Viscous food product grinding and dispensing system

US11904323B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Trade Fixtures, LLC · US

Inventors

• Scott R. Johnson · Erie, US
• Shaji Kulangara Veettil · Kannur, IN
• John Calow · Plainwell, US
• Vaishakh Rajan · Kanchinakote, IN
• Ronald Brundick · Roland, US
• Pranav Bhat · Kanchinakote, IN

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 4, 2020
• Grant date: Feb 20, 2024
• Expiry date: May 31, 2042

Classification

• Technology area (CPC F): Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
• CPC primary: F16K23/00
• WIPO field: Chemical engineering
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

A viscous food product dispensing system having a transport section for receiving a particulate food product from a bin, an auger for processing and conveying the received particulate food product from the transport section into an outlet adapter via one or more flutes, a milling device housed in the outlet adapter, and a discharge nozzle in the outlet adapter that pinches off the viscous food product created by the milling device. The auger has a unique design that allows it to engage and break whole nuts.