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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 17, 2005
Filed:
Feb. 10, 2003
James M. Tuyls, Vacaville, CA (US);
Antonio J. Jepson, Dixon, CA (US);
Juha K. Salmela, Citrus Heights, CA (US);
John W. Dewing, Folsom, CA (US);
James M. Tuyls, Vacaville, CA (US);
Antonio J. Jepson, Dixon, CA (US);
Juha K. Salmela, Citrus Heights, CA (US);
John W. Dewing, Folsom, CA (US);
Automatic Bar Controls, Inc., Vacaville, CA (US);
Abstract
Embodiments of the present invention are directed to a rotary sauce dispensing apparatus for applying a sauce on a receiving surface such as a pizza dough. In one embodiment, an apparatus for producing a flow of a sauce to a dispenser comprises an accumulator including an accumulator chamber with an accumulator inlet to receive and store the sauce and a dispense member configured to dispense the sauce from the accumulator chamber out through an accumulator outlet, and a pump configured to pump the sauce through the accumulator inlet to the accumulator chamber. A diverter valve is coupled with the accumulator and being movable between a closed position to close the accumulator outlet and an open position to open the accumulator outlet. A control member is coupled with the pump, the diverter valve, and the accumulator. The control member is configured to move the diverter valve to the closed position and activate the pump to pump the sauce through the accumulator inlet to the accumulator chamber in a recharge mode, and to move the diverter valve to the open position and drive the dispense member to dispense the sauce from the accumulator chamber out through an accumulator outlet in a dispense mode.