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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 20, 2001
Filed:
Sep. 07, 1999
Iver J. Phallen, Youngstown, NY (US);
Douglas N. Vogt, Pavilion, NY (US);
Niagara Pump Corporation, Buffalo, NY (US);
Abstract
A condiment dispensing apparatus for dispensing condiments from a bag-in-box type container (,). There is a high durometer compressible elastomeric liquid flow tube (,), an infeed and outfeed thereto and therefrom, and a movable anvil (,) with a round surface to compress the tube. There is an opposed stationary anvil (,) which holds the tube for compression by the movable anvil. The tube is held between the anvils (,) in a slightly compressed state even when the anvil is retracted. There is a control assembly (FIG.,) that causes extension and retraction of the movable anvil to cause flow through the tube, and subsequent delivery of condiment to a dispensing fixture (,).