Control systems and methods of dispensing items
AssigneeCampbell Soup Company
InventorJohn Baranowski
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Abstract
A control system for regulating a dispenser that includes a feeder bowl and a plurality of dispensing paths is disclosed. The control system includes a control unit for controlling a rotation drive for rotating the dispensing paths, a feeder bowl vibration device for vibrating the feeder bowl, and at least one dispensing path vibration device for vibrating the dispensing paths, such that the feeder bowl receives a plurality of items and supply the items uniformly to each of the dispensing paths, and the dispensing paths dispense the items singularly.
Claims55
A control system for regulating a dispenser comprising a feeder bowl and a plurality of dispensing paths comprises:
- a control unit for controlling each of a feeder bowl vibration device for vibrating said feeder bowl, a rotation drive for rotating said dispensing paths, and at least one dispensing path vibration device for vibrating said dispensing paths, such that said feeder bowl receives a plurality of items and supplies those items uniformly to each of said dispensing paths, and said dispensing paths dispense said items singularly.
A method of controlling the dispensing items comprising the steps of:
- delivering items onto a feeder bowl at a predetermined rate of delivery;
- rotating a feeder bowl at a predetermined rotational speed;
- vibrating said feeder bowl at a predetermined feeder bowl vibrational setting, so that said items are dispensed uniformly to a plurality of dispensing paths positioned around said feeder bowl;
- rotating said dispensing paths at a predetermined rotational speed;
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- vibrating said dispensing paths at a predetermined dispensing path vibrational setting, so that said dispensing paths dispense said items singularly.
A control system for regulating a rotary, vibratory dispenser comprising a feeder bowl and a plurality of dispensing paths comprises:
- a control unit for controlling each of a rotation drive for rotating said feeder bowl, a feeder bowl vibration device for vibrating said feeder bowl, and at least one dispensing path vibration device for vibrating said at least one dispensing path, and a rotation drive for rotating said at least one dispensing path, so that said feeder bowl may receive a plurality of items and supplies those items uniformly to each of said dispensing paths, and so that said dispensing paths dispense said items singularly.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.