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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 04, 2014
Filed:
Aug. 17, 2011
Applicant:
Craig Cloud, New Braunfels, TX (US);
Inventor:
Craig Cloud, New Braunfels, TX (US);
Assignee:
FBD Partnership, San Antonio, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16K 31/12 (2006.01); A23G 9/20 (2006.01); A23G 9/04 (2006.01); A23G 9/28 (2006.01); A23G 9/22 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A23G 9/20 (2013.01); A23G 9/045 (2013.01); A23G 9/28 (2013.01); A23G 9/22 (2013.01);
Abstract
A food dispensing machine includes a product chamber and an ingredients source including a gas source connected to the product chamber. A flow control device is configured to control ingredients flow from the ingredients source to the product chamber. A pressure measurement device is configured to output a gas pressure signal, and a controller is configured to receive the gas pressure signal and determine a gas flow control signal based on the gas pressure signal. The controller outputs the gas flow control signal to the flow control device.