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Automatic dispenser for reheated portioned foods

CA 1328856 C · Owner: Empl, Franz · Inventors: Mink, Herbert; Empl, Franz

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An apparatus for storing, heating and dispensing portioned foods items has a cooled storage unit for storing portioned food items a, cooking unit for heating the portioned food items a transport lift, unit for transferring the food items to be heated from the storage unit to the cooking unit and an output unit for transferring heated food items from the cooking unit to a dispensing station for dispensing. The storage unit includes a plurality of conveyor belts upon which the portioned food items are stored and which transport the food items to the transport lift unit. Each of the lift transport units, the cooking unit and the output unit includes a conveyor for transferring the food items.

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  • Granted April 26, 1994. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended April 26, 2011.
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FiledApril 20, 1989
GrantedApril 26, 1994
Term endedApril 26, 2011
Patent numberCA 1328856 C
Classification (IPC)B65D83/00 +2 more

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19901993199619992002200520082011Application filedApril 20, 1989Patent grantedApril 26, 1994Term endedApril 26, 2011

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