Patent ID: 11903404
Assignee: ISHIDA EUROPE LIMITED
Field: Food chemistry (Chemistry)
Classification: CPC A  B | IPC A  B

Claim 0:
1. A flavouring dispenser for dispensing compacted doses of flavouring, the flavouring dispenser comprising:
a flavouring dosage unit configured to dispense a dose of flavouring;
a plurality of settling hoppers, each configured to receive and hold a dose of flavouring dispensed from the flavouring dosage unit to allow the received dose of flavouring to settle and to subsequently dispense the dose of flavouring to a dispense position;
wherein the flavouring dosage unit and the plurality of settling hoppers are arranged to sequentially supply a dose of flavouring from the flavouring dosage unit to each of the plurality of settling hoppers; and
wherein the flavouring dosage unit comprises a flavouring supply portion configured to gradually supply the flavouring forming each dose of flavouring over a longer period of time than is taken for a dose of flavouring to be dispensed from one of the plurality of settling hoppers.