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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:
Mar. 24, 1998
Filed:
Mar. 29, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Raymond Baluk, Chicago, IL (US);
Freddie Chu, Chicago, IL (US);
James Murray, Chattanooga, TN (US);
George Mullinix, Chattanooga, TN (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B67D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
2221813 ; 222561 ;
Abstract
This invention discloses a retail bulk product dispenser for solid, compact food products having rough, texturized or sticky surfaces such as bite-sized chocolates having a spring loaded, hand operable gate and a pressure relieving baffle which prevents bin arching. An opening is provided in the gate in a manner to prevent the formation of ledges which might impede the flow of products.