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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7383689 | Dispenser of icemaker in refrigerator Disclosed is a dispenser of an icemaker in a refrigerator for maximizing an inner space when a total size is the same, and for minimizing the total size when the inner space is the same. The dispenser of the icemaker in the refrigerator includes an ice chute being a... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7356980 | Automated method for packaging food An automated food processing system and method is provided that allows food to be dispensed, fried and packaged in a suitable container, which may be an individual portion-sized container. In one embodiment, the system includes separate automated modules for dispens... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7337594 | Food dispensing device and method An automated food processing system and method is provided that allows food to be dispensed, fried and packaged in a suitable container, which may be an individual portion-sized container. In one embodiment, the system includes separate automated modules for dispens... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7308916 | Beverage dispenser A beverage dispenser operates a cup holder to advance a cup holding portion holding a cup in which a beverage is filled from an inside of a cup port to an outside thereof to locate it above a cup mount, lower the cup holding portion from a above position by a predet... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7303776 | Automated food processing system and method An automated food processing system and method that allows food to be dispensed, fried and packaged in a suitable container, such as an individual portion-sized container. The system includes separate automated modules for dispensing, frying and packaging the food. ... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7207359 | Apparatus and method for transporting containers within a packaging system A method of transporting containers from a first station to a second station within a container filling machine. Each container defines opposing first and second end sections, with the second end section forming a longitudinal recess defined by an inner surface of a... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7100796 | Apparatus for dispensing vials An apparatus (100) for guiding the movement of a flanged vial (10) during an automated process to prevent the flange (50) from disrupting the movement of the vial (10) during the process. The apparatus (100) includes a receptacle (... | 09/05/2006 |
| 6742553 | Cup-type beverage vending machine In a cup-type beverage vending machine, during conveyance of a beverage-filled cup to a product taking-out position and when the cup does not reach the product taking-out position, a pivot arm is supported by a support roller and a cup on a cup stage is held by a ho... | 06/01/2004 |
| 6688460 | Cup transfer device for vending machine A cup transfer device of a vending machine can prevent the cup transfer device, peripheral objects or the device motor from being damaged, even when an abnormal case is encountered, thereby preventing the cup holder from rotating actively. The cup transfe... | 02/10/2004 |
| 6675985 | Cup-type beverage vending machine In a cup-type beverage vending machine according to the present invention, during conveyance of a beverage-filled cup to a product taking-out position and when the cup does not reach the product taking-out position, a pivot arm is supported by a support r... | 01/13/2004 |
| 6648025 | Beverage dispense Apparatus for dispensing beverage, such as beer, which forms a head, comprises a rotatable table on which a drinking vessel is supported, and a nozzle which is arranged to direct a stream of beverage against the side of the vessel as it rotates. This prov... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6397904 | Cup type automatic vending machine A link (20) is moved to a perpendicular (upper) direction based on a driving force F and a pin (22) provided on a link (16A) is moved along a guide groove (23) to a position shown in FIG. 5. Since the link (16A) is pivotally connected to a supporting unit... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6213174 | Portioning of flowable products This invention is directed to methods, procedures and apparatus for controlling the portioning of flowable materials, particularly soft serve frozen confections, though also including other flowable products. Such other products may include soups, beverag... | 04/10/2001 |
| 6189742 | Device for dispensing granular material A dispensing device is adapted for one-handed operation, and for release of a measured quantity of granular material. A base is generally disk-shaped. A stop is carried by an upper surface of the base, and is adjustably positionable so that when a contain... | 02/20/2001 |
| 6135169 | Automatic cupped drinks dispenser The dispenser comprises a plurality of delivery stations (20a-20b, 30) for the constituent substances of the drink, a delivery station (40) for empty cups, a location (10) for release of the drink to the user, and an automatic control unit which automatic... | 10/24/2000 |
| 6119737 | Tablet packing apparatus A tablet packing apparatus of the present invention have a tablet feeding section 2 for feeding tablets, tablet vessel feeding sections 3 for feeding tablet vessels 11, and a tablet packing section 4 for packing tablets fed from the tablet feeding section... | 09/19/2000 |
| 6053359 | Automated beverage system An automated system for preparing and delivering postmix beverages in response to one or more drink orders being entered from a remote point of sale unit or a local keypad and including: a postmix beverage preparation assembly for dispensing ice and a sel... | 04/25/2000 |
| 5400838 | Automatic packaging method and apparatus An automatic packaging machine is provided which has a chute for directing objects such as cooked french fries into the interior of a rotatable loading drum. The drum is rotated by a motor about a horizontal axis at a speed to cause the french fries to fi... | 03/28/1995 |
| 5394911 | Automatic dispenser for doughy food products An automatic dispenser for doughy food products, particularly for shop windows displaying ice cream products to be dispensed. The dispenser includes a taking unit which is movable with respect to ice cream containers present in the shop window. The taking... | 03/07/1995 |
| 5390711 | Method and apparatus for making snow cones Improvements in a snow cone making machine including a retaining collar which interacts with a cone cup to prevent relative movement with respect to each other; an automatic cone cup dispenser having opposing forceps for extracting cone cups singly from a... | 02/21/1995 |
| 5353850 | Apparatus for distributedly filling particulate or granular material into containers An apparatus for distributedly filling a particulate or granular material into containers has an intermittently driven container conveyor, and a continuously driven particulate or granular material conveyor extending across and positioned above the contai... | 10/11/1994 |
| 5267590 | Container filler, especially for ballast having contoured sweep for arraying containers Open containers having uniform dimensions are handled in a group for loading of ballast and/or for filling with container contents prior to sealing. The containers are provided upright on a substantially unobstructed surface and are forced into a substant... | 12/07/1993 |
| 5261467 | Cup type automatic vending machine Cups stored in the automatic vending machine are released and dropped from a cup supply unit to a cup holding unit one at a time and drink is injected thereinto as selected by a customer. The cup holding unit holding the cup filled with drink is transport... | 11/16/1993 |
| 5246047 | Nozzle for dispensing products A nozzle for dispensing products, including viscous products, in a container has a longitudinally extending tube mounted to a frame in which the tube is reciprocated vertically in its longitudinal direction. The mounted tube has an inclined wall at its ba... | 09/21/1993 |
| 5159962 | Container filling machine, particularly for concentrated liquid pigment A simple, low-cost container filling machine includes a pulse pump for drawing high-density, high viscosity, thixotropic pigment from a shipping container, an accumulator for smoothing flow of the pigment, a non-adjustable and replaceable anti-drip dispen... | 11/03/1992 |
| 5074341 | Automatic beverage dispensing system An automatic beverage dispensing system for use with a plurality of remote point of sale units with order entry keyboards, each having selector buttons for different flavors and cup sizes, the dispenser including an automatic cup dropper, an automatic ice... | 12/24/1991 |
| 5058630 | Automatic beverage dispensing system with programmable cup drop An automatic beverage dispensing system including a conveyor, a multiflavor valve, and a programmable cup drop system which includes means for searching through a plurality of separate cup supply tubes for a cup of the selected size.... | 10/22/1991 |
| 5042540 | Device for placing products in sealable containers while maintaining the integrity of the seal A filing system which prevents the contamination of a container's sealing surface during the system's filling procedure is disclosed. A first endless belt is used to convey a succession of containers below a second endless belt. The first and second endle... | 08/27/1991 |
| 5027869 | Dispensing method and apparatus, and container transporting apparatus A method and apparatus for pouring a plurality of materials into a plurality of containers while sequentially weighting the materials. A predetermined number of containers are arranged in a row on a pallet so that the containers are transported by a palle... | 07/02/1991 |
| 5000345 | Automated drinkmaker system An automated drinkmaker system which is designed to accept an input drink order, as from a cash register, and deliver the drink order, for different sizes and different flavors, with or without ice, completely finished in lidded containers to an output st... | 03/19/1991 |
| 4971120 | Automatic beverage dispensing system An automatic beverage dispensing system for use with a plurality of remote point of sale units with order entry keyboards, each having selector buttons for different flavors and cup sizes, the dispenser including an automatic cup dropper, an automatic ice... | 11/20/1990 |
| 4967808 | Automatic beverage dispensing system An automatic beverage dispensing system for use with a plurality of remote point of sale units with order entry keyboards, each having selector buttons for different flavors and cup sizes, the dispenser including an automatic cup dropper, an automatic ice... | 11/06/1990 |
| 4961447 | Automatic beverge dispensing system An automatic beverage dispensing system for use with a plurality of remote point of sale units with order entry keyboards, each having selector buttons for different flavors and cup sizes, the dispenser including an automatic cup dropper, an automatic ice... | 10/09/1990 |
| 4953600 | Method and apparatus for transferring a predetermined portion to a container A device for discharging material from a succession of filled open top transfer receptacles includes a guideholder having a pair of elongated parallel spaced-apart deadplates extending from an input end of the device toward an output end of the device. Th... | 09/04/1990 |
| 4951719 | Automatic postmix beverage dispensing system with flavor indicators An automatic postmix beverage dispensing system including a conveyor, a multiflavor valve, and a stationary flavor indicator adjacent to each cup pick-up station to inform the operator what beverage is in each cup. Each time the conveyor advances the cups... | 08/28/1990 |
| 4944337 | Automatic beverage dispensing system with plural conveyors An automatic beverage dispensing system for use with a plurality of remote point of sale units with order entry keyboards, each having selector buttons for different flavors and cup sizes, the dispenser including an automatic cup dropper, an automatic ice... | 07/31/1990 |
| 4942910 | Process and apparatus for making shaped confections A process and apparatus for making a shaped frozen confection. The apparatus has a plurality of nozzles for extruding the shaped confection in a variety of contoured shapes. The nozzles simultaneously move in a vertical direction and circularly in a horiz... | 07/24/1990 |
| 4913202 | Filling packaging containers A machine for filling packaging containers with a flowable product comprises a control valve in the form of a plug valve having a body defining a bore forming a frusto-conical valve seat, a plug having a complimentary frusto-conical surface, and a valve c... | 04/03/1990 |
| 4877067 | Apparatus for distributedly filling particulate or granular material into containers An apparatus for filling a particulate or granular material into containers which includes a container conveyor having an even number of container transport paths and a material conveyor having an endless path of transport of the material including a forw... | 10/31/1989 |
| 4827426 | Data acquisition and processing system for post-mix beverage dispensers A data acquisition and processing system for a post-mix drink dispenser which automatically determines and correlates the number, size and flavor of drinks poured from a plurality of valve assemblies to specific periods of time within a given day or week ... | 05/02/1989 |
