Apparatus for heating and dispensing food articles

• US 3,391,633 A
• Filed: 12/16/1966
• Issued: 07/09/1968
• Est. Priority Date: 12/16/1966
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: George M. Boosalis
• Original Assignee: George M. Boosalis
• Inventors: Boosalis, George M.
• Application Number:
  US04/602,367
• Time in Patent Office: 571 Days
• US Class Current: 99/357
• CPC Class Codes: A47J 37/04 Roasting apparatus with movably-mounted food supports or with movable heating implements; Spits
• CPC Class Codes: A47J 37/044 with conveyors moving in a horizontal or an inclined plane A47J37/045, A47J37/046 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/0078 Food articles which need to be processed for dispensing in a hot or cooked condition, e.g. popcorn, nuts
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 9/105 Heating or cooling means, for temperature and humidity control, for the conditioning of articles and their storage dispensers for food articles requiring a processing by temperature treatment or conditioning before they are ready for dispensing G07F17/0064

Claims

1. APPARATUS FOR HEATING AND DISPENSING LONGITUDINALLY ELONGATED DISCRETE FOOD ARTICLES, AND APPARATUS COMPRISING:

HOUSING MEANS INCLUDING A DISCHARGE OPENING MEAN;

MAGAZINE MEANS COUPLED WITH SAID HOUSING MEANS AND ADAPTED TO STORE SAID FOOD ARTICLES IN STACKED RELATION;

CONVEYOR MEANS DISPOSED WITHIN SAID HOUSING AND EXTENDING BETWEEN SAID MAGAZINE MEANS AND SAID DISCHARGE OPENING MEANS;

HEATING MEANS JUXTAPOSED TO SAID CONVEYOR MEANS TO HEAT FOOD ARTICLES BEING TRANSFERRED BY SAID CONVEYOR MEANS;

DISPENSING MEANS COOPERATIVELY ASSOCIATED WITH SAID MAGAZINE MEANS AND ACTUATABLE TO DISPENSE ONE OF SAID FOOD ARTICLES FROM THE STACK IN SAID MAGAZINE MEANS AND ONTO SAID CONVEYOR MEANS;

DRIVING MEANS FOR OPERATING SAID CONVEYOR MEANS TO TRANSFER A FOOD ARTICLE FROM SAID MAGAZINE MEANS TO SAID DISCHARGE OPENING MEANS;

SAID CONVEYOR MEANS INCLUDING A PLURALITY OF SPACED APART MEMBERS, WITH A FOOD ARTICLE NORMALLY ABUTTING AGAINST ONE OF SAID MEMBERS DURING SAID TRANSFER;

AND ACTUATING MEANS COUPLED WITH SAID DISPENSING MEANS TO ACTUATE SAID DISPENSING MEANS AND THEREBY DISPENSE A FOOD ARTICLE FROM SAID MAGAZINE MEANS BETWEEN ADJACENT MEMBERS ON SAID CONVEYOR MEANS;