Inverted bag cheese server
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1. A cheese server for warming and dispensing cheese from flexible cheese containing bags and, said server comprising:
- means for hanging at least one of the flexible cheese containing bags from a portion of the bag opposite a bag outlet;
means for expressing cheese in the bag toward said bag outlet, said means including a pair of squeeze rods defining a bag receiving opening therebetween, said rods for disposition on said one cheese containing bag so that each rod contacts a side of said bag and squeezes it toward an opposite side of the bag to express cheese from an upper end of the hung bag toward the bag outlet;
means connected to said outlet for dispensing cheese; and
means for steam heating cheese in said bags to raise the temperature thereof to a predetermined serving temperature.
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Abstract
A cheese server includes hangers for engaging cheese bag bottoms and suspending the bags inverted in a steam chamber. Gravity influenced squeeze bars ride down the bag sides to express cheese toward the bag outlet fitment. A hose is connected to the fitment and is pinched off by an "iron udder" clamping apparatus to control dispensing. Water in the bottom of the steam tank is heated to produce steam for heating the cheese quickly. A trough in the chamber top returns condensate to the water.
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1. A cheese server for warming and dispensing cheese from flexible cheese containing bags and, said server comprising:
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means for hanging at least one of the flexible cheese containing bags from a portion of the bag opposite a bag outlet; means for expressing cheese in the bag toward said bag outlet, said means including a pair of squeeze rods defining a bag receiving opening therebetween, said rods for disposition on said one cheese containing bag so that each rod contacts a side of said bag and squeezes it toward an opposite side of the bag to express cheese from an upper end of the hung bag toward the bag outlet; means connected to said outlet for dispensing cheese; and means for steam heating cheese in said bags to raise the temperature thereof to a predetermined serving temperature. - View Dependent Claims (11)
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2. A cheese server for warming and dispensing cheese from flexible cheese bags and comprising:
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a steam tank; a hanger for hanging at least one of said flexible cheese bags in said tank, said bag having an outlet disposed at a lowest portion of the hung bag; a hose for connection to said outlet for dispensing the cheese; means for generating steam to warm cheese in said bag to a serving temperature; and means for squeezing cheese from said one bag, said means including a pair of squeeze rods defining a bag receiving opening therebetween, said rods for disposition on said one cheese containing bag so that each rod contacts a side of said bag and squeezes it toward an opposite side of the bag to express cheese from an upper end of the hung bag toward the bag outlet. - View Dependent Claims (3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method of warming and dispensing viscous food from flexible bags including the steps of:
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hanging a food-filled bag with an outlet disposed at the bottom of the bag, heating the bag contents to a serving temperature by directing steam onto said bag, squeezing bag sides together to express food therebetween toward said outlet by pinching said bag sides together between a pair of rods under the influence of gravity; and dispensing food from a tube operably connected to said outlet. - View Dependent Claims (12)
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13. A method of heating and dispensing cheese from a flexible cheese-filled bag including the step of:
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hanging said bag in a steam chamber; heating the cheese in the bag by exposing the bag to steam in the chamber; squeezing the hung bag sides together from the upper region thereof by inserting an upper region of the bag between two squeeze bars and suspending the bag so the bars move downwardly by gravity, squeezing the bag sides toward each other; and dispensing heated cheese from the bag.
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14. A method of dispensing cheese from a flexible bag having an upper portion and a lower portion defining a bag outlet, said method including the step of:
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engaging sides of the bag with respective squeeze bars; suspending the bag in a chamber; heating the cheese in the bag by exposing the bag to steam in the chamber; whereby said squeeze bars hang on the bag and slide downwardly under the influence of gravity to squeeze the sides of the bag toward each other.
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