WO2002065880A2 - Systeme de distribution automatique - Google Patents

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WO2002065880A2
WO2002065880A2 PCT/US2001/049965 US0149965W WO02065880A2 WO 2002065880 A2 WO2002065880 A2 WO 2002065880A2 US 0149965 W US0149965 W US 0149965W WO 02065880 A2 WO02065880 A2 WO 02065880A2
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Anthony M. Cusenza
Luca Mainieri
Clark Foster
Tarik Hassane
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Romar, Llc
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Priority to EP01991515A priority Critical patent/EP1361808A2/fr
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47J—KITCHEN EQUIPMENT; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; APPARATUS FOR MAKING BEVERAGES
    • A47J27/00—Cooking-vessels
    • A47J27/14—Cooking-vessels for use in hotels, restaurants, or canteens
    • A47J27/18—Cooking-vessels for use in hotels, restaurants, or canteens heated by water-bath, e.g. pasta-cookers
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47J—KITCHEN EQUIPMENT; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; APPARATUS FOR MAKING BEVERAGES
    • A47J47/00—Kitchen containers, stands or the like, not provided for in other groups of this subclass; Cutting-boards, e.g. for bread
    • A47J47/01—Kitchen containers, stands or the like, not provided for in other groups of this subclass; Cutting-boards, e.g. for bread with dispensing devices
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47J—KITCHEN EQUIPMENT; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; APPARATUS FOR MAKING BEVERAGES
    • A47J27/00—Cooking-vessels
    • A47J2027/006—Cooking-vessels especially adapted for preparing pasta
    • A47J2027/008—Cooking-vessels especially adapted for preparing pasta for cooking pasta under pressure

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  • This invention relates in general to a system for dispensing dry product, and in particular, to a system for dispensing product in a manner that limits breakage or damage of the product.
  • dispensers such as hoppers to dispense dry products, including particulate materials such as gravel and sand, and food products such as beans, peas, pastas and coffee.
  • particulate materials such as gravel and sand
  • food products such as beans, peas, pastas and coffee.
  • dispensers are very useful, since they allow for storage of and ready access to the material.
  • dispensers also allow for more versatility. If two such dispensers are appropriately associated with one apparatus, the user has the option of utilizing two different materials with the apparatus.
  • U.S. 5,671,657 to Ford, et al. (the '"657 patent") discloses the use of multiple hoppers associated with a coffee grinder.
  • each hopper may be used to store a different kind of bean.
  • the same grinder may be used to grind caffeinated and decaffinated coffee. This allows the user of the grinder to utilize it in a more versatile and efficient manner.
  • the use of multiple hoppers is cost-efficient.
  • coffee tends to be relatively easy to spill during the handling process. It is preferable to use a dispenser, since the coffee only has to be handled during the loading of the dispenser. This leads to less spillage and more efficiency.
  • the hoppers in the art generally take the form of sloped or vertical containers with an opening at the bottom, through which the stored particles may be dispensed. While this configuration is appropriate for the dispensing of food, it is not ideal. Since the opening of the hopper is at the bottom of the container, the particles in the container have a downward force caused by gravity. There is no way known in the art to control the downward push of the particles. As such, the opening and closing of the bottom of the hopper is not "clean.” That is, particles tend to become wedged in the moving part(s) at the bottom of the hopper. Alternatively, the moving part(s) may damage the particles if they are in the way when the opening is closing.
  • Fig. 1 illustrates an assembly of a precision hopper, with front, end, and top walls partially removed, according to one embodiment of the present invention
  • Fig. 2(a) - 2(c) illustrate an operational sequence that is capable of being preformed by the apparatus according to one embodiment of the present invention
  • Fig. 3 illustrates a view of the mechanism of the precision hopper according to an embodiment of the present invention
  • Fig. 4 illustrates an operational sequence that is capable of being preformed by the apparatus according to one embodiment of the present invention
  • Fig. 5 illustrates an assembly of a short cut hopper, with a transparent view of the interior according to one embodiment of the present invention
  • Fig. 6 illustrates an assembly of a short cut hopper, with a front view of an auger thread according to one embodiment of the present invention
  • Fig. 7 illustrates an assembly of a long cut hopper, with a transparent front view of the interior according to one embodiment of the present invention.
  • DETAILED DESCRIPTION The present invention relates to an improved apparatus for dispensing predetermined quantities of dried food products simply, reliably, accurately and with an appropriate amount of care so that the food 15 being dispensed is not unduly damaged.
  • the hoppers of the present invention may be used in conjunction with eachother, so that one apparatus may be capable of dispensing more than one type of foodstuff without forcing the user to go through a reloading step.
  • the apparatus is utilized to dispense strand-type food, such as spaghetti or linguini.
  • strand-type food such as spaghetti or linguini.
  • the multi-reservoir dispensing system of the present invention may be utilized to dispense many types of dry food including, but not limited to, short pasta, grains, cereals, beans and noodles.
  • the multi-reservoir automatic dispenser system 1 of one embodiment of the present invention is designed with two food hoppers arranged about a central tilting chute 60 and its associated mechanism in a palindromic manner.
  • the multi- reservoir automatic dispenser system 1 of the present invention will be described herein.
  • the second hopper operates in the same manner, with the same elements as the first hopper.
  • the multi-reservoir automatic dispenser system 1 according to one embodiment of the present invention is constituted by three angled panels: a sloped panel 6, the guide panel 7, and the central panel 8.
  • the guide panel 7 is shown for ease of explanation in the figures.
  • one embodiment of the present invention does not include the guide panel 7. These three panels may act in concert to direct the food 15 towards the location where they can be transferred to the central tilting chute 60.
  • the food holding area described generally by the sloped panel 6, the guide panel 7, the central panel 8, end 4, back 2 and front 3 will be referred to as the food reservoir 16 (See Fig. 2).
  • Fig. 2 illustrates an operational sequence that is capable of being preformed by the apparatus according to one embodiment of the present invention.
  • the food 15 may clearly be seen as resting against, among other things, beveled edge 13, sloped panel 6, guide panel 7, and central panel 8.
  • the dispensing sequence that is depicted in Figs. 2(a)-2(c) shows the transfer of one allotment of food from the food reservoir 16 to the central tilting chute 60.
  • the dispensing sequence occurs when the blade actuating motor 20 drives the arm 23 around the fixed pivot 22 in an oscillating stroke.
  • the blade 30 is positioned flush with or just below the upper surface of the sloped panel 6.
  • FIG. 2(a) A general side view of a portion of the present invention as it appears just prior to the dispensing step may be seen in Fig. 2(a).
  • the food 15 is resting, in part, against the beveled edge 13 of the spill-off panel 10.
  • Fig. 2(b) when the arm 23 begins to rotate, blade 30 lifts up, and partitions a portion of the food 15.
  • This portion of food 15, which is the amount to be dispensed is momentarily contained in this configuration by the front 2 of the apparatus, the back 3 of the apparatus, the blade 30 and spill-off panel 10.
  • the mechanism of an embodiment of the present invention that allows for this rotation may be clearly seen in Figs. 1 and 3.
  • the motion of blade 30 may be controlled, in part, by the blade bracket 26, which is secured to the blade by pin 25 that slides in the pin slot 24 of the arm 23.
  • Arm 23 is also rotatably attached to fixed pivot 22.
  • arm 23 may swing around the pivot 22 and be driven through an osculating stroke by blade actuating motor 20.
  • the blade actuating motor is equipped with a crank 21 and crank roller 27 that engages the arm 23 through a roller slot 29.
  • the blade actuator motor 20 receives instructions to cycle through one revolution, the blade 30 travels from its standby position at the bottom of its stroke, to its raised position, and then back to its standby position. In one embodiment of the present invention, this cycle takes from 1 to 3 seconds.
  • the blade uppermost edge of the blade 30 is positioned flush with or below the upper surface of the sloped panel 6.
  • the blade uppermost edge of the blade 30 is designed to be a sharpened upper edge 32 that will allow blade 30 to easily go through the food 15 with minimal disturbance or breakage.
  • the blade 30 When the blade 30 is raised by the movement of the arm 23, as described above, it first passes through the food 15, and then contacts the flexible leveling tab 12. This movement of the blade 30 divides the food 15 so that it is located in two different regions. The first region is the reservoir 16, and the second region is the measured quantity 17 that will be dispensed.
  • the measured region which is defined by the blade 30, the flexible leveling tab 12, the spill off panel 10, the bucket 40, the front 3 of the apparatus and the back 2 of the apparatus may clearly be seen in Fig. 2(b).
  • the blade pin 31 engages the bucket 40, and the blade 30 and bucket 40 combination raise to the upper limit of the blade stroke.
  • blade pin 31 travels in bucket slot 41, which has a closed upper end.
  • the present invention is designed such that when blade pin 31 travels up bucket slot 41, it engages the edge of the bucket 40 that closes the upper end of the bucket slot 41 at approximately the same time that the blade 30 contacts the flexible leveling tab 12.
  • the blade pin 31 exerts pressure on the edge of the bucket 40 that closes the bucket slot 41, and lifts the bucket 40 and the food 15 contained therein.
  • the flexible leveling tab 12 bends and allow the blade 30 to pass.
  • the measured quantity of food slides upward along the spill-off panel 10.
  • the top of the stroke is defined so that the upper surface 42 of the bucket 40 is just above the beveled edge 13 of the spill-off panel 10, in order to release all of the food 15 contained in the measured quantity.
  • the beveled edge 13 of the spill-off panel 10 acts to guide the falling food, adding a horizontal component to the falling food's velocity.
  • This horizontal velocity component assures that the food will travel across the gap between the beveled edge 13 and the wall 61 of the tilting chute 60.
  • This gap is present in one embodiment of the present invention to provide clearance for the tilting chute 60 as it rotates from horizontal to vertical during the tilting operation that occurs later in the dispensing sequence.
  • the present invention in contrast, dispenses a measured quantity 17 through the use of the blade 30 and bucket 40 system.
  • This system gently contains a measured quantity 17 of food 15, then raising the bucket 40 (which is the bottom of the area containing the measured quantity 17) and, effectively, all but one wall containing the measured quantity 17. This allows the measured quantity 17 to gently spill out, without damage, into tilting chute 60.
  • the bucket 40 remains at the bottom of its stroke, held in place by gravity and the weight of the food 15 that it supports until the bucket 40 is engaged by the blade pin 31.
  • the dose adjuster 50 is generally composed of a dose bolt 52 that may slide into the dose slot 51 and be secured by tightening the dose nut 53. If the dose bolt 52 is secured towards the upper limit of the dose slot 51, the downward movement of the bucket 40 will be limited, thereby limiting the amount of food that may flow into the bucket 40, and hence the dispensed amount of food. The inverse applies if the dose bolt 52 is secured towards the lower limit of the dose slot 51; more food may then enter the bucket 40, and more food will be dispensed.
  • the dose adjuster 50 has been described as using a dose bolt 52 and a dose nut 53. It should be understood by one of ordinary skill in the art that any known detent assembly would be appropriate.
  • there are markings beside the dose slot 51 indicating to the user the quantity of dried food that will be dispensed according to the position of the dose bolt 52. Alternatively, these markings may indicate the quantity of cooked food that may be produced from the dispensed amount.
  • the apparatus of the present invention may be equipped with a means to agitate the food 15 stored in the food reservoir 16. The presence of such an agitator may serve to improve the performance of the system.
  • the agitation acts to keep the food 15 from clumping, or otherwise stacking in a manner that prevents the free-flow of food 15 down the sloped panel 6. This assists the food's 15 uniform arrival at the area where it is dispensed into the tilting chute 60.
  • agitation comes from light vibrations that are applied to the food reservoir 16.
  • the guide panel 7 may be designed to move or vibrate by any means as is known in the art.
  • agitation may be achieved by use of an agitator plate 35 that is attached with a hinge 38 towards the center of the sloped panel 6. This agitator plate 35 may be designed to be activated by the movement of arm 23.
  • a pin 36 may be attached to the arm 23 such that the pin 36 extends through an agitator hole 37 and rotates the agitator plate 35 every time that the arm 23 cycles through its stroke.
  • the agitator plate 35 may be lowered as the arm 23 lowers and the food in the reservoir presses down on the agitator plate 35.
  • the measured amount 17 of food 15 is ready to be dispensed.
  • This is achieved by the pivotal rotation of the tilting chute 60 from horizontal to vertical about pivot 62.
  • This rotation may be achieved by means of a tilter actuator motor 63, which may rotate the tilter through crank 64.
  • the crank 64 rotates, it drives the tilter link 65 and the tilting chute boss 66 through one cycle.
  • the measured amount 17 may be received by a funnel 70, or any other appropriate means as are known in the art.
  • the food may be directed to the funnel 70 or other appropriate means by use of a guide 67.
  • the pivot 62, guide 67 and tilter actuator motor 63 may be attached to the apparatus by means of brackets, such as bracket 68 and bracket 69.
  • a tilting chute has been described in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention, it should be understood by one skilled in the art that such a chute may not be required for certain application of the present invention.
  • a funnel or other chute may be supplied that delivers the food directly, either by conveyor or under the force of gravity, to its intended destination.
  • an apparatus 160 for dispensing short-cut product is displayed. While it will be understood by one of ordinary skill in the art that the apparatus may be formed so that it comprises only one element, it will be described as being formed from a plurality of elements for ease of description.
  • the apparatus 160 comprises a container 150 coupled to and located generally above a holding area 151.
  • the holding area 151 is coupled to and located generally above a generally tubular auger enclosure 152. Material placed in the container 150 may travel under the force of gravity through the holding area 151 and into the auger enclosure 152.
  • the auger enclosure 152 partially houses a rod 155 and an auger 153.
  • the auger 153 is coupled to or formed integrally with the rod 155 at a dispensing end 156 of the auger enclosure 152.
  • the rod 155 is also attached to a motor 154 which is preferably located outside an entry area 157 of the auger enclosure 152.
  • the container 150 is preferably made of a clear material such as polycarbonate, plastic, glass or the like. Such construction allows the user to view the level of product in the container, and make any adjustments deemed necessary, such as adding product. Such construction also allows the user to readily determine what product is in the container 150.
  • the container 150 is preferably designed for dispensing particles not to exceed 1 Vi inch in length, with a diameter generally not greater than 3 / inch. Of course, one skilled in the art would realize that the size of the apparatus may be varied to dispense products having larger, or smaller, sizes.
  • the food 15 will then move from the container 150 to the holding area 151 due to the force of gravity and the weight of food above.
  • an agitating mechanism may be coupled to the container 150, it is not required.
  • the motor 154 rotates the rod 155 and the auger 153.
  • the auger 153 is formed from flies 158 (threads) that are attached to the rod 155 at the dispensing end 156 of the auger enclosure 152.
  • the threads 158 connect to the rod 155 in a helical fashion. The rotation of the threads 158 separates the particles 15 into allotments of a predetermined size. The size of the allotments may be adjusted by increasing or decreasing the distance between each thread 158 of the auger 153.
  • the position of the first auger thread 158 is not exposed to the holding area 151 since this may cause a sheering effect on the particles 15.
  • an apparatus for dispensing long-cut food 170 is illustrated.
  • long food particles 15 are placed within a refillable container 171.
  • the refillable container 171 has a bottom that is made up of a front end, a back end, and on the left and right side, two guide panels 172, 173.
  • the guide panels 172, 173 are joined to the front and back end to define the borders of the refillable container 171.
  • the refillable container 171 is preferably made out of clear material.
  • polycarbonate is one type of clear material that may be used for the refillable container 171. As noted above, the clear material allows the user to visually control the level of food 15 in the refillable container 171.
  • the food 15 is guided to an opening 189 at the bottom of the refillable container 171 by the shape of the walls of the guide panels 172, 173 and gravity.
  • the opening may be generally rectangular, square, round, oval, hexagonal or the like.
  • Both guide panels 172, 173 are angled in a downward direction to direct the food 15 toward the opening 189.
  • One guide panel 172 may be designed to slope lower and beneath the other guide panel 173.
  • a sliding and removable gate 174 is attached underneath the higher guide panel 173. By sliding the removable gate 174 up and down, a user may open and close the opening at the bottom of the refillable container 171, thereby regulating the amount of food 15 allowed to pass into the holding area 179.
  • the removable gate 174 is ideally closed when the user is filling the refillable container 171 and open when the apparatus 170 is automatically dispensing food 15.
  • the food collects in the holding area 179 due to the force of gravity and the guidance of the two precision flaps 175, 176.
  • the two moveable precision flaps 175, 176 preferably slope in a downward, inward direction in the holding area 179 and guide the food 15 to a grooved rotational cylinder 183.
  • the opening 181 in the rotational cylinder, or cavity 181 collects a specific and consistent amount of food in its chamber because of its defined area.
  • the amount of food 15 collected and dispensed can be varied by changing the area size defined by the cavity 181.
  • a motor 180 is coupled to the grooved rotational cylinder 183. Upon actuation of the motor 180, the grooved rotational cylinder 183 rotates clockwise or counterclockwise. The user may select whether the cylinder consistently rotates clockwise, consistently rotates counterclockwise, or some variation thereof, such as alternating directions.
  • a magnetic switch (not shown) may be used to limit the motion of the grooved rotational cylinder 183. That is, for example, the magnetic switch may allow the rotational cylinder 183 to rotate through only 180°.
  • the grooved rotational cylinder 183 turns clockwise or counterclockwise, only the food 15 within the cavity 181 will rotate with the cylinder.
  • one of the moveable precision flaps 175, 176 levels the food 15 contained within the cavity 181 depending on the direction of the turn.
  • the precision flaps 175, 176 rest on top of and slide along the upper surface of the main guides 177, 178. From a side view, as shown in Fig. 7, the upper portion of the precision flaps 175, 176 are L-shaped and rest on the upper portion of the main guides 177,178. The L-shaped top of the precision flaps 175, 176 and the upper portion of the main guides 177, 178 limit the downward movement of the flaps. As shown in Fig. 7, the inside bottom of the precision flaps 175, 176 may have an angle of about 45 degrees.
  • a precision flap 175, 176 has a length equal to the thickness of the L-Shape, plus the length of a main guide 177, 178, plus the thickness of a stationary flap 182, plus the gap 188 between the stationary flap 182 and the grooved rotational cylinder 183, plus 1/8 inch.
  • the sliding ability and length of the precision flap 175, 176 push the inside bottom of the flap into the groove by as much as 1/8 inch. This results in a precision flap 175, 176 leveling the top surface of the food 15 in the cavity 181 as -l ithe grooved rotational cylinder 183 makes the counterclockwise or clockwise turn.
  • the cavity 181 empties the food 15 into the dispensing area 187, it then returns to the original position in the holding area 179.
  • the bottom 45 degree cut and the ability to slide permits the precision flap 175, 176 to be pushed from the cavity 181 back onto the surface of the grooved rotational cylinder 183.
  • the precision flaps 175, 176 and the surface of the grooved rotational cylinder 183 also contain any food 15 not transported by the cavity 181 within the holding area 179.
  • Stationary flaps 182 located to the left and right of precision flaps 175, 176 and underneath the main guides 177, 178 also serve to level the food 15 contained in the cavity 181 and prevent unwanted excess quantity of food 15 from moving to the dispensing area 187.
  • This gap 188 may range in size from approximately V ⁇ the diameter of a food particle to approximately 1 V2 the diameter of a food particle. In the preferred embodiment of the present invention, this gap 188 is preferably at a minimum 7/8 the diameter of a food particle or at a maximum the actual diameter of a food particle.
  • the importance of the gap 188 is that it allows the few strings of food that are not fully in the cavity 181 and not leveled off by a precision flap 175, 176 to still be delivered to the dispensing area 187.
  • the absence of such a gap 188 will cause sheering and blockage of the turning mechanism of the grooved rotational cylinder 183.
  • each tilter 185, 186 is attached to a motor 180.
  • the motor moves the tilter that has just been filled with product from a horizontal position to a vertical position.
  • the specific portion of food 15 is then dispensed from the long-cut food apparatus 170 by sliding down the incline created by the tilter and motor 180.
  • the operations of the present invention may be controlled from a control panel using sensors, switches and motor controllers as are known in the art.
  • the operations may also be monitored and controlled remotely, so that it is possible to monitor the operations of the invention from a remote location. Such monitoring could serve, for example, to ascertain when it is necessary to add more food 15, or whether the appropriate measures amounts 17 have been dispensed.

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L'invention concerne un appareil amélioré permettant de distribuer des quantités prédéterminées de produits sec de manière simple, fiable, et précise, et avec des précautions appropriées de sorte que le produit distribué n'est pas indument endommagé. L'invention concerne également une pluralité de trémies, et peut, de ce fait, distribuer plus d'un type de produit sans obliger l'utilisateur à effectuer un rechargement.
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