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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 02, 2020
Filed:
May. 04, 2011
Tony Lee Koenigsknecht, Chicago, IL (US);
Ken Eric Maisonville, Saint Joseph, MI (US);
Paul Joseph Gray, South Bend, IN (US);
Albert John Kohn, Bridgman, MI (US);
Scott Alan Albright, Buchanan, MI (US);
Tony Lee Koenigsknecht, Chicago, IL (US);
Ken Eric Maisonville, Saint Joseph, MI (US);
Paul Joseph Gray, South Bend, IN (US);
Albert John Kohn, Bridgman, MI (US);
Scott Alan Albright, Buchanan, MI (US);
Freeosk, Inc., Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
A system, device and method for dispensing a product includes a delivery system that includes at least one auger with internal flighting that is either integral with or attached to an internal wall of a barrel portion of the auger. The auger rotates and the spiral flighting within the auger transmits a product from a bulk loading station to a product dispensation area. Thus, products can be bulk loaded into a device rather than having to be loaded one-by-one into a dispensing device. The spiral flighting reduces pinch points associated with conventional auger systems.