage a switch to activate the motor which moves the actuator plate so that a V-shaped slot engages a nozzle to dispense the selected fluid food. A return spring assures that the actuator plate is in constant engagement with the cam assembly.
Claims39
Apparatus for dispensing fluid material comprising at least one bag holding a quantity of the material, a nozzle connected to said bag to emit the material being dispensed upon contact, plate means moveable to engage said nozzle, a motor, means driven by said motor and communicating with said plate means so that said plate means engages said nozzle, and means to activate said motor so that said plate means engages said nozzle to emit the material.
Apparatus for dispensing fluid material contained in a bag having a nozzle attached thereto which emits material upon contact comprising, a motor, an actuator plate engageable with the nozzle at one end thereof, switch means to activate said motor, rod means to engage said switch means to activate said motor, and means driven by said motor and engaging the other end of said actuator plate so that upon activation of said motor fluid material is dispensed from the bag through the nozzle.
Apparatus for dispensing fluid material from a plurality of bags, each bag having a nozzle attached thereto, which emit material upon contact comprising housing means carrying the bags, a motor, means to select the bag from which the fluid material is to be dispensed and to activate said motor, and means driven by said motor to engage the nozzle of the selected bag and thereby dispense fluid therefrom.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.