Patent ID: 7074277
Filing Date: 2006-07-11
Classification: A21C,B05C

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for dispensing a sauce on a receiving surface, the apparatus comprising: a rotating table configured to support and rotate the receiving surface thereon around an axis generally perpendicular to the receiving surface for receiving the sauce; a sauce dispensing member having a dispensing outlet disposed above the rotating table to dispense the sauce on the receiving surface disposed on the rotating table, the sauce dispensing member being movable between an edge position above an outer edge of the receiving surface and a center position above a center of the receiving surface; and a controller coupled with the sauce dispensing member and configured to control a speed of movement of the sauce dispensing member between the edge position and the center position to form a layer of sauce on the receiving surface; wherein the sauce dispensing member is movable substantially linearly between the edge position and the center position; and wherein the speed of movement of the sauce dispensing member between the edge position and the center position is controlled to provide more overlap in the sauce dispensed on the receiving surface near the edge position than near the center position to form a layer of sauce on the receiving surface which is substantially uniform in thickness; wherein the rotating table includes a plurality of centering members which are movable inward to center the receiving surface on the rotating table.