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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 18, 2002
Filed:
Jul. 10, 2000
Thomas Moyses, Peterborough, GB;
Martyn Thomas Wray, Stamford, GB;
APV Systems Limited, Sussex, GB;
Abstract
A cream depositor assembly has a depositor body in the form of a rotatable cylindrical stencil ( ) provided with axially-spaced sets of circumferentially-spaced outlet ports ( ). A recirculatory cream supply to the depositor body has a cream feed duct ( ) fed by a pump ( ), and a cream return duct ( ). A cream diverting means ( ) is housed within the interior of the stencil ( ) and is operative to divert part of the cream flow from the feed duct ( ) to an outlet passage ( ), to supply the stencil. The illustrated diverting means ( ) employs a flexible impeller ( ), mounted eccentrically within a cylindrical rotor chamber, but a gear pump may be used.