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Food roller dispenser

US5118011A · kind A · utility

20Cited by
8References
12Claims
0Family size

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Key dates

Filing dateDec 5, 1990
Grant dateJun 2, 1992
Priority date
Expiry dateDec 5, 2010

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB65D35/285
  • WIPO fieldHandling
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A food roller dispenser for dispensing the contents from a flexible pouch-like food container by passing the container between a pair of elongate rollers having teeth which mesh and overlap each other to drivingly grip the container between the meshed teeth and squeeze the contents from the container during counter-rotation of the rollers. Each of the rollers is of a solid one-piece plastic construction having roller bearing portions adjacent opposite ends which are removably captured in easily disassembled bearing blocks for ease of cleaning. One of the rollers is driven by a handcrank which, through a set of gears mounted on shaft extensions on the ends of the rollers, drives the other roller in the opposite direction.

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