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Food dispenser with timer control

  • US 4,804,118 A
  • Filed: 11/12/1986
  • Issued: 02/14/1989
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/12/1986
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A food dispenser comprising:

  • (a) a frame;

    (b) a vessel supported relative to the frame for containing food;

    (c) a delivery conduit supported relative to the frame communicating with the vessel for delivering a flow of food from the vessel;

    (d) valve means supported relative to the frame cooperating with the delivery conduit for regulating the flow of food through the delivery conduit;

    (e) a primary actuator displaceable from a first position to a second position for actuating the valve means to enable a flow of food through the delivery conduit;

    (f) power input means for providing a supply of electrical power; and

    (g) valve control circuitry connected with the power input means and the valve means responsive to displacement of the primary actuator to its second position for opening the valve means to enable a flow of food through the delivery conduit during the period of time that the primary actuator is in said second position up to a selected time limit, the valve control circuitry having primary actuator timer circuitry for determining the selected time limit, said time circuitry being resettable by a reset signal,(h) displacement of the primary actuator to its first position providing a reset signal in said circuitry.

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