SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DISPENSING PRODUCT

• Main Authors: KATEMAN, PAUL. R, BRUNNER, CHARLES. S, LOWE, STEVEN, A, DECARLO, JOHN M, BEAULIEU, RODERICK H, KWO, JENNIE, BAXTER, JAMES, R
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 10.10.2007
• Subjects: APPARATUS FOR MAKING BEVERAGES; COFFEE MILLS; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS; FOODS, FOODSTUFFS, OR NON-ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES, NOT COVERED BYSUBCLASSES A23B - A23J; FURNITURE; HUMAN NECESSITIES; KITCHEN EQUIPMENT; PRESERVATION OF FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS, IN GENERAL; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL; THEIR PREPARATION OR TREATMENT, e.g. COOKING, MODIFICATION OFNUTRITIVE QUALITIES, PHYSICAL TREATMENT; THEIR TREATMENT, NOT COVERED BY OTHER CLASSES

An apparatus for producing a food product includes a frame, a first module coupled to the frame and operative to provide a first food product, a second module coupled to the frame and operative to provide a second food product, a selection assembly coupled to the frame and having an outlet and a plurality of inlets, each inlet operative to receive a portion of the second food product, the selection assembly operative to allow passage of the portion of the second food assembly from an inlet to the outlet, a tube kit having a proximal end including a first opening coupled to the first module and a second opening for receiving air, the tube kit having a distal end coupled to the outlet of the selection assembly, the tube kit operative to combine the first food product, air and the portion of the second food product to produce a product mix, and a food preparation assembly coupled to the frame and adapted to receive the product mix from the distal end of the tube kit and to prepare food from the product mix.