Device for dispensing dosed quantities of a bulk material such as confectionery
AssigneeVan Melle International B.V.
InventorCornelis Jan Vlastuin
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Abstract
A device for dispensing dosed quantifies of bulk material such as confection, wherein bridge forming is effectively prevented and mutually adhering particles of the bulk material can be loosened from each other, the device including at least one dispenser chute containing the bulk material, the chute having a filling opening and a dispensing opening and being formed by a transparent front wall, a rear wall and two side walls, and a dispensing mechanism arranged therein for dispensing a measured quantity of bulk material at a time through the dispensing opening, the chute further including guide surfaces preferably arranged alternatively in the longitudinal direction of the chute on at least two walls thereof.
Claims16
Device for dispensing dosed quantities of a bulk material such as confectionery, said device comprising:
- at least one dispensing chute containing said bulk material, said chute having a filling opening and a dispensing opening said chute being formed by a plurality of upright walls;
- a dispensing mechanism arranged in said chute for dispensing a measured quantity of bulk material through said dispensing opening each time said dispensing mechanism is activated;
- at least one downward oriented guide surface connected to one of said walls above said dispensing mechanism,
- characterized in that said guide surface extends inwardly into said chute angled with respect to said wall, at which every cross section of said chute to be traversed by said bulk material perpendicular to the direction along the length of said dispensing chute has a practically identical shape along the entire length of said dispensing chute, and
- said at least one guide surface acting in cooperation with said dispensing mechanism to prevent bridging of said bulk material.
Device for dispensing dosed quantities of a bulk material such as confectionery, said device comprising:
- at least one dispensing chute containing said bulk material, said chute having a filling opening and a dispensing opening, said chute being formed by a transparent front wall, a rear wall and two side walls;
- a dispensing mechanism arranged in said chute for dispensing a measured quantity of bulk material through said dispensing opening each time said dispensing mechanism is activated;
- at least one downward oriented guide surface is arranged above said dispensing mechanism;
- at least the guide surface immediately above said dispensing mechanism is adjustable in the length, and
- the length of said guide surface is adjustable by means of a slide plate which is placed slidably and fixably in a slit arranged parallel to said guide surface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.