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AssigneeKateman Family Limited Partnership
InventorsPaul Kateman, Matthew K. Haggerty, Jonathan B. Kateman, Clifford S. Lansil, Christopher T. Zirps
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A dispenser product supply unit includes a pressurizable container for containing a product liquid and having an opening leading into one end of a conduit. Formed integrally in the conduit is a mixing chamber at which a gas may be added to the liquid followed by an elongated turbulence tube for causing turbulent flow of the mixed fluids. The opposite end of the conduit may be coupled to a distribution manifold that can distribute the aerated liquid issuing from the turbulence tube onto a surface as a relatively thin layer. Side branches from the conduit may also be present for introducing one or more additives into the fluid flowing through the conduit. The container conduit and side branches constitute an integral disposable structure. The unit is especially suitable for producing and distributing flavored ice cream and yogurt from associated dispensing apparatus.
A sanitary dispenser unit for a food product, said unit comprising a product container for containing a food mix and having an outlet, an elongated flexible fluid conduit leading from said outlet and having a wall, said conduit including a mixing segment followed by an elongated turbulence segment having an exit end, and access means for introducing a gas into the mixing segment so that the food mix and gas undergo confined turbulent mixing in the turbulence segment, said container, conduit and access means constituting an integral unitary disposable structure.
A dispenser product supply unit comprising a product container having an outlet, an-elongated, flexible fluid conduit leading from said outlet, said conduit including a mixing chamber followed by a turbulence tube having an exit end, and access means for introducing a gas into the mixing chamber, said access means including a needle-penetrable self-sealing wall portion of said conduit, said container, conduit and access means constituting an integral structure.
A sanitary disposable plastic dispenser unit for a food product, said unit comprising a collapsible bag for containing a food mix and having an outlet, an elongated flexible tube, leading from the outlet, said tube having a wall and an exit end and being adapted to receive the mix from said bag, said tube including a mixing segment having access means for introducing a gas into the mixing segment where it may intermix with the food mix from the bag and a turbulence segment of sufficient length to produce confined turbulent mixing of the food mix from the bag and the gas before they reach the exit end of the tube.
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