Patent ID: 6204491
Filing Date: 2001-03-20
Classification: A23L,G07F,H05B

Abstract:
Automatic dispenser for food pre-packed in packets (5), comprising a frame (1) with at least one conveying unit (2), at least a microwave oven (3) and a collecting container (4) mounted on said frame, the conveying unit (2) being positioned above the oven (3) and the container (4) under the oven, said microwave oven (3) comprising at least a controlled inlet top door (31) and a controlled outlet bottom door (33), said packets (5) being fed one by one by said conveying unit (2) through a feeding chute (26) and said inlet top door (31) into said oven (3) and out of said oven through said outlet bottom door (33) into said collecting container (4) along a dropping path along which the packets run only by gravity, wherein said inlet top door (31) is tiltably hinged to the oven and it forms, in the opened status, a final portion of said chute (26) into the oven itself.