Patent ID: 11904323
Assignee: TRADE FIXTURES, LLC
Field: Chemical engineering (Chemistry)
Classification: CPC B  A  F | IPC A  B  F

Claim 17:
18. A method of dispensing a viscous food product, the method comprising:
providing 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 mechanically driven by the electric motor and 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 comprising a valve with an opening at a proximal end thereof, the valve including a pair of opposing flap walls joined by a pair of opposing side walls together forming a downwardly-tapered interior passage away from the opening towards an outlet, the method comprising:
receiving a flow of the viscous food product through the opening;
building force within the interior passage from the flow of the viscous food product;
flexing the outlet to an open position under the force of the flow of the viscous food product;
dispensing the viscous food product in an elongated stream through the outlet in the open position;
returning the outlet to a closed position when the force within the interior passage drops due to a reduction in the flow of the viscous food product; and
ending the dispense by severing the elongated stream with the outlet.