Dispensing apparatus
US6422421B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 28, 2000 |
| Grant date | Jul 23, 2002 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 28, 2020 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB67D2210/00047
- WIPO fieldHandling
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A pizza sauce dispensing apparatus that includes a base, a motor mounted within the base, a pump mounted to the base, a container of sauce mounted on the base, a removable conduit connecting the container and the pump, a valve removably mounted to the container, a nozzle, another removable conduit between the pump and the nozzle, a nozzle switch, a bracket for storing the nozzle when not in use, an electrical control circuit for programming the apparatus to dispense sauce as a function of pizza size, a sauce addition switch and a sauce subtraction switch, and an electrical path including two metal posts and wire from the base to the nozzle switch. The parts having the sauce path are removable and washable even though some of the parts include an electrical path which typically cannot be immersed in water. The result is an efficient, relatively inexpensive apparatus.
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