Patents
US 11576418 B2: Viscous food dispensing system
- Granted
- 2023-02-14
- Filed
- 2020-12-04 application 17112943
- Type
- Utility · 18 claims
- Elsewhere
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Abstract
An apparatus for mixing and dispensing viscous food products is described herein. The apparatus may include a pump device for drawing the viscous food product from a container and distributing over a rotating turntable. The apparatus includes a cassette device with replaceable pliable food containers connected to the pump device through a friction-fit connection. The cassette device includes a sliding roller assembly and a door, with the container installed between the sliding roller assembly and the door such that the roller assembly applies force against the door and container as the sliding roller assembly descends under gravity. The sliding roller assembly includes level indicators visible through the door that provide visual indication of the level of food product remaining within the container.
Source: PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 (ipg230214.xml).
Assignees
| Assignee | Type | Place | Also on furp.org | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Automatic Bar Controls, Inc. 90 patents | US company or organization | Vacaville, CA | AUTOMATIC BAR CONTROLS INC State business registration EXACT high confidence: identical full name and state | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Inventors
| Inventor | Place | Patents | Person page | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Serena Carbajal | Vacaville, CA | 2 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Gabriel Dial | Vacaville, CA | 7 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Michael O'Donnell | Vacaville, CA | 7 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
CPC categories
| Subclass | Category | First group | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| A23P | Shaping or working of foodstuffs, not fully covered by a single other subclass | A23P20/15 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
| A21C | Machines or equipment for making or processing doughs; handling baked articles made from dough | A21C9/04 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
| A21D | Treatment of flour or dough for baking, e.g. by addition of materials; baking; bakery products | A21D13/41 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
| B05C | Apparatus for applying fluent materials to surfaces, in general | B05C5/02 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
| B65D | Containers for storage or transport of articles or materials, e.g. bags, barrels, bottles, boxes, cans, cartons, crates, drums, jars, tanks, hoppers, forwarding containers; accessories, closures, or fittings therefor; packaging elements; packages | B65D35/28 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Cooperative Patent Classification, as currently assigned (one row per subclass).
Assignments and security interests
| Recorded | What | From | To | Reel/frame | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-10-14 | Assignment Assignment of assignor's interest | O'DONNELL, MICHAEL signed 2021-10-08 CARBAJAL, SERENA signed 2021-10-11 DIAL, GABRIEL signed 2021-10-14 | AUTOMATIC BAR CONTROLS, INC. VACAVILLE, CA | 57799/828 | ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25 |
Documents recorded with the USPTO Assignment Recordation Branch that list this patent. A security interest is a lender’s claim on the patent as collateral; a release ends it.
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