Automatic popcorn dispenser with microwave oven and method to operate the same
AssigneePaidela S.r.l.
InventorMarco Montani
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Abstract
An automatic dispenser and a method to operate the same dispenses food prepacked in packets, particularly popcorn. The dispenser includes a frame with at least one conveying unit, at least a microwave oven and a collecting container mounted on the frame, the conveying unit being positioned above the oven and the container under the oven. The microwave oven includes at least a top inlet door and a bottom outlet door, the packets being fed one-by-one into the inlet door by way of the conveying unit, and dropping out from the outlet door into the collecting container.
Claims18
Automatic dispenser for food pre-packed in packets (5), comprising a frame (1) with at least one conveying unit (2), at least a microwave oven (3) and a collecting container (4) mounted on said frame, the conveying unit (2) being positioned above the oven (3) and the container (4) under the oven, said microwave oven (3) comprising at least a controlled inlet top door (31) and a controlled outlet bottom door (33), said packets (5) being fed one by one by said conveying unit (2) through a feeding chute (26) and said inlet top door (31) into said oven (3) and out of said oven through said outlet bottom door (33) into said collecting container (4) along a dropping path along which the packets run only by gravity, wherein said inlet top door (31) is tiltably hinged to the oven and it forms, in the opened status, a final portion of said chute (26) into the oven itself.
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