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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 21, 1990
Filed:
Aug. 04, 1987
Applicant:
Inventor:
Rene G Mariotti, St. Cloud, FR;
Assignee:
Ore-Ida Vended Products, Inc., Boise, ID (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
222413 ; 222240 ; 99407 ;
Abstract
A dispenser for a product in the form of pieces or chips includes a hopper into which the product is loaded. The hopper has a discharge orifice and houses a feed screw which extends outwardly through the discharge orifice. Divergent legs are located adjacent to the hopper discharge orifice and extend in the feed direction for the product.