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Food product dispenser and valve

US11819147B2 · kind B2 · utility

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18Claims
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Filing dateNov 8, 2019
Grant dateNov 21, 2023
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Expiry dateSep 21, 2042

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01F11/36
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A dispenser for dispensing a flowable food product from a flexible reservoir supported by the dispenser is provided. The dispenser includes a frame and a body coupled to the frame. The body defines a cavity for receiving the flexible reservoir. The body includes: a bottom wall defining an opening; a sloped wall extending upward from the bottom wall and the opening, the sloped wall promoting a flow of flowable food product from the flexible reservoir towards the opening; and a pair of side walls extending upward from the bottom wall and the sloped wall. The dispenser further includes a fitment acceptor at least partly received in the opening. Additionally, a shape of the fitment acceptor corresponds with a shape of the opening such that the fitment acceptor is only correctly received in the opening one way.

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