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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:
Apr. 28, 1998
Filed:
Nov. 02, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Gale Norman Puerner, Fort Atkinson, WI (US);
Keith Douglas White, Loves Park, IL (US);
John E Kress, Waterloo, WI (US);
Assignee:
APV Crepaco, Inc., Rosemont, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01F / ; G01F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
3661821 ; 3661501 ; 366290 ; 3661541 ; 222226 ; 222368 ; 222410 ;
Abstract
An ingredient feeder meters a selected amount of ingredient into a flowable food product including an enrobing chamber subtended by a blending tube. The blending tube houses an agitator assembly that moves the continuous flow of ingredient in both axial and radial directions as it mixes the ingredient with the flowable food product.