US 11,904,323 B2
Viscous food product grinding and dispensing system
Scott Johnson, Little Rock, AR (US); Shaji Kulangara Veettil, Little Rock, AR (US); John Calow, North Little Rock, AR (US); Vaishakh Rajan, Bangalore (IN); Ronald Brundick, Roland, AR (US); and Pranav Bhat, Bangalore (IN)
Assigned to Trade Fixtures, LLC, Little Rock, AR (US)
Filed by Trade Fixtures, LLC, Little Rock, AR (US)
Filed on Nov. 4, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/089,084.
Application 17/089,084 is a continuation of application No. 15/459,793, filed on Mar. 15, 2017, granted, now 10,843,203.
Application 15/459,793 is a continuation in part of application No. 29/577,721, filed on Sep. 15, 2016, granted, now D810565, issued on Feb. 20, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/453,759, filed on Feb. 2, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/431,222, filed on Dec. 7, 2016.
Claims priority of application No. 201611009273 (IN), filed on Mar. 17, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2021/0046485 A1, Feb. 18, 2021
Int. Cl. B02C 18/30 (2006.01); B02C 19/22 (2006.01); B65D 83/06 (2006.01); A23N 15/00 (2006.01); B65D 47/08 (2006.01); B02C 23/02 (2006.01); B02C 7/06 (2006.01); B02C 7/175 (2006.01); B02C 18/14 (2006.01); F16K 15/14 (2006.01); B02C 18/22 (2006.01)
CPC B02C 19/22 (2013.01) [A23N 15/00 (2013.01); B02C 7/06 (2013.01); B02C 7/175 (2013.01); B02C 18/14 (2013.01); B02C 18/143 (2013.01); B02C 18/2258 (2013.01); B02C 18/30 (2013.01); B02C 18/301 (2013.01); B02C 23/02 (2013.01); B65D 47/0823 (2013.01); B65D 83/06 (2013.01); F16K 15/147 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A viscous food product dispensing system comprising:
a transport section having a chute inlet configured to receive a particulate food product;
an auger for processing and conveying the received particulate food product from the transport section into an outlet adapter, the auger being mechanically driven by an electric motor;
the outlet adapter comprising:
a milling device configured to further process the particulate food product into a pressurized flow of viscous food product that is discharged from the milling device through a nozzle, wherein the milling device is mechanically driven by the electric motor;
wherein the nozzle further comprises a valve including an opening at a proximal end thereof configured to receive the viscous food product from the milling device wherein the valve includes a pair of opposing flap walls joined by a pair of opposing side walls, the flap walls and side walls together forming a downwardly-tapered interior passage away from the opening at the proximal end thereof.