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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 30, 1985
Filed:
Nov. 12, 1982
Roger F Parson, Duluth, MN (US);
Kenneth G Rosenquist, Duluth, MN (US);
Justin M Schmit, Duluth, MN (US);
Jeno's, Inc., Duluth, MN (US);
Abstract
An apparatus for uniformly dispensing particulate food materials onto a moving article which comprises a hopper for holding a supply of the particulate and having a horizontally disposed orifice through which the particulate material can exit, a rotatable drum located below the orifice and having a plurality of spaced fins protruding radially therefrom and disposed on a zig-zag pattern and operable to counteract the tendency of the particulate material to fall off the drum, and a scraper adapted to engage the drum surface between the fins and operable to follow the zig-zag pattern of the fins to lift particulate material off the surface of the drum and guide it to a discharge precipice over which it falls onto the moving article.