US Patent Issued to Franke Technology and Trademark on Oct. 14 for "Metered food dispenser with single motor actuated weighing and dispensing mechanisms" (Polish, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,440,047, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to Franke Technology and Trademark Ltd (Hergiswil, Switzerland).

"Metered food dispenser with single motor actuated weighing and dispensing mechanisms" was invented by Mateusz Prusinowski (Olsztyn, Poland), Ireneusz Czapp (Reda, Poland), Khalil Chmayssani (Nolensville, Tenn.) and Marek Ormanin (Suchy Dwor, Poland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A product dispenser having a storage hopper, a rotatable drum with paddles on a periphery thereof located at a bottom of the storage hopper, and a drive motor connected to the rotatable drum. Rotation of the drum causes product, preferably frozen food produc...