Patent ID: 7988018

Claim:
An apparatus for dispensing a flowable product from a product package through a dispensing outlet at or above a preset elevated temperature, the apparatus comprising: a container in which to dispose the product package, the container including a gas inlet and a gas outlet; a dispensing outlet to dispense the flowable product from the product package; a pump coupled between the product package and the dispensing outlet to pump the flowable product from the product package to the dispensing outlet; a heater configured to heat air flowing into the container; means for generating a positive pressure inside the container which is higher than a pressure outside the container to cause the heated air in the container to flow adjacent the product package, the pump, and the dispensing outlet; means for recirculating a portion of the heated air in the container to the heater; a container slide structure coupled with a first side of the container and having: a first slide member coupled with a first side of the container; a second slide member extendably coupled with the first slide member; a slide mounting bracket for connecting with a fixed surface coupled to the first slide member; a container tilt structure coupled with a first side of the container and having a: tilt member coupled with the first side of the container and the slide mounting bracket; a slot member having a slot coupled with the first side of said container; a slot engagement member slidably movable in the slot of the slot member coupled with the first side the container and the tilt member; and a pivot member coupled with the first side of the container at a lower back position of the container, enabling the tilting of the container about the pivot member from a horizontal position to a titled position, the titling being constrained by the movement of the slot engagement member in the slot of the slot member.