Patent ID: 6123016
Filing Date: 2000-09-26
Classification: A23L

Abstract:
An apparatus for depositing a plurality of discrete globules of gellible fluid fruit material on a surface comprising:(a) a manifold with a fluid fruit mixture inlet and at least one fruit mixture outlet;(b) at least one valve assembly connected to the fruit mixture outlet;(c) at least one chamber connected to the valve assembly, said chamber having therein a plurality of fruit mixture deposition nozzles;(d) a mechanism for drawing fluid fruit mixture into the manifold and forcing the fluid fruit mixture into the valve assembly; and(e) a mechanism for reciprocally moving the valve assembly from a position where a valve blocks flow of the fluid fruit mixture to a position where the valve permits the fluid fruit mixture to flow through the valve assembly into the chamber and out the plurality of fruit mixture deposition nozzles in the chambers.