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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 19, 2021
Filed:
Jun. 23, 2016
Kitchen Mate Inc., Toronto, CA;
Yang Yu, Toronto, CA;
Yousuf Chowdhary, Maple, CA;
Kitchen Mate Inc., Toronto, CA;
Abstract
A spice dispensing device is provided for an automatic meal preparation apparatus. The device uses a replaceable cartridge containing a volume of spice for dispensing in predetermined volumetric doses. A dispensing mechanism is built in to the cartridge for isolating the predetermined volumetric dose and moving it toward an opening in the bottom of the cartridge. The cartridge is sized and shaped to be placed into the automatic meal preparation apparatus in a rack for containing a plurality of such cartridges. The cartridge is alignable with a position in the rack in which the spice dose can be dispensed directly into a cooking vessel of the apparatus.