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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:
Sep. 23, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 22, 2011
Applicant:
Robert G. Barton, Hartville, OH (US);
Inventor:
Robert G. Barton, Hartville, OH (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B67D 7/80 (2010.01); A23G 1/54 (2006.01); A23G 1/20 (2006.01); A23G 1/48 (2006.01); A23G 3/34 (2006.01); A23G 3/20 (2006.01); A23G 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A23G 1/54 (2013.01); A23G 1/20 (2013.01); A23G 1/48 (2013.01); A23G 3/0065 (2013.01); A23G 3/2007 (2013.01); A23G 1/206 (2013.01); A23G 1/005 (2013.01);
Abstract
A cluster dispensing machine dispenses clusters having a hand-formed appearance while minimizing broken and crushed aggregate. The dispensing machine uses a flexible pinch valve to meter the chocolate and aggregate mixture. The flexible pinch valve minimizes broken and crushed aggregate. The machine drops the metered chocolate and aggregate mixture onto a conveyor in order to provide a hand-formed appearance to the clusters.