Hash brown depositor
CA 2087219 C · Owner: General Mills Marketing, Inc. · Inventors: Peplinski, Steven W.; Demars, Jimmy A.; Usgaard, Dennis
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A food depositing apparatus (10) for depositing hash brown potato strands (34) having varying lengths includes a plurality of depositing assemblies (24). Each of the depositing assemblies (24) includes a plurality of outlets (80). A pump member (17) coupled to the inlets (48) of the depositing assemblies (24) provide pressure to force a potato slurry (14) through the outlets (80) of the depositing assemblies (24). A plurality of rotary valve components (102) are positioned adjacent the cutlets (80) of the depositing assemblies (24). Each rotary valve component (102) includes a plurality of wiper blades (130) which correspond to the outlets. Each wiper blade (130) has a first state that …
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- Filed January 13, 1993 and granted March 4, 1997. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended January 13, 2013.
- A certificate of supplementary protection adds at most two years for a drug, so even that would have ended by January 13, 2015.
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